Adventure Magazine Cover, December 10, 1922 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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ADVENTURE “He’s Already Patented Four Inventions” «e UNNY thing, too ... .” When he first came here he was just an ordinary worker. For a time, when things were slack, I even first lesson. me said, Send in that coupon. It was the best move I ever made—I knew it the minute I started my Before, I had been working in a sort thought that we might have to let him go. of mental fog—just an automatic part of the “Then, gradually, I noticed an improvement in his work. He seemed to really understand what he was doing. “One day he came into my office and said he had worked out a new arm for the automatic feeder. I was.a little skeptical at first, but when he started explaining to me, I could see that he had really dis- covered something. And when I started questioning him, I was amazed. He certainly did know what he was talking about. “So we sat down and talked for over an hour. Finally, I asked him where he had learned so much about his work. He smiled and took a little book from his pocket. “‘There’s no secret about it,’ he said. ‘The answer’s right here. Four months ago I saw one of those advertisements of the Inter- national Correspondence Schools. I had been seeing them for years, but this time something inside of SS tT These inventors and many others once studied with the I. C. S. JESSE G. VINCENT Vice-president of Packard Motor Car Co., inventor of the Packard Twin-Six and co-in- ventor of the Liberty Motor. JOHN C. WAHL First vice-president of The Wahl Co., inventor of the Wahl Adding Machine, the Eversharp Pencil and the Wahl Fountain Pen. W. J. LILLY Inventor of the Lilly Mine Hoist Controller. H. E. DOERR Chief Mechanical Engineer, Scullin Steel Co., St. Louis. — — TEAR OUT HERE — — — machine in front of me. But the I. C. S. taught me to really understand whai ! was doing.’ “Well, that was just a start. Three times since he has come to me with improvements on our ra- chines—improvements that are being adopted in other plants and on which he receives a royally. He is certainly a splendid example of the practical value and thorough- ness of I. C. S. training.” Every mail brings letters from students of the I. C. S. telling of advancements and larger sa.laries won through spare-time ,stadv. There’s still a chance for you, if you will only make the start. Just fill out and mail the coupon printed below and, without cost or obligation, get the full story of what the I. C. S. can do for you. To-day — not. To-morrow —is the day to take that first definite step toward Success. —_————_———— rE INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, BOX 2002-D, SCRANTON, PA. Without cost or obligation on my part, please tell me how I can qualify for the position or in the subject before which I have marked an X in the list below :— [] Automobile Work B (J Civil Engineer (] Business Management [] Salesmanship [|JGas Engine Operating []Airplane Engines ("| Radio (| Electrical Engineering (| Electric Lighting (] Mechanical Engineer LJ] Mechanical Draftsman [] Advertising (| Stenography and-Typing [|Surveying and Mapping L] Mine Foreman or Engineer [|] Marine Hngineer L] Architect _] Contractor and Builder [} Architectural Draftsman L] Structural Engineer []Industrial Management {| Traffic Management [] Business Law | Teacher [] Banking and Banking Law [_] Civil Service [JAccountancy (including C.P.A.) L) Railway Mail Clerk [] Nicholson Cost Accounting L}] Common School Subjects _] Bookkeeping L] High School Subjects (_] Machine Shop Practice Chemistry (] Business English C] Nlustrating L) Railroad Positions + Pharmacy Business Spanish French Name SESE ERE E EERE REE EEE HEHEHE EEE EERE EE EERE EEEREEE SEETHER PEER E THEE RHEE EER EO ROH EED ERP ROR OOH OBOE ee Street Address PTUTETITETIOLIT TLL set aeee seeeere Wrenn aA av ealcas Vii anne cain datesanssitedieedile AB hGscan: SOUR iis vaias rinidite a ebah wk ee OCCUPATION viii cess ccosccccecascsddavavelaaparexsdiets bansulbaxances TEED Siaideot Persona residing in Canada should send this coupon to the International Correspondence Schools Canadian, Limited, Montreal, Canada. | Published three times a month by The Ridgway Company at Spring and Macdougal Sts.,New York V e ADVENTURE City. Yearly subscription $6.00 in advance; single copy 25 cents. Entered as second-class ec Dec. 10th, 1922 matter Oct. 1, 1910, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. umbé! comichooksEeom