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note with eager eyes the amount of paper
destroyed daily. He secured prices on COM
pressing and baling machines. secured fig
ures from paper houses and finally, after
month Of Investigation. he went to the super
intendent with his idea
The superintendent gasped when he saw
what saving could be made on the little item
Of waste paper alone.
Why he blurted suddenly. that idea
was discarded years ago, because Of an IT.
suf1ciency OF waste paper"
Then Merwin took up the cue He told the
superintendent how the business of the store
had grown in those few years since the mat
ter was last considered ard pointed out that
the figures he had secured We're original The
superintendent nodded absently. He finally
dismissed Merwin with the promise that the
matter would be looked into.
About q week later Merwin was gratified
to see a COMPRISING and baling machine
being installed In the sub-basement Short
ly afterward he was called In to the SUPER
intendent who formally transferred him to
the auditing department with a raise in sal
ary Of s..
Now a COMPRISING and baling machine
may be found In almost any ofice building or
department store,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Westville's Champion Pool Player

Eleanor's husband didn't take that kind of
a course. He peered at me through his
glasses again when went back home. though
he was deeply interested at the time in shoot
ing the ivory balls around on one of the green
tables in the pool hall. He had won the repu-
tation Of being one OF the best pool players
In Westville.
have only been out TO Westville that once
It, was just after my fathers death, whe..
1 went back to close up affairs and brirg
mother back to live here with me-.
And my wife-its odd, amt it, how a mans
ideal Of a woman can change? She's not d
single bit like the girl who used to be Eleanor
Thompson My boy takes after my wife in
most things, but he's got curly hair like mine
and an unusually good singing voice. His
mother couldn't understand for long time
why my face saddened up so and why drew
the line against 1t when " company sug-
gested that he e" speak piece before them
So one day told her the whole story.
but he might not have your experience.
she commented.
Il KNOW answered. but I'm not gong
to cake any chances
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Notes from the World Of Science.

1t requires more than a century for a cedar
tree to grow large enough to yield thirty
foot telephone pole.
It IL estimated that there are more than
100000 acetylene automobile lights in use in
the United States.
Sugar producing countries OF the world are
exporting $4,000. ooo, 900 pounds of it to other
lands each year.
Mexico's petroleum production last year
was almost equal to that OF any two previous
years.
The island Of Juan Fernandez, made ia
nous by the story Of Robinson Crusoe, Is
being given a wireless station.
The worlds richest ruby mines. in Upper
Burma, are known to have been operated
since early In the seventeenth century
Though women were not admitted as stu
dents in German universities until 1905, they
now number more than 1900 and compose
more than per cent Of the entire student
body.
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Consider Waste Paper an Asset;
Big Stores Bale and Sell 1t.
By JOHN M'ENERNY.

- EARS ago many large department
stores were conducted with such a
I lack Of system that waste was in evil
dence everywhere. But with the ad-
vent Of the present day fever to eIirni
nate all waste and to stop all leaks the re-
suits, In most cases. have been remarkable.
For instance, the old method Of disposing
Of waste paper, which exists in such album
dance IN the average modern department
store or Office building, consisted simply in
feeding 1t to the furnace. Waste paper then
was regarded as one OF the nuisances that
were necessarily connected with the regular
business Of huge mercantile establishment
Now, however, all that has changed. Waste
paper, at present. is looked upon as one OF
the principal means Of obtaining small rev.
enue. And this - the way the change came
about:
An ambitious young man, employed in the
shipping room Of one OF the leading depart
ment stores In q city OF the central states,
conceived the idea. He was used to seeing
great volumes Of good paper hurled into the
furnace daily and finally thought out the plan
Of baling the paper and selling the bales to
paper manufacturing concerns. He worked
at the idea busily. Week after week he would
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
Best Job Pays Less at Start.
By AMOS ANDREWS.

