WJ1 ,3-; if " f' f EVENING- ' PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY ": 12, 1919 r, 22 aM iiv ;i. S :W' . ts ir r V.J K.V Ry (i E.'v. S . feS li- l .fi i . Ui kimV' IjfHf hP if K? VJt f en "' frl -i ItVi y 5 . ''VI f-' THE SOLITARY Cnlrlflhf. ,!. by tlreit X. Kiiop. Inc. Ooturiaht bu tht VubUo Ledoer Cmwanu THIS STAItTS THE STOKY Keith Norton, tramp, makes him nelC at homo In the Solitary House, and succeeding mjstcrlcs jirompt him to remain there for sonic time. lit has visitors: a girl, who la looking for her sister; and n clergyman, who calls hlra Sir. Wcntworth, gtvlug him a clue to the ovgicr, now mjBteriously missiug, of the place. Searching the house for somebody who choked him while he slept, he finds n case of jewels and hides them. He finds the girl unconscious in the woods. She had been nttneked hy some mysterious creature. He tells the doctor that the girl is his sister. The girl doesn't know who she is; she hns-lost her memory; but she knows intuitivelj that Keith is not her brother'. lie confesses, and arrangements arc made for lodgings for her in the village. When Keith returns to the house h finds it ablaze with light, with cverj door and window open. AND IIEItlS IT CONTINUES Newcomers Hth. HEMAIM'D for smc tune in -the shadow by the fringe of the wood, crouching; down and watching and asking himself who it ould be Hint had arrived duriug his iibeti" line thing nt least was clear. Hint the new comers did not wish to keep their pres ence secret, for there was not n win dow where lights did not show hi ighth . and in the dark night on the dnrk hill side the place showed up liue :i bcimu, But, in spite of all this illuiiiiuntiou. there was no other sign of occupation, no sound of any sort, no figures mw ing at the lighted windows or passing in or out at the doors. Solitary nud iiuict the hou'e shone ngtnust the .nr rounding darkness ns before it had Iml den in the night and seemed no lcs aloof, no less impenetrably seciet. Very slowly, "cry caution! . Keith crept forward till he came lo the hedge surrounding the garden. He knew now whero there was a gap in this hedge n little farther along, nud lie found it and crept through and lay in the shelter of the hedge on its inner side. From every window and from the open uoor tne ngut poured out in , l, ... R $1, n fnll nn....... .1... 1.... .. .1 utauiO 111UI lull IH.IU3 IUU JUVVII nun garden in long streams of bright illum ination, but iu between these rnjs the night still remained intense and black For a few minutes Keith waited, but all was very quiet; no sound came fioni the house, no one appeared to move within it. It seemed as silent and de serted now in its glowing illuminntioii ns ever it had done befoie. and nlcmg the dark patches that lay between the rays coming from each window Keith made his way slowly up to it. The first window he came to wn that ot the kitchen, and very inutiously he drew near and peeped through. All within appeared to him to be exactly as when he nnd Ksme had departed, except for the fact that the lamp on the table -was now alight and burning! brightly. But nothing cle seemed to have been touched; he remembered two , knives lying on the table that he had t put down there that morning, nnd the plates and cups were still on the wlj 'dresser a' tnVythad left them after , rxVwashing up. J,;1 For a long time he waited there. v 'Watching and listening, and heniing nud seeing nothing. He drew nwny at lasn and went round to the front and looked in at the drawing-room window. There, too, all was ns it hnd been when they had gone, except that the tall lump i ncar iUe piano was iignieu aim nurningtl1P lump shone full upon her pule, ex- nnguuy. coming in me room seemeu quj,,it0 fcatuies, and Keith saw that lu"" m,,r" u"""K. '"' wnen hi. imsi me , lis, (,xinWi ml ,,,-e suiuiosedlv those ,(,,'s- "nswercd the queer little old to have been touched. The big nrmltncr(1 ttas on ,l(,m ,, expression of the ''sht in the window above disappeared, of its editor or indorsed by its editor woman in a tinkly voice, ns she snipped chair stood where he bad pushed it luck ttermost despair. He wondered "o lnil(p "P "is mind to go back to the They are impoitant simply as a sample faster than before. "You see, I'm Ciu- on rising from it. Ksme's music (wis wnctlCr ho ollRllt t0 mnilP llis presence fl00'1 an(l Hml S0lm' shelter there under I of the absurd sort of thinking, or pre- derelln's godmother, nnd I know how still open on the piano. It wns s u , o(r(ir M T(ut flUi(l ,p the t.ees where he could rest for a few ''T'' '! ' '' V, " '''' ''V'"'1'; w.Im yitP "! to turn shabby rngs into roynl rniment. though whoever hnd been there hnd ,..,., ., , ., ',,,,,. ,, ,.,,, hours. M .. 