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MAX :AGE FOUR ; ~Calculatin8 Addingâ€"Bookkeeviflg / M/‘fl/Jag , 4 ' ,,.: You want as simple bookkeeping as possible You want to keep tab on your clerks You want to know your Daily Profits You don't want to offend customers by overcharges You, like many other retailers may be satisfied that your businm is paying Y0“ a profit; yet you do not know how much money you are losing every day through Renal and P3P“ methods of figuring. Neither are you getting any of the businms buildlng figure £803 that are necessary to make your business pay you all the profits that rightfully are yours. A Burroughs Figuring Machine will give you this information quickly and accurately. It will put organization and accuracy into your businessâ€"fie it large or smallâ€"and Will stop the unseen. profit-robbing leaks that are keeping many a retail busmees close to the edge. You don’t want to lose money by errors Keeping books With a Burroughs 18 not only the simplest but the least expensive method. It is automatic and absolutely accurate. Among the more than 100 models of Burroughs Machines there is one designed especially for every retail establishment either lzrge or small. It fits into any retail bookkeeping system without changing the system. It makes all postings from sales slips to ,ledgers, all entries on statements, and proves the work as it goes along - keeping the books in a continuous balance. It prevents errors and saves time and money on every item it handles. Statements are always out on the first of the month. Let the Burroughs man show you how a Burroughs Machine will help you increase you! profits. Such a request will place you undei no obligation whatever. This information XS absolutely necessary ment sells every day. You should in paymg and where you are making mone speedxly and QCCUFa{r‘]j.'. No man ltkes to do business blindfolded yet many retatlers do, simply because they hate to wade through a maze of figures to get to the light. A Burroughs will gzve you the amounts of your daily profits, sales],- and expenses. It will tell you every day just how your busxness stands-Wand it gets this information quxckly and accurately. If you overcharge a customer even once through a perfectly understandable error in the addition of a sales slip or statement, you've lost some part of her confidence. Ifyou overcharge her again and explain that “mistakes will happen" she becomes interested in other stores that she'd never thought of before, â€"especially in the addition of sales slips. where most mistakes occurs One figure added wrong spells a certain loss for you 'and such errors usually get by Without detection. BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY Chicago Office: 206 Marquette Building, 140 SOuth Detrbom utely necessary. You should know how much each clerk and each departâ€" You should be able to tell which clerk is an asset, which department is 9 making money. A Burroughs Machine will get this information for you Second Thoughts. Mrs. Justwedâ€"When I married 1 re Divom solved to yield to my husband in every- In Korea thing. Mm. Lanzwed~So did 1. And then The DH resolved never to act on that rosa- 315 mom utlon. Inventions of an even more compii~ cated nature are constantly being heard of. A weii-to-do gentleman livâ€" ing in Surrey has recently had his house and grounds: fitted with an elabo rate burglar trap. With this device a midnight marauder cannot approach near the house without setting a num- ber of electric bells within a-ringing. And should the burglar not hear them and actually enter the building he would he caught in l vise by one of the many steel contraptions cunningiy placed about.â€"London Tit-Bits. ingenious “Fake" Plotoi. A French inventor has recently placed on the market a “fake" pistol. This weapon. although In reality ab- solutely harmless, goes off with a very realistic crack when the trigger is pulled. It also make-s a blinding flash calculated to scare any burglar. @spo (Biscuit I'm; mnuLANn max PRESS. HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOlb. It‘s a good biscuit If it's I Street then The pay of cooks In' China avenge. “so. 815 monthly. re Divorces are unknown to the women Practically all the hard labor In Don. bay, Indln, ls done by the women. Women In the Unltod Stuc- now number nearly 30,000,000. There are more than 000 physicians In Japan. torted General Booth. if" "You. I think he in." plot: ad the reporter, “but the 6mm!" “Whoever leave. this auditorium will be damned by God," The reporter nnlwered: “I! I don't leave this nuditorinm and hurry back to my office I'll be damned by the city oditor." Question of Oplnlori. The late Genenl Booth of the 8:!- vation army was conducting I bl: meeting which lasted annually long, and toward the close I newspaper re- porter left his seat and nined the aisle. General Booth pointed e finger at him and snld: Japan has 20 women journalists. MATTERS OF INTEREST Ibove thy city editor." ro- V" Dlpusly respond. Cit! editor we: was enough â€"Exchu‘g.. Not Worth Having. It wa- the darkest kind of night. nomoonwutobeleen;nonoieewaa to be heard, when i heard a tanning under the bedroom window. 