ra way to estmate toe cost o ad- vertising is the cost of one line per million circulation. This is known as the Milline method of revealing to the advertiser exactly what he is buy- ing. "The MacMartin Advertising Agency says: "The Milline of The Chi- cago Daily Tribune, which costs 70 cents for 437,158 circulation, is $1.60: while the milline of the Grand Forks Herald which costs 7 cents for 14,737 circulation is $4.75. Instead of the Chicago paper being 10 times that of the smaller, it in reality costs about one-third as much." One classification of ads which, us1 ually is interesting reading, regard- less of the dullness of the other col- umns, is the Barter and Exchange. Here one finds persons willing to ex- reads it again and waits-for an change practically anything and every- answer. About one-fifth of the ads in thing from a Bible to automobiles. the paper are so called "blind ads," Most of the ads seem to end up with to which are sent to the Tribune of-f "Or a diamond. Or what?" It ap- fice. To these alone, an average of pears that diamonds are great articles 74,000 replies are delivered every week. of exchange, and also that if the pros- During the past summer, when the pective reader hasn't exactly the ar- help wanted situation was so acute, ticle advertised for, the advertiser many help wanted ads received as wants to know what he has. high as seven hundred answers to one After taking and writing on on av- ad. In those cases, the advertiser erage, of a hundred ads a day, one be- would sort his answers, throwing all comes hardened to the wants of people. those away unopened which did not But then, after a day's work, he can have neat envelopes. He would se- see that back of each little ad there lect perhaps two hundred to open. is a human problem. To the adver- Out of these he might throw away an- tiser, that little ad of his, busied per- other hundred. He then could con- haps among thousands of others, sider the remaining hundred and inter- stands out to him as THE ad of the view perhaps fifty applicants. The paper. He buysa copy, reads hisid ability to write a well-constructed, catchy, individual letter meant a posi- this last summer.. And a position meant, more than once, life. The situation wanted ads were hard to take. Poor beggars! Most of them were without work, most with very limited means; an ad meant the world to them and few were able to afford the type of ad that brought results. "The Wants of Millions!" Think it over. And then the next time you pick up a .want-ad section of some newspaper, stop to consider and wond- er what the human story is behind each ad. The tragedies, anticipations, hopes and ambitions of a nation are expressed in these little lifeless ex- pression of human thought. I'! f1 FOR YOUR ROOM - There is nothing more pleasing and interesting than a bowl of growing bulbs, white narcissus, yellow daffodills, hyacinths - we have the best. Blu aize Blossom Shop, Inc. NICKELS ARCADE Members of Florists Telegram Delivery 11I il I11111IIII I[III IIIII~Il' l lll I HI 1111111111111111111ill IIIIIII~IIII[ CARRICK Saturday Mat. 50--2.50 Nights 75c-$8.00 THE BOHEMIANS, Inc. PRESENT "Greenwich Vi llage Follies 1920" PHONE 2508 "ae Kome of Snergine" Just a Reminder Have you ever sent your garments here to be cleaned? You don't know what you are miss- ing. Send them today. We call for and deliver. "SWISSILIZED GARMENTS STAY CLEAN LONGER' THE HOME OF ENERGINE PHONE 2508 209 SO. 4TH AVE. The Only Place Energine Is Used In Ann Arbor ~SH BE RT '.TWednesday Matinee 50c to $1.00 VITC'THIGA j,~Nights - . - 75c to S2.00 ~ Saturday Mst. - -- 75c to $1.50 (Michigan at Washington Blwd) WILLIAM A. BRADY presents (In Association with Reandean, Ltd * London) JOH N GALSWOR T HY'S Dramatic Izriumph Direct froni LONDON and NEW YONK SUCCESS 11i1111i111iii1ilUJ1111111iii1111111111111111[fig] 11111111111111111iU11ili[1i11tiii11l1i111i1111i111r