'V. "' l"l ,u"' l'"nted nre nt but i (i0,,-t k0,,. i10... ,,, .nsfnrrn been content to light the lamps and depart again, leaving them burning, and this seemed to Keith a strange nnd even terrifying thing. He wondered whether to enter the nnnlt hnll lier llie liie. iv i. .!,... ' -i house and examine it and extinguish , ti., . r .1,0 ,,,. iing or watching him. Hut so far as he . '" ... ""'"" counsel thus with J ju... i. .1 . r . front door, bar the shutters of the other ,,.,,, ,. , , himself: "I muceiie t nil dnirs in Hita these lamps that for no apparent ren- . , . ., . .1.1 ..'fould te he was quite nlone nnd no, I ' ,,. uogs in inis ... n-j-j - . . . -.1 ,1 windows, nnd then he snw that she put 1 ., ,. . . ' "- "" , ountry aie crv 1 ffeient from what I son flooded every room with their 1 r- 1 .. . , , . . ot her living; ueatitie was anywhere i,, i 'ri.,. .,. f . . . .. ., ...... . . . I out 11 the liirhls. One only jeniained. ...j... i u0 Know 11. I liey aie much bnrcer .?? 2 aunting.ig.it. tie almost ,ie thllt in 1P bsMlroom nbov.. f.r tlicre a nr"r- "1"1 '"ne a .lilT.-io.it look altogether. cided to do bo, and he went on a little' ,',Hl '" ,I'1,P ',"? ?,rX , lll Satisfied that he l,ad nt last secured' Kv ntly 11 dog is ,,t inmiutnble. It and saw through the open door into the K'1" " penetrateu tnrougn a crack ., ....,..,.. f ..nll(.ni,npnt frnm I is an nnimnl of hum:imr sort in dif. lamp glowed brightly. He went on I To Keith the rapidity nnd complete farther to the dining-room windows, ness with which she made the bouse and when he looked through them hesecuie the moment that her companion saw that there was within, seated at had completed his task of intoxicating the table, a tall handsome man ot about' himself appeared ns strange as her pre hls own size and age, with a glass in ' vious silence and immobility. He felt one hand and a bottle of whisky in the very tiredand a little cold, though the other, and drinking the raw spirit with night wis warm enough. He did not a sort of sullen and desperate reo- know in the least whnt to do, and he lunon. The light from the lamp shone full upon him and showed his regular, well- I formed features of almost feminine delicacy and beauty, his soft cuily hair 'and drooping silken mustache, and his pale and desperate expression. ' He scarcely moved while Keith watched hlra; he never once looked up; I bnt with his eyes fixed moodily on the table and his hands clasping bottle and 1 glass he, like an automaton icceiitly! set going, poured out more spirit nnd drank It off and lapsed again instantly into his former coudition of immobility. Ot all the strange sights Wat he had seen o late this seemed to Keith the ' strangest . AYho could he be who, hav ing come to this remote mid secret , place, and having lighted every lamp I In it so that it blazed afar like a beacon, now sat in the night made like day and seemed resolved in sullen de spair to drink himself into insensibility? While Keitb thus in the night with out watched and woudered, and while within the lighted room the stranger with his dreadful and mechanic regu larlty poured whisky down his throat, there became audible all at once another sounds that of a soft and light tread In the hall without. The door handle turned and Keith drew back a little, , afraid all at once, for there came rush ing bark into his mind a memory of how the woman nursing Ksflie had de rlared that the door bad opened and the devil himself peeped in nt her. And it seemed to him that this spec tacle ot the solitary and silent stranger drinking In gloom and despair through the night was one a fiend might well wish to witness. But when the door had opened there came In, doubtfully and with hesitation, a rery tall and lovely womau with a pale oval face showing features of elas skv regulurity and a form of almost rwfcct grace. She was very dark, .with casgniQcent masses of dark- hair a,Nut her bead .and dark. Jiand: M. :Pd.at present nhe aermed gasps, her hands shook lsibly, her whole appearance was ot terror ami great fear. The man seated nt the tnble either did not hear her entrance or would l'ot heed it, for he did not look up when she entered, and once more, with his odd lifeless monotony of gesture, he poured out more of the whisky and dnmk it oil and put down the empty glass. He still never glanced nt the window, and she enme slowly up to the tnble iinil leaned on It with both hands and looked at him. Keith was not sure but lie thought she made nn effort to speak, for she moistened her lips with licr tongue once or twice. Hut appar ently no sound came, nod the man, though he must hnve been uvvaro of her presence, did not look up. Twice more the man. ill the same ineehniiieal and monotonous way. ns