The Argosy, Vol. 61, No. 4 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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THE ARGOSY—ADVERTISING SECTION. It was not so very many years ago that such a thing as a household bath tub was unknown among any class. ‘‘ How did people ever get along without it! }o) you exclaim. The answer is that standards of personal cleanliness were not then what ghey are now. Kven the best people were content if they gave no vzs¢ble signs of uncleanliness. And even down to very recent times it was thought that real personal cleanliness could be had with a grand weekly ‘‘ wash-up ee | The standard of household cleanliness now has been raised just as high as the The grand semi-annual housecleaning is just as much standard of personal cleanliness. out of date as the grand weekly bath. —that is the new standard for house as well as person. The Ideal Vacuum Cleaner Operated by Hand It now is realized that it is just as absurd to think that a house is clean because it gives no wsible signs of dirt as it would be to think that a person must be clean because /é gives no visible signs of dirt. The truth is that a house reveals hidden dirt just as a person reveals hidden dirt. The pe- culiar sour, musty odors of a house may not be noticed by the occupants, because they are so used to them; but it is not so with visitors. Always these odors must exist where dirt is permitted to accumulate; and their existence is always a dan- ger signal, indicating the pres- ence of decomposing and putrid atoms and the germs of disease. Fully protected by patents It Eats Up the Dirt The IDEAL VACUUM CLEANER costs only $25. You carry it around as easily as yan would a pail of water, and you work it by hand with an ease that makes the. labor of cleaning seem like play. Either this or, at a total cost of $60 or $65, you can enjoy the luxury of having your machine equipped with a first-class motor that is readily attached to any electric-light socket. Sold at our various agencies. If no agency is handy, write us direct. Valuable booklet on cleaning problem sent free. The most thorough possible cleanliness every day Or Electric Motor It is the IDEAL VACUUM CLEANER that has brought about the new _ standard of household cleanliness. Thorough day of course was impossible cleanliness every with the old-style implements. Vacuum Cleaning is the only by which hidden dirt can be removed, system that never scatters dust, that makes and keeps things really clean through and through. ‘The IDEAL VACUUM CLEANER this wonderful has brought system within the everv-day reach of all. AMERICAN VACUUM CLEANER CO., 225X, Fifth Ave., New York In answering this adrertisement it is desirable that you mention THE ARGOSY. ECO VOO Cc ©