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< 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? ,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ?'!
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HcabinetEJ
opyilsht. 1923, Wwwrn New?p?p?r Union.
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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;
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