though he bad set himself the comple tion of a dull and boring but necessary tnk. poured out and drank olT more f t,,. rnvv spirit while the wctmnn re mnined lcntung on the tnble with both hands and watching him from trngic eje. To the bidden ohserier without tlie veene wns one of extraordinary nnd dramatic interest, and yet whnt it would ' ' r." "T.7?J.' '." Without wainins or apparent menu, wlm the-e two persons could be. and why they should be in such np paient teiror and despair, for whnt leiisiin they had illumined the bouse so brightly only, as it teemed that the mini might di ink himself into insensi bility while the woman looked hopelessly on. Keith could not imagine for the life of li i tn. Once the woman moied slightly nnd I made what seemed a timid attempt to take away the bottle of whisky, ltut the man. without speaking, clenched his fist threateningly and gave her such a glare of rnge that she drew back hastily and made no further effort to interfere. An arm-chair was near the fireplace, and she sat down in it and watched, while he drahagain, monotonously ns before, but ,'fierhnps a little more quickly. At last, without any wnrniiu: or an- parent change, he rolled off his chair. ,,,,,l Ml Hie floor under the tnble. totally intoxicated. The woman him ' lo her feet and stood with clasped hands I looking down at him. The light from to the window nnd, without noticing him where he stood in the shndow, drew the shutters to and barred ami bolted il,, He ,me.l ..nr. nnd lie l.en.d i... :. .. -..:.. ..!...' .i i ...1. ,i, 11,1 HI J.IIV,., --lull iw-r .tin, i iii,- Ol I IIP SllUliers. went and sat down uuiler the hedge nt It., tlwt ii inilnu' nnrt i.illmnf nfitirini. THOROUGHNESS Nature takes her icvenge on the slipshod, we know. She is kind to all competent men. The way that a job should he done is that so You will not have to do it again. Our boys at the front had that notion iu mind When with courage they tnikled the Hun. They did a fine job of a rough-tumble kind And when it was done it was done. The precept nnd practice here mentioned in brief May make the pence compact complete. Of factors important there's one that is chief: Make it one there's no need to repent ! GRIF ALKXANDBIt. DOROTHY DARNIT Perhaps They Won't Brag Now rWHATS TH FOR0 I sT KV X (Sounds l " jrn fH ' " MUSIC-KER, WANTS YOU I I f ft i 4RS, lfc---5 2ll fl'LL GET ONE - v Khj W.MmK; m.lT h -ia-L IHUeS-. Jk-hB wk J&e- rftf I HOUSE Wit ''" MMmlmA " ' - tsMHPi w (hange lie rolled off his iliair and fell on the garden. It was late, long past mid- from t tin house whose dnik mass be night, but the gleam of the solitary inulil laintly discern ngninst the sky. lamp ju the beclioom upstnirs still le- lie decided that first tiling in the morn niained, nnd he watched it for "nnip ing lie would leturn tlieie and see what time, wondeiing what the scene be had he r mild find out, nnd he was on the just witnessed could mean and thinking ierj point of falling off tn'Vleep when of the position of the woman alone in I so remote a place with, for sole com- paiiion, a man hopelessly drunk, lie TOuU1 t help afZ ''"'J what she lhm'" ' ""- "-,'11 '" """ '"'k' ""- seemed to lurk about this place, nnd he wondered it she had been so swift and careful to make every door and window secure because she, too, was aware of the brooding and evil presence haunting I the woods around. And was she likely to be this night iu such pei il as. for instance, he had been when the had been awakened by the pressure of murderous fingers upon his throat? He wondered ngniu whether to knock ,nt the dor and offer help, but he re- , fleeted that such an offer nt such nn hour from n total stranger would not he likely to appear ery reassuring ; nnd I auer ne nan wuiieu ior n ume aim seen '.' '""' vrrJ sowiy anu eai uousiy, sl' mg like a shadow through the night ,mi ,of,CM1 ?a'We ai"1 1(.,r,0I,P",K 5" !lls I lm,llls a"'1 kl",("j ,0 ll,"'n ni"' I"1" around lest theie should be any follow- iwhoeier or whatcicr it was that had followed him so persistently before, he found for himself a comfortable and well-sheltered spot under some close growing bush. The branches and leaves oierhead were so thick as to give a pro tection almost like thnt of a roof, nnd the mold beneath wns soft to lie on and quite dry. The position, too, was favorable, for in front the ground was open nnd level, nud it wns nit far E MUSIC T" TyE ARE PRACTISING FOR. THEJ (T'WOULD SOUNO BETTER IF I ) f "1 1 ) RECEPTION TO-NIGHT J ) COULD BUT HAVE A ' LYRE ) POP- PAH "THE 1 A Mystery Story By E. R. PUNSHON the floor, tolallj intoxicated. he Iienid n low voice calling him from u little distance. "Keith." it snid, "Keith," nnd then again with an accent of haste nnd pleading: "Keith: Keith! Keith!" (CONTINfKI) TOMORROW) I IlllUUtdUlllty lo Myth ' . IW I rilU'iplc of Right and r' V , I fl 1 " '""cf 'iCL'Pr IS LjliailgCU "Immutability is nt Inst prned to be ""' "".vth it is; the ebb and flow of the so-called moial lnw is understood: things uie.now known to be stnble only si long as men think of them ns fixed." These words me taken fiom an un- signed artich Supiiose nn I'skimn who had never seen a horse, but had lidden behind his dog team for years, should suddenly come to southern (dimes and see our familiar horse drawn vehicles. Stun. . . , . , , , . j . mis,. loco ne snouitl ferent lands nnd times Ihe sensible lelort to our Eskimo would, ot course, be: "These nnimnls you see pulling oliiclcs nre not dogs nt all; they nre hoises." Now we have nSot of pseudo-philosophers who aie just ns illogical nbout morality as the Kskimo is about dogs. They look at the motives, the doctrines, the behavior of men at different times, nnd say: "See how different nre nil these now from what they were awhile ngn. Morality is nothing but agree ment." Hut the sensible thinker will ask at once: "What do you mean by morality? Do you mean agreement as to conduct nnd interpietntion of eir cunlstames ns they occur? Or do you menu the reference of conduct to n standard that rests on the universal consciousness of sin?" Changing names does not change the nature of the things to which names are applied. Calling a number of different things by one nnme does not make these tilings the same or equivalents. Calling molality one tiling today and another tomorrow does not change morality: it simply gives the same name to two different things. We have tnken innrjility the term and made it stretch to cover widely much that is not morality. Hut the principle of right nnd wrong we cannot stretch, no matter now we juggle our terms nud theories. Rochester Post-Kxpress, . " niHicMi'ini? in tli. T.:,r. - -wi ii v r i v x I ,...- . . - . Dreamland Adventures By D4DDY "CINDERELLA'S BALL" (In Ihi leech's alary I'rmm is in vilnl ft; Cinderella In nlleml n halt, inul hr finds il a d(c'ulcitly queer affair.) THK KAIItY (iODMOTIIKR Pi:0(3Y suddenly sat up very straight iu her theatre chair. On the screen before her hnd flashed the title; 'Cinderella's Hall" 1 lirt since her nairow escape from becoming Red llenrd's wife, she hnd been eager t,o learn what had happened to her fellow captives. Pet Imps this pic ture would tell her about one of them nt lenst. the charming Cinderella, who had lied from the Tuik's castle in her magic coach. Following the title there sprnng Into I view a stately palace. The walls of I the palace opei.ed up, and there was 'Cinderella in her boudoir, busily writ 1 ing notes. One of these flickered on the screen ; "flrretings to Red Riding Hood. Cinderella invites her to n grand ball this evening nt the loyal palace. There will be a jolly time, including dancing lessons by the I'rincesa of ! Hirdland." Peggy gasped. She hadn't heard n ' thing about Ibis ball, or about the danc ing lessons. Yet she wns Princess of , Hirdland, crowned long since by her loving bird subjects. Could it be that there was another Princess of Birdlnnd one of whom she hnd never heard? i Or could it be that the birds hnd elected i a ruler in her place? . Or wns it pos sible that she was to receive nn invita tion to Cinderella's bnll? As soon us the notes were written couriers darted off to delier them. One went to Sleeping Itenuty, one to Mrs. Hltie llenid, one to Princess Heauty, one to (iohlie Locks, nnd so on down a long list. The picture showed each fair heroine of Story-Rook Land receiving her imitation nnd going into a trans port of joy. Finally nil the notes were delivered except one. A lively young courier started nwny with this at a brisk pace nnd the picture showed him senrching through the town. AVitli a thrill of ex pectation Peggy saw him sop before her own home. He rang the bell, but no one wns home and so the door re mained shut fast. The courier promptly turned himself into n whiff of smoke nnd drifted through the keyhole. In side be searched each room, but all iu Miin. Peggy grew feverishly anxious. It the imitation were for her, she wns in danger of missing it. "Here I am," she cried aloud, only lo sink back in her scat in great em barrassment she bad forgotten she was iu u thentie. Hut no one seemed to pay any attention to her thnt is, no one except the courier. He stopped short iu his tracks, looked townrd her and walked light out of the picture to hand her Cinderella's note. "Dear Princess Peggy, come to my bnll," -snid the note. "Don't bother to put on your party dress. My fairy god mother w ill fit you out with wish clothes, so hurry along. Your loving