Life — May 6, 1915 — page 40: what you’re looking at

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Aladdin and the Merchants ID you rub, sir?” The genie, rubbing his eyes, stood before Aladdin with a pained expression, He had been taking his afternoon nap. n “Yes. Fetch me an employment of the agency—and be quick about it!” other The genie vanished. In a moment water he returned with an employment ~ emproyme Good agency. “Well,” said Aladdin, “I'm in a = ‘ ioe : “MUM serious, a sociological mood this after- California Expositions ‘An educational and entertaining trip to the two mammoth Expositions, where exhibits from more than forty ‘nations portray the achievements of the world. TRAVEL VIA THE Northern Pacific Railway The cool Northern route ‘Over the Scenic Highway” in through daily trai Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas Cit: necting ‘with steamship lines at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Great Northern Pi . Co. at Astoria or “Shasta Route” to isco. Choice of routes via Puget Sound or along the Columbia River from Spokane. Stop at Gardiner Gateway for a tour of Yellowstone National Park “Nature's Own World's Exposition View the strange phenomena and un- equalled beauty of the world's greatest wonderland. Low Excuraioa Fares Daily Ustil November 30 Personally escorted tours to and through Yellowstone Park weckly from Chicago noon. Oh, employment agency, what have you got to say for yourself? Are you performing your proper function? You don’t look square to me. You're responsible for more misery than al- most any other modern instrument of torture, aren't you? Well, well!” The employment agency sank to its knees. “Spare me!” it exclaimed. “As it is, I may have to go out of business. They're getting after me out West. They say I collect all my fees from the worker and practically none from the employer, who is more able to pay. But I cannot charge the em- ployer, because he won't pay. I have to depend upon the worker, because he’s got to pay me to get a job.” Aladdin looked like a German gen- eral looting a Belgian village. “You can’t work on my sympathies,” he cried. “ You're a cheap faker. You trade on the weaknesses of others. You trade both ends against the HE blades of all Lawn Mowers look alike, because they are painted, but in ~PENNSTEVANEA’ juality Lawn Mowers (HAND, HORSE AND POWER) all blades are made of crucible tool steel, oil-hardened and water-tempered (true of no others) and are positively self- sharpening. The “PENNSYLVANIA” trade mark on the handle is your safeguard in Lawn Mower buying. Ask your hard- ware dealer or seedsman. : , ° Sond Yor ifusteated travel literature, in- middle—here, genie!—get_a move on The following brands are all “PENNSYL- ‘cluding Exposition folder. you. Take it away and bring me all VANIA™ Quality és ‘A.M; CLELAND, Gen'l Pass: Agest the big merchants of the land—oh, say, "eACREAT AAO CAN” tm Northern Pacific Bid¢. a cot “KEYSTONE” pe oar « couple of hundred. Hurry along EYSTONET , “SEE AMERICA” there and get busy! “NEW DEPARTURE” " The genie grabbed the sobbing em- COT ORSE and POWER \ ployment agency by the nape of its and others Pl neck and once more disappeared. In an incredibly short time he came in with a couple of hundred leading merchants, having reduced them tem- porarily to a convenient size. He sat them down in a serried row. Now, merchants,” said Aladdin, “I happen to be in a reforming mood to-day. I feel patriotic. I feel as though T ought to uplift somebody. It won't last—I hope. But in the meantime I've decided to jolt our sys- tem of employment in this country, which appears to me to be about as stupid and incompetent as the human mind could devise. At present it appears to be in the hands of a lot of employment agencies, who not only make the poorer class pay twice as much as the service is worth, but who make just as little effort as pos- Mailed Free os iniraq intr eet tatty « authority, interested foe wth octelor of PEANSTLY) VAN INIA"” Quality Parker ‘Bedale Hardware Company pend Pos Sisupesrin Tee bcyunsers, ea i. were fo \Y MOTOR CO.,S334Gray Meter Bldg, Ostret, "FATAND GROW THIN: sible to look up their records, and Without The advice ond the Mahdah menus in this book whose main business is to collect the Wrinkles have been successfully tried by thousands, biggest fees from those least able to Na, $10 E. P. DUTTON & CO- comicbooks.com