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ADVENTURE I is Letter Saved Me Half on a New Typewriter Chicago, Nov. 2, 1921. Dear Henry: «- I hear that you are down in New York to open a branch office for your firm. You'll be buying a lot of things for the office, not the least important of which will be typewriters. And that’s what I want to talk to you about —typewriters. I want to give you the benefit of an experience I had some time ago, and thereby, I hope, save you some real money. ; About a year ago I decided to buy a typewriter for home use. My first thought was to purchase one of the makes we were using in the office, which had been put in before I became buyer for the house. But when it came to digging up a hundred dollars for the machine—I just couldn’t. Somehow or other it looked like ‘too much money to me. Then I thought about picking up a second-hand machine, but the price was about as high, and I had no assurance of service. I was undecided as to what to do, when one evening at home I ran across an Oliver Typewriter ad in a magazine. I remembered then having read the advertising before and being impressed with the story. “Why pay $100 for Any Typewriter” — “When You Can Buy a New Oliver for $49.50?” read the ad—then it went on to explain how The Oliver Typewriter Company had cut the price by selling direct and eliminating costly selling methods. It was clear to me as an ex- perienced buyer how they could well afford to lop off $50.50 of the $100 by their new eco- nomical selling plan. The ad brought out the fact, too, that I could pay $49.50 cash, or $55 in easy installments— $3 after trial and then $4 per month. But the thing that decided me was their free trial offer. Without my sending or depositing a penny, they would ship me an Oliver for five days free trial. I could use the typewriter for five days just as if it were my own, and if I wasn’t satisfied, all I had to dod was to ship it back at the Oliver Company’s expense. Well, I mailed in the coupon and got an Oliver for free trial. To make a short story shorter, I was more than pleased with the Oliver. I fully agreed with The Oliver Typewriter Company that if any typewriter was worth $100 it was this splendid Oliver. A Finer Typewriter at a Fair Price Over 900,000 Sold 4 Well, later when we found it necessary to re- place some of the typewriters at the office, you may be sure I put in Olivers, saving the com- pany a nice $50.50 on each. At first the girls were reluctant about changing machines, but after a week or two with the Oliver, they wouldn’t have any other. | Naturally now we are all Oliver enthusiasts —that’s why I write this letter to you. You just give the Oliver a trial and you'll be more than willing to buy me a good dinner when I arrive in New York next month. ¥ ours, <},. B. That is the letter that saved me $50.50 on each of my typewriters. I not only equipped the office with the Oli- ver, but, like my friend, I also bought one for home use. Yes, I am more than willing to buy my friend a good dinner for his valuable advice. Any reader may order an Oli- ver direct from this ad by mail- ing the coupon. No money in advance. No deposit. No obli- gation to buy. Return or keep the Oliver as you decide after five days free trial. If you decide to keep the typewriter, you can pay cash or you may take over a year to pay at the easy rate of $4 a month. Mail the coupon today—NOW,. Canadian Price, $79 “OLIVER * Wpewritér Gmpany 734 Oliver Typewriter Bldg. Chicago, IIl. THE OLIVER TYPEWRITER COMPANY, | 734 Oliver Typewriter Bldg., Chicago, Tl. g Ship me a new Oliver No. 9 Typewriter for five § days’ free inspection. If I keep it I will pay $55 as follows: $3 at the end of trial period and then at the rate of $4 per month. The title to re- main in you until fully paid for. If I make cash settlement at end of trial period I am to deduct ten per cent and remit to you $49.50. If I decide not to keep it, I will ship it back at your expense at the end of five days. Day Breuer pom 48 ow oa ek Do not send a machine until I order it. Mail me your book—“The High Cost of Typewriters —The Reason and the Remedy,”’ your de luxe cata- log and further information. PERE R EERE E RETR R EERE TEESE REESE EEE SEES ESESEESEH ET ESTEE E EEE EE ER REESE EEE EEE EO OS ieee Te eee ee Tet) Peete nee eee aTTrTtrtrtrtttttettthththehthE eel LLL LCCC. ADVENTURE April 30th, 1922 san Published three times a month by The Ridgway Company at Spring and Macdougal Sts., New York Yearly subscription $6.00 in advance; single copy 25 cents. matter Oct. 1, 1910, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., | Entered as second-class Volume 34 under the act of March 3, 1879. Number 3 GOnIGboOoOKSEeo