friend Cinderella." "Wish clothes 1 wonder what they are!" exclaimed Peggy. In nn instant theie she wns ill the picture nnd n queer, little old woman was snipping at her fiock with a sharp pair of scissors. Snippety, snap, went the seissorsand quickly Peggy's neat little dress was iu shred". "Oil. whnt nre you doing?" cried Peggy in dismay. "(letting your frock in rags and tnt- pretty, new dresses. There, presto! See!" And Peggy looked down to see herself clad in n gorgeous ball cos tume. The fairy godmother instantly vanished, but beside Peggy now stood a gallant young man "garhed like n prince in silks nml satins, "May 'I have the pleasure of escort ing you to Cinderella's ball?" he asked, bowing grandly. ' "Indeed, sir, you mny," she answered gladly, and glanced up shyly to find herself looking into Hilly Helgium's smiling eyes. (Tomorrow will he told how Peggy and Billy are diairn Iu the hall hy a giant Mid hitched to a chariot) Good for the Ancients At one time there was 11 theory extnut among certain historians a theory for which unhappily there is no foundation iu fact that the great Julius Cncsnr having brought bis country to the brink of empire, chose lo forgo its consum mation . ( He deemed the work might be done better by other hands. Therefore, ho deliberately courted the sword of Bru tus. if this- little fable were true, it would be a perfect instance of the patience of the great builder, who could so purge all personal vanity from bis soul that for his work's sake be could choose to leave the crowning achievement and the glory to another. Hut after all it is only a fable, nothing more. New York Kveuing Telegram. BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problem By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Tiin rnoniiUM of the outside COMPETITION A Little .Mailer of Profit Percentage IX LOOKING back over what I have written nbout this problem I realize tluvt. the personal pronoun linn been used freely. So ns to prevent being accused of egotism, I linstcn to eny that Bruno Fluke lins been in close touch with me nll,ulong. In fact, I hnd run up to New York on two occasions to get the benefit of his idens. I respect nnd admire my chief too much to nllrlhule to myself, even in advertently, resulfs for which he is rcnlly responsible. Now to resume : This is how I explained to Mcrrl wenther Jackson the method ot figuring percentage cxpenso on n special sale. "On looking over your snles records for the last few years, 1 find that wherever you have put on special sales your snles have been three times larger than normal. Thnt is only n rough nvcrnge, of course. Is thnt nccordiiig to your belief, Mr. .Tnckson?" He. just nodded interestedly. "Thnt menus thnt during snles time you do three times ns much business ns In norinnl times, but with little more than normal expenses, for y,ou do not put on nny more help nnd the only expense nt nil unusual is advertising." Again lie nodded his head. "Allowing ample for extra expense for ndvcrtlsjtig, delivery and supplies, we can assume that if in n normal snle ot 1000 your expenses nre ?300 that's for the women's wear department only, of course during n snle you will sell three thousand dollars' worth of goods for, say .flilif) expense." Jackson looked n wee bit puzzled, so I ndded, "You have no more rent, rates, taxes, insurance, bent nnd light or sal aries lo pay during sales periods than nt other periods, so that ns your sales incrense, the percentage of expense not the actual expenditures, you under stand must decrease." "That's so," he acknowledged. "fiood so wo ngree that during n sale we can expect to sell n thousand dollars' worth ot goods for $r'0, while under normal conditions it would cost $300 to make such a sale." "Bless my buttons!" be exclaimed. "I never figured that out before, but it's right, all right." "So, Mr. Jackson, your expense per centage during a sale is only 12 per cent ns against !!0 per cent normally. And that means that the dresses that cost ?L'0 could well he sold for 't, and still show a trilling profit." Ho could not believe it until he worked it out for himself, and even then bo snid, "On paper it's so, and I can't see how it can bo otherwise; but it doesn't seem possible to me." I finally convinced him that it was so, nnd suggested that we sell tho dresses for $24. "5. At that figure ho would mako at least $1.75 clear profit, whereas the same qunlity dress under regular conditions gave him only ,?l net profit, as I explained picviously. At Bruno Duke's suggestion, Betterly. the advertising expert, spent a day in Perry ton and prepared the copy of the Clarion ndvertisement. , Jackson seemed to bit -sea red nt the thought of having electrotypes made of the Jf2t.ii dresses to be offered ,11 the sale, but he was game, mid went"aheud according to our suggestions. "What nbout trailers?" Betterly nsked. "Traileis?" queiied Jackson. "We don't sell 'em er what aie they?" "Trailers are other goods that nro casually mentioned iu the ads niid which trail nfler the piiucipal udveitised lines. Lots of people who come for a S'J4. 