Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1926, Page 9

NIAY =10 MM “1 thoroughbr eqj: the Want Ads™ . “I find romance, pathos, humor, mystery, a flood of golden opportunities in the Want Ad pages. Forexample ‘Wanted—Young married man to represent us in South America, etc.'—there’s a world of romance in that job for the right parties. Then this little ‘Baby carriage for sale’ ad brings to mind a mother whose babies have grown up. There is humor in this: ‘Lost—Cow with horns between R.R.tracks and viaduct.’ I read, too, of the mysterious disappear: ance of chickens, dogs, etc. Quite often I make a most advantageous purchase through my reading of the Want Ad pages. Yes, I thoroughly enjoy reading them.” You, too, will thoroughly enjoy reading the Want Ad pages of The Star, and you can use The Want Ad pages present a never-ending, constantly changing field of opportunity for EVERYONE. Opportunities as varied as are the wants of the thousands of people who have learned to rely on them to fulfill their wants. They are the servants of humanity. Employer and employee use them. Through them, lost articles are re= turned to their rightful owners. They bring buyer and seller together to their mutual advantage. They work for rich and poor alike, and the cost of their labor is trifling when compared with the results they ac: complish. The Clever Buyer Reads.The"Adf them to advantage as well Here is a statement showing how dominantly The Star leads in the publication of Want Ads as part of its 3 service to the people of Washington. Classified Adver- tising for the first six months of 1926: THE STAR Next Paper Third Paper 2,912,271 983,196 723,643 Lines Lines Lines In the first 6 months of 1926 The Star printed 438,231 MORE lines of Want Ads than the combined total of the four other Wash- ingtos papers.