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This job is recommended to a middle-aged man who finds it difficult to find permanent employment, but who must continue to earn.

An added source of income for the handy man is made possible by making arrangements with professional carpenters, paper hangers, and plasterers, to act as their scout and advise them of prospective work which he may discover in the course of his duties as a handy man.

For this service the handy man should get a commission on all the work that he digs up for them. In this way, the handy man can make in commissions in a year as much if not more than he makes at his odd jobs.

WINDOW WASHING—In the larger cities, this work has become very profitable. Men are paid as much as $40 a week for washing windows of office buildings. In smaller towns, there is plenty of work to be done. You can make your own hours and charge liberally. Approach all of the stores, office buildings, professional offices, and even homes and offer your services to keep the windows clean at a fixed definite monthly fee.

CARING FOR FLOORS—This is a good part time job for a man who can invest a little money in an electric floor polishing machine. This machine can be purchased on easy terms at your local electric light company. And you will be able to pay it off out of the money which you will earn from polishing floors of homes, offices, clubs, churches, and public buildings in your town.

This kind of work also requires a knowledge of the different kinds of varnishes, wood, and floor material. Also the art of polishing, waxing, and varnishing. Information can be obtained from the manufacturers of varnishes, as to methods.

This work will lead to other odd jobs such as sprucing up interiors, giving sheen to wall panels and even to furniture.

SCRUBBING HOUSES—As a result of the depression millions of houses have taken on a dilapidated appearance because of neglect and a reluctance or an inability on the part of the owner to incur the expenses entailed in painting the house.

As a matter of fact, more than one-half of the houses and buildings that are painted really only need a good washing. This suggests possibilities to a man who knows how to use a scrubbing brush.

PAINTING HOUSE NUMBERS—Here is a job that offers a man an opportunity to earn at least $5.00 for a half day's work. Students would find this a good summer occupation. A man out of steady work could likewise find this profitable.

Paint house numbers on the curb stones in front of houses. This is becoming more and more in demand, because due to the vast number of automobiles at the present time the old style of placing numbers on the doors of houses is becoming obsolete.

A charge of 25 cents for any combination of numbers is a fair amount to charge. It should be easy to get at least twenty orders in about four or five hours' work.

The only equipment necessary in this work is a can of black paint, and some number stencils which you can make yourself by cutting the numbers from calendar pads, pasting them on thin cardboard and cutting out stencils with a sharp-pointed knife.

STENCILING AND PAINTING RURAL MAIL BOXES—Here is a pleasant way of making money during your summer vacation. Get out into the country. Hike if necessary. If you can buy an old second-hand car, so much the better.

Buy a small supply of paint and a stenciling outfit. Then stop at each farm house and offer to paint the mail box with aluminum paint, stencil the name, post office, R.F.D. route, and the box number. A price of 50 cents will prove too tempting to the farmer. Ten such jobs a day will provide you with ample funds to enable you to continue with your education or for any other worth-while purpose.