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iiitoiiaikjiisjim feffii ttsorsda atotkt 11 1982 i -t- citofr the acton fti press rffiriyyrffi mlfah pw i44444iimt4m mitt 3ttt ttm inrj tnrg jm modern roth by helen leigh spruell 1- r dth pabkell swung down the street with an exultant lift of her fine shoulders at main street bret harrison fell in step with her as usual and ahe turned a radiant face tohim rye had another raise bret she informed lilm the boss gave me quite a boost and she said she liked my work very much iw- been copying some rather difficult briefs for a l barton the attorney and he was pleased with them so he told miss sims and the xae followed sbe stuck her thumbs under her armpits and strutted laugh ingly as sbe said the sims and parrell letter shop i u wtfllt may come and per some time it win be the parrell letter shop answered bret i think ypure doing splencfldty lets celebrate with supper tttie marlon v- can we afford- that asked ruth knowing that brets earnings were small he was in those flrui lean days ol a civil engineers career t ia no time for economical no- tkma he answered resolutely leis go you rising young business woman that was their last tun together for several weeks bret caught only a few sllmpseb af ruth who was working over time and studying nights to make more rapid progress at the shop bret him self waa stooging continuously on his own line of work but there were nights wben he wanted recreation from his labor and usually he found ruth oc cupied the girl was getting her first taste of business and it thrilled her tremendously the little letter shop- was ner world every new customer was a conquest a new country taken every pleasedvcustomer a contented colony misssims she said one morning to ber employer a lean shrewd business woman of middle age who was as met iculous and severe in her correct clothes as one of her steel filing cases do you think we could carry a stock of special greeting cards as a side line we could put up some clever posters in the shop s and run small but individual advertise ments in the newspapers why i dont know ruth returned the older woman slowly weighing the matter as she answered some correspondence i did for the manager of the frank printery gave me the idea said ruth you remember 1 wrote some letters for him a week ago there was more discussion later and when miss sims decided that a line of greeting cards would be advantageous to the shop rjith felt a glow of satisfaction the business w e bad a part in it she told bret about the cards on the way borne that night and he was almost as enthusiastic as ruth when they had talked over affairs at the shop he began outlining bis own plans this- town is gather overrun with engineers he ex plained makes it harder for a fellow now i could go east and there is a chance that the firm will send me to south america on a big deal south america cried ruth would 1 you ljke that it would be the opportunity of a life time for me answered bret gravely they had reached ruths home where they parted nothing else was said about the south american project for months and ruth almost forgot about it but bret did not he continued his efforts to please the firm and concentrated on the preliminary plans for a eastern of waterworks at boone a small nearby town he made careful and accurate surveys while he was not in charge of the work but only the assistant to a more experienced man he exerted hlm- jself to give barton complete satisfaction barton encouraged his young assistant and gave him sound advice that bret was sensible enough to absorb and follow there were barton believed consider able possibilities for the youth because of bis willingness to be taught i tell you sir be said while talking to ral- 35t cooper- the bead of the firm the attractive creamcolored curtains blending with the tan walls she straightened a chair and then went flying down the steps to meet bret in ber excitement she did not notice any change in him she did not see that his eyes were brilliant his hands tense oh bret parrell ship beet stood very still for a moment then be spoke slowly and ive been offered the direction of a bridge project in south america southamerlca and youre going all the joy was gone from ruths voice d shpuiw tnnogwnrp strang 1ri mntrast tr ik capacity to take instruction and advice is only too rare in any man old or young cooper who had handled a number of men in his work nodded his head he began to study young harrison from time to time while the engineer was unconscious of it while cooper was coming to notice bret miss sims was leaning more and more upon her assistant ruths rapid and accurate typewriting her speed at shorthand and her charm and deference pleased customers of the letter shop the special day greeting card sales were heavy and that fact also gave the woman confidence in thg girls growing business acuteness the volume of work became heavier as the months went by and the letter shop became better known an- other gb1 was employed in the office to take care of telephone calls and to do straight typing the more important customers were handled by miss sims and ruth ruth it was who suggested to the unimaginative cora sims that the shop offer a mail service to authors and advertise more frequently in news papers and magazines it was fascinating to the girl to watch the results of their careful advertising business increased steadily another girl was employed and then another ad ditional raises in salary were given ruth who put the extra money each week into a sayings account she was nourishing ior a special- purpose no one else know ute purpose of that savings account for which ruth sometimes went without a tempting pair of smart slippers she had small feet and she liked to dress them welt a raise also went to bret and that raise went into a savings fund for a purpose bret kept strictly to himself mr oooper la getting- to be very