The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-12-03
WORLD WAR Was
STARTED BY ONE
SMALL Want AD
Death of Prince Urged in
Short Paragraphs; San
Francisco Mayor Was
Elected Same Way.

ElcCteu OdIfle w dy.
Some of the best stories of every
newspaper never appear in the news
columns.
Some of the best jokes are stored
away In fine print in the back Of each
sodition.
In the want ad column? Yes!
These stories cover most every con
ceivable subject comedy. pathos.
greed, unselfishness, everything The
Kansas City Star in q recent issue
carried the following story, and in it
is told how want ad brought on the
great World War, how q mayor was
elected, and how idleness was turned to
productivity.
No Accidents in States
1.-THE little things are most important
after all. For instance, up to December
26, 1913, there was not q single pas
senger injured on the FRISCO system in
Oklahoma. On December q of that
year, when the officials weer congratu-
lating themselves on the clean record
made, passenger sat In his berth
trimming his corn with a razor. The
coach swerved, the man gashed his
toe, blood poisoning resulted, and the
roads attorney settled with the widow
for a nominal sum. The man has been
through four wrecks, according to the
testimony Of men who knew him. yet
Il corn caused his death and deprived
the railroad company of u clear record
for year.
Just 80 with the wantads, the lit
tie things that everybody reads. The
rest of the paper is edited according to
the papers style and policy while
each little want.ad is edited by diff
ferent person. And it pays to use
them, reae hem and have them print
ed
"A few years ago q man closely as
sociated with organized labor became
candidate for mayor of San Francisco.
He had little money, so he appealed to
his friends, most of whom were as
poor as, or poorer than he was. They
could give him no great help until some
genius suggested way. Each member
Of the labor union, every time he hap
pened to have few cents TO spare, in
serted wantad in one OF the daily
papers, telling why their candidate
ehould be elected. The wording at times
was crude, as it had to be cut TO about
dozen words but the results were
good. For month or two want-ads ap.
peared under every classification. He
won ina walk. but his administration
ended in disaster and disgrace. That,
however, was not the fault of the lit.
tie want.ads. They had done their work.
Started World War
"Want.ads brought about the world
war, in a way, brought disgrace and
poverty TO several kings, and. as Ir-
vim Cobb explained, made the world
safe for the Democrats One morning
prince with morganatic wife visit
ed a neighboring state The city which
he visited had paper called 'Usud'.
The morning OF his arrival there this
paper contained saveral want-ads ask
ing citizens TO do away with the prince.
They We're couched In such language
that the authorities did not catch the
drift of their meaning at once. The stu.
dents Of the city did The prince was
assassinated and the trouble which
arose out OF II sent several million SOL
diers into the field.
During the war Kansas City
,Kan.) negro. noted for his inability
TO hold job complained to a white
woman that he was down and out His
trade was that OF tending lawns,
cleaning house and nvelgllng two.bit
pieces from white people with whom
he was acquainted. War work was oc.
cupying the time OF practically all tho
householders. and they let their laws
20 and put their two.bIt pieces into War
Savings Stamps. The woman he appeal.
cd TO knew the old man, and as her
son was in France and her stock OF
money was low she made an agreement
with him. He was To 20 To work at
his trade and for the services she was
10 receive 10 per cent OF his wages
She used want.ads and the negro pros
pered.
Job for Wife
zone day he came to her home and
asked II she could get washing and
ironing done on the same terms. Her
questioning elected the fact that tha
gardener. due TO his prosperity. had
taken unto himself wife who was able
to work. So the white woman set
out TO secure a job for the birdie. She
had passed her just one job when tn.
man visited her again.
"'lf yo' could get me four or five
jobs takln' care Of babies. now, ma'am
I'd sure he glad
" Can you care for baby9 shI
asked In surprise. or Is II your wifci
""Taint nuther' he said. You see
dis wife oh mine she didn't lei, ON abou,
IL. but she's got five chllun and all oh
dem are able to take kccr OF "a baby. l
jes didn't know what size fambly |
was gi,tln when | got this here wife