If there is one child familiar to you in this lonely parish, give it that tiny plot of garden, and mention, only casually, that you wish other children would help in the work. There is no need to say more; that child will bring as many other children as you need.

Hundreds of suggestions might be made as the result of which lonely women and weary children should derive incalculable pleasure; but in those cases - and they are few - where the lonely woman fears that children could not bring her the peace of mind she seeks, the ideas following may be acceptable.

The writing of verses for Christmas and other cards. - Communicate in the first place with any of the large firms who supply cards. There is pleasure and profit in the work.

The suggesting of ideas for posters advertising proprietary articles. - Read the advertisements in the various magazines and newspapers, and think of some symbol which would catch the eye of the public. You need not be an artist with your pen or brush; the idea is the thing.

If you are fond of reading, and have a faculty for criticising what you have read, write to the editor of a newspaper enclosing a hundred lines of criticism of any new book, and offer to share the work of reviewing. The majority of newspapers make a feature of a book column, and there are so many new books published nowadays that it is extremely difficult to keep pace with the output. The editor might be glad of your assistance if it were understood that the book alone was to be your remuneration.

Modern tastes require chickens at all times of the year - Money can be made therefrom by hatching out in incubators - But begin in a small way, and increase your plant as your market in-creases - When hatched, dry the chicks, and pack them off to the buyers immediately.

No other industry con-nected with poultry-keeping has made more rapid strides than the hatching and selling of day-old chicks. At one period chicks were mostly hatched out in the earlier months of the year, but to-day there are so many branches associated with the poultry business that chickens are required all the year round. Hence the majority of such chickens have to be produced by artificial methods, and the place of the sitting hen has, to a large extent, been superseded by the incubator.

The incubators at work

The incubator opened when the chickens are hatched

The old prejudice that once existed against artificially hatched chickens has almost vanished, thanks to the mechanical improvements that have been made in the construction of incubators, and to-day thousands upon thousands of fluffy mites are produced annually and sent to all parts of the British Isles, and even abroad.

Many ladies supplement their incomes considerably by devoting their spare or whole time to the business, and it is an occupation eminently suited to the gentler sex. The operation of an incuba or calls for nothing beyond what fen inine hands can easily accomplish, and the work is pleasant from the day the eggs are placed in the incubator until the day the little prisoners emerge from their shells.