~ Asst year offered a young man q
~ position that had chance for
rapid development in good pay
- ing field of work." says Chicago
manufactures. AT the same
time another. firm offered this man a posi-
ton that would pay him more at the start.
The young man came to me and told me
that the other fellow had offered him more
money and wanted to know il would raise
my bid for his service. Then explained to
him the relative advantages Of the two posi-
tions with respect to the future. He admit
ted that my opening would in adj probability
lead him into a much more profitable line Of
work-that within FIVE years ne might be
earning three or four times as much II he
came with me as he would with the other
concern.
II pointed out to him specific cases of
men who only FIVE years before had started
for even less than I offered to pay hfrn and
were now drawing $4,000 q year, for !
thought that this young fellow was exactly
the chap I had been looking for-unui he
told me that the only reason he preferred
the other position was the fact that he
wanted to get married.
Before that had almost made up my
mind that would pay him the higher start
ing salary IL necessary. But when found
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Because there was even in so small q town.
always something to be arranged, and be-
cause loafed good deal in the pool hall
and the restaurant, and because slept late
mornings. my time was entirely taken up
/ might still be going on at such a rate II
Eleanor hadn't decided to go away and take
music lessons / missed her that fall. but
we kept up a correspondence, and ! was
pretty busy with our new football team
Nowadays when / see q young fellow going
absolutely wild over college yell or college
colors I don't throw any cold water. but
marvel how could have put 30 much en-
thusias SIN into that sort Of thing and yet
sighted my chances in life so long a. did.
Lem Bayless. the bus man. was the first to
tell me about Eleanor's arriving home In the
night for her Thanksgiving vacation.
Thrilled with anticipation, Immediately
went into the restaurant phone and told her
that 1 would be sure and be up to see her
that evening even started out to get up
dance just for her benefit.
=
Meets Superior Stranger.
went up the steps at the house that night.
hardly stopping to ring the door bell. AZ
entered / noticed that Mrs. Thompson was
wearing her best dress. her husband barely
nodded to me over his paper. And just be-
hind Eleanor as she came from the parior to
greet me was a stranger. 1t seemed he had
been attending the same college His father
was a business friend OF Mr.. Thompson.
My friend Mr.. Snyder" introduced
Eleanor, as soon as we had greeted each
other.
He was a tall. thin fellow with glasses, and
his clothes had a cut just q trihe newer than
had yet reached Westvtlle. have always
hated glasses. anyhow when they glitter and
you feel that the wearer - staring at you.
Just what he said or how he saad II. do not
recall but do know that in effect he treated
me as an inferior. Almost from the first the
conversation turned to college, coings Of the
term just closed and Of course about which
1 knew nothing. j have hated that alb
breviated college talk ever ence-" frat {"
and "prexy /" and &c freshly
Eleanor il seemed. had lest interest in
Westville affairs. For the nrst time in my
life IT appeared was not hero. I was mere
ly a small town N" cutup." I had never
known before what IL was to be jealous At
the FIRST opportunity explained that would
have to be going and / asked Eleanor If
might not speak to her for q moment on the
porch.
Eleanor, ! said, my face white and my
voice all but choking. does this fellow mean
anything to you? Is II all OF between us?'
why. George" she pouted in surprise, Z" I
never knew there was anything between US ;
OF course. you've always been a good friend {"
She began to pretend to be shivering from
th<cold and put her hand back on the door
knob
:" Is there anything I've doner" Z gaeped
1t was some time before she answered.
mo, It isn't anything you've DONE" she
said at length. Az papa expressed Il, it's
rather because Of what you haven't done
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

Statesmen of machinery too large to be car
ried around are finding motion picture films
useful in showing prospective customers the
operation Of the machines they have to sell.
In Arabia there is a tract of UNEMPLOYED
territory nearly five times the area of Great
Britain. while nearly q quarter Of Australia
awaits the investigation Of civilized man
From among 1.574 inventions submitted an
eastern railroad selected but two as worthy
Of thorough tests in a competition for a
$4,000 prize for an automatic train stopping
device.
Since the beginning OF the present fiscal
year In July the United States exports of
manufactured iron and steel have tveraged
100000 day in value.
Exerfments In France with huge signs to
be displayed on the roofs Of buildings for the
guidance Of aviators have shown that signs
made Of silvsred glass balls. set In q black
background. can be seen the greatest dis
stance.
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By ONEY FRED SWEET.

