Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1920)

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12 Picture-Play Magazine — Advertising Section CMiiJssssilf iocl Advertising Agents and Help Wanted GOVERNMENT POSITIONS :.re desirable. Let our expert former Government Examiner prepare you. Write today for free booklet giving full information. Patterson C.vil Service School, Box Y, Rochester, N. Y. HOW MUCH GASOLINE CAN YOU SELL AT 2c. PER GALLON ? World tests'for four years to prove it. Secure exclusive rights for jrour county. "Oarbouvoid," Box "2," Bradley Beach, N. J. Railway Traffic Inspectors ; $110.00 a month to start and expenses ; travel if desired ; unlimited advancement. No age limit. Three months' home study. Situation arranged. Prepare for permanent position. Write for booklet CM 28. Standard Business Training Institute. Buffalo, N. Y. DETECTIVES EARN BIG MONEY. Travel. Great demand. We train you. Particulars free. Write American Detective System, 1968 Broadway, N. Y. WE START YOU IN BUSINESS, furnishing everything ; men and women $30 to $100 weekly operating our "Specialty Candy Factories'' anywhere. Booklet free. Ragsdale Co., Box 98, East Orange, N. J. BE A DETECTIVE. Excellent opportunity, good pay, travel. Write C. T. Ludwig, 436 Westover Building, Kansas City, Mo. "SIDE-LINE SALESMEN— We have an at^ tractive line of premium assortments for live salesmen. Commission from $5.00 to $20.00 per order. If you want an up-to-date line, write today. Canfield Mfg. Co., 4003 Broadway St.. Chicago, III. MEXICAN DIAMONDS flash like genuine, fool experts, stand tests, yet sell for l-50th the price. Pew live agents wanted to sell from handsome sample case ; big profits, pleasant work. Write today. Mexican Diamond Imptg. Co., Box CD 3, Las Cruces, New Mexico. SELL our hosiery and underwear direct to consumer. Large line — good profits — prompt deliveries guaranteed. Samples ready. Write. The C & D Co., Dept. 15, Grand Rapids. Mich. MEN — Age 17 to 55. Experience unnecessary. Travel ; make secret investigations, reports. Salaries ; expenses. American Foreign Detective Agency, 114, St. Louis. DO YOU WANT TO EARN $3,000 to $5,000 a .year? You can do it easily. See Advertisement Anderson Steam Vulcanizer in this issue. BECOME DETECTIVE. — Big pay ; easy work ; great demand everywhere : we show you : write, Wagner, 186 East 79th St., New York. Dept. 503. SALES AGENTS WANTED in every county to give all or spare time. Positions worth $750 to $1,500 yearly. We train the inexperienced. Novelty Cutlery Company, 14 Bar St.. Canton, Ohio. _J_ AGENTS — $40-$100 week. Free samples. Gold Sign Letters any one can put on store windows. Liberal offer to general agents. Metallic Letter Co., 431 T. N. Clark, Chicago. SCIENCE creates new auto wonder. Solves puzzling problem ; no more rain or snow-blurred windshields ; Mystic Cloth, works like magic : deposits invisible chemical film ; one rub keeps glass clear 24 hours ; one agent sold 5.000. Security Mfg. Co., Dept. 241. Toledo. Ohio. AGENTS — 200% PROFIT. Wonderful little article. Something new ; sells like wildfire. Carry right in pocket. Write at once for free sample. Albert Mills, Mgr., 1456 American Bid.. Cincinnati. Ohio. MEN WANTED for Detective work. Write J. Ganor, Former Govt. Detective, 121 Dan Ville. 111. SALESMEN — CITY OR TRAVELING. Experience unnecessary. Send for list of lines and full particulars. Prepare in spare time to earn the big salaries — $2,500 to $10,000 a year. Employment services rendered Members. National Salesmen's Training Association, Dept. 107. Chicago. 