Adventure Magazine Cover — page 9: what you’re looking at

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ADVENTURE _ _— h_————— he Deser - ——= = = —— —_—_—. _——_ —~ __ . £ = HIS is the story of Bill Andrews—plain Bill Andrews. He was twenty-six years old— married—the father of as fine a baby boy as you have ever seen. But Bill was just like thousands of other men. He had been forced to leave school and go to work when he was still young. He had taken the first thing that came along and he had worked as hard as he knew how. But some- how or other, he didn’t seem to be getting anywhere. It was hard—terribly hard, sometimes—to make both ends meet. Sickness came—doctor’s bills—the rent was raised—and all that sort of thing. Above everything else in the world, Bill wanted to go home some night and tell his wife of a raise in salary—of a promotion that would mean a hap- pier, better home. I wonder if there is a man anywhere who hasn’t had that same ambition, that same hope! But that increase in salary and that promotion never came. Indeed, once or twice Bill came mighty near losing his job. And then, one night, Bill came across an adver- tisement that told how men just like himself had gotten out of the rut and had gone ahead—how men with no more education than himself had studied at home in their spare time—how the International Correspondence Schools would come to him and help him to develop his natural ability. Bill had seen that advertisement and that familiar coupon many, many times before. For two years he had been promising himself that he would cut it out and send it to Scranton. He knew that he ought to do it—that he should at least find out what the I. C. S. could do for him. But he never had. And he might not have sent in the coupon this time, either, but for the few words under a picture called “The Warning of The Desert”: “On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait—and waiting, died.” Bill read that over two or three times. “The Plains of Hesitation!” “The Dawn of Victory!” These two phrases kept ringing in his ears. ‘They worked their way into his very soul. So he clipped that coupon, marked it and mailed it to Scranton. The literature that he wanted came by return mail. Bill told me the other day that he was surprised how interested he became in his lessons—of the per- sonal interest the teachers at the I. C. S. took in him—how his employers learned about his studying and saw evidence of it in his work. “The most important moment in my life,” says Bill, “was that moment four years ago when I sent in that I. C. S. coupon. And the happiest moment of my life was when I went home with the news of my first real increase in salary and my first real promotion. If I hadn’t sent in that coupon I'd still be working at a humdrum job and a small salary.” 9 OW much longer are you going to wait before taking the step that is bound to bring you more money? The way is easy. Without cost, without obliga- tion, mark and mail this coupon. It takes only a two-cent stamp and a moment of your time, but it’s the most important thing you can do today. an eee ee eee ee ee TEAR OUT HERE oc ee ee we ee oe INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS BOX 2014-C SCRANTON, PA. Without cost or obligation please explain how I can qualify for the position, or in the subject before which I have marked an X in the list below: 0) ELECTRICAL ENGINEER BUSINESS MANAGEM’T L] Electric Lighting & Railways SALESMANSHIP ADVERTISING 4 Electric Wiring Telegraph Engineer Show Card & Sign Ptg. (DO Railroad Positions CL) Telephone Work MECHANICAL ENGINEEB LJ ILLUSTRATING Mechanical Draftsman LJ Cartooning : Machine Shop Practice Private Secretary Business Correspondent Toolmaker Gas Engine Operating L] BOOKKEEPE CIVIL ENGINEER LJ Stenographer & Typist L) Surveying and Mapping LJ Certified Public Accountant L) MINE FOREMAN or ENG’R CL) TRAFFIC MANAGER (1 Railway Accountant STATIONARY ENGINEER CL) Commercial Law Marine Engineer CL] ARCHITECT C1 GOOD ENGLISH Lj) Contractor and Builder L) Common School Subjects Architectural Draftsman 01 CIVIL SERVICE Concrete Builder CJ] Railway Mail Clerk C) Structural Engineer L) AUTOMOBILES C1 PLUMBING & HEATING 0) Mathematics () Sheet Metal Worker [J] Navigation Textile Overseer or Supt. O) AGRICULTURE CHEMIST C) Poultry Raising Spanish Pharmacy CO) BANKING Teacher Na 6: . .scscseasnteeereswanses ce scunersswaacesseneewensdest evens celesescwes muss auecesescevesseeseceeetess Street and No. PPOUTTRTTITINTUTETETITESETITEIA TTP TTTEI RIT TLOR TTT EEE Tree TEER reere Teeter rir) ol CUCY ssc. cc oeseacesssapawaseeneseveswersouseessesneeereesesates State ...........cescseeccesescseveene aaa Occupation Bedvcccccccresceoseessseee eeecnccecs COSOOC Oe OLereccoroanscosseDasesenoesHoNCedeOee 6000000889 000806 na0unG oo Kindly mention Adventure in writing to advertisers or visiting your dealer. CO NOOKS (C CO@