Lau has hawked food herself, as an act of civil disobedience, in support of hawkers. As a boy, he hawked balloons and novelties at his uncles' circus. Starting at 4&colon;00 P.M., newsboys hawked the paper at traffic lights throughout South Florida. However, Fisher also hawked his own unpublished, unsold strip. Some also hawked the vegetables on Sydney streets or sold them door-to door. These were hawked by personalities such as Don Lapre and Carleton H. Sheets, among others. Many accounts say it was "hawked on the streets of the capitol". Due to economic hardship, she hawked and engaged in carpentry works to earn a living.