nice to me ruth be told the girl one saturdayaftemoon when both were oft work and had hiked to the country you please him answered ruth j just like you please sister sims i wonder why she never married why she never has said anything about it of course replied ruth ive oftenwondered myself she looks severe but she isnt i think she la good to me because she has no children of her own and no relatives this conversation came back to ruth several months later when miss sims amazed and delighted her by offering the girl a partnership la the letter shop i nave been saving my money for a business of my owh explained ruth but i have only a few hundred dollars miss sims this is my idea ruth answered miss sims im interested in your develop- ment and i wont always feel able to run this shop alone im getting older i know i can train you to run the shop and youll be more interested if you are one of the firm so far as money la concerned we can arrange your salary to take care of that it really will not amount to more than several hundred dollars because the equipment is small in this line of work impulsively ruth threw ber arms around the older wo neck you are sogoddtb me she said her blmf eyes brightened by sudden tears when ruth left the shop that evening she looked around with a proprietory air at the tasteful furnlttfrejjthe typewriter d with thei machines neatly cov j she cried it is sims and ive been offered a partner- the buoyant notes of a few minutes before cant you go with me ruth he asked ruth groped for an answer since she was fourteen it had been understood that she would one day marry bret her childhood playmate- and friend it had always seemed vague and far away however a some day proposition there was her beloved letter shop with the sign sims and farrell to be painted on the door tomorrow i cant bret she faltered when you come back it will be at least two years he said j two years but theres my shop she hesitated a miserable aching weigh ing down and surmounting the feeling oj joy that had filled her a short time before bret said nothing and they walked home enveloped in silence the trium phal feeling each had experienced upon his promotion was gone the girl went to bed to stare long hours in the dark while bret walked the streets a long time before he felt he could go to toed at all when ruth went down to work the next day a ruth whose bead ached and whose heart was torn between love and ambition her dull eyes encountered a freshly painted sign on the letter shop door the pride that the girl had felt sbe almost glared at the letters miss sims who was most affable that morn ing saw the change in her young partner but said nothing bret was waiting for ruth that after noon the two automatically fell into step but there was no vivacity in their walk im sailing saturday said bret ruth repeated dully saturday must you go cant you stay here and clean up yojir shop said bret irylhb u laugh it is an upuuilunl i must- take much as i dislike it ruth i had hoped to make a success of it so that you would be proud of me i have been saving money for months for us when they reached ruths home the girl tried to pull herself together and talk a few minutes of trivial matters her companion said nothing bret you arent listening what are you thinking about rtttb he said soberly ruth the ruth of the bible the great- grandmother of david that was all he would volunteer when ruth went into the house she hurried to the table picked up her bible and began reading the book of ruth a paragraph caught and held her it brought back the day when she and bret had learned the words- together in sunday school and had marked them as significant on account of their con tents and on account of the name of ruth she bore the words stood out in great letters on her mind for whither thou goest i will go and where thou lodgest r will lodge hy people shall be my people arid thy qpd my god- where thwdlest lwfil die and there will i be buried the lord do so to me and more also if ought but death part thee and me the loving words of ruth to naomi repeated themselves in her brain until she felt sfie should reel thinkin of them ruth reached a decision she walked quickly into the shop the following morning determined to speak to miss sims as soon as possible miss sims she said i cant accept the part nership im going to south america with bret i like my work and im fond of you and of theteshop but he comes first why ruth whatever will i do with out you the severe miss sims talked like a helpless child what will you do among thosesouth americans ruth explained the entire situation to ber and told bow she had wavered be tween her work and bret x see i bee answered cora sims a shadow dark- ened ber middleaged face you have made a wise decision i believe if i had been as wise i should not be alone today i waa selfish and love comes before self i think you have been very sensible ruth and you will be happier i believe than a business success ever could have made you there is no happiness in money alone t dont- know whatever ill do without you she concluded you must come to see ime often when you return to america 4 love to cried ruth then she sat down and wrote out the words of the ancestress of jesus and sent them to bret o help make your town the eight sort op town i slats diary by ross parquhab friday they are a new famly moved into mr crunches propety witch just cum from ger many and they got a little boy oney 4 yrs old and he can tawk german all reddy the j unnypart of it is that be lernt ger man before he letn so gess he must be pritty smart baterday mrs gulems sister got back home last nlte frum her trip over into washington country and she says it must be a loan some toad be- cuz they seen the same fellow they hit in the morning when they cum home last nlte sunday well today when the fire alarm rung and they sed the fire was out at the skool house me and jake got