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does not take the people in town long to make a beaten path to the door of the
man who can make better doughnuts.

Motor-DrivenChairsforInvalids

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UZERN CUSTER , of Dayton, Ohio, makes motor-driven chairs for people
who are incapacitated—invalids or cripples. His plant, in Dayton, turns out
about three chairs a week, at an average price of $200 a chair. Until recently,
all the chairs were driven by electric batteries. Now, however, some of them
have gasoline motors and will run along at 15 miles an hour. Some of these
chairs have built-in showcases to enable their users to sell candy or notions.
One Southerner had a chair built to carry himself and his Negro attendant.
Many of the cripples for whom he makes chairs like gay colors, so he paints
their chairs fire-engine red and equips them with powerful headlights and
loud horns.

Twenty years ago Mr. Custer started to make chairs for board walks. Putting
motors in them revolutionized the business for him and he made good money
for several years. Then he saw a market for motor-driven chairs for invalids
and the incapacitated. It wasn’t long before most of his business was catering
to this market.

100 Other Things Easy to Make

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OOD— Start with the simpler things such as book ends, a bookstand, bird
houses, garden trellises, picture frames, racks for garden tools, window
boxes, footstools, flower stands. When you have developed some skill and
ease in handling tools, try folding screens, end tables, cupboards, hanging
bookshelves, coffee tables, toys, etc. The modern style of furniture is simple
and easy to make. Keep clear of elaborate ornamentation which does not add
to the design of the product. There is also a good demand for the rustic type