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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18
LITTLE BEHHY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PARE.

Pop was smoaking with his feet up
and 1 was setting on the floor looking
at the advertisements in the paper to
keep my mind off my homework. and
saw one saying. Be a Craftsman.
Earn Good Money With Little Werk.
Me thinking, C, wonder wat a
craftsman is2~ / bet its a man that
goes GROUND putting windows up and
down for millionaire so they will get
enuff air without getting in too big of
a draft.
Sounding Ikea good easy job with
out needing mulch study or Experience.
and I started to practice on pop
waking Ground the room and opening
all the windows about inches and
then I wawked GROUND agen and
opened them about more inches and
then put them all down agen about 2
inches on account of the air starting
to come in too fast witch jest then pop
gave fearse sneeze. saying. eonfound
it, 1 jest got rid of one cold and heer
1 am sneezing agen.
Me thinking. Holey smoaks. dfsfts-
man to the rescue.
And 1 quick started to goa erroIfnd
putting all the windows down agen,
and pop sneezed more sneezes with
out stopping. saying. Wat in the name
of ventilation are you doing with those
windows2
Sir? I'M putting them down, 1 sed.
and pop sed. Putting thine down, well
who and wy and wen were they put
up?
Sir? I put them up to practice be-
ing a craftsman and earn good money
with little werk, 1 sed.
You're the ony one in the werld
knews wat you're tawking about. SHIT
those windows. sed pop.
G. pop, that's wat I'm doing<I sed-
WITCH I was and pop kepp on sneezing,
and sed, young man. you'll rue this day
Well G, pop, gosh, wat is a drafts
man?
Shut up. sed pop
WITCH did. and pop kepp on sneez-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18
JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

SIGNS OF FALL
Trees all dressed in red an brown,
Gray skies hoveriH' over town,
Early mornings thick with fog
Rising from the distant bog,
That your shoes get wet clear thru
If you walk across the lawn
To some bush with blossoms on,
Martin houses vacant now,
And the wren house ON the bough
Empty. too. These signs are all
Telling Us that 1t is FAN.
Cattle thru the early day
Closer to each other stay,
Keepfns warm, an right an left
Fields OF all their wealth bereft:
Where but yesterday was gold,
Now is brown and bleak and cold:
In the orchards all the trees
Seem to stand an take their ease.
We have claimed the fruit they bore,
Stripped them OF their luscious store
Aud each bulging bin and stall
Tells US plainly 1t is FAN.
Roses that were proud and gay
Seem to want TO get away;
Like a man who's borne the strain
OF stern duty's hard campaign,
And worn out by heavy deeds
Seeks the rest he sore1y needs.
So the plants and vines appear
Tired and wan this time Of year,
Just as tho their strength was shriven
BY the beauty they have given;
Written large ON Natures wall
Now We read the signs OF Fail.
Copyright, 1920. By Edgar - Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18
RAILROADS. COMING BACK.

One of the notable evidences that
the country is getting back to normal
| may be seen in the fact that the rail-
roads are no longer merely accepting
such business as is offered. but they
are actively soliciting passenger traf-
fic and freight accounts. This hus-
Ting for new business comes strikingly
home to delegates to any large con-
ventIon who find in their mail several
letters from competing lines suggest
ing that this or that railroad is
equipped to furnish service unsur-
passed by its rivals The freight So
licitor. almost an extinct functionary
in the last few years. has again made
his appearance and he is trying to see
to it that his promises in reference to
cars and service are made good by the
operating department.
Economics are being installed wher-
ever they do not interfere with eff
cheney. This policy is most striking
ly evidenced in the repair of old equip
ment, which, under the government
regime, was sidetracked or junked.
The roads have made the most of their
opportunities in this respect, and thou
sands OF cars out OF commission a few
months ago have been put back into
service.
Indifferent or inefficient employees
are being welded out. This is greatly
to the interest of the travelling and
shipping public. as the best men are
being retained. Pay rolls are being
reduced without any reduction in serv-
ice.
The most striking feature, says the
Wollpan Review, is the improved
morale OF the operating department
Intensive methods have been adopted
for speeding up traffic, and the goa
set by the Association of Railway Elk
ecutives is thirty miles per car pei
day. This would be equal to an in
crease in equipment of several hun
| bred thousand cars. This question has
been given the most careful and sys-
tematic study. Efforts have beer
shipping public, as it is realized thai
the railroads cannot function 100 pei
cent without this aid. Solid trains are
being organized for one destination
and it is believed that this method car
be improved greatly by carefully
analyzing the freight for movement
at given point. Accommodations are
being avoided by the use of embar.
goes and permits. Idle freight car.
are being eliminated as much as pos
sible. Refrigerator cars when no
4 needed for service requiring refriger-
alton are dried out and used for load
ing merchandise and other freight
The railroad statistics are beginning t,
show that these efforts are meeting
with success.
Thus far private operation is max
ing good. The investor is pleased b,
the record of economy and efficiency
and the public is pleased by the i'm
provement in service which makes fol
its convenience in travelling and for al
Improvement in the conduct of bust
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

