How I Made $22.50 



By Reading the 



Popular Science Monthly 



ON an investment of seventy-five cents I 

 realized a profit of twenty-two dollars 

 and fifty cents, or three thousand per 

 cent. 



It was the Popular Science Monthly 

 that paid the profit. 



I have been a constant reader of Popular 

 Science for some time. Often I wondered 

 who wrote the interesting articles which I 



read. One night I 



was in my workshop 

 etching glass by a 

 method described in 

 a previous issue. 

 The work was 

 halted by the 

 absolute necessity of 

 having perfectly 

 clean glass to work 

 upon. Finally I hit 

 upon alcohol and 

 powdered chalk. 

 The result was all I 

 hoped for. 



After finishing the 

 work I sat down for 

 a smoke, thoroughly 

 satisfied with my- 

 self — as we all are after a job well done. 

 Picking up the current issue of "our" magazine 

 I prepared myself for an enjoyable evening. 

 Suddenly I came across a small reading 

 notice at the bottom of a page — something 

 that I had not seen before. It read : 



'^ Ideas submitted to this department are 

 'paid for at space rates v)hen published^ 



That sounded good, but what could I 

 sell.^ I have it ! That alcohol-chalk stunt — 

 it's good, dustless, and practical. So I sent in 

 an article on a "Dustless Window Cleaner." 

 It was accepted and paid for. I've written 

 a few articles since then that paid -,-. 

 more. -^ 



While talking to a local mer- -^ 

 chant one day, he told me what 

 he paid a Boston man for win- 

 dow attractions. I thought it 

 over that night. I brought out 

 my bunch of Popular Science 

 Monthlies and went through 

 the index of each for window 

 attractions. Luck! I know 

 what the word means now. 

 Do any of you remember 



The number of the Pop- 

 ular Science Monthly 

 containing the article on 

 Novel Window Attrac- 

 tions was rented for six 

 dollars and a half 



"Novel Window Attractions" in the January, 

 1915, issue, page 81? Look it up. It will pay 

 you to do so. I rented the magazine to 

 my friend, the local merchant, for one dollar 

 per night, first two nights, fifty cents each 

 night thereafter. He had it four nights. 

 Another merchant paid me for five nights 

 more. 



"Magic Mirror for Show Windows" (De- 

 cember, 1914, page G68) paid me in rent the 

 same terms, five and one-half dollars. 



"Colored lights in Window Display" 

 (April, 1914, page 14G7) paid me in rent from 

 a florist, two nights, four dollars. 



The most prominent dye house in town paid 

 me a dollar for "A Facetious Dyer's Sign" 

 (September, 1914, 



page 238). 



I made up about a 

 pint of "Acid Ink 

 Eraser" (July, 1915, 

 page 89), and sold 

 five two-ounce bottles 

 at twenty-five cents 

 a bottle. 



I wish to take 

 this opportunity to 

 thank the Popular 

 Science Monthly, 

 the editors and con- 

 tributors. I have 

 itemized what I 

 have made. Study 

 the figures; look up 

 articles; and then — • 



"Go Thou and do likewise." 



"Colored Lights in 

 Window Display" 

 paid me in rent (for 

 the magazine) from 

 a florist, two nights, 

 four dollars 



Received: 

 Articles, Popular Science Monthly, space 



rates $15.00 



Rent, " Norel Windoir Attractions'^ 6.50 



" "Magic Mirror" 5.50 



" "Colored Lights" 4.00 



Information, "Dyer's Sign" l.Oo 



Sale of " Ink Eraser" 1.25 



Estimated Materiel 



and Labor. ... $10.00 



Cost of magazines from 

 from which articles 

 were taken 75 



$10.75 



$33.25 

 10.75 



A dye house paid a 

 dollar for the idea of 

 a "Facetious Dyers 

 Sign 



Profit on Investment $22.50 



L. E. Fetter, 

 591 Middle St., 



Portsmoiitli, X. II. 



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