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evening ledger Philadelphia, Saturday, july 29, 1916.
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"YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THE GERMANS CREDIT, THEY'RE GREAT SALESMEN
THEY STARTED THIS WAR TO GET A BIGGER MARKET, DECLARES ZA
discussion of Overhead
Charges From Various
Angles Shows That
After the War Any
body Buying a $2
German Hat Can Fig
ure He Is Paying for a
Lot of Things Besides
the Plush and Find
ings
"Hero tho Other Day Somebody
in tho'Dyo and Color Trade
Travels for Sixteen Days in a
U-Boat From Germany in tho
Expectation of Selling a Few
Thousand Dollars Dyes"
T met Philip Zadkln In tho subway this
morning," Louis Blrsky, tho real estater,
said. "Ill) ain't going to Tannersvllls for
his vacation this summer."
"Why not?" Barnatt Zapp, tho wnlst
manufacturer, asked. "I thought tho air
was bo good by Tannersvlllo."
"So It Is good, aber Max eays ho holds
uch rotten cards up there," Louis replied.
"lie says ho Is going up to Saratoga
Eprlngs again. Ho was In Saratoga back
i In 1902 and In tho 10 days ho stayed thoro
ha got, dealt a 4C0-spnde hand twice, and
ono of tho times he picked up an extra
pinochle and Schuppc aco Initio wldder."
'Tea, and ha could go thero next year
and never sco a king and queen of trump
together In ono hand," Zapp said. "That's
tho way It Is with health resorts."
"On tho other hand, my wlfo's father
wears by Long Branch," BIraky declared.
"He aa;"" there's hnrdly been a season since
1898 when ho ain't got at least two new
accounts from th'e surf bathing, and ho says
the only tlmo ho regrets ho couldn't swim
was when old man Schoenblum, of tho
Bchoenblum-Mcyer Dry Goods Company,
Pittsburgh, got out of his depth. Morris
Posner hold him up In tho water for 10
minutes, and afterward he held htm up in
Pittsburgh for a $6000 order."
"Somo people has got nil the luck," Zapp
commented. "If I could swim, Blrsky, I
bet yer I could lay around on the beach nt
Long Branch for flvo seasons before I get
a chance to resstcue somebody, and then it
would be just my Hazel that when I sell
tho Ilosher a few garments, y'understand,
he busts up on me the day after I ship
him tho goods. To tell you tho truth,
Blrsky, I don't bcllevo In going to the coun
try In tho summer time. Supposing you do
get a few orders, what s It? Business ain't
everything, Blrsky, and besides, Blrsky,
If you go European plan to Atlantic City
otler one of them places and put on every
night a tuxedo and go down and eat for
4 a dinner In tho European cafe of your
hotel with tho expectations that you would
NOBODY
Loves a
SMARTY
N
"SMARTY"
Dear Children Thcro seems to bo a vast difference between "thinking
you're smart" and actually being "smart"'
Just exactly what being smart or what the word "smarty" means I can't
say. However, tho words and phrases carry mo back to my boyhood and to the
memory, tho anguish it caused my proud soul to bo called "smarty."
In after life there aro only a few things which grown-ups can be called, but
the vocabulary of a boy when he wishes to disparage tho charactor of another
boy is very voluminous. It includes such terrible names as "smarty," "fraid
cat," "teacher's pot," and so on.
Let 'us take tho word "smarty."
The anguish which this terrible, terrible word causes in tho soul of a boy
Is Immeasurable. It reflects upon his very soul.
"FRAID CAT" casts reflections upon his courage, and ho would daro almost
anything, Indians, snakes and tho like, even UNLOADED GUNS, rather than
be called a "FRAID CAT." But I think it would be far greater honor to be
called this terrible name and LIVE than to prove that you are not a "fraid cat"
and be injured for life.
I remember one day some one gave me a bouquet of flowers which I did not
want, and I took it and gave it to our dear teacher, and that earned me the title
of "teacher's pet" for one whole day, and the lamentable part of it was, she, the
teacher, did anything but like me.
Oh, the sorrows of childhood I Would that I could go through those agonies
gain. FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledger.
