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I . ' : . r 1 l<ftnnt .wwwianHuiiHuti nnumiuuiH y Th<i Efficiency l! -- > .?? I Br I. WRIGHT l< - C. IMS. by McCtar* Ntwtptptr BriAlotto.! j < The classified advertising offices i 1 were agog wun excitement ana duss-; Ing. Dust cloths unused for weeks; were being flicked across the highly j ' poliSiiCii desks, wett-4iiipriM^SS0>! J were being passed along the counters, H where the ad takers stood all day 1 1 checking^up the number of spaces, the' 1 number of words and costs of Inner-'( <fc>ns In the classlfled advertising: pages of the Chicago Mirror/ Mary i Connolly alone was unimpressed by the news of the efficiency expert wln? from the astounding rumors floating, about, was evidently to come Into the] classified advertising offices, 1 loOkj about with the sharp eye of a ko4&d<H tectlve, 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. i -~rne top or toe morn in1 to you, ?o-, sle McGtnnls," she said gayly, taking1 ont her fountain pen. "And why all|T of this merry cleaning and rushing about? The efficiency man?If he's any efficiency man 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 realise the Importance of this man. The boss upstsdrs has seen him work before and he's toldhlm 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 V*as waitingIn front of Mary Connolly. "Did you. have an advertisement to .place?" asked Mary pleasantly. "Tea, I did," answered the old lady : tartly. "Ton didn't think I was stand-' Ing here merely to hear that bobbedheaded young mlsrf there use new slang, did you?" Her black eyes -snapped angrily. "I beg your pardon," murmured Mary, "perhaps I can write your advertisement for you?" She was looking at the empty hands of the advertiser. "It's not much to writ*. Just any: 'Wanted: a room.'" Mary stared at her. Odd were many of the advertisements placed with her each day. Brief were some of them. Bat this on*! No one would know from the advertisement In what part of the city It waa desired, whea,. | type of room?good aecommodattB?| Mary Oonnolly'a mind. She hers^CT seeing the little old lady with her * shabby black outfit, guessed that en Inexpensive room was desired. Yet she could hot be sure. 'Suppose we put In Just a Uttl* more," she ventured gently. TotJ see It doesn't tell much?Just Vented: a room !* " " "TWan't t*11 rnn/?h ! nwaonH * ?! much!" snapped the old lady. "Tell * me right to my face I'm an idiot, will yon? I'll have my son come down here at once?Ml tell him the whole thing, thaf;I will! I?an Idiot, Indeed!" Angrily she shook her head 'at the bewildered Mary, whose face was red and white by turns. "But?I?" gasped Mary, wondering how Affaire could have taken irach a turn that she should be accused of railing 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 gasped Mary. "We have orders to assist In the advertisements whenever it is possible. You see," she explained earnestly, "we dont accept less than two lines, and so I wasn't ir.tiiig 10 gei upt to pay any mora money out. It was Juat 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, boarding or light housekeeping. why. you see. she would^ have, more replies. I was thinking of the answers she would have?I?I?" Mary Connolly's blue eyes filled. Noise bf^ any sort was undesirable In the class!-, fled advertising offices and there was. no doubt that dismissal would follow such a scene as this. Above that, however. was the Idea that she had wounded the gentle little old ladj In her faded suit. She heard across the pollrmed counter the tall man called John explaining the whole thing In low tones. Several (ears rolled down Mary's cheeks and she was aware of the Interested eyes of the other ad-takers. In r few minutes the little hlack bonnet of the old lady began to nod. "I had a bad ttlght In that hotel? didn't sleep a wink.'' the old isrf* her. "You write It up. Make It ?? long no y?n want, and make It right. 1 guess." the old eyes twinkled, "we'll let John pay for it anyhow. And John, if thla young lady would help me?well, I'd get wme clothes If she'd help me choose them." I guess she wouldn't afraid to tell me If anv fiimjr wfl* too young or too gay or anythlhg." Sl?o "wiiii smiling at Mary no\V, lmppy as a child, the receni wound forgotten. "The hosa upstairs told me I could ' hi*?? Bnyohe I wanted to help to?. I tMM ID W If** Ml" Mm? fo? , \ " " . v* . > / ; ?. i i 11 iHtmmmm*-* n m 1111 my etfdency girl If aha'a s&dsfled. rtnrton spoke of hej right away and told me Whew Fd rod Bar." 1 The surprised ad-takers aaw their Mary' Connolly, now. the efficiency Kir), "pass out the little swing-gate and go for her coat and hat. Barton, the boss, was surprised, too, when be passed along tjmt way to be buttonholed by the new efficiency man, who aid seriously: "tBay, Bartota, old'mad, 1 want to tell you that you'd-better look about for a new ad-taker. Pee always said Fd never marry a girt toother didn't like and sa-a-ay?the way she took to the little Mary Connolly?well, it took my breath, t don't know whgt she thought of me, but what's the use of being an efficiency man ItT 1" can't "marry 4&e_glrlJ. choose?" ^ AMERICA'S ARE OF CHIVALRY ! Represented* by the Actual and MytM> < cal Dolnjrfk~6f the Hemiaphers's Original, Inhabitants. utn; hiiu, ^ ODpO, rWlUII VDvu^b of the boy to WStih to thd riMnor? df Fenlmore Cooper'*" magic Itpell, Warwick Ford write* In Arts and Decoration. The red 'Indian add hi* actdfcl and mythlcaf doing*ffeffesented twrir j age of chivalry, the golden pathway of high eruprlse. With maturer jfein conies the red* lizatIon that' the Original Inhabitants of this hemisphere were not alone hunter* df an adroit *klll*and heroes of vague warpatha.'bnt 'represented very iftflntfe 'lira dxtrerifrlF'tnterdsdhg social and artistic problems. With our , expanding knowledge of their customs . and Afta>thA feellhg fcrMvfc, and'from our tarl$^temantlc"lAtefes? bloMotfts an ' ever-deepening respect and dawning conviction that the arts of-these dead but not forgotten ye*fd-Vlll' due day add an lnfnslon of interest lit our own decorative expression. Surely" Cur design em cannot much tdhfcer''resist the fulv of the fhradox by which these direct and simple forms of'expresslbo,' remolded with sensitive appreciation: begin to minister to the ? aAhttdtlc* ^rrf1 but own vigorous" but complex civilization. For are we not passing surely, if silently, from the A age in which a multiplicity of mechan leal 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' Mss than"t^plctorfa1 expression, oat1 utobd^lir todflR? the effect nncompiexed' Mth^ftthlngiess detail. In 'ffils spirit oar past, or rather, the artistic past Of this hemisphere, takes on a new and deeper significance; Aftd our debt of gratitade increases toward the artist and the scientist whose Joint efforts hare furnished as with so rich a body of Inspirational material. When are come to the apprepgjgjSSl that absorb ^BHSSH QMfc-aRth An idea, has long existed that the ninth ocean ware Is always more powerful than the eight preceding; ones. This belief existed In Grid's time, which was before the birth of Christ, the fishermen of England ^>eak of this wave as the "death wave" Others claim that the tenth wave is most to be feared.; In Scotland they hollered a distempered cow could be cured by being washed lb nine sttPTS, while the fishermen of Iceland say that there are three great waves which follow In succession. In which It la highly dangerous to launch boats. A legend of St Patrick says (he waves are caused by serpents which the saint Inclosed In a box when he cast them out of Ireland. The mystic numbers 8, 9 and 10 seem to have been generally used Id connection with the