75 dress will be in a bnigaiii-buying mood so we can make a whole lot "of specials which will sell through the buying im petus created by the advertising of the dresses in n word," Betterly grinned, "trailers aie things thnt 'trailer-long' nfter the main show see?" "Forgive him, Mr. Jackson," I said with mock seiioiiMiichs. "He's really human in spite of his punning habit." A series of ads to be run every ilny for n week before Die flth of May, the day the special sale was to begin, were prepared and their publication created lots of interest ; especially was there n flutter among the society folks who hnd so recently bought fur-trimmed spring nnd summer dresses from Easterly's ! The M. 1'. Company were even better thnn their promise, for on the Od of Mny the goods arrived. They were all right but, coinpnicd with Easterly's goods, looked cheap, as Indeed they were, although there wns a certain similarity between them. In the mcnntimV, Mejer & Stout (the firm from which Jackson buys his ex clusive goods) were busy making up a wonderful variety of styles for him but there were no fur-trimmed creations among them ! TODAY'S HUSINKSS QUESTION llVinj i a "liokcr"f .tnsirrr will appear tomorrow ANSWER TO SATURDAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION ' "Breaking Hulk" is opening pack ages of goods in ti intuit. Business Questions Answered The fnUmtlnc epigram. "How tr fall think ou know It all." has Inspired me to Coprlelit. Win. by The Bell SjnJIcate. Inc. Coprrltht. write this !elttr. Tt seems to me that the nest way to fall Is to try lour utmost tn sucreod. From this you will probably con rluue that t am dlsrourag-pd. Nay, I am not dlscouraired. but very much disgusted. A month aco t resigned mv position as sec retarial stenographer to the executive nt a lanru Jobbing concern, where I wan em ployed for more than one ear, Mv reasons for resigning were many, but of nuch a na ture that they cannot xery well bo told to a prospective employer., l'or Instance. If I wero to give Ion hours as nn excuse (It was not unusual for me to work from H a. m. until 8 and 0 p. m., al though the regular hours were supposed to be from S to ), I woutd leave the Impres sion that I am a clock worker. If I were to say that It was on account of Inhuman treat ment or unfulfilled promises. I know they would deduce that there must be other rea sons. Therefore, the only excuse that 1 could Kln was the lack of advancement, which was true I am aho asked tn name what other con cerns I hae worked for end why I left. In answer to this uuestlon. I usually give two concerns, one where t was three years nnd the other where T was one and a half ears. The lack of advancement Is also my reason for leaving1 these positions. I might say that I have excellent references from all mv former employers. Now what I am disgusted about Is the as sumption of Mrtually nil the emplojers'I have Interviewed that there must be some other reason-for my resigning all theso po sitions which is enough to lose me the op portunity ior a irini t have very good success In receiving re. piles to my applications, but I am at loss 10 unnersiana wnv i urn not Iven a trial for the position when my qualifications are especially suited to It. I personally think ono of the reasons to bo that stated above. It cannot be the salary question, for I am willing to allow sufficient time In which to Judge what I am worth. Vur Mews iand suggestions In reference ta this matter will be read with great ln tetest. 8. S. Only twenty-three and disgusted with employers because your reasons for lenving nro inndcqtiato! Don't blame them blame yourself. If you had only kuown something of salesmanship, you would not have said what you did sny to the various people you interviewed. Iu futuie, instead ot saying you left because there yvns no opportunity for you, say "that you felt that there was n bigger opportunity for you elsewhere, or that you left to get more money," if this is true. Don't waste your time nnd other peo ple's time by complnlning of how badly you were trcntcd at the other places where you worked. Ot course, it is true employers arc not going to waste their time in analyzing hnrd-luck stories just because occnsionnlly one of them is true. Instead of being disgusted with em ployers, try being disgusted with your self. Think well of the people you worked for, nnd