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Show I ) , GREAT. POWER OF I ., I LITTLE WANT ADS I f Have Prevented Suicides, Reunit- IB eel Families and Done Other Remarkable Things. Tho want nd Is tho modorn mlraclo H 'Ljf wolker. It porforms foatB dally that B Si :ould bo accomplished In no other wny B'klF tv'li' tho Bamo Bwlftnosa nnd Burenosa, H ff$H lays tho Ohlcngo Tribune Tho want H , j p adjflnds Iionioa for abandoned chll-H chll-H 1 1 p i 3rn. It has boon tho dlroct causo of ; ligj marringo of young couples by H ip providing a position for tho man with jjv jnlncomo sufficiently largo to onablo I J W Mm to support ft wife It has rounlt- !ffl sdfjramlllcs restored tho lost son to E, ymothor, DubllBhcd, tho, wife's mos- m iago of forgiveness to tho runaway jf OUfebnnd. H .' ' Want ads havo been publlehod qbU- H Ingjfor rain and it rained. Can any onu H auwtlon tho causo of tho downpour? H Loflt engagement rings, lovo letters, H t and IlOflton bull pups havo been found H 1 through moans of tho want nd. H 1 -, -.., Sno want ad has provonted Butcldes. H ' Men, despondent, iuonoyleBB, friend- I losS, alono In a hurrying city, haVo H J 8 turjicd tb tho want ad ns their last If, resort. With no friends to toll tho H ' "down nnd outer" of posslblo positions, H 1.' Inqklng the car faro nnd perhaps, In- H $ doed, tho cnorgy and dotormlnatlon, H i bqcauso of continuous robuffB, to sock I I a place by a porsonal canvnaB an nl-H nl-H ( moat hopoless task In n city tho Blze H ' of Chicago thoso men havo found "- their chanco In tho wnnt ad columns. H , In, soma enses sulcldo may havo H -eomed tho only way out, In most H ca'sos a distant possibility but utlll a H , possibility hut with tho appearanco H j of tho wnnt nd, carrying Its moBsngo H of a chnncn to malto good, liopo ro-H ro-H i vlvcd. H To Bomo peoplo tho want ad section Hf of. a nowspnpor contains moro ro- manco than any other section, becaiiBo Hfl the romanca found thoro is real ro- HB 'j manco, boiled down and not emboli- H l! Ish'ed by a finished writer. Reading HH " botwoon tho lines, ono can gathor lit- B! '' tlo'storlos pf tho various activities of B j ? lla., A .clnsalfled section pf today If 1 J '"VWll a m'tirea1 yeaB ffoin hSw would" Ljf give material to tho thinking man for B drawing a fairly accurato plcturo of HB -x - ihsHfo of this ago, Jho lineg of work Hl """ moa woro engaged In, tho amount of Bt' pay thoy rccolved, tho cost of many II articles, wo uso today thcao and many H ? other facts could bo deduced. H 1 These lltllo utorlcs contained be- H I tweon the llnofl of tho want ads aro H I BtorloB of tho young and old ns well as H of .thoso In tho primo of lifo. Hero H wojRoo a llttlo girl seeking a homo: . CONDITIONS FOnCE A 13 YEAR OLD H I . Blr( to bccIc a homo. No relatives known H nnahclally able to care for her. Can you I (islst7 X The Tribune. II In Ruothor placo a chlldloss couplo H or" perhaps ono whoso chlldron havo VT grown up aro looking for a child to I c adopt. H f J A homo brokon up Is indicated by B fi the following: I i)j WILLf J. M.-YOUn BABY DAUGHTER 1 ;ff s?' '"' w,fo heartbroken; let ua hear from H Ji - yo c M T1,y Trlbune- Tho list fortunntoly not largo of H' those who will be "reaponolblo only H tor debts contracted by mysolt" lndl-H' lndl-H' , catcs brokon partnerships either busl-Hi busl-Hi nesa or matrimonial. Dut tho follow-I? follow-I? f . lug perhaps has a happlor oxplanatlon H''' f "th chlldron havo grown up: B ' FOU SALE-SULKY CAUT FOIt TWINS, t x- TllQ Tribune. H$ j This advortlsoment would Indlcato B- ' that Bomo young couplo wero setting Bit up housekeeping: Bv,l WANTED-SECOND HAND SET OF ij sliver for family of two. X, Tlio Trtb- B j j une. Bj ij Ilut'thlB ono appears to contain tho BJ) story of a Jilted or socially disappoint- B cd.'young'mnn; Blj FOIt 8ALE-BKAND NEW DRESS SUIT T ' for yotins man. X, Tlio Tribune B nd tills ono, that Illness no longer B afflicts Bomo momber of tho family: Bill INVALID'S CHAIR FOR SALE. X, Tho B jk Tribune. B !M tuo want uds ono can find for F. nnlo cradles, feathers for tho nest, and B' oycn tombstones. A socond-hnnd mar- B" rlago HcoiiBo han yot to bo advertlsod. ml ,j. Tho want ad section has its humorous B .Hllle as woll as its romantic. At differ- H ent times many queer ads havo ap- B peared. If you aro a reader of this HKlK I . section you will remember examples. Ui V A look through tho classified columns B unyday probably will roward you with B u problem to ponder over or a Joke to Iamuso you. This, tho modern market place, whoro buyers meet sollerB In print ns Kjl; thoy used to meet on market day, can- jRjj, tajno a strango assortmont. Wo find '' . ail ,offer mado to oxchango lessons In B 'V dancing for "time watching a telo- B? phono';" a man, npparontly with a Bad IB cxporlenco wants to oxchango an auto B I for a horsa; another ono has 200 dozen h f tin boxos of healing foot salvo to ex- Bc ,"s chango, which Bhould last ono for ' '1 considerable length of tlmo; an icebox ln,t ils offered for a parrot cago; a "fine BBr, JC' old; ylolln, typowrltor, and llvo acres BBIw for n( foot lathe;" a dramatic teaching Jf ,for 'tailoring (a Bartorlal Hamlet In jpr'osp'Jct?);-and if you will oxchango r ythtxt you havo for a now face, an M. V. facd expert makes old facos younit at one sitting for what have you?" Ono finds for ealo a "dump" and a "candy wheel," whatover thoy may bo. And nnythlng from medlclno for your poodlo to second hand' steel rails may bo purchased. Positions aro offered to a "bull-dozor," "bull-dozor," a young man to learn tho aoro-piano aoro-piano business, a "collar stuffor," a "plllmaker mass," a "piano chipper," nnd to "tonchors of ovcrythlng from n to z aviation to zoology." Lost articles, from a pencil to a "ahlpporko dog," nro Bought, and man's Inhumanity to woman Is deplored de-plored In tho following: PARTNER WANTED-LADY WANTS Kentlcman partnor to operato on board of trnilo. I understand board operatlnK. but have to havo it ffontleinrin for membership. mem-bership. Ono finds places for ovcrythlng, from caring for trees, making bonnets, nnd rngtlmo playing to chemical assaying as-saying Is taught. A nalvo ad Ib tho following: , SITUATION WANTED-ON STAGE BY youiiK man. No cxporlenco ns actor, but I nm a Konulno comical character. Would that thcro wero moro of this kind on tho other sldo of tho footlights! |