explanation of things among the an-^ dents'which were not easily under stood. When Critics Run Amuck. Scholarly books have been dispraised because they were not exciting; fine novels have been sneered at because they were bard to read; cheap stories have been proclaimed great because they wore a pretense of seriousness; setttlntentallty has been welcomed because It was warm hearted; indecency has been condemned for Immorality; Immorality has slipped 'through as romance; daring has been mistaken for novelty; painstaking dullness, for careful art; self-revelatlon, for world knowledge: titvu#? writing, for literature; violence, for strength; and warped and unhealthy egotism for the wise sincerity which Is the soul of literature.?Henry 8eldel Canby In the North American Review. The Teacher's Job. Johnny Brown was the brightest hoy In his class, but he wss also the naughtiest. After a time the teacher's patience was exhausted. She wrote a note and gave It to Johnny for his mother, who read the following: "John Brown Is the brightest l*>y in the class, hut also the roost mischievous \VllO? ?Vl?ll T John's mother wrote the follow ng lu the tipper left?hand corner: "Do as yon like. I've got my honda full with his father."?Kansas City Star. Australia establishes Sanctuary. By the Joint action of the comiu r? nrmill IIIIU lilt* FimtW OT W68f A " 8tralln and South Aufttrnlla. an ?reu of Ofi.fHHJ nqmire tr.lW line hwn net ??# rt a? a Hnctuar.v for th* native t|. -a ant} fnuna, Including genu* homo. Nq white men evrept n fen pially guaranteed ecten tints will bi? <iW Jo' flnfur the xanotuary. |q pur-ft tlculAi. It ir ntwtujfl, no mlMtnfflr.niwi 3 < 111 be allow hJ to It, I i. ?.! . nik ' * .... ... - - { 4 yr- \ BO? SCOUf! m?n II (Conducted by Nutloaul Coea^H?*^ , Scouts of j 'OUT AMONG THE Bljfififc' Summer time?sohoolbqB^^P" . menus a scout's own i>ail P>e< I camping days with their | fjn^sUysttftogjnacoutcra^^^B^ craft and growhig"bte&erH|HLr and better "but among ( Last year In the 2,000 borP*0*" ? camps throughout the co*jHn$tf?t4 100,000 boys enjoyed the , of the scout program. boy per week averaged leas^HHg I the camping department , we necessity 01 ReepincR^K^HK the minimum to make lwp^B^HEl all scouts to attend. g^EUBLj ' Every 1 ml)cation thinly an increased- number ob 'j camps, and a pronoync4.l of facilities. ~ J At the boy scout cajnpsH^HB Is allowed in the mattej otw^HHpflf Ing beys from barm?rw>ral physical. yg ...yj^KOaSl -Great care la taken In Competent camp staff i^afffSEHER sonable provision Is msde^K^P3 attention in case of alykntlMyg * dent. The records of ti'uft nag show remarkable health throughout all scout (nmjSMF&* most Do accidents of! Boys ate safer by far/in camp thkn In any dty. 1 ' And then the adv/anto^^^M* training. Sportsmen i,<ay experience like camping tjBflffiSI1 and develop a man's i with other men. It's 11 a bpy to be able to do-n ;oQdW k with other fellows: to slm^E^Br> and their job, bfar fan anj^K^B1* his treats and their t . how lifelong friendshl; >s It puts a boy on hls^B^^El onngs out the Dest tbatt It ieune secret of the camp on scoata who njHBT To the summer clj Vs swimming, hiking, exploring, canoeing, eats, sleep, scoutcraft.^^^^B^Hp and atoriea every tcov^^HBH0 go, for It's? Hlf Out among the Mg that gleam afar, fellow get* to each utart He may not get an every nlgbt, W He fe^aunong ? ? An account of tha ructiJ^^^ scoots of throe men " from appeared recently throngh^Hp^ country. The account rJI'ttflP*11'. tlally as follows: V Bov Scoirtt fttsftuo Mil as t/MtWrcm ~ '" L. A Drowning; Rifuw lllm R# * "Chicago, May 18.?Three at the point of death la Late nlchigatl after their rowboat had rap?izedwere rescued yesterday by f>ur b0* scouts. When the third man re****"" landed, one of the rescned vl{* B fared the scout' leader a . dcf. .! 