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The actual material cost of making a silk lamp shade that retails for $15 is about $5. Any girl who can sew will find making lamp shades an exceedingly simple matter. All department stores sell the wire frame, and transparent silk in many colors and designs can be bought at any good dry-goods store. The sales plan is this:

Make arrangements with a department store or any other store who will display them to sell them on commission. For instance, you allow them $5 profit on a $15 shade. If you show good taste in selecting designs and colors you can build up a very profitable business in a short time.

There is also a constant demand for a shade made of cardboard, hand-tinted in water colors which makes an excellent imitation of genuine parchment.