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mi? iUUiUUUUt t The Efficiency | Girl I i By I. WRIGHT uuumiiniiimtummiiimiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii 1922. by McCluro N*w?p?pf>r 8yn?llcat?.! The classified advertising offices were agog with excitement and buzzing. Dust cloths unused for weeks were being flicked across the highly poiisi:r.i desks, weii-snftrp^ned pencils were being passed along the counters where the ad tokers stood all day, checking up the number of spaces, the number of words and costs of inserts <ns In the classified advertising i pages of the Chicago Mirror. Mary Connolly alone was unimpressed by the news of the efficiency expert who, from the astounding rumors floating, about, was evidently to come Into the; classified advertising offices, look; about with the sharp eye of a keen de-: tectl\e, suggest very radical changes here and there as to lighting, position of desks and the cashier's cage and?i worst of all?fire instantly those clerks who were in any way Inefficient. "The top of the mornln' to you, Susie McGinn!s." she said gayly, taking' nut hpr fmintnlrt nnn "An^ u-hv nil of ttilw merry denning and rushing about? The efficiency man?If he's any efficiency mun at all?will see through your little foibles." "I wish you'd call me Suzanne," pettishly exclaimed Susie McOlnnls. "And I think you don't realize the Importance of this man. The boss upstairs has seen him work before and he's told hlni that he can have any one In the whole place he wants to assist him. Wouldn't that beat the cat's pajamas? The efficiency girl! I?" A shabbily gowned old lady had come up to the desk and was waiting in front of Mary Connolly. "Did you have an advertisement to place?" asked Mary pleasantly. "Yea, I did," answered the old lady tartly. ou didn t think I wm? standing here merely to hear that bobbedheaded young miss there use new hip ng, am your' Her mack eye* SuSpprd angrily. "I hep your pardon," murmured Mnr.v, "perhaps I can write your advertisement for you?" She wan lookIns ?t the empty hands of the advertiser. "It's not much to write. Just say: 'Wanted: a room.'" Mary stared at her. Odd were many of the advertliements placed with her ench day. Brief were some of them. But this one! No one would know from the advertisement in what part of the city it was desired, what | tyre of room?good accommodation* with their commensurate cost or 1<M?| i i nli il ii n n Hmf imiiilil In iMIiflfci j ahle?a hundred ideas flashed throdfli Mary Connolly's mind. She herself, seeing the little old ladv with hor shabby blarb outfit, guessed that an inexpensive room was desired. Yet sbe rould not he sure. "Suppose we put in Just a little more," she ventured gently. "You see It doesn't tell much?Just 'wanted: a room !' " "Doesn't tell much 1 Doesn't tell much!" snapped the old lady. "Tell me right to my face I'm an Idiot, will you? I'll have my son come down here at once?I'll tell htm the whole thing, that I will! I?an Idiot. Indeed!" Angrily she shook her head at the bewildered Mary, whose face was red and white by turns. "Hut?I?" gasped Mary, wondering linw nTrairs could have taken such a turn that she should be accused of calling a gentle-looking old lady In rusty black an Idiot. A man standing near came forward and Mary was not surprised at all. so excited was she, to hear the old lady call him John and tell him that the young lady had called her a fool. "I?" again grsped Mary. "We have orders to assist In the advertisements whenever It Is possible. You see," she explained earnestly, "we don't accept less than two lines, and so I wasn't trying to get her to pay any more money out. It was Just that If she said where she wanted the room and what price she wanted to pay or what kind of room she wanted, whether for rooming, hoarding or tight housekeeping. why. you see. she would^hnve more replies. I was thinking of the answers she would have?I?I?" Mary t'onnolly's blue eyes filled. Noise of any sort was undesirable In the classlflnrf nrlvnrHgfni* aWoo* ? - j 1? - .. ten nnu mere wnS no doubt that dismissal would follow such a scene r? thla. Above that, however. whs the Idea that she had wounded the gentle little old ladv In her fnded suit. She heard across the polished counter the tall man called John explaining the whole thing In low tones. Several tears rolled down Mary's cheeks and she was aware of the Interested e>?