'for a reward.' It waa not g*??Dted The account did not manr? 'T1'v the scow* refused the here's tUe reason. the gratuity because the boys ?r pocket jjnoney. It^*?J so would be a law which says In m.8y work for"'pay, tips foy oourteylen^^B^^B^' TTVUIUII % linvf these hoys as sc^^^^^H^forsge ?nd skill in makff^^^^^HK*ftve evidence of their 8COUT8' APP^ECIAT;t?3BPiTft 1 police rerllltV rvited ^ "These hovsI^Hve, ft^29Bl';jrearii. perfbrtncd pufl,,c ar important chn(*'acter ^HHP ha' been auch ai.i ,n Wf hav? been ^r^H^^Brr'OUf ?f?rvlc?. Thcfe'ore' m* aaaoeiatra, to **ve t|Sj?HJ{?p'ce 0< onr hearp^ cct^peratlor^or the r'**flSK*00d Uf bHng ,n ra^JRrtl#" M . "^*'Jr ! aiTBD i e> TO PAY BlimMttES I Scouts ot Canlsteo. jaBttfrP* 1 f and 3. Wm havp ?n *lHKty t( |>ay their at c?raP ^ajg*I bet fries on th*,r own ,ruI grower ha/ offer?d a h<"?WftPot * (Lake Lam<**: Tjron* MgaBgp th "scouts wl'b the prOTM||^^H| the 'pick his berries for httOggj^HMfll pa the hoys by the box. a catnp win ?h> equal is sure unity "f I'^t t ' -rjpj^Bp^ aay "Ton see 'n 'hu? im|1 y ft -f e ?'! ========= Iff KITCHEN H HcabinetEJ opyilsht. 1923, Wwwrn New?p?p?r Union. ' " "!-=3 How many of our homes have perfoctly Useless, cumbersome and Inartistic things In conspicuous places? What a gain for repose and beauty, to say nothing of space and cart, If these objects could be eliminated. ELIMINATING NON-ESSENTIALS Con you remember the delight It [are you when r little child to have ^your in o t h e r's I- jSnflp frieuds remember S5 J ydii with n box of S^/^x ribbons and laces for your dolls, oi if I a picture or vase jr ; , j# for your playhouse and ten jw 'W " w tnnie v lr you ao, |ust remember there are little chllIren, perhaps next door, or If not, sasy to And, who will he delighted with gifts from you of things not needed or used by you. It is hurd sometimes to part with cherished things, but progress bids us throw off these hampering things, thnt we may he free to accomplish work worth while. During the hot weather the housewife who Is cook, rfUrse 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 where non4 or little help Is hired, the children if trained can do a large share of the work, but often the mother rather does It herself than to bother with the mistakes and Inefficiency of the children. If it were only fdr the children's sake, It is \vlse that each has his daily work; li fits him later for better work and a ffreiiter appreciation of what the keep ing of a home means. There has never been anything true: ever written or said, than that we wi'.i find time to do the things we want t<> do. A spotless house nnd the best of .food can'never satisfy a family If It has cost the happiness, youth, and companionship of the mother. Better a dinner of pork and greens and hap plness therewith, than the finest feast, served by an overworked mother. In homes where thefe are no servants to lighten labor, much of the former displays of linens for the table have been laid away. The bare table with dolleya la used for all meals. Where help Is scarce, If the pretty little decorated oilcloth eblongs and lunchcloths are used with paper napkips. a large part of the table laundry Is eliminated; ^ y \ | A*-t/ -V. . "Ww A c? v lilC Pi Progj Both RW A EA C NL ^ mmmmmmmmmmmmm | Too < P * j . I ? iMmmmammmnmmaaammmmmmmmm DO YOU jgURNII We have a new grade Room Sui | Parlor Suits, Mi Dining Room Sui i we have extra ch 3 * \ We arc lookiB Pageland Hardw; L. I. WATi Si.; For Two Either One Pag el and Join Progressive F BOTH ONE YEA1 m ou Can G< igeland J< and rcssivc Fs 2 moiti El .31 Plinnn Dili I a# uucap nut LiCi ? . sea NEED fURE? I I stock of high I Is, Iron Beds9 ? ittresses \ and I its on which I eap prices. | ig lorfhtK^L^ ire Company,VH 35~1 Papers1 | Wortbjt rnal jipmpp R FOR ONLY . lannot Beat It R j *=-1 ournal irmer I tisForm C S! 1 j w a HGO | wmmmmmmmrnmm?J % . ^