ways the door was left open for ma Always
my mother was still awake. And always she
let me sleep as late as cared to In the morn
Ing. it was because she loved me. and yet
IL was almost my ruin-the failure on her
part to see me except through q mothers
eyes.
Had Been q Clown Too Long.
For three days hunted the town over for
. tob-any kind Of Job. I went into Petb-
rams Dry Goods Emporium and Mr.. Peth-
ram came to the front Of the store smiling.
What's up now. George?" he asked. It's
about time you folks were giving US another
show. ain't It? Several from the country
have spoken about how long it's been since
we've had an entertainment here IN town"
: IT came in to ask II you couldn't give me a
job. Mr.. Ps<hrAm." said soberly. Il un-
derstand you're going to have sale and
certainly you will need an extra clerk"
His face changed at once. He d1d not be-
We've he would need me.
Everywhere it was the same story. :" You
do rough work." exclaimed Bob Harris over
at the humber yard. What are you try
ing to do-josh NOR
That was largely it. I couldn't convince
too long. I might have gone on a farm, but
1t was the wrong season Of the year.
When I went home to my meals it seemed as
II my mothers good cooking would choke me-
To think that had been eating her food for
years after becoming Of age and never think
Ing Of its cost! With her mother instinct.
she knew that something was wrong One
afternoon. when instead Of going downtown
after dinner went in to lie on the sofa, she
came in. and. sitting down beside me. began
to run her fingers through my hair
Don't mother" finally interfered. II
don't deserve IT. You've scrimped for me
and petted me long enough. It's time was
doing something for you" rose to my feet
:" I'm going to 90 to the city and do it. I'm
leaving tonight"
Poor mother. she could not understand.
II was Just the blues I had and 1t would
soon pass away.
didn't go downtown to bid any one good
by. did not make food Of myself by writ
ing any sentimental letten to Eleanor. 1t
seemed that all the manhood In my blood had
come fighting to 'the surface. did borrow
enough money from my sister to pay car
fare. She had been teaching school IN the
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usual and Complete Redemption Of Village "Cutup y

There was q place where the stuff was
weighed, There were account books. giving
a itst Of the markets. together with statistics
on lesser assembling places farther west.
It was business out Of the beaten path and
1t fascinated me. Certainly it was on sound
basis. Surely It was . field that was not
overcrowded.
The result was that turned in my time at
the freight depot and went to work at about
the same wages over with the junk man He
seemed to have taken fancy to me from the
moment helped him with the tough piece of
iron. My keen interest in. the business
pleased him further. and he took pains to
give me pointers from his years of expert
enceL But there was much with which he
was not familiar, and as I worked along.
Weighing and sorting the various materials,
studied the thing with q zest from every
available source.
There were drivers who came TO the place
rough looking fellows. TOO. who could. q; a
I found that every one Of them could teach
me something. Then took a course in a
night school that gave me technical knowl-
edge of the various metals. Before the year
MAS ~: tnHv the markets like book.
To be brief, I became, after period Of four
years, what you might call - a scrap iron ex
pert" It Was along the natural course Of
events that one Of the big firms of the coun-
try should grab me up. They clashed with
me just enough to be sure they wanted me.
They found my knowledge Of the business to
be such that they saw fit to make me vice
president Of the company. My friends today
say that II is " a kind world - for me. because
live in fashionable neighborhood and get
a new car every season. wonder sometimes
If those who envy me would have had the
nerve to have taken just the sort Of college
course did
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went back downtown--beck to my Ioaflng
haunt. The same old gang was there. They
were smoking cigarets and talking about
goodness knows what-what suoh gauge al
ways talk about. Somehow as stood lean
ing I'D against one Of the counters the gang
presented itself as It really was. but as
had never seen it before. What were the
rest of these fellows doing-what had they
done.' Their Jokes no longer were funny.
their plans for amusement suddenly doomed
puerile. / took a stool at the counter and
ordered a lunch. purely from habit, not be-
cause i was the least bit hungry.
Al Stazer. the proprietor. leaned toward
me and spoke in not any too low a voice.
:" You've get to settle up before you get any
thing more here" he growled u was look
ing over the books last night"
1t was my first experience at being refused
credit in the town. looked beyond Al Stager
into the mirror back of the counter. saw
my own face as had never seen 1t before
1t was lacking in determination. In self-conf-
dence, in clean hope-all those things that
make young face good to look at noticed
also that my overcoat was shabby. owed
for that too.
I got down of tho stool and went out into
the street One Fourth Of July had worked
hard all day for Al 6tager running stand for
him out in front OF his place He had never
paid me anything for It. Hadn't II been COM
pensation enough to be dressed up in an
Uncle Sam uniform and to have q chance to
lid" with the country folkf
Main street was dark. had never seen 1t
before eitber-its limitations, its lack Of in
spiratton. And when got home 1 saw our
crowded little frame house as II was too
the vast contrast between 1t and the Thomp-
son mansion
lis that you, GeorgeT- my mother called
from her bedroom as 1 tried to enter the front
door without making a disturbing noise. Al
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27