Tim, the Newsboy
By LEONABD DITTEnMAN
Wot Montgomery Avenua.
Tim was a boy of eight years. Ha had
old stockings, trousers, coat and sweater.
He had no hat His hair being so thick and
woolly, of course It did not hurt him not
wearing a hat.
His. parents being poor, Tim had to go
to work. Ho was Interested in getting an
education, but couldn't.
Ha went all over trying to get a Job. but
they would not tako him on Decause ne
'wasn't neat.
Tim, would not go homo with no Job. for
fear his father would beat him. It was
only half-past 10. "What shall I dor' said
Tim.
71m could not help being ragged, because
he always tried to be neat, but ha did not
have the conveniences as other boys had
Tim, growing cold and hungry, thought
he would try and sell papers. "Where am I
going to get money r said Tim. He thought
toe -would try and beg for It This Tim did
not like to do. But finally he had 25 cents.
He Invested the money In papers. He sold
all his papers and went and bought more.
By the end of the day (which was half-past
7) Tim had 1.
He then started home. When Tim reached
home he found everything new. Tim at
first did not think it was his house. He
started to walk out and Tim heard his
mother calling him. He turned around.
Surely it was his mother.
nvbattl all thlr asked Tim. Suddenly
hU father came in the room and said.
"Why. y boy. you" uncle left us 3000 in
hi wUL"
Poor Llttlo Girl!
By BLANCHE LESCHINSKA.
ffter Helen has bo one to love her. She
M to work hard every day and doss not
: wiiwh to eat. Is It not ssaAt You must
, t Utul to th poor, fer they kivs hard
W skim tep wp m jwt
, W hfcM Ml -taoj. s g fa-1
By MONTAGUE GLASS
Listen to their children and
meet some of them retailers from tho Mid
dlo West and their wives, Blrsky, you'ro
Just as llablo to run across tho credit man
from tho place where you buy most of your
piece goods or the vlco president of tho
bank whero you'vo got a loan, y'understand,
and them two fellers couldn't wait to get
back to Now York before they write you
to send 'em a new statement of your re
sources." "Well, you couldn't blame them," Blrsky
said. "A credit man ain't a mind reader
exactly, and ho naturally suspect) n cus
tomer In i. tuxedo when ho finds him buy
ing dinner In a restaurant whero, on account
of tho high prlco fixtures and decorations,
the proprietor has figured out tho over
head on a club sandwich to bo $1.35. It
don't make no difference how good a busi
ness man's Intentions may be, Zapp, when
ho eats In a hlgh-prlco roitauraut or ressl
cues a retailor from drowning, peoplo Is
going to Judgo him by appearances. All
they see Is a feller making a hog of himself
In a. restaurant or trlng to savo a human
life, as the case may be, and they never give
him a bit of credit for being a crnckerjack
ews an
The Cat and the Ilirda
Sent In by CATHERINE NEUMAN, N. lth St
An old cat lived near a bird house. Every
day he saw the birds liylng in and out
One day he said to himself, "How I wish
I had one of those nice fat birds for my
dinner!"
The next day he heard that the birds
were 111.
"Now is my time," he Bald. "I will cet
a fat bird to eat today." So the cat put on
a tall hat and a doctor's suit He took a
cane in one hand and the box of pills for
the birds in another hand and away he
went to the birds' house. As soon as he
reached the birds house ho tapped at the
door,
"Who Is there?" asked the mother bird.
"It is I. the doctor," raid the cat doctor.
"I heard that your children were ill. So I
have come to see them. I have some pills
that I think will make them welt Open
the door."
The mother looked out, "Your words are
kind," she said, "like the words of the
good doctor. Your hat, coat, cane and box
of pills are like our doctor, but your paws
are those of the old cat Oo away) I and
my children won't let you in. We do not
want your pills. We are more likely to get
well without your pills than with them."
Then all the birds flew at him. They
pecked his eyes, pecked his ears, tore his
coat Away flew his cane, away flew his
box of pills. Then away flew the old cat
himself and he never went back.
