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VARIOUS PRACTICAL SERVICES FREE TO ANY READER These services of Adventure are free to any one. much time, work and expense on our part, but we offer them gladly and ask in re- turn only that you read and observe the simple rules, thus saving needless delay and trouble for us. The whole spirit of the magazine is one of friendliness. No formality between editors and readers. Whenever we can help we’re ready and willing to try. Remember: Magazines are made up ahead of time. Allow for two or three months between sending and publication. They involve Identification Cards Free to any reader. Just send us (1) your name and ad- dress, (2) name and address of party to be notified, (3) a stamped and self-addressed return envelope. 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Mail Address and Forwarding Service This office, assuming no responsibility, will be glad to act as a forwarding address for its readers or to hold mail till called for, provided necessary postage is supplied. Un- claimed mail which we have held for a long period is listed on the last page of the last issue of each month. Missing Friends or Relatives Our free service department ‘Lost Trails’’ in the pages following, though frequently used in cases where detective agencies, newspapers, and all other methods have failed, or for finding people long since dead, has located a very high pefcentage of those inquired for. Except in case of rela- tives, inquiries from one sex to the other are barred. Back Tivaes of Adventure The Boston Magazine Exchange, 109 Mountfort St., Boston, Mass., can supply Adventure back through 1918, and occasional copies before that. ‘WILL SELL: One year’s issue from First Oct., through Mid-Sept., 1921. Excellent condition. dollars f. o. b.— Address Mrs. W. H. Werr, Streamstown, Alberta, Canada. pee BUY: os wae Ae Nov., Dees to1r. All Soe I913 except April. 1914. I9I5 except Jan., and March. All 1916. Must be in good condition, no backs or covers torn off. Twenty-five cents, postpaid.— Address PrincE Pearce, Hugo, Okla. 1920 Five. Manuscripts Glad to look at any manuscript. staff’’ of writers. A welcome for new writers. necessary to write asking to submit your work, When submitting a manuscript, if you write a letter con- cerning it, enclose it with the manuscript; do not send it under separate cover. Enclose stamped and addressed envelope for return. All manuscripts should be type- We have no “regular It ts not “written double-spaced, with wide margins, not rolled, name and address on first page. We assume no risk for manu- scripts or illustrations submitted, but use all due care while they are in our hands. Payment on acceptance. We want only clean stories. Sex, morbid, ‘‘problem,”’ psychological and supernatural stories barred. se almost no fact-articles. Can not furnish or suggest collaborators. use fiction of almost any length; under 3,000 welcomed. Camp-Fire Stations Our Camp-Fire is extending its Stations all over the world. Any one belongs who wishes to. Any member desiring to meet those who are still hitting the trails may maintain a Station. in his home or shop where wanderers may call and receive such hospitality as the Keeper wishes to offer. The only requirements are that the Station display the regular sign, provide a box for mail to be called for and keep the regular register book and maintain his Station in good repute. Otherwise Keepers run their Stations to suit themselves and are not responsible to this magazine or representative of it. List of Stations and further details are published in the Camp-Fire in the first issue of each month. Camp-Fire Buttons To be worn on lapel of coat by members of Camp-Fire— any one belongs who wishes to. Enameled in dark colors representing earth, sea and sky, and bears the numeral 71— the sum of the letters of the word Camp-Fire valued accord- ing to position in the alphabet. Very small and incon- spicuous. Designed to indicate the common interest which is the only requisite for membership in Camp-Fire and to enable members to recognize each other when they meet in = places or at home. Twenty-five cents, post-paid, any- where. When sending for the button enclose a strong, self- addressed, unstamped envelope. If check or money order is sent, please make it out to the Ridgway Company, not to any individual. General Questions from Readers In addition to our free service department ‘“‘Ask Adven- ture’’ on the pages following, Adventure can sometimes answer other questions within our general field. When it can, it will, Expeditions and employment excepted. Expeditions and Employment _ While we should like to be of aid in these matters, expe- rience has shown that it is not practicable. Addresses . Camp-Fire—Any one belongs who wishes to. Rifle Clubs—Address Nat. Rifle Ass’n of America, 1108 Woodward Bldg., Washington, D. C. (See also under “Standing Information” in ‘“‘Ask Adven- ’ ture.’’) 180 SS) (E(0) GComichoo