incorraged but cum to find out it was just a pile of trash out oa the a 1- munday i told jane i lost wy a dollar today and it wood be klridd tuff becuz we had intended to go to the lon fate and sbe sed dontlet that worry you i feel orile sorry for y los y dollar and i will think of you if i dont see you mebby she thinks i am not a going to the lon fate well i have a noshun to not go fvlth her teusday mrs glllem sed when she got marryed to her husband the entire ceremoney oney tuk a minlt and a pa sed he fell out of a up stares winder once lri less time than that wensday ole man crunch has been deef for several yrs and yesterday he got wired up with a new fangle tiling to make him hear and he lissened to the raddlo las nlte and this morning he throwed away his new fangle thing to make him heaiv thlrsdayi went down to unkle hens this morning and he lent me his gun and he sed if you sea enny thing let it have both barrels and i seen a big black snake anil slung the hole gun at him and retired to the house very recently when asthma comes do not despair turn at once to the help effectiva dr j d kellpggs asthma remedy this wonderful remedy will give you the aid you need so sorely choking ceases breatbingbecomes natural and without pffnrt others thousands of them ha suffered as you suffer but have wisely turned to this famous remedy and ceased to suffer get a package this very day wealth of animal life one might imagine that with the opening up of all parts of the world to commerce a time is approaching when all the species of the world will toe known writes id k noble in natural history ithat time however will prooaoiy ne come there are some 470000 distinct species of insects recorded today and there probably live as many more which have not been captured and properly defined still it is not the abundanoe of unknown forms which will provide occupation for the- systematlst for many years but the complex nature of the species itself america for example was well known geographically seventyfive years ago but at that time only 220 kinds of mammals were known today more than 2500 forms have been des cribed from the same area- one of the principal teasons for this lnorease is the recognition that a species is composite consisting of many strains some of which may be isolated geographically and hence are worthy of a subspecific designation be at war with your vices at peace with your neighbors and let every year find you- a better man franklin the following editorial from tbeperth expositor should be of interest and in spiration some towns arc wonderful places in which to live but poor places in which to make a living 1 other towns are good places in which to make a living but poor places in which to live says edson g walte in his weekly tlk piibusiness the ideal townis the town that makes itself a good place in which to live and make a living a town without payrolls has a hard time keeping step with progress and prosperity w n citizens snould patronize iiome in dustries and help to build payrolls for what helps to build the industries of the home town helps all the business of a town cannot go ahead when the initiative and enterprise of its business men are hampered by distrust and lack of support of its citizens a town cannot go ahead when its citizens spend their money in some other city keeping money from circulating at home- money spent at homo builds the home town money spent away from home builds some other town progressive citizens think of the boqie toym first when you spend your money in some other town tljat town gets the money andyour town suffers when you spend your money in your home town it stays at home and works to keep your town healthy a good remedy ted my feet burn like the dickens do you think a mustard ybath would help ned sure theres nothing better than mustard for hot dogs coming along minister to mrs jones thats a fine big boy youve got hell do for a policeman-some- day mrs jones proudly he will that be nearly did for one yesterday every package pt keiloggs corn flakes is sold with the personal guarantee b w k kellogg kelloggs corn flakes must more than satisfy you with their flavor crispness and freshness if they arent the very best corn flakes you ever tasted return- the empty redandgreen package and we will gladly refund your i r with such a guarantee it is no wonder that for 25 years kelloggs corn flakes have been considered the btandard of value t when substitutes are offered you remember it is seldom in the spirit of service demand aria hy tctolngp asm jttjuihi a recently we purchased in acton a small contraption for sharpening safety razor blades the thing looked all right and it was very reasonably priced and the local salesman demonstrated the idea very well we took it home and tried it but on ablade it didnt work very well we tried it on another and there wasnt anv noticeable improvement when the razor went to work on the stubble we threw it to one side in disgust the other day we tried the apparatus on another blade it helped some we have kept on trying it and have come to the conclusion its not so bad maybe thats what you have been doing with advertising if it didnt sharpen your business with the first trial you quit try- ingjmaylieyou hada poor blade to work on perhaps you didnt get your message right inthe advertisement i that the principle of newspaper and i printed publicity is correct if properly us ed the largest and most successful in stitutions in the world use this method not once a week but every day in every week they use both newspapers and printed catalogues and circulars continu ously to secure the customers that right fully belong to the merchants in the smallr r communities like razor blade sharpeners adver tising has to be used continuously and with a skill that comes by practise to be effective vi w vv iv tvv hy vv v7 tvi vv iy7 y7 ft ft7ft7 ft7 ft7 iy7 ft7 ftl lli ft ft ft ft s 1 nwi iaai