"To the Kfnd Donor"
We wish to acknowledge the receipt of a
packet of postal cards postmarked Camden.
No name was signed to the sift ; no direc
tions given for its disposal. We. therefore,
took it upon "ourself" to forward the pretty
pictures to ailittle sirl tn a, hospital. We
UmMt that fUs Utile "thank-you Bote
icftchea tha taoushtful pertou for whom
husbnnda crying for Roilmops.
A No. 1 salesman. Yes, Zapp, tho heart of
a salesman can beat Just so strong under
neath a stiff bosom shirt as It could under
a ono-ploco bathing suit. There's no regu
lation costumo for selling goods, Zapp, and
If I would be a credit man nnd seen a cus
tomer stripped to his undershirt with n
green shado over his eyes, riming a red
deck while, tho feller on his left Is dealing
a blue deck, y'un. stand, I would first
Investigate whether t.o other fellers was In
tho market for a lino of his goods befora
I suspected him of putting a crimp In his
business resources, y'understand."
"Well, It's something you could really
call wxmderbar what peoplo would do to
sell goods, Blrsky," Zapp said. "Hero the
other day somebody In tho dyo and color
trndo travels for 16 days In n U-boat from
Germany In tho expectations of selling a
few thousand dollars dyes. I wouldn't run
a chanco lllco that feller did, even If I was
handling a lino of pigeon blood rublci at
(300 a carat, supposing tho U-boat could
carry 7B0 tons of 'em, because If that
U-boat would over meet an English war
ship, tho dyo salesman could kiss himself
f
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"FRiTZIE." &OESCH
STORIES OF CLOUDLAND
The Sand Man and Zu Zu-
-By Farmer
Smith
"Good morning," he said to Tulip Heart
"1 hope you slept well."
"Very well, thank you," said Tulip Heart
"You ought to have," snapped the Sand
Han, "I put enough sand In your eyes last
night"
Tulip Heart didn't know whether to laugh
or cry and looked at tha bed knob to see
what Zu Zu was doing.
Zu Zu was trying to cry, but he couldn't
keep his faco straight, and when Dopy
Down DlUy came around and looked at him
he snickered.
"You're a nice one to laugh, you are,"
said the Sand Man. "l'e a good mind to
leave you where you are for another
month."
"Oh, don't do that, Mr. Sand Man." cried
Tulip Heart "You wouldn't like to be shut
up In a bed knob yourself, would you?"
That,hasn't got anything to do with it,"
said the Sand Man. "If he ever steals my
pall of eand again and puts the moon to
sleep I'll have Santa Claus turn him Into a
baseball."
"Oh. don't be so cross. Dopy Down Dllly,"
spoke up Zu Zu. "Just touch this bed knob
with your little gold pencil and let me out"
"All right," said the Sand Man, "but you
can't have your automobile beetle back for
a month."
"How am I going to get up to aee my
"You'll have to walk up the Milky Way,"
said Dopy Down Dllly.
"But it's 8.000.000 miles," said Zu Zu.
"I don't care if it's 10,000.000 miles," said
the Sand Man. 'I've walked lots farther
than that when my wings broke down. I
guess the North Star doesn't want to see
any bad boys, either"
Zu Zu was Just going to say something
when uuddenly OruK Gruff, Tulip Heart's
old nurse, came sliding down from the cetl
tas on her golden rope.
(ijnd of third ceriesh
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good-by mff his prospective commlislons,
and probably get drowned Into tho bargain."
"And nnyhow tho feller shows poor
Judgment In going to Baltimore with a
lino of dyes, Zapp," Blrsky said. "Ho
would of stood a much better show of got
ting rid of them goods In New York."
"But tho wny I figure It, Blrsky," Zapp
said, "New York ain't In his territory. Ho
Is probably making Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond and towns south to Atlanta,
whereas tho New York salesman for theso
here dyo goods would probably arrUe In a
U-bont later, and tho feller that makes
Chicago and towns In tho Middle West
would come, nlong by Zappolln somewhorcs
around the first of August."