111. COMMENCE $110 month. Government wants Railway Mail Clerks. List positions open — free. Write Franklin Institute, Dept. P2. Rochester. N. Y. AGENTS: $100 WEEKLY. Automobile owners everywhere wild with enthusiasm. Marvelous invention doubles power, mileage, efficiency. Saves ten times its cost. Sensational sales everywhere. Territory going like wildfire. $26 Sample Outfit and Ford Car free. Write quick. L. Ballwey, Dept. 1S2, Louisville, Ky. Patents and Lawyers IN VENTOUS desiring to secure patentli should write for our guidebook "How To Get lour Patent." Send sketch or description for our opinion of its patentable nature. RanIcilpli & t o.. Dept. 412. Washington. D. C. PATENTS. Write for Evidence of Conception Blank and free guide book. Send model or sketch and description for free opinion of its patentable nature. Highest references. Prompt Attention. Reasonable Terms. Victor J. Evans & Co., 767 Ninth, Washington, D. C. PATENTS. Highest references. Rates reasonable. Best results. Promptness assured. Booklet free. Watson E. Coleman, Patent Lawyer, 624 F Street, Washington, D. C PATENTS, Trademark, Copyright — foremost word free. Long experience as patent solicitor. Prompt advice, charges very reasonable. Correspondence solicited. Results procured. Metzger, Washington, D. C. PATENTS PROMPTLY PROCURED. Personal. Careful and Efficient service. Highest references. Moderate fees. Send sketch or model for actual search and advice. George P. Kimmel, Master of Patent Law, 18 D Loan & Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. LEGAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Latest court decisions. Remit $1 when notified. Cooperative Law Bureau, City Hall Station, Box 455. Farm Lands RAISE BIG CROPS on our splendid hardwood lands in Michigan. No swamps or stones. Only $15 to $35 per A. Easy terms. 10 to 160 A. Schools, churches, markets, R. R. Fine climate ; pure water, lakes & streams. Money loaned to settlers. Oldest and largest company. Write today for free booklet. Swigart Land Co., X1265, First Nat'l Bk. Bldg., Chicago, 111. Duplicating Devices "Modern" Duplicator — A Business Getter. $1.50 up. 50 to 75 copies from pen, pencil, typewriter ; no glue or gelatine. 40,000 firms use it. 30 days' trial. You need one. Booklet free. LT, Durkin, Reeves & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Candy CHERI Super-Chocolates Assorted lb. box $1.25 P. P. prepaid, insured. Best you ever tasted or the box with our compliments. Cheri, 142 S. 15th, Phila. Personal DO YOU WISH TO KNOW whether you are to gain success, win friends, be happy, or the reverse? Scientific, convincing information. Wonderful results claimed by patrons. "Key to Success" and personality sketch for 10 cents and birthdate. ThomsonHeywood Co., Dept. 300, Chronicle Bldg., San Francisco. CRYSTAL GAZING— THE CRAZE : SEND self-addressed stamped envelope for free instructions. Zancig's Studio, Asbury Park, N. J. ASTROLOGY — STARS TELL LIFE'S story. Send birth date and dime for trial reading. Eddv, 840 East 55th, Chicago, Suite 74. WHY BE ONLY HALF ALIVE ? My free book Man The Master tells vou how to become a NEW BEING. Write Ogden Health Inst.. 622 Andrews Bldg.. Cin.. 0 Shorthand SHORTHAND. Best practical system. K. I. Shorthand, learn in 5 hours ; speed with easy practice. Proof lessons, brochure free. King Institute, EA-26. Station F. New York. Motion Picture Plays PHOTOPLAYS wanted. Big prices paid. Great demand. We show you how. Get free particulars. Rex Publishers, Box 175 — P 7, Chicago. $50 — $100 weekly writing Moving Picture Plays. Get free book ; valuable information ; prize offer. Photo Playwright College, Box 278 XY10. Chicago. FREE to writers — a wonderful little book of money-making hints, suggestions, ideas ; the A B C of successful Story and Movie writing. Absolutely Free. .Tust address Authors' Press. Dent. 89. Auburn. N. Y. Vaudeville ( i :T ON THE STAGE ! Experience unnecessary. Send stamp for instructive booklet "All About Vaudeville." LaDelle, Sta. 255, Jackson, Mich. Songs, Poems, Etc. Write a Song — Love, mother, home, childhood, patriotic or any subject. I compose music and guarantee publication. Send words today. Thomas Merlin, 222 Reaper Block, Chicago. WRITE the Words for a Song. We write music and guarantee to secure publication. Submit poems on any subject. Broadway Studios, 159C Fitzgerald Building, New York. WRITE words for a song. We write music, guarantee publisher's acceptance. Submit poems on patriotism, love or any subject. Chester Music Co., 920 S. Michigan Av., Room 323, Chicago. WRITE WORDS FOR A SONG— We write music, publish and secure copyright. Submit poems on any subject. The Metropolitan Studios, 914 S. Michigan Avenue, Room 120, Chicago. SONG-WRITERS GUIDE SENT FREE I Contains valuable instructions and advice. Submit song-poems for examination. We will furnish music, copyright and facilitate publication or sale. Knickerbocker Studios, 301 Gaiety Bldg., New York. HAVE YOU SONG POEMS? I have best proposition. Ray Hibbeler, D 102, 4040 Dlckens Ave., Chicago. PIANISTS — SINGERS! Send us 50c and we'll forward $2.00 worth New York's latest hits immediately, also place you on our mailing list. George Sanders, Park Theatre, Bay Ridge. Brooklyn. N. Y. __ Coins, Stamps, etc. 158 Genuine Foreign Stamps — Mexico War issues, Venezuela, Salvador and India Service, Guatemala, China, etc. Only 10c. Finest approval sheets 50% to 60%. Agents wanted. Big 72-page lists free. We buy stamps. Established 25 years. Hussman Stamp Co., Dept. 65, St. Louis, Mo. ^^^^ Wanted to Buy IT'S LIKE FINDING MONEY when you mail us false teeth (with or without gold fillings) old or broken jewelry, diamonds, watches, old gold, silver, platinum, magneto points, gold or silver ores and nuggets — War Bonds and Stamps. Highest prices paid. Cash by return mail. Goods returned in 10 days if you're not satisfied. The Ohio Smelting & Refining Co., 253 Lennox Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Short Stories and Photoplays Write News Items and Short Stories for pay in spare time. Copyright Book and plans free. Press Reporting Syndicate (406), St. Louis, Mo. . $50 to $150 A WEEK, Writing Stories and Photo Plays. Send for Special Free Offer. Department "S," New York Literary Bureau. 1 45 W. 36th St., New York City. LEARN TO WRITE PHOTOPLAYS. My book tells how, where to send, gives model, copyright and pointers for 50c. Lester deFrates, P. O. B. 1461, Boston. Mass. WRITE PHOTOPLAYS : $25 — $300 paid any one for suitable ideas. Experience unnecessary ; complete outline Free. Producers League. 439 St. Louis. WANTED Stories, Articles, Poems, for new magazine. Cash paid on acceptance, typed or handwritten MSS. acceptable. Send MSS. National Story Magazine, 51 Vanderbilt Bldg., New York. Miscellaneous SELL YOUR OWN PROPERTY, save commissions, new plan, quick results, free book tells how. Simplex, Dept. 192, 1123 Broadway. New York. ST-STU-T-T-TERING AND STAMMERING cured at home. Instructive booklet free. Walter McDonnell, 80 Potomac Bank Building, Washington. D. C. SAFETY RAZOR BLADES resharpened ; double-edge, 35c. per dozen ; single-edge, 25c per dozen. Mail your blades. We pay postage one wav. 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