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EVENING PUBLIC 'LEDGEE PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919
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Mr
Penny of
CowtioM. Itlt. bi Th RtWv d Li Co.
THIS STAUTS TUB STOUT
Jo Gary, a young ranchman, cm
ployed nt Top Hill Tavern, a ranch
belonging to a Mr. Klngdon in a
western state, takes a business trip
to Chicago. There he meets at a
dance a young girl who calls herself
"Marta " They fall in love with
each other, but Marta rcfiists to
marry him. She confesses that she
Is a thief and suddenly disappears
after leaving a note for him that he
Is going to try to "mnko good " .To
returns to the ranch where he is
met by another employe named Kurt
Walters, to whom ho confides his
experiences while away. Kurt sd
Tlses him against any further thought
of tha girl, but Jo is confident she
will again conic to him Kurt, who
1b acting sheriff of the countv, learns
from Bender, the jailer, that n young
woman from Chicago has been ar
rested for stealing nnd is in the jail.
Her ntine is Marta Sills. Kurt ob
tains Marta's release from Render
and take her in an nutomobilo up
the trail to the Kingdom ranch. After
being forced to pass the night on the
road because of n shortage of gisollne,
he tells her he is taking her to the
best woman in the world where she
iiut learn to be hontst. Mnrtu tells
Kurt that her real name is Penelope
Lamont and that she is cille.1 I'enny j
for short She meets Mrs. Kingdon, i
who receives her with tenderness ele- j
spito her admission that "lie is a
thief Penny nnd .lo meet, but it i
is revealed that they have not known
each other before. Kurt falls in
love with I'enny. I'enny rccues
from a runaway hore Francis, one
of Kingdon's children
AND IIKKK IT CONTINUES j
PEN found Hip ranch house quite de- i
scrtcd the next morning. Kurt had
gone to Wolf Creek to purchase cat
tle and would not return until night. A
little scrawled note from Francis ap
prised her of Hie fact that Mrs Merlin
was taking himself, Billy and IMtv to
tnend the day at her own home
"A whole dav alone for the first time
In ages!" she thought exultiugly "It
i. ...k p.n 1 nmi' iIjv What shall
I do to celcbrato? Stop the clock and
play with the matches' I must do some-
thing stupendous I know. I will go
Into town and shop. I will go in style,
too'
She took Kingdon's racing car out of
the garage, and was soon speeding down
the hills with the little tnrm 01 ecsm
. . . . . t
that comes from leaving a beaten track
In town she left the car in front of '"!"; -the
hotel and went down the Main ' Ilolif on
street, looking in dismay at the win- n 1
dows loaded with assorted and hetcro- ' l'verv one is a bromide now, Snl
geneous lots of feminine apparel. At , plndes me all in the nsvlums. I rm
last Bhe came to a little shop with but hoping for a chance -to win the mcdaile
three garments on displaj , all of them militnire 1 mem for the 1 banco to do
milt smnrt in stvle
Clst 'lost strayed or
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csu .a., ., ,,1,ln nm niirehnBP.l two
She went within nnd purcuase.i iwo
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!. 11 l,ft mnnv nml nerpssnrV
gowns wltn all tne many nnu nnraiuj
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accessories tnereio
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Bcaltu l,uv u , r.
cever
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slack. If they'd been in my business.
thev'd have kuown that you can t al
ways tell what's in the pocket of a
ragged frock.'
She visited In turn a shoe store
soda-water fountain and a beauty shop.
Then it was the town time for dining
and she returned to the hotel.
"I shouldn't have exhausted the re
cmrccs of the town so soon" she
tZght ruefullv. , she stood in fhe
fflA. nftpr rpfflstennff
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"X aont unow wane i ... ..-
afternoon unics i mi in u . im.-"
h.r In thn lnrlies' nnrlor and ca?e out
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lurougn ui ...i..- v- "J"'.'"
curtain nt the iiasscrs-l. I might call
on Bonder and see if he'd remember me
Bet his wife would Maybe something I
Interesting will come along, though " i
Something did It came in the shape
of. a lean, brown faced voung man
"Larry, Larrv'" she cried "It's a
homecoming to see vou 1 hadn't nnv
Idea what part of the world ou were
In, What uro jou doing here''"
"The thief!" he exclaimed, his dark!
eyes beaming with plerftire.
-roc 60 louci. i nm t-en i.ainonc at
present. Incog, you see, under ray real
name, the least known ot any.
Ro
don't squeal on rue."