"1 wouldn't bo a bit surprised," Blrsky
said, "because this country and other coun
tries Is suffering something terrlblo from
the Bcarclty of German-mado goods. You
tako this hero shipment of German dyes,
Zapp, and It will probably savo tho lives of
a lot of ladlos who haven't boon eating or
stooping for tho last two years on account
they couldn't get tho exact shado of navy
bluo crochet cotton for cmbroldorlng dottles
with. Also, Zapp, this country's supply of
Gorman Imitation patent Amerlcnn safety
razors has been exhausted for more than
18 months, and, furthermore, think of all
the poor mothers nnd wives which has got
to sit and listen to their children and bus
bandi crying for Roilmops, phcnncetln, zip
pctttslld, gennlno Maimer Ilandkasc, men's
pluxh hats, Wurzburger and Pllsencr, when
thoy know that thero nln't a one of them
things within 3000 miles of Now York. But
now theso condition"! Is going to bo changed
German mado phonographs, typewriters,
motorcycles, sowing machines and piano
players, which Is pretty near ns good as
tho original Amerlcnn models, will bo sent
hero In submarine"! which Is different In
ono respect from the phonographs, type
writers, -notorcjcloi, sewing mnchlnoi nnd
piano players, because tho submarine Is
better mado than tho original American
submarine, y'understand, but otherwise
overy ono of them nrtlclcs resembles cacti
other In that tho Ideas was all stolen by
German manufacturers from American in
cntor who nln't drawing a cent of roy
alty from Germany for their Inventions."
'Well, you'o got to givo tho Germans
credit," Zapp said, "they're great salesmen.
In fact. I read It somowhercs that they
started this war to got a bigger market for
their goods."
"It must cost a lot of money to kill off
competition that way," Blrsky commented,
"and tho chances Is that they nro killing
off Just fo many customers ns competitors "
"I glvo you right, Blrsky," Zapp said ;
"tako for Instance when dermany widened
tier market for tier goods by taking In Bel
glum nnd Serbia, y'understand, and thero
nln't many German lines of goods that
could bo affected cither ono way or tho
other by It, excepting maybo the funeral
supply business. Yes, Blrsky, It would bo
a long tlmo beforo a German salesman of a
lino of German Imitation American cash
registers would bo nblo to mako his travel
ing expenses ecn stopping at a dollar a
day Gorman Imitation American plan
houses. In Serbia or Belgium, supposing
Germany is nble to control that much ter
ritory on or after September 1, 1116.
furthermore, Blrsky, even If Germany docs
manage to hold on to Serbia or Belgium
after the war Is over, a German salesman
making Louvaln, Antwerp, Brussels and nil
them towns would need an escort of Secret
Service men, and Iron-clad policies of llfo,
accident nnd general liability Insurance be
fore ho tries to sell goods there."
"Tho German business men has got nervo
cnougti for anything," Blrsky retorted. "I
bet yer right now tho English steamship
armer
BUSY DAY IN OAK LANE
iisaiwssf e
"DELSIE " BOESCH
A Memory Gem
Sent In by AUDIIEY WASJHNOTON
Ellsworth Street.
Each day and every day
Do what Is right
Each day and every day
Do with thy might
Each day and every day
Speak what is true.
Each day and every day
God sees you.
FARMER SMITH,
Care of the Evenino Ledoer.
I wish to become a member of your
Rainbow Club. Please send me a
beautiful Rainbow Button free. I agree
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY DAY, SPREAD A LITTLE
SUNSHINE ALL ALONG THE WAY
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Held him up in tho
companies has received dozens of lettora
from Gorman ocean steamer manufac
turers saying that Inclosed herowlth la cata
logue of assorted ocean steamers, and
that dupllcatos of tho Lusltanla nnd Sussex
nro now ready for fall delhory at figures
from 25 to 30 per cent, lower than tho
prices formerly quoted by tho Belfast nnd
Glasgow manufacturers. Furthermore,
Zapp, It don't mnko no dlftcrenco what tho
military experts says nbout why tho Ger
man nrmy puts up such n terrible fight In
tho Champagno district, tho real reason you
would find out from letters which In all
probability tho manufacturers of Rhino
wlno Is now sending out to their American
customers saying that Inclosed herowlth Is
a catalogue of German imitation French
champagno for delivery after tho close of
tho wnr, under labels of nil tho well-known
French manufacturers, nnd In other re
spects cannot bo distinguished from tho
originals, and oblige."
