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student hours not one accident has occurred. Of the group, seventy have
joined archery clubs, many securing their tackle from Mr. Deeds.

He learned how to make tackle by trial and error and by winning the
friendship of expert bow makers, one an Indian chief who winters in
California, and the other a leading craftsman of the West. Today Mr. Deeds’
bows combine beauty with sturdiness, and a fifteen-pound practice bow of
his devising has proved far better for the novice than the customary twenty-
five or thirty-pound bow.

Mr. Deeds attributes his enviable reputation as a teacher to the fact that he
takes the mystery out of archery and puts it on a purely mechanical basis. It is
his constant delight to see stooping, pallid men, women and children
transformed into healthy individuals with sparkling eyes and erect carriage.

His hobby has meant the support of his family and the accumulation of tackle
worth a thousand dollars. But, best of all, it has meant his personal
rehabilitation.

Ghost Writing Is a Business

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ACK in February, 1933, when Fred E. Baer, of New York City, realized his
publicity business was dying on its feet, he let it expire and he and Henry F.
Woods organized the Ghost Writers’ Bureau. What does a Ghost Writers’
Bureau do? Well, if you are called upon to say something or to write a paper
for your association you get in touch with the Bureau and presto! Your
speech or paper is all prepared for you. Professional and business people use
the service. Many general agents of insurance companies who must prepare
inspirational material for salesmen, make constant use of the Bureau’s
services.

When the Bureau was first organized, the charges for the service ranged from
four to eleven cents a word. This was too high, but it was some time before
the owners realized it. The charge now is one and onehalf to six cents. Part of