"I never gave anv one away jet,
Psn, dear. What are you doing In this
nfT . ,..a. ' . ... m.
j. nui .u i.iuiui. .k Lt. uiii-) ai ix t
ranca quieo uuuic5ticuieu .uy nr-c
glimpse of a home. Like it better than
I supposed I could "
"You'd better watch out 11. bier
Is tip in these parts somewhere, I hear
He'll get jou jet, I'eti'"
"llebler' You make my heart stop
beating. I hit this trail more to escape
him than anything esL.. What is he
here for?"
"For you, I fancy I ran across
Wilksj the other da and he said he
heard llebler sav 'He'd get that thief
If ho neMr di 1 another thing.' So lav
low. Are you here alone in town to
day?" "Alone and untothered for fhe first
time In ages Same with you'' '
"you're right as to the alone part;
tut I am not altogether free I have
to give an exhibition fool flight this
afternoon iu my little old flier. We'll
have dinner together nnd the rest of
the day. Will you?"
"Will I? Try me."
"What's the Idea, Pen?" he asked
as they went into the long dining room
and chose a remote table.
"I don't know, Larry. I had one,
butI Beem to have lost it in tiying
to Jilck up otherf. I'm floundering "
"Vo-.i'va always been in wrone. Pen
Wish you'd find your level. You madcfJ
OS ashamed of my old life. 1 am
atrlng-straight now, thanky "
"I am glad, Larry. You never were
crooked, you know Just a bit reck
ee. Tell mt about yourself."
"You gave mo a good steer when
you suggested this sky stuff. I don't
believe n flying man could be 7ery
bad up there in the clouds in a world
all his own. Whenever I felt as if I
jmjst break over the traces and go off
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lor a time J. ci just gee mio my nine
old flier and hit tho high spots and
that would givo me more thrills than
St" U tha thirst parlors ever brought. I
fc'm going soon to fly for France. In
to lack. A Ui iru MJ mJ w.
LxlTsJ I a aui jiruuu vl juui nu.
It tugs ot my heartstrings to have you
go, and in an airplane 1"
"Did you ever go up, Ten?"
'Woi It's about the only exciting
; tfclmr 1 haven't done, and It's the only
I fcvtr lacked the nerve to tackle."
IflLuiJ M AV.a a,.!. ..AsnB.l' Y'o
1. pipht v, nn Maww , m "
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,f
Top Hill
lie staidd toward
hooked for some of that fnnev fhing
tlus iftirnoon, and jou can watch me
from the field "
' I knew this was to be n real dav.
but I tecr hoped fur such a big hind
f"' f lack as s.citig jou again and
"' ' ch " BomI nct-
' Ylwnvs invert hnvilv in hope, F.n
It is free to all. and jou come out
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in fintifllintin,. iinwuir nn.lnnknrtM
" anticipating unjvvny, nnd jou know
Larry, don't be a bro-
soiiurning wortli getting one
I'm h pleasuie , h, r surreptitious
.expedition, the delight in shopping and
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u i'. iitiuciii ui nn'ui K mj I c ii miiru
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"Lr luiint-r Hie nan unniiit u inu-L ll.l '
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liennK in her .lelieTle fnrp noil T.nrrr
.,-L nun .
looked nt her with an nnnroal that
brought forth a sudden wonder.
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vuu ii-icmi i goi a man up iiure at
lour ran. h, h-ne oii'
Certainlj , two of tli.m 'sherepliid
issuredh
"That's all right -o long as there
are two, it's nothing iuhk Saf. ty in '
(numbers rememb.r
At.r dinner the, mot ,1 out to the
I1 "e the ,-thibitii.n w is to be 1
s.ven A caller, faiin.d. weather-
buiteu crowd had aire nh gi.her.,1
I'en stood ap irt from the spe. tators, 1
wit. hniir Lam ulntl turn turtle and
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fa-' matiug to the untiiton.l A hen he
liriioi.u an un iniuouu l.onies -o
sll.lt .iff tilt (I)L'.lll. .Illll SI111L llnllTI
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skinimiug the ground for a way
stopping g.ntl. -he was in waiting
uearhj.
"I loathe tins kind of exhibition
work' he i, lured "It's silly stuff
hut its what the public wants Sure
jou don't want to h a little straight
tlight'-' he tempted
t I.unj i. e wrsa foi mine
as the Iri.hmin said "
-All right Hire, Me.br'" he sn.l
to tho mechanie, who had come up
ti40 carP 0f tne flr- y
Iat( r nt tlle hotel."
S. 0 JOU
"It was wonderful f arrj " said I'en
as thej were motoring to town "I