if you made n mistake in leaving any job, sny frankly, "I made THE DAILY NOVELETTE THE COMPROMISE Hy GLADYS I'. ANDERSON MRS. ADAMS wns mnkins prepara tions for the noon meal when the door opened quickly nnd n girl of nbout sixteen rushed in, quite out of brenth. "J'm here nt Inst, mother." Mrs. Adams glanced up from her work. "I vns calling Vivian," she said. "Why, mother, T am Vivian." The Kirl threw back Iter curly head nnd Inughcd met-rily. "Won't you ever be nbla to tell us twins apart?" "I thoucht bv the vov you came in through the door 'twns Virginia. She nhvnjs comes in like a shot from n gun. Where hnve you girls been?" "Down by the river. The vviud blew so wo did not henr you when jou first culled." "Well," snid Mr. Adams. "Miss ICniery has jut been here nud invited both of jou girls to her inusicale next ' Wednesday evening, j "She said it was going to be just J grand. Professor West, who hns just returned from France, i going to sing. Ho is Sergeant West now, jou know "You said she invited us both?" Vivian gasped. "Yes, dear, and I am afiaid you will have a bard time deciding," her mother miHweicd. "There's nothing to decide. It's Vir ginia's turn. 1 went to the sociable last month, jou know. Oh, how I wish we had more than one best dress!" she ex claimed passionately. "You don't wish it nny more thnn I do," snid her mother. "I wish we could have things different, but we can't just nt present. Perhaps Virginia will give jou her turn," she suggested. "No, mother, it's her turn nnd she wants to hear that music just us much as I do. It's horrid to be so poor," she gasped with trembling lips, 'trying! to Keep hack the tears Ten minutes later she was running at top speed down to the river where her sister was fishing. When she told her of the invitation, and added, "It's your turn, jou know," she felt, as if her sister's turn came always for the best things. There was silence for a moment. Then Virginia said, ns if speaking to herself, "Only to think of hearing Sergeant West slug." It was not until Wednesday morning that Vivian appeared to cheer up some what. She had a consultation with her mother, who interrupted her by ex clniming, t"It will never do. Of course there's no harm in it, but if you get into nny trouble, don't blame nny one but j ourselves. ' "No one will ever know nbout it," re sponded Vivian confidently. "I'll go down to the village now and call nt Mrs. Blake's. I know she will be willing." i By CHAS. McMANUS j Career of Peter Flint," etc. J n mistake In leaving these people, I did so because I thought 1 could bqt- ter myself. Still, I've learned my, les-l son, mm 1 snan c uinac mni inisc ngniu." M employers will nppreclatc-the fraa admission on your part that you arl not perfect, which they will feci, qutffl naturally, if you say tho fault is nlvvayl with everybody clso but yourself.' Uegardlng city-made advertising for coutl try stores. I heartily agree with your aial 01 inp nrffnmni . ,.?'' observation covering an experience ol rh , .1? p, " "mal1 stores nas Deem , , - 1 imnfuHisH nt ine city wnvvnuji o imii.il in me sman aeaier ana ms cjl loniers know tt-phrae are frenuentlv li that l.v their very cleverness defeat then y Hiuin uy snooting rignt over tne ncaa.c Inn niprnn rural .-.,. . i7l",.a)un.lr? ,oro succeeds on Its ln vIsrj fr",L '". ." renertion or the "ma behind the gun.'.' The atmosphere Is honer ino service cordial and the management! W Intensely Interested in the welfare 'of hi j".niuuiHij, i-vcn me arrival or twinii i"c """" V.l 'umer is n eveni tv ino niifint or rnahoirany trlmmlnics, Orfenu rtU Iinrf llnhn arH f.i.li.. .-J -13 Hes this air with It when it is sent oul - - .. .... '"in ii. nnrii 11 in Bam 0U1 for country consumption the conseouenr.'l inai 11 Is usually spoken of as a clever ad E..., .V" .ln ltlT. uel"d result "to brln home the tMcon ii,.. ..." UCCM,tul. """"nr store Is the on iS-V-'K ".? neH,rl' "".Possible the same lap rh,l.K..V!". "slwrtlBinsT that It uses ove ISnfeltiV ,0 ,h." ru",omcr h0" word. rI. -.J", sonvlnclng argument, advlr. r?'0Hf. imE?Jt"P,a'?.Ih truth, Vl! Vj i. .. nl it u niormijr tair pronj S1iim',V.'" every neighbor as dear a rc"1tlon' S. D. VAN C. lour letter is so Intercstlne that am glnd to publish it for the intcresi or rentiers. InU will nhllre m. v.rv m,,nv. . would give me ur advice on the followln proposition: My friend has a manicure store on th main road In a lllage ten miles ud Sarana lakes. Now York state. In the rear of th uuou .a it ,njii:ii, nt wnicn j would 11KS I make a little restaurant, "df course, only t RerVP SHtlflwIrha. Ill.n. (a nraan. ufl.. tea and chocolate. The veranda Is larg enough to place sli tables on It. The mil Innlf la nn n tiniil..ll., .Ili..l.i 11 