-s of the other nd-takers. In a few minutes the little black bonnet of the oin lady negan to nod, "I hnd n bud night In that hotel? didn't sleep a wink."' the old lady told hor, "Ton write It up. Make It it? long aa yon want, and make It right. 1 sues*." the old e.vea twinkled, "we'll let John pay for It anyhow. And John, If thla young lady would help me?well, I'd get aome olothea If ahe'd help me chooae them. I gueaa ahe wouldn't be afraid to tell me If an\ thing waa too young or too gay or anything." She wua smiling at Mary now. happy na a child, the recem wound forgotten. "The hoaa upstair* told me I could tipve anyone I wanted to help roe. I Ititok n) to mim My to> i H my elf clency girl If she's siulsfled. itnrton spoke of hejr right away and told me when; I'd find her." The surprised ud-tnkers saw their Mary' Connolly, now the efficiency girl, "pass out the little swlng-gute and go for her coat and hat. Barton, the boss, was surprised, too, when he passed along that way to he buttonholed by the new efficiency man. who said seriously: "Say, Barton, old man, I want to tell you that you'd better look about for a new Hd-taker. Tve nlwnys said I'd nover marry a girl mother didn't like and sa-a-ay?the way she took to the little Mary Connolly?well, It took my breath, t dont know what she thought of ine. but Whrtt'f the use of helng an efficiency man If I can't ntfiPt}' Ifee girl J rlionsp?" AMERICA'S AGE OF CHIVALRY Represented by the Actual and Mythical Doings of the Hemlsphare'a Original Inhabitants. Every man, I hope, retalaa enough of the boy to warm to the memory of Fenltnore Cooper's magic spell, "Warwick Ford writes In Arte and Decoration. The red Indlnn and his actual and mythical doings represented our age of chivalry, the golden pathway of high emprise. With mnturer years comes the realization that the original Inhabitants of this hemisphere were not alone hunters of an adroit skill and heroes of vague warpaths, but represented very definite and extremely Interesting social und artistic problems. With our expanding knowledge of their customs and arts tills feeling grows, and from our early romantic Interest blossoms un ever-deepening respect and dawning conviction that the arts of these dead but not forgotten years will one I (In V U(M or* /v# * ? | .tviva Ui? lUiUOlUll l/l lUlCITHk OUT own decorative expression. Surely our designers cannot much longer resist the lure of the paradox by which these direct and simple forms of expression, remolded with sensitive appreciation, begin to minister to the aesthetics of our own vigorous but complex civilization. For are we not passing surely. If silently, from the age In which a multiplicity of mechanical processes are mystified and confused Into a healthier period, where the result rather than the media concerns us? In costumes. In drama. In architecture, no less than In pictorial expression, our mood Is towiM the ef| feet uncotnplexed with meanlnsrl#???i detail. In this spirit our past, or rather, the artistic past of this hemisphere, takes on a new and deeper significance, und our debt of gratitude Increases toward the artist and the scientist whose Joint efforts have furnished as with so rich a body of inspirational material. When we come to th? appreciation that can Include and absorb these arts we will ha^^^^t^^suf-^ Superstition of Ninth Wave. An Idea has long existed that the ninth ocean ware Is always more powerful than the eight preceding ones. This belief existed In Ovid's time, which was before the birth of Christ. The fishermen of England apeak of this wave as the "death wave." Others claim that the tenth wave la most to be feared. In Scotland they believed a distempered cow conld be cured by being washed In nine surfs, while the fishermen of Iceland say that there are three great waves which follow in succession. In which It is highly dangerous to launch boats. A r\f Q+ Dntnl/.l. ?' * *' .. nvu?i v. uu i nil II i\ "HIS lliv WKVI'S are caused by serpents which the saint Inclosed In a box when ha east them out of Ireland. The mystic numh?p? *. 