In the general slump in prices carry
ing with it losses in almost every line
Of business, the farmer feels that he
is carrying the heavy end of the bur-
den. Attention has been called time
and again in this paper to the fact that
a fall in prices would bring serious
disturbance to business and wide
spread financial loss. Declines in
prices come high but we must have
them and few can escape their con-
Sequences. II it be any consolation to
the producer of food. he can reflect
that about everybody else is or will be
in the same boat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18
George MattheD Adams
Daily Talk
THE WINDOWS OF YOUR MIND.

1.-The mind is continually in a state of
light or darkness 1t has windowsl
NAnd each window is equipped with
curtains. Some people keep these
curtains drawn most of the time so
that they see little of the beauty of
the world. Others lift their shades
only during storms and when darkness
hovers about.
But the one who sees in life some
thing that is well worth while, Keeps
his windows in an ever inviting mood
for the sun and light.
So that in darkness, during storms
and stress. such a mind may reflect
and in so doing highly resolve to keep
brave and calm and cool in spirit-till
the clouds and rain roll past and the
light streams in!
Keep the windows OF your mind
ever open-ready for the angels of
cheer to fly in.
A well conducted business always
pays dividends. So does a well or
dered mind-not quarterly. but daily.
Look out of the windows of your
mind. Watch the world as it passes
by. Toss to it your sympathy and
love. Be cooperative. There are far
more good days with sun and happi-
mss than dark ones with little blue
devils" on parade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

1t is reported that an aeroplane
system of transportation will be es-
tablished between Key West and Ha-
vana in November. The ships will
carry eleven passengers each and are
expected to carry the mails and to
make the trip of ninety miles in about
an hour. This will enable residents
OF Key West, to fly over and get a
drink before breakfast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

Governor Cox took the stump early
in the campaign. Senator Harding
finally has abandoned the front porch
and gone out to the people, but Debs
continues to carry on his campaign
from within the walls of his temper
airy abode in Atlanta.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

DIR. Charles W. Eliot defines Amer
lea first" as meaning. in respect to
national conduct. not moral leader
ship and enterprise, and service with
out thought of self, but selfishness.
seeking cover from new risks for lib
erty and humanity, and refusal to par
ticipate in protecting the weak against
the strong, and in making aggressive
war too dangerous, in either civilized
or barbarous regions, to be under
taken,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

Senator Penrose is quoted as saying
that he has discovered much opposi-
ton to tax on sales. Its opponents
probably are those who have failed
to find any way of lodging it or pass
ing it on. Many persons think that If
Penrose opposes measure the thing
must be all right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

a woman when it comes to packing
derby hat in a suitcase.
Every married man has heard his
wife say, IT didn't marry your fam
ily." And some of them have heard
it many times.
What has become of the old FASH
toned sport whose idea of a celebration
was to hire a hack and ride around
town with top down?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18
Dorothy Dix Tails
Tho Economy shop.
ny DOROTHY DIX
TersA's Highest rasd Woman Wsa'