miT ,.un jo uit n. ucoumuny biiuulcu jhk". All Milage, a summer resort, 1b vlMted by wel todo people. The Automobile traffic lit e. reiient. I nave he en niikotl hv mnn traelers when standlnc before the hmue 1 i fjuuiu preparn a sannwicn. ronee or te ior mem no you see mere win uo a cnanr If Joti don't nullify it I will undertAka 1 If jou mcouraBe me because ou are- real) reasonable and experienced and whateveg jou pjy ii arLiJiorltatlve for me. I wouljj not like lo upend more than a few hundrel dollars on It. Plea no answer me a fefl questions: How much will the license be! How much will It cost to furnfih th eranda with neatly attracme-lookln.r, rhalti and tables, we'll sav "Bledermejer Btyle.1 appealing to rich people? How much ttj ninths runs, n noons, knives, forks for. wa'l say, thirty persona? No sliver. And whsfl else Is tn consider? I am familiar wlti hotel business. I I consider our Ome precious and tnernj Tore will doumv appreciate your Kina oor slderatlon concerning this matter. A. JU letter lins been mailed to you. Sirs. Blake lived just across fron Miss I'mcry's, and she received Vivla cordially. "Thnt's a tine idea," she ex claimed, after Vivian had explained he visit. Uhere will be a grand time a the tmerys tonight, ana very selecl too. Of course, they knew j-ou nnd VIr gian were musical. That cveniug, Virginia, in her ninl silk muslin that belonged to her anl her sister jointly, went timidly up thl Iflfl. 1.A.II..M 4.1 ,l,n T.l...nu.. 1. ...... nnllnl 1'iivii ivuiiiu iu uir x.iiii:! iiiiiuv,, luvillj very happy. . Miss Kmery. in beautiful brocade! silk, wns passing through the bnll why! irginui wns shown in by the butler.:-! "Which, one is it?" she naked. "I'll sorry youf both couldn't have come.1 irginin was placed where she could ud every otic who plnjed or sang. Then shl gave herself up to enjoyment. Shl watched Sergeant West eagerly. It va only in dreams that she had ever hearl such tones. She had unconsciously pressed he hands to her bosom, nud as the lai notes of his clenr baritouc yoice soarel throiigb tlie room. Virginia, not knpwl iiik vviiui kiii inn, ruse iroiii iier bcm and leaned forwnrd. Sergeant West snw her and met th vivid glance of her eyes. He turned to his hostess and saldl "Can that young lady sing?" "Indeed she can," answered Mia Imiery proudly. The next moment Virginia felt a hanl on her shoulder. She looked ndmlringll into Sergeant West s face. "Will yo sing for me.' he asked. "I will play for you and you may i whnt you please. Are you willing?'' 1 11 try, she nnsvvered shyly. So it happened that Virginia's fr soprano voice, full of suggestion! power, was heard at Miss Emery 1 musicale. It wns nearly an hour later that Sen geaut West again remembered the girl I want jou to sing once more. said. "I have a plan. You have a yolca ami Awtn teaching you count become singer. I'crbaps I can arrange jou a couple of hours each wcek.' 'ine girl began to tremble. She seemM bewildered. "What, jou are not afraid this Ural are jou? "I'm afraid I am a bit timid,'" sad the gin, "Dut since you ask me I vt try." He was sorry for her as she stood the piano. Her face was very whll and her lips almost stiff. .'il HIT ,t ., .. i. -' iiuve courage,- saiu tne singe ion tllu so well before." The accompaniment began; but U an untutored, out ncli contralto TOh commenced the song there wni a sudd discord among the keys of the piai and Sergeant West wheeled about i stared at the trembling girl beside hid "Wlinfcloes it mean?" cried the artl "It cannot be possible that this has two distinct singing voices, one re high and the other very low." ,l The girl at whom every one was naj looking tried twice to speak before could say a word. Then she stammer "I, I am the other twin if yoiupleas sir." . "You nre not the one that sang first? lie ashed. "No, sir; that was my sisler, VI giuin. Jt wns her turn with "d dress Vivian stnmmcred, then" was eileS One half-hour before, Virginia hs slipped out unobserved and 'met : sister at Mis. Walie s. In their hu In exchanging gowns, Virginia had! told her (.ister she had been oblige slug. The next morning Sergeant West . turned to New York, While he 3 waiting ior ms train ne saw two In plain gingham gowns, hurrying i toe roau. it was viigfnla that' for both. ''Sergcaut West, we could not" coming to- ace jou off and to t Jt you." Happiness shone In two pair oj wnen ne answered. "I shall not 1 the lessons I am to'rlvn vou whtarll turn npxtsmoHtlt.Vj;.-...'' t alarm aid. dlfttrtow. or her -mm ""Mbw '$Amm:U .et i lBI."KHr UlnWH Wtjv-iY,. Til 7 .!"Trir -""T- nfMllfffifiafiwaffi "i . ' "W . .-ii " . ."IB ., . ' , v i L M''' i .. '"WPfwwwwi . j tmBm?immmmm,mm0mmmimm
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