ATHANIEL c. FOWLER JR has writ
nj ten book entitled " How 10 Get and
VI Keep Job" In preface he says he
has come into close contact with thou
sands Of workers. He sets forth his
experience thus gained for the benefit of men
and women who desire to get on in the world.
The author advises caution in the choice
of life work by the young rersor. He d.
vides the methods Of livelihood into four
claeses-laborer trade workers. Business,
and the professions
Many a boy of enormous capacity" he
says has been switched off the line of his
ability, and has entered, through force Of
circumstances a calling fo- which he has
neither love nor proficiency. We see occur
rences of this kind everywhere, and the re-
suit is pitiful to behold.
ct is better to wait a considerable time
and make the right choice than to plunge in
without preparation or without The proper
weighing of values. But when you have de-
cided. learn your trade Or business, and stick
to it."
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Tells How to Get and Keep a Job;
Business Offers Most Money.
By FORREST LEIGH.
Bv FORREST LEIGH.

a statistician to show that the annual ad-
vertising output OF the world Is 81 0O0. O00, Goo
declares 1t is increasing, and asserts that
this money would not be spent unless il was
profitable to spend 1t.
II have always claimed" he says, that
the man who cannot utilize advertising in
his business has no business to be in business,
and generally>fsn't.
He goes into detail as to how situation
wanted 4" advertisement should be written,
gives samples of good and bad ads" and
tells when, why. and how long the ad 4"
should be run.
DO not allow the advertisement to be bet
ter than you are" he cautions. because u
your ability IS unable to back up the quality
of your advertisement you may be the loser
in the end"
In applying for job by mail, the applicant
should state his qualifications be modest, but
not overmodest, write plainly, and read over
his letter two or three times before dispatch
ing it. Much detail is given as to the prep
aration of this important letter. the upshor
OF which is that honesty, sincerity, and de-
sire to make good should be manifest
Il 4
Regarding Dress and Salary.
A chapter on dress emphasizes the lmpor-
tance of neatness, cleanliness, and good
taste. Snowy garb is not liked by employers,
ard no dudes need apply.
Don't let your desire to get a job run away
with your common sense idea Of getting paid
for it.
6 Ask fair price," says,Mr. Fowler. You
cannot get more than YOU are worth. You
may get less, and very likely will at the
s:art"
In the matter Of holding job after you've
got It Mr.. Fowler paraphreses an old adage
TO read. Any fool can get position but 1t
takes ability and stickdo-ft-Ive-nes s. to hold
it," Out of long chapter on this very i'm
pcrtant phase Of everyday work this para
graph is selected as pertinent:
Do and act just the same whether you
are under surveillance or not Do it because
1t is right; do 1t because 1t is policy. Don't
do nothing when you can find something
to do"
How to be promoted, how to use your
friends, what to do In the evening, whether
or not to get married persistency. causes Of
failure, health, and education are among the
other topics considered by the author The
book is published by Moffatt. Yard & Co.
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A Leader in Town Fun.