"Well, you'vo nlso got to glvo tho Ger
mans credit for having such Schrchel,
Blrsky," Zapp said. "If It was tho Ameri
can manufacturers that was trying to get
the German customers of French cham
pagno manufacturers to buy American
champagno. y'undorstnnd, they'd bo fool
ish enough to put It In bottles with labels
that you couldn't tell from Worcester Sauco
already."
"I don't dispute your word, Zapp," Blr
Bky said, "o6er so far, wo didn't got to
mith s R
B4BY BOESCH
The Question Box
Dear Farmer Smith Will you please tell
ma if there is any way for mo to get out
to Dyberry by trolley? Wo have tickets
for the fair which Is to be held In August
and are very anxious to know how to get
out thero. I'lease tell me how much it will
cost from my house.
ISADORB nOSENBLUM
2435 E. Allegheny avenue
Take car 60 on Allegheny avenue and
ask for a pass. Get off at Frankfort
avenue and tako car S going north. Get
off at Bridge street There an automobile
bus meets the trolleys and carries the
passengers to Byberry. The bus fare is
25 cents. Counting your car fare both
ways and the bus fare both ways the trip
will cost 60 cents.
A Kind Deed
By ELEANOn WEISS.
One day a lot of boys were coming home
from school, Thomas Green was with them.
As they were going to cross the street he
saw an old lady. He ran to her and said:
"May I help you across the street, madam?"
"Yes," replied the lady, "I was trying to
get over."
When he came back the boys laughed at
him. Then he said: "Boys, you (hould be
ashamed of yourselves to laugh. Maybo
your mother will be like that some day, and
wouldn't you want somebody to help her?"
The boys said nothing, for they knew he
was right
A Ilappy Day
By MARY IU.YE3. South 12th Street
The other day mother took us to the
country my little brother, the little girl
next door, her Bister and me. We took
our lunch. We had sandwiches, cake and
milk, that we bought at the farmhouse near
where we had our picnic
Mother took her sewing and let us chil
dren do as we pleased all day. We played
games and took our shoes and stockings
off and went wading iti the creek. Wasn't
that fun? Thtp. in the afternoon we bad
rapj.1 BflH WA raff a Ktnpv.huiV
At night we weru tired, hut ire bad had
grimu ume.
1 ISp'.
water for 10 minutes.
shoot nobody In order to make 'em buy
our goods, Zapp, which you could tako
It from mo, Zapp, It an old-established
concern like Germany found It necessary
to put out a sales force of 4,000,000 sol
diers, mtt a total oxpense account of $2,000,
000 a day, y'understand, tho quality of tho
German goods must bo poor, because you
know ns well ns I do, Zapp, articles which
Is mado up right will practically sell them
solvos, It Is only tho stickers you must got
to push and push hard. Am I right or
wrong, Zapp?"
"You nro right, BIraky, except your re
marks has got tho tiro carrier whero tho
headlights should ought to bo," Zapp satd.
"In other words, Blrsky, you'vo got tho
truck beforo tho horse, because It ain't
tho quality of tho goods which affects the
salesmanship, y'undorstnnd, but It's tho
methods of salesmanship which affects the
quality of tho goods. For Instanco, if a
manufacturer loses a hundred dollars at
ptnochlo to a rctnller In order to sell him
two thousand dollars' worth of garments,
y'understnnd, every ono of them garments
will assay 95 per cent, labor and material,
nnd 5 per cent pinochle. I myself seen
ladles walking round tho Btreots In dresses
which nn experienced garmont manufac
turer like me could toll nt once was short
a bustod 380-spado hand In the width of tho
skirt nlono. Also, Blrsky. I seen lat'es
wearing garments which would of had ov-r
20 per cent, moro embroidery If It wouldn't
ambow
Club K
MERCY ANNE PERKINS
(Continued.)
lt-n TERCY ANNE," cried Jerry, "will he
1V1 die?"