When many a woman dies and goes
up before the judgment bar, she is
going to be condemned because she
has sinned the sin of the attic and in
the particular hell to which she is as
signed she will be tormented by the
imps of the things that she has sell
ishly and senselessly boarded.
She will be stamped upon, and
walked upon, and kicked about by
the shoes that she has let moulder
and rot while the feet of her neigh
bors were bare upon the ground.
She is going to be smothered under
the mattresses that she let decay while
the old women turned their weary old
bodies at night on hard beds.
She is going to be pinched by the
bed springs that she let rust out while
her laundress had nothing but hard
board to lie on.
She Is going to go naked and shiver-
ing in the bitter cold while the stacks
of warm dresses and overcoats. and
cloaks that she let go to decay grin
at her and mock her with their
warmth.
In her ears she will hear ceaselessly
hthe wall of newborn babes without a
rag to cover them while trunks full
of the little clothes of her own chill
dren slowly fall into dust before her
eyes.
She will be haunted by the wisttul
/ faces of little children who reach out
eager hands for the toys that only
| the rats played with in her garnet.
And after aeons of. years of this
/ torture perhaps the woman who has
sinned the sin of the attic will have
expiated her crime. and get another
chance at life. Perhaps it was a wo-
man who sinned the sin. of the attic
! in some previous incarnation who
| devised the scheme that she calls the
Economy Shop, which is sort of
double-barreled philanthropy that hits
both the attic and the high cost OF
| living.
That do not know, but 1 do know
that the Sconomy Shop is one of the
| cleverest, most practical and efficient
ways of solving number of prob
lens that has ever been devised.
| The woman with the Economy Shop
idea lives in a little mid-western town
of about thirty thousand Inhabitants.
She is rich and socially important. and
possessed of great executive ability, and
she put her big scheme into operation
! by taking small storehouse, and in
viting a certain number of girls to
come and be clerks for her. and asst
| ing all her friends to send into the
storehouse anything that they had
| that they didn't want, from a white
elephant to a peck of potatoes.
II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

emnly compared a little, rather snub-
nosed brunette to stately. aquiline
blonde mother finding them. alike
and a girl who secretly kissed the nap
kin his lips had touched? If there is
any scintilla of doubt. be 1t known
that the wedding announcements bore
the date of the day following that
years nurses graduation.
Copyright. 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

The fall in the price of raw cotton
seems to be making rapid progress in
the direction OF the consumer but
there Isl little indication of a similar
trend in hogs, cattle and grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

Food. it is declared. is now leading
all other necessities in the downward
sweep of prices, but patrons of Topeka
eating houses would never suspect IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

The sugar crop of Cuba which was
being held at "a cents "a pound now
is available to purchasers at cents.
The old law Of supply and demand is
back on the job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

1920 by the wheeler Syndicate
-. Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

A man has little something ION"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

: There are various ways of wasting
time One of them is to spend II col
oring a meerschaum pipe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-18

The trouble is that those capable
of writing of the underside of life
must get its color vicariously.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
BADLY BURNED
FIGHTING FIRE
Two Men In Hospital as Result
Of Metuchen Blaze
By staff CORRESPONDENT.

METUCHEN, March 5-Whfle at
tempting to subdue a small blaze in
the Public Service power house yes
terda yFrank Sortendo. nineteen years
old, and Barney Drawby, e
Tour years old, were seriously scalded
ana were rushed to the Perth Amboy
Clty hospital for treatment.
"A workman at the plant in attempt
ing 70 thaw out a frozen valve by the
use OF an oil fire, had set the building
on hre. The wv injured men. with
nose. having both a cold and hot
water supply, started playing a stream
on the ire. when the hot water from
a oolier under one hundred and forty
pounds steam pressure, became so
hos tney were compelled to drop the
steam. "pins
Or: L%ippincott was immediately
called and administered first aid
treatment. after which the men were
rushed to the hospital. ~
both men were badly burned about
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
First ciockmsker Unknown.

1t IS uncertain when the first clock
a constructed. Its invention Is
claimed by many nations. There is a
tradition that the first clock was In
vented by the Chinese In the year 1000
B. c.. and another that II was Invented
in Germany Ia the eleventh century.
The first clock of which we have any
description is the one which was set
In the tower of the palace of Charles
V Of France in 1879 by a man named
Henry DeYick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05

When a New Guinea woman falls
in love with a man she sends a piece
Of string to his sister, or. If he has no
sister. to his mother. Then the lady
who receives the string tells the ia
vored man the particular woman Is
In love with him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05

the body. but fortunately not on the
face. While the burns are said to be
very painful 1t is not expected that
either case will prove fatal.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS - SJ0O,OOO HIGHWAY
L BONDS. STATE OF DELAWARE.