Eleanor and 1 graduated in the same class
During the last year or two in high school
had been a miserable student, but l was
passed through, and my faxed grafton was
another stage triumph for me. The fact
that older fellows downtown had taken UP
with me had caused me to sort of pooh - at
simple school affairs. Besides, my time was
being taken up with what / deemed more
important things than electromagnetic
OF the baseball team, praoticing with the
band, getting UP entertainments for this and
that local Improvement. AS a matter of
fact put in about five years Of my life-and
the very best years. when / should have
been training myself for something-in
boosting Westville.
Whenever there was a dance or a picnic
TO be gotten up they came to me. When the
band or baseball team needed uniforms
they came to me to go around with the sub
scriptior paper. Every one knew George
Martin. / had the nerve and had the time.
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WAS one of those fellows that small
town has petted and spoiled and then
L turned down. / suppose, all towns being
I pretty much alike. a great many of them
produce my counterpart with changing
generations. / was the " cute -, boy Of the
town-made hit :" when was 10 years old
in a home talent play, and never outlived it.
When the home talent play was given
was not like Henry Jensen and Elmer VIII
son. who We're SO frightened that they mere
ly mumbled their parts. / was perfectly at
ease on the stage. My song and dance even
brought forth favorable comment from
travelling man who happened TO be present.
Over in the hotel after the show there were
those who heard him remark that / ought
to be on the stage, that was as clever as he
ever had seen, and that he had seen a lot Of
big shows.
The way everybody talked about the way
carried OFF the honors in the show pleased my
father and mother, of course. Poor, patient
old dad! He was bookkeeping In the grain
elevator and mother was trying to raise
family of eight of US on his S65 month sal
airy. But socially we ranked as high as any
family In town. 1t was the most natural
thing in the world that / should get to going
with Eleanor Thompson
must have FIRST met Eleanor thompson
when We were out riding In baby carriages
She was Just my age and we started to school
the same morning. remember that before
the morning was over 1 leaned across the
aisle and kissed her. She was one OF those
petite, lovable sort of girls that are sure TO
be popular with their young boy associates
1t never occurred to me to make comparison
between her fathers big brick house with it's
tower and its golden arrow shining at the
top and our crowded frame home half
block farther down the street All during
my school days l was welcome at the big
brick house. Mr.. Thompson, though bust
nesslike and curt. always spoke pleas sanity
to me- and Mrs. Thompson was always urg-
ing me to sing while Eleanor played my &C.
compartment at the piano.
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Freight Handler to Junk Man.

laughed In response. But suddenly I
sobered. got to asking him questions about
the business I never had dreamed of Its
magnitude. We went in tho car and the junk
man pointed out the different sorts Of mate
rials. All of them were classified. There was
a market somewhere for each OF them.
The thing gripped me as nothing hitherto
considered had. The rest of my afternoon or
spent In the junk mans headquarters over
on the west side. It was a big room with
the various materials sorted OF in corners
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What plans have you for hfe-what pros
poets? It's because of what you haven't
done"
was too dazed to answer. The words
were grating deep. Because Of what you
haven't done" 1 had never yet given life a
serious thought. It seemed that for all this
lack my brain fairly pounded with serious
thinking in those brief seconds. When was
able to speak bade Eleanor . brief good
NIGHT"
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Business Offers the Most Money.

If your desire in life is to make money,
business offers the greatest chances, &C.
cording 20 Mr. Fowler.
Success in business" he writes, is
largely dependent upon the ability to buy
ard SELL 1t is obvious that boy who has a
decided taste for music. who is a book stu
dent. who wants to preach. who leans toward
the law, medicine. or other profession or spe-
cialty, is more likely to be unfit to do bust
ness
20 Financially. the professions give much
less than business. Men in business. man
for man. receive on an average three times
much money as do those in the professions"
In one respect, at least, it is easier to get on
in business than in the professions. Mr.
Fowler points out that one lay succeed In
business and yet be almost unknown in the
trade he represents while he cannot get
ahead much in a profession unless his in
dividuality Is more or less public property.
When in doubt" he therefore advises,
choose a trade or profession"