In a minute she was on tho ground be
side Mercy Anna and the little country
girl was explaining how she had been out
walking and had seen the poor little dog
limp yelplngly to tho side of tho road as a
big machine had disappeared into the dis
tance. "Let's take him back," Bald Jerry,
"Barney will bind up his leg. Could we
carry" then suddenly a brilliant idea
floated Into her mind. "I know," aho cried,
nnd with that Bhe poured out tho story of
May Belle and the automobile.
In two minutes tho llttlo girls were walk
ing down the road, carefully carrying tho
little brown dog.
Straight ahead was the machine In ex
actly tho same position as when Jerry had
left It When they came to It May Belle
was making desperate efforts to crank the
car.
The meeting of Mercy Anne did not in
crease her good temper. May Belle knew
she was beaten and she' did not even bother
to be sweet to Jerry,
No one spake, Mercy Anne and Jerry
just seemed to understand that the car
wouldn't go, so they placed the llttlo dog
gently on tha grass.
Suddenly Mercy Anne did a very Queer
thing. Sho Jumped Into the car, turned
over a switch on the footboard, gave a
quick Jerk to the brass attachment on tho
steering wheel, and lo and behold the en
gine started !'
"Why Mercy Anne," cried Jerry, "how
did you do that?"
"It started on compression," replied the
little girt modestly; "It sometimes does. I
knew I hadn't tha strength to crank It, but
X happened to know about compression."
"But Mercy Anne," put in Jerry,
Mercy Anno smiled. "I know what you're
going to Bay," she said ; "you never thought
a little girl from the country would know
about automobiles. Well, you see, lots and
lots of farmers have them, old models like
theso that you have to crank. We never
had one, but Mazle's folks did. Well, the
thing is to get home now. Please take
the dog, Jerry. Get in. May Belle."
With that the little fclrl from the country
Jumped In the driver's seat. Very carefully
the liylo chauffeur turned the car around
and drove it slowly back to the barn.
Not a bouI was In sight May Belle left
sullenly without a word.
It was not the work of many minutes to
hunt up Barney, tha head 'gardener, and
eoon the little brown dog, with his leg
nicely bound In splints, lay on a bed of
blankets, happily gnawing a bone.
eeeeeee
And the most wonderful thing of all was
Jerry had decided to ask Mercy Anne
to spend her vacation with her? Mercy
Anne, with her queer clothes; Mercy Anne,
with her dear, dear heart, that Jerry could
not help loving 1
The little dog had been the means of
bringing the two little girls very close to
The Eagle
By ALFRED DORZEWSKT. Richmond.
Tha eagle Is king of birds. He swoops
down upon other birds and little animals,
such as mice and cats. It is so strong that
it can carry a- man for about 100 miles.
If l nears an ocean, it will drop tha man
Into the ocean.
Illustrations by BRIGGS
been for. tho careless way tho maniirj
turcr played his hand trying to lose to M
retailer on mo any Dciuro mo Barmen
was sold to him. Yes, Blrsky, the
marks and the lobster n la Nowburg marl!
and tho champagne stains which Is In ton
garments, while not visible to tho bare i
Blrsky, wilt never como out of them
ments, becauso they was put into them i
a dinner that tho manufacturer gavej
retailer down nt Atlantic City Oder K
Branch two months beforo tho ganS
was dreamed of. And It's tho same
with Germany, Blrsky. Anybody that
a chanco on buying n 2 German plush 1
after the war Is over, could figure that ',
Is paying for his hat ns follows:
Plush .10 j
Findings ...... .101
Busted Zeppelin 80 I
Verdun oxpenses .is
North Sea victory HJ
Drlvo for Calais, 1914 21,
Ditto, ditto, ditto. 1915 .'J
Bombarding Scarborough ...... ,l7Jj
ALlSCOIluncUUB, JJCJttlBO iu HBP 4j
blan massacros JOf
Total 12.00
"Might If manufacturers would kno
thero Is a prejudice amongst consumers
against pnylng for pinochle overheads
dinner overheads nnd oven war overheads,
Blrsky said, "tho manufacturer would lea
off Belting goods by tho plnochlo or w
mjtfimrl mflvlll." 1
"AVer tho troublo Is, tho consumer aln'j
cot that prejudice. Blrsky," Zapp b&MJ
"What does 90 per cent, of tho ladles, than
goes Into a Btoro and buys toys for their J
babies know about cost bookkeeping, Bir,1
sky? They never flguro for a minute thJ
n toy marked: ttade in Oarmany would cost
50 por cent, moro in lic man it did Jr.