800. a ladder was drawn up and a dark and dusky form paused and peered into the darkneu of the room. Opposite the window was an nntiqne dunner. The agent the dresser was the only thing that compelled u to abide with it. Iinvetheroomanevpearamef -4- um poverty. Upon WING. the Intruder tlou. In In Itallul blue bowl. Decor-to them with green leaves; laurel lean- wlll keep as long as the npplee them- Ielvee and make an nttnctlve tad}. in- the over-refined foodstuifs so much in vogue st present. These are the scientific facts shout apples. Take them to heart. oh you housewives. who desire to feed your families with s View to health. Keep Apples within reach. Appeal to the eve as well as to the mute. If you cannot afford fresh flowers on the table every day buy apples; they Will nerve two purposes. Nice red apples It has been found fipon Investin- tion that the prevalent malnutrition throughout America I. not due to In! iack of protein, but more espocnlly to the lack of calcium and pbolpom In- the over-refined foodstuff. m um... the became the moat tnmous woman In England. By the queen she was» summoned ,to the court of England: the roya! prince and princess called It her home to learn of her work; She died on Oct. 13. 1845. - cured rooms for a girls‘ school near her home. and gathered seventy from the streets within a short time. She also established a soup kitchen. In Newznte prison she found one o! the worst penal institutions in existence; flithy and overcrowded. Her work in changing the condition of this prison brought her honor without stint. and Worked to Better World. ,Eliubeth Gurney was born in War- wick, England. May 21, 1780. At the age of 20 she married. Both she and her husband were Quakers. She soon began to minister to the poor and sick in the slums of Londnn She4e ‘confiuence of the Jefferson. Madison and Gnllatin rivprs. The length of the whole course is about 2.915 miles. The Missouri river enters the Missit sippl river 20 miles north of St. Louis. From the source; of tho Missouri to the mouth of theiiississippi is a total length of 4.200 miles. the longest mn- tinuous waterway in the world. The Missouri river and its tributaries drain hbout 500,000 square miles of country. or about two-fifths of the Mississippi basin. The principal cities on the Mis. louri river are Great Falls and Fort Benton. Mann; Bismark, N. D; Pierre. S. D.: Sioux City, 18.; Omaha. Neb.; Leavenworth and Kansas City. Kann, St Joseph. Kansas (‘ity and Jefferson City, Missouri. ' , Big River Easily the Longest Continu- ous Waterway 01 Which the World Can Boast. i' The Mississippi la the main stem [of the greatest drainage system of iNnrth America There are 1,257,000 isquare miles in the drainage system. ‘It extends from within 100 miles qt ‘Canada to the Gulf of Mexico in a wa- ter course of about 1,550 miles. It forms the total or partial boundary line between ten states. It has on its banks four cities with from about 250.- 000 to 750.000 inhabitantsâ€"New 0r- leuns, St. Paul. Minneapolis and St. Louis. It has about 100000 tribu- ‘4arles, 240 large enough to figure on small-sized statistical charts. The greatest of the amuents of the Mississippi is the Missouri river. The Missouri river proper begins at the confluence of the Jefferson. Madison and Gallat‘m rivers. The lenmh nf ; White people are a source 0f imor :93! to len. and tlw \wmwn and i‘lbutt-hus (vhildren) form a rlng :around them. exrlmnglng many ; glam-vs mm “urds of vm‘iuslxy. GREAT IS OLD MISSISSIPPI They dress In a short drapery. leav- ing the legs and arms bare. and many dispense with the turban. They are lighter In m‘lor than the ordtuary na- tive, and the men wear their black. sleek hair hanging to the {shoulders with mlnrcd quills stm-k owr one ear, snmmxhyt nfter tho manner of thv Rwlskln. Rather short and sturdily built. they think nothing of walking forty miles to the nearest bazaar and back to do their marketing. oarrying fish strung on a stick over their shoulder. and their other purchases in a basket on the head. More enlightened than their-fellow piainsmen, the Hlil Tipperras are cleaner and have a better idea of com- fort. They build their huts in the bustle (native villages) on piles. to protect them from damp, At school we are taught thlt the king of England is ruler over the whole empire of India. There in, how: ever. I strip at land situated in As. um, about twenty miles from South Sylhet. over which Great Britain has no dominion. This In Tipperrnchem. it is ruled by the natives themselvea. and whenever any of them in the lur- rounding district; get into trouble with their sahlhs or memsahibe. they make straight for this tract until the trouble blows over. “rip of Land In India Ovor Which the Ruler of the Empire Hu No Juriodlctlon. IS INDEPENDENT 0F ' BRITAIN Eat More App!“ ; $2.50'the Year Send 10cforSar¢pl¢Cog ': ' « mammmsm 8."... 3m. GEWM An. Thin is a In! w to order you: ad! 90'. Harry Mitchell Biggcn .W- Jae" Auk mt; wooluu to ooh“ in... km" Incl-bot ”(ulna ' = :60, :70 :80 ‘ : Sui “Made to 50:; Order for only 3' ale 9.3%: m gouach- mun-w, 56057011113 $80 Extra Punt: With E v 9;: y HAP”" PublicService Co ofNorthetnlllino'u Made t6 Order £XTRA PANTS mm Percolato Coffee and by ismadebyi Percalatioli Many designs at Monthly gamma: