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NEIGHBORHOOD ITEMS ' 't .V . .j * *, Jim Hendricks has never\dared r I tell her the real story WH EN (he Hendrickse* decided to more here, Mrs. Hendrick* lent Jim nn 'ahead-to look tip houses. It just happened that the Wheeler haute , was on tale, it a great bargain. It wat,a hit run-] burn, but otherwise it filled every-.one of Mrs.; llendrick*' re*|uirement>. So Jim took a chance. and bought it on the tpot. Then he began to get ; .cold feet. Thought he'd let Mrs. Hendricki tee it .before he told her. He drove ber patt it the day the came to town. "That dilapidated place! 1 wouldn't even consider it." Anxious moments for Jim. Then he called up the painters. Hive minute* after the last ladder and the last can of Acme Quality Paint were oH' the-p.lace, he drove Mrs. Hendricks past again.' " What a ducky house," she]said, "how in the.worltj did yuti happen to overlook It?" Ac me Qu a l it y House Pa in t Cirrt f!eettn% rffrrti end /jitinf 'rneitt Gertrude says she can scarcely drag the children home from their grandmother's now It's a good thing Jack painted I that car when he did I THINK all along Laura liked Jack best, but it did take a good deal of courage for her to drive up to the Country Club in Jack's ^shabby car, when Hdl was ready to motor her tptt in his big new roadster. Anyhow, she began to accept Hal's invi tations, and Jack was in a panic. Grace Armstrong saw how thing! were going and cornered Jack. "You aren't afraid to do a little work now and then, are you. Jack ?" the asked. "I'm the soul of energy," he replied. "All right. I'm sending you a little present tomorrow, which 1 know you can use." *l]he next morning there arrived a paint brush and some cant of Acme Quality Motor Car Finish. Jack took the hint--got busy immediately--and Laura hasn't been seen in Hal's car since. Ac mk Qu a l it y Mo t o r Ca r Fin is h Atetri eUeert leek tike new ^T first, when the left l(iem over there, they , were to homesick they wept and wailed! Their grandmother was ipiite distressed. 'She ransacked the house* for playthings every timcjthry appeared. Filially, she recalled the childreii'tthings up in the garret. And the last time the youngsters appeared, she had a whole playroom for them, with tiny chairs and tablet and desks, and cupboard full of strange toys. When (iertrude taw the room she was speech less. "Mother!" the exclaimed, "you didn't buy Cousin Susie says her i ' - health improved initantly all those things?" "Mercy, no," said her mother, "all I bought was arm ofAcmrQualitvVamo-J jc." Ac m* Qu a l it y Va r n -I,a c THOSE hideous walls of hen! For tome unac countable reason, the had a sentimental attach ' Stein end nerniiket in ene fetti, teit ejeretien ' A ,-A ! | Dment fur them. Poor Virginia, who lives with her, O yw know Iww muiy fWuuda| tkiafi ym c m 4* k A<flM stood them as lung at the could. Then she began Ijwlity l*ii<Kli f lir tfkiotiog inurfiinwiiwi ym tt fk her campaign.* You khow what a] horror .Cousin mm4r ywf hornet f Of hwkttt MPtayii| Fairy OiMnwkff tm Your Hwnr/* }wc how m 4 aft thaa kfUfrwf of ywt walk,. Susie has of germs.' _ Every few days Virginia would i mrf hirwilMim tod yoo peat wkm Atm ^wiity unearth an article on insanitary wall coverings ,and IwrtyMid Write iw#rimtmkfklrt. the genii they harbor. Sh.e would read them aloud with' great gusto. Finally, one day. Cousin Susie rushed to the phone and rilled up Pete Sykes,-the decorator, - Noutevery waJI in Cousin Suiie's house hat a clean, light, cheerful surface of Acme Quality Notlsustrc Finish,and puSie says she is fetdjjtgbetter lhajfsltr. haf for years*-' Acat* Qu a u t y 'No -Lu s t r e Fin is h ' Paints, Enamels,' Stain's dud Varnishes ACME WHITE LEAD AND COLOR WORKS - Detroit, Michigan, U. S; A. -. ter Welle, iti/inft nml tree Mrmrhtt m fnmnpml ririrf-sArakn iiojmiw w*9 Mrs. Aldershot says-- THAT i isn't true that Anne Sutton spent a fortune fitting up her tea room. That she bought the unpainted pieces, and finished every one herself with Acme Quality Enamel Kotc. That the mson everykme is so wild about the place is bfeaute of the gay riot of colors she put into it. Ana that the only fact the gotaips did get right it that the place is making ha^elt of money. Ac me Qu a l it v En a me l Ko t x [ Ftr fnrnitnrt end weedwtri .