0 and 10 seem to have been generally used In connection with the explanation of things among the undents which were not easily understood. Whan Critics Run Amuok. Scholarly books have been dispraised because they were not exciting; fine novels have been sneered at because they were hard to read; cheap Rtorles have been proclaimed great because they wore a pretense of seriousness; sent Intent a I it y has been welcomed because It was warm hearted; Indecency has been condemned for lm morality; immorality has slipped through an romance; dating has been mistaken for novelty; painstaking dullness, for careful art; self-revelntlon, for world knowledge; pretty writing, for literature; violence, for strength; and warped and unhealthy egotism for the wise sincerity which Is the soul of literature.?Henry Seldel Oanby In the North American Review. The Teacher's Job. Johnny Brown was the brightest hoy In his class, hut he was also the naughtiest. After a time the teacher's patience was exhausted. She wrote a note and gave It to Johnny for hla mother, who read the following: "John Brown Is the hrlghteat l?oy In the class, hut also the most mischievous. Whnl shall ' a/k7*? John's mother wrote the follow nf Iti the upper left-hand corner: !>o as yotj like. I've got my hir>ds full with hla father."?Kansas < 'ty Star. Australia Establishes Sanctuary. By the joint action of the comic nwenlth and the states of Weat A tralla and South Anatralla. an are: if Or>.tHH> square ir.lh-a liaa been aet hi- rt An n sanctuary for th* native tl a mm 111 mm, mriumni: semis IIWo N(i uhltp men except n few <:!??IIv 4iinr<inteed scientists will l>c of jpweil jo' f,n(?r the -iinctusry. In tteulfu. it Is ?t!tt<?!i, no *>11! ItO nlltiweq to rf'tff lt? i I-BOK Seoul! "* , 1 I?? (Conducted hy National Council tfy*! ftcouta of A mcrlca>l-y?B 'OUT AMONG THE BlcS^rfis* Summer time?srlioiiUMtcbk _ ?-* means a scout's own parHcftjhjmie. camping days with their opp^rales I tm- in ui'nntcrufi^^^wl cruft ami grow lug ~hlg"_er ahjpJHttJr nni] better "out among 0104\'ii?iW"P I.nst year In the U.'XXt ooyP8C<" ' tumps throughout the co'ntrtfyfcjy 100,000 boys enjoyed the nJViTO*** of the scout program. TIt? Mp V boy per week averaged less tha J% SO I the camping department^ the necessity of keepln^KltWy^ythe minimum to make lWpod?C>)? ' all scouts to attend. g I Every Indication this y'mrytWft* an Increased number oi caflgjftfHr camps, and a pronounce,! derWflf^111^ of facilities. 4 At the boy scout camps'jMjHpp Is allowed In the matte] of lng hoys from barm?i[,4>ral Great care Is taken In ?OwPn? competent camp staff and sonable provision Is made toPf*"' attention In case of si', kneHt\S *' dent. The records of the org?u,l*af show remarkable hea'lth throughout all scout >'amps- y0**' most no accidents of' Boys are safer by far .In * camp than in any city.; hTm r And then the ndv/antag#biiR training. Sportsmen t<ay tlkifg ? experience like camping and^ develop a man's yblll^^ a boy to be able to do with other fellows: toj shmpV/r> and their job. his fun! and^jbcl?^1' his treats and their tjreatM^C-jj'8 how life-long friendships art^TTp^It puts a boy on lhis m?f^ *** brings out the best thait is In b -id m . I % ' i 8|lt it is u<ie secret. ui tut? liuii ypt ^ camp on scouts who To summer swimming, hiking. exploring, canoeing, ! eats, sleep, scoutcraft,^^^HH|^>9 and atorle8 every for It's? Out among th? big gleam afar, to acli utar? He may an very night, ^ H? among wHv~ic3PPHWB^l^H An account of the rescuJ^H^^p scouts of three men front appeared recently through^^^B"' country. The account read-^^^*n ! tlallv as follower V Boy 8couts Rescue Three From Drowning; Refuse Slim R^*??"d. "Chicago. May 16.?Three 'J??n at the point of death in Lake Michigan after their rowboat had papsized, were rescued yesterday by J?ur boy scouts. When the third man *CKU landed, one of the rescued vi!