PROPOSALS. -. 100000 HIGHWAY
Il BONDS. STATE OF DELAWARE.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Treasurer OF Delaware, until
November H. 1920, nc 1 o'clock =. NJ, for
the purchase of 500 900 Of State Bonds Of
the State OF Delaware.
Said bonds will pear date, January l,
1920, and to be Of $1,000 denomination,
bearing Az per cent. interest, payable
semi-annually on the first days OF Janu-
ary and July Of each year. Bonds shall
be payable forty years after the date
thereof, but the said bonds or any Of
them. may be redeemed at the option Of
the state at the rate Of one hundred aud
five per centum. Of the principal debt
of the bond redeemed on any first day
OF January or first day OF July, after the
said bond or any OF them shall have been
issued one year, upon thirty days notice,
properly advertised, principal and inter
est payable at the Farmers Bank, Of the
State Of Delaware, at Dover, Delaware.
The bonds to be coupon bonds, with
no state tax. All bids must be addressed
40 State Treasurer, Dover, Delaware.
Bids will be received for the whole or any
part OF the issue and must be accom-
panied by a certified check for . per cent.
Of the bid. payable 20 the order OF George
NJ. Fisher. State Treasurer. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids.
Said bonds are issued under authority
OF an Act entitled An Act to Create a
state Highway Department, establishing
"a system Of State Highways and provid-
ing for the improvement and maintenance
thereof. and appropriating and borrow
ing money therefor. passed by the Cen
and approved by the Governor April .,
1917. GEORGE NJ. FISHER,
octeO- % % 80 O-novS-6-1O-1S
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AUCTION SALE
DUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
L land. November Is. 1920. on the

DuBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
land. November Is. 1920, on the
premises az Z. NJ
Farm No. l-Containing 100 acres. To-
Gated 3 miles from Newark. Del. one
half mile from Lincoln Highway one
mile from Iron Hin. known as the Slack
Farm 20 acres good timber land bal
ance ullahlei lO-room house bank barn.
granary, spring house and other build
ings. This will make an ideal stock or
dairy farm, This property will be sold
90 the highest bidder; jo per cent. mort
gage arranged. Sold 20 settle estate.
Farm No. 2-4S acres, 10-room house
fne douhle-decker barn. large tool ana
wagon house, with other necessary Out-
buildings; 800 apple trees, 200 near
trees and other fruits. This Is an ideal
fruit, poultry and truck farm. This farm
adioins farm No. l. above For further
information, inquire from tenants on the
farms, Mr. kambo and Mr. Peel. or
J. ". HAMILTON.
Square Deal Auctioneer and Farm Agent
Manager. 105 Madison ST now 4 o. 10 -l6
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
.
LIFE AND CHARACTER READING.
NOVEMBER 6.


This birthdate gives the power 10
heal and many noted surgeons and
physicians as we'll as nurses are born
under this planet Mars. the govern
ing planet, gives men Of this birth
date remarkable genius and power
The governing sign ScOrpiO gives 60
all its natives inspiratiOnal powers
that succeed In music and literature.
Many orators are born under this
sign and they are generally success
ful. The birthstone is an opal or
topaz. and marriage should be with
one whose birthdste falls In Febru-
AIRY or July.
The Want Ads will locate lost ar
ticles or bring desirbale tenants 10
your apartment Try them.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
TRANSPORTATION.
-~o~@~ ->~S~-'--~-'--~~- ----------~->--
en&= To Philadelphia
and Chester
schednle ln Enect octoher rs.

Subject 10 t.hauEe MlLhOut Notice.
Leave Wilmington, Fourth st. Wharf
and Philadelphia, Chestnut st. Wharf,
week days, except Saturdays. at 500 AZ
NJ. Il O'clock noon and AIS p. NJ
ON Saturdays, Sundays and hoiidavs
80, 1880 A. NJ. 1.30. 4.15 and 200 p. Nj
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ROUTE
Schedule in Eject Monday, Sept "a.
Daily, ihS5uelaS Sa n5 Sun9ays' ~ ao leave VII
noon, zoo, 400, 600. 500. 1000 and 1900
p NJ
Leave Pennsgrove h.5O, tbs, 900, HOO
A. NJ. LOO. 800. 500. 100. 9.o0 and iI.0s
p. NJ
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
HELP waNrFD-mALE

HOUSE PAINTERS.
w Apply 1904 w. 18th St nov5-2t.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

A SEIDEL, PAPERHANGER-B BEST
~ workmanship; wall paper for
sale. 420 East Fourth ST. Phone Si05-w
maylO Tyr.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

NOR RENT - TWO FURNISHED
il rooms for light housekeeping; light
and gas, use Of phone; s. week. Fifth
Ave. Phone 3229-J. noVf-ot.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

DARTNER - ACTIVE PREFERRQD.
L commanding from 5000 to $4,000,
is assured steadily increasing income in
weI-known business, which / have short
option on. Initial Investment, operat Gx
and overhead expenses small. Investiga-
tion will interest any conservative busi-
ness man. Address VIC. Evening Jour
nal Office nOv4-3ts
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