1914. becnuso tho manufacturer had to cvl
GO per cent, moro taxes to the Gorman Got!
ernmont In 191G to cover the cost or slnklnl
tlm Lusltanla and Sussex and other woWfl
of German military necessity. Neverfei
lcs3, Blrsky, oven If ,sho don't tcnow itj
avapv Imlv thnt liuvn a German.madA tnfl
In 1910 will bo pnylng her pro rata shirs'
of tho expenso Germany was put to laj
murdering babies during 1915." , JJ
"Then you don't think that Germany'
methods of salesmanship win no success
fu!7" Blrsky said.
"I hope not," Zapp concluded fervently.
Ho got dealt a 450-spado hand twice.
INDNESS II
No Nickels!!
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AT BOARDING SCHOOL
gether. Somehow May Belle and her Billy!
giggles had dwindled away to give place tcfl
r.pnu A t n a nn.4 Law .......n, nl.Hll.l,.. I .
That night Jerry went to bed Joyful
tho Knowledge thnt sho had written
mother and told of her choice. Mercy Am
slipped off to dreamland hugging the ha(
piness or tno days of wonder that wore t
bo hers If Daddy would let her go.
And, readers. Daddy did let her eoI
(Further adventures of Mercy Anno will
appear in a later issuo of tho Club Nows.j'
THE
SAFETY-FIRST CONTEST
of the
PHILADELPHIA RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY
IS OPEN FROM NOW UNTIL
AUGUST 12
For tho best STORIES, DRAW
INGS and IDEAS on HOW TO
PREVENT and AVOID ACCI
DENTS tho following prizes will bo
given:
For Children Over 9 Years
1st Prize $10 in Gold, or Solid
Gold Mprlnl with vmlt- namn nn.
graved on it, or a Folding Kodak.
2d Prize Choice of Desk, Genuine
Learner traveling Hag, White,!
ivory uresser Set or a Talkini
machine with Records.
au ana 4tn I'rizes Choice of Boy
Scout Tent, Erector Set with
Motor, Silk Sweater or Sterling
Silver Pocketbook.
5th, 6th and 7th Prizes Choice of
$5 Gold Piece or Boy's or Girl's
Watch,
8th, 9lh and 10th Prizes Choice of
Cameras, Boy Scout, Indian or
Cowboy Suits or Sewing Case,
AND
Fourteen other prizes Choice of
uoxes ox raints, urawing Boards,
Footballs, Basketballs, Boys' and-
vuris- .books, music nous ana
School Cases.
For
Children of 9 Years and
Under
1st Prize Choice of Gold Merlnl.
Boy's Watch, Solid Gold Brace-,
ict or a ueauiuuuy Dressed Doll.
2d Prize Choice of a Tent, Sliding
Board for the Backyard, Doll's
Brass Bed or an Erector Set.
3d and 4th Prizes Choice tjf Baby
Doll or Mechanical Boat.
6th, 6th and 7th Prizes Choice of
Indian Suit, Cowboy's Suit, Red
Cross Nurse's Outfit or Doll's
Hammock.
8th, 9th and loth Prizes choice of
Blackboards, Sets of Paints,
Games or Doll's Dishes.
AND
Fourteen other prizes Choica of
Tinker Toy, Quacky Doodlo
Ducks, School Bags, Books.
SEND ALL STORIES, ETC.,
TO FARMER SMITH, EVE
NING LEDGER, PHILA.
UJSJUFJtUA,
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