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telephones he is given a list of all calls on file in his district. This makes it
possible to give rapid-fire service and low prices to the customer. Since the
needed repairs and tools are in the truck, and not in some plumber’s or
electrician’s shop a mile or more away, the usual excessive charge for going
back after tools and repair parts is avoided.

There is no reason why there should not be a “Fix-It” truck in every city. All
that is needed to start such a business is some knowledge of home appliances
and equipment, about $50 for an initial stock of miscellaneous repair parts, a
few special tools such as a reamer for “seating” faucet valves, and a light
truck which can be converted into a “Fix-It” shop on wheels.

Starting an Art Academy on a “Shoestring”

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AVE you considered that in these days of leisure one of the surest ways to
make money is to help people to use their leisure time to improve their
minds? Americans are fast becoming “art conscious.” Business men are
organizing art clubs, and women, released from housekeeping drudgery by
the advent of electrical appliances, are going in for music, drama and the
other arts. Young people just out of school, finding jobs scarce, are studying
drawing and design. All of which spells opportunity for those who know
something about art. Best of all you can start an art school with no money
whatever.

Eleanor Verande had no money at all when she decided to start the New York
Academy of Arts. So she went to the owner of an office building and offered
a course of instruction in art for his daughter in exchange for office rent.
Then she discovered that she needed a stenographer and a clerk, so she
arranged instruction in art and music for stenographic work.

A piano, two large mirrors, easels and a model stand were given to her by a
woman in exchange for her daughter’s painting lessons and the new art
academy was soon on its way. The day it opened, the energetic Miss Verande
enrolled several students, and soon had sufficient money to carry her along.