Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-23
GREAT POWER Of
LITTLE WAkF IDS
Have Prevented Suicides, Reunt-
ed Families and Done Other
Remarkable Things.

The wsnt ad Is The modern miracle
worker II performs feats daily that
could be accomplished IN no other way
with the same sWiiiuess and sureness.
says The Chicago Tribune. The want
I'd finds homes for abandoned chill.
dren II has been the direct cause of
the marriage Of Young couples by
providing q position for the man with
an income sufficiently large 20 enable
MIN 70 support a wife II has reunit-
I'd families-rest0reG the lost son 10
his mother, published the wife's mes
sage OF forgiveness TO the runaway
husband
Want ads have been published ask.
iug Ior rain and it ramed can any one
que ton the cause OF the downpour?
ost engagement rings love letters,
md Boston bun pups have been found
rough means 90 the nant ad
The want I'd has prevented suicides.
Een despondent moneyless, friend.
SIS alone ia a hulying city have
turned TO the want nd as their last
esor With no friends TO tell the
down and outer Of possible positions.
lacking the car fare and perhaps, In.
deed the energy and determination,
because of continuous rebu0s, to seek
place by "a personal canvass IAN al
most hopeless task in a city the size
Of Chicago these men have found
their chance in the want ad columns
In some cases suicide may have
seemed the only way out. in most
cases a distant possibility still "a
possibility but with the appearance
81 the want adj carrying its message
of a chance to make good, hope re-
vived
To some people she want ad section
0f newspaper contains more ru.
NANCE than any other section because
the romance found there IS real 70.
nance. boiled down and not embell-
jehcd By finished writer Reading
between the lines. one can gather lit
tie stories OF the various activities OF
life A classified section OF today II
read q hundred years from now would
give material TO the thinking man for
drawing a fairly accurate picture OF
the life of this age The lines Of work
men we're engaged in the amount Of
pay they received the cost of many
articles we use today these and many
other facts could be deduced
These little stories contained be
tween the lines OF the want ads are
stories of the young and old as we'll as
OF those in the prime OF life. Here
we see a little girl seeking a home.
CONDITIONS FORCE A n YEAR OLD
rlrl to scok home No relatives known
financially able 10 care FOR her. Can you
assist Y The Tribune.
In another place a childess couple
or perhaps one whose children have
grown up-are looking for a child to
adopt
a home broken up is indicated by
the following
WTIL h. NJ YOUR BABY DAUGHTER
ill wife hc3rtbrukcn bet us hear from
You. e M rhe Tribune.
The list fortunately not large--of
those who viii be responsible only
for debts contracted by myself indi-
Gates broken partnerships either bust
ness or matrimonial But tho follow.
ing perhaps has a happier explanation
the children have grown up:
FOR sALEssULKY CART FOR TWINS
y The Tribune.
This advertisement would indicate
that some young couple were setting
up housekeeping.
WANTED-sECoND HAND SET or
silver for family az two. y. The Trih-
une.
But this one appears to contain the
4 a tuu int
cd young man.
FOR SALE BRAND NEW DRESS SUIT
for young man. \ The Tribune.
And this one. that illness no longer
aqlcts saine member of the family:
INvtLlp's CHAIR FOR SALE y. The
Tribune
In the want ads one can find for
sale cradles. feathers for the nest. and
even tombstones a secondhand mar.
riage license has yet to be advertised
The want ad section has its humorous
side as we'll as It's romantic. At differ
eut times many queer ads have ap.
peared If YOU are reader Of this
section you win remember examples
A look through the classified columns
any day probably win reward You with
problem to ponder over or a joke 10
aWuse you
This, the modern market place.
where buyers meet sellers IN print as
they used to meet on market day con
tains a strange assortment We find
an offer made to exchange lessons in
dancing for time watching a tele.
phone: a man. apparently with sad
experience wants to exchange an auto
Tor a horse; another one has 200 dozen
tin boxes Of healing foot salve 10 ex.
change. which should last one for
considers bic length Of time an icebox
Is offered Tor o parrot cage; q fine
old violin. typewriter. and five acres
Co, foot lathe" a dramatic teaching
Ter tailoring sarioial Hamlet In
prosrcctel and II sou viii exchange
aha you have Cor a new face. an IA
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