NOR RENT-TwO LARGE UNFUR-
Il nished front rooms for light house
keeping. Apply 3lS e. Fourth st.
nov4-St
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NOR RENT-NICELY FURNISHED
IL rooms for light housekeeping; reas-
enable and convenient. 2O7 Madison st.
octl3-1m.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
STORAGE

CTORAGE ROOMS FOR HOUSE
- hold goods; reasonable rates; al
ways available. Guarantee Storage and
Warehouse Co.. 1O3 Il. Third street.
0ct26-1m.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

DOR REMITTANCE HOUSE, ONE
It block from Hotel dupont hot water
heat: suitable for first-class boarding
or rooms or for offices. VIII divide in
parts to suit Possession. Apply Clar-
ence V. Brockson, 1Oi W. Seventh street
nov4-3t
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HOUSE PAINTING.

TAMES kEENAN-HoUSE PAINT
~ ing, graining and glazing. Estimates
carefully furnished. 1904 West Sixteenth
street Phnn@ 7492-W. mar9-lyr
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
PUBLIC SALE

BANKRUPT SALE. ON MONDAY,
ID November s, 1920, at II o'clock A. NJ.
at the store and place of business of
Stidham * Son, Auctioneers, IL y.
Fourth street. Wilmington, Delaware.
Store stock Of woIhen's clothing. con-
sisting Of cotton, georgette, tricolette,
taffeta satin, tricotine, serge and velvet
dresses; also skirts, coats, etc; fix
lures, consisting OF racks. dress-forms,
sewing machine, rugs, chairs, etc, and
uncollected book accounts of Eugene H.
Kahn. Terms cash
EDWARD W. COOCH.
Trustee In Bankruptcy Of Eugene f..
Kahn. nOV6-1t.
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! HAVE FOR SALE

] HAVE FOR SALE
a limited number of ground
floor shares of stock which will
participate in a large stock bonus
in the near future that can be
purchased on liberal terms.
PHONE S4O6-J
for particulars.
nov2-cod-3t
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

A RE YOU INTERESTED IN saw
n ing actual money ON your hopse-
6cid necessities, such as beds, springs
mai tfresses, rugs, door coverings. etc. or
A the dollar that your husband works
desire your patronage without we can
s-iHe YOU this service. Take time 10
eompare our prices with others-consid-
ering qualty-and IL will be a beneft 10
Von. Try what others who are aLaious
10 save have done,
~ NJTNDY FURNITURE Co
may7-tf Fifth and Madison Sta
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
sPLRITUAIIsT NOTICE.

Il lists Church. 0O6 West street Q'yrh-
ian Castlel Sunday evening service-
Messages by Mrs. MacLacklin and Little
Sunshine, the child wonder. All velcomk
nov4-3t.
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

EoR SALE-FoRD ROADSTER. AP-
ply 1913 Market st. nov4-4t-
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HINES 'RIyATE BUSINESS

402 W. 22nl st. Phone 522T-w.
Private lessons in languages short
hand. Iypewriting, Bookkeeping, etc. Ex-
pert instructors Every day and even
ing, A. NJ. to 10 p. N. Enroll az any
time juneiS-1yr.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
AIIlSICAI

TEACHER OF MUSIC VIOLIN
Il mandolin. etc. Conservatory method
William Con. 4i6 Jefferson ST octi4-1m
TYpEMRITERS.
A SMI1H-TYPEWR EX.
81. change. Typewriters sold, rented
movements for Underwood typewriters
3 W seventh St Phone S073 or 2775.
decl9-1yr.
TNYPEwRITERs RENTED - THREE
Il months, 500. Rental applied on
purchase. Sold $500 monthly. Type
writer's repaired Roysi Typewriter
Agency. Typewriter Exchange. second
floor. n. W Cor. seventh and Market
SITS aug22-d
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

Look at the Want Ads for advance.
ment.. New positions are opening
every day n Offices and stores. nd
the Want Ads will help the worka
in every department OF labor.
Evening journal., 1920-11-06
ELFCTRICAL.

ELECTRIC FIXTURES, TABLE
II lamps, supplies; lowest in town
Grossman Electric Co, 416 King ST.
Phone 1i5t-J. Ooen evenings. mari1-1yr
Evening journal., 1920-11-06

CLFRKs. OVER II. FOR POSTAL
y Mail Service. Sl25 month Expert
ence unnecessary. For free particulars
of examination. write J. Leonard. for
ahle Bldg., Washington, d. c.
nov5-4t.