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Easy Living

The hippies live easily. They
have no alarm clocks, no buses
to catch, no deadlines to make.
They wake when they are no
longer tired and usually spend
the day in the park. When money
is needed, they will sell newspapers.
The Oracle, the Haight-Ashbury
Tribune, the Berkeley
Barb, and the Free Press are
the "underground" papers that
sell so well. The papers were
originated on a non-profit basis
for the good of the hippie. He
makes anywhere from 8 cents
to 15 cents on a sold copy.
During the summer it is not unusual
for a seller to make up to
thirty-five or forty dollars a day.
The tourists need something to
return home with as a memento
of their trip to Hippieland.