*' 8 w'* Cored the scout leader a di bill 'for a reward.' It was not The account did not men<Ton w*'-v the scovta refused the revrn^' ^ut here's tlLe reason.because the gratuity wasn because , the boys pocket ijnoney. It t0 so would he a scout law which says In muv work for pay. tips fof courtesies^^^^^^V^1*-" wouldn't have 'Identify these ho.vs as sc and skill in gav? evidence (lf their f"ut^^Vli theii faithfulness u? th?JS('40t n^Hopfirme. It. It s Jiisi s,?.|7lM?.V? ?4 tlww, Wltl ilt?- <-<Mini?t' r<> lift' othera at all tlrue; and m hold hmi ?? thel* conviction that arc the ha''k',on? ?* move ment. And all | to thefea! SCOUTS' APPREC'ATIVt/W0?T8 In the city ??/ I'lncoln thi| chief m police recently 'nvjtorl the hey scout! of the city, mi number, io be tin cuests of hlin^lf "?d hlf kw^^'lMtei .... ?i.. 1 force at a/mrirbecuc When asked l.vta rpP?*tg wlij^he pro posed to do thjr ^p a nawerifl i > "These ttoj-n 1'1H x'* jj 5"PR,h performed puffl,r s^rvW,?VMuch hi important chM)'"',p'p,? Mch '1H1 heen aurh aid '',p ,Q*at w< have heen re|p*-p,> ?'"f mottlierlou: service Thctrp^f"'p' ' wlsB',,"Vlth m; associates, t<f *'vp ? our hearty ?ipprPolaMoil. (?; ,{Pt| ThlsJ/ncl.;'n, showtof tWfe ttte pc llff e of a clt anrt ,hp Wlwft are li ccf oper-?,.,'frtr ,hp '*??c m . .a ? aH In tninv ullliv Xllcti J ?ER?lEj TO PAY 0A?f|<fIE8 ? Scouts ot Canlsteo, N. Y,f TKwips ] T and 3. wm have ??* (9PmIty t #>ay their v?y at rflmP <>7 PMpfog bei |rt?B on th?'r own ran?P WwJa frul grower hai off>red a be*tfM? apot s lr -i-- * ___ riti- Tvrnns. Mal?: to fh 1 Iwcoutg* wi'h the* i camp win ''" *>n"?' v>, i{Vn|jj2nj^to ij ?3 the fh! flKITCHENpl irl CABINET "opj right. 1922, Western Newspaper l.'ntoi:. - 1 -=rt=r^ ^ How many of our lionifP have, perfectly useless. cumbersome and Inartistic things in conspicuous pU^'csl What u gain for repose and hesuty, to t-ay nothing of space ami car\ if these objects could be eliminated. ELIMINATING NON ESSENTIALS j Om yon remember the ?! ?!It ntvp you when a little ?*ltil?1 to have your hi o t h ? r's friends remember ^ pT?Sf> yrtn with a box of * .J rlhhoiis and luces f I ,'"r J",U" ?' if I ii picture or \as< Jf / -( "Ha lit fl" y?,,r ploy house siihI ton JJ table? If \on ?!??. }i.m remember there are little cliildren, perhaps next door, or if not, easy to find, who will lie delighted with gifts from you of things not needed or used by yon. If is hard sometimes to part with cherished things. but progress bids us throw off these hampering things, tlntt we may be free to accomplish work worth while. During the hot weather the housewife who is cook, nurse and mother needs to conserve her strength for the things worth while, which are keeping sweet and happy, saving herself physically by making housework as easy as possible. In many homes whore none or little help is hired, the children if tmined can do a large share of the work, but often the mother rather does it her self than to bother with the mistakes and liieflideney of the children. If it were only fdr the children's sake, it is wise that each has his daily work; i; lits him later for better work and a greater appreciation of what the k?s>j lug of n home means. There has never been anything trtn ever written or said, than that we wi find time to do the things we want t do. A spotless house and Hie best of .food can never satisfy a family If it has eos| the happiness, youth, and companionship of the mother. Better n dinner of pork and greens and hap pSness therewith, than the finest feast, served by an overworked mother. In homes where there are no servants to lighten labor, much of the former displays of linens for the table have been laid away. The bare table with dolleys is usea ior nu meats. Where help Is scarce, if the pretty little decorated oilcloth ohlonjcs and lunchcloths are used with paper napkins. a larpe part of the table laundry is eliminated. f r flrrf/) 9 % \ ThcPj Progi Both -f< JLi y RW A ea 3 it I Too ( jfe fHOMSSMnMflMHi DO YOU I J FS !We have a new s grade Room Suit: Parlor Suits, Ma Dining Room Suit we have exira ehc _ I We are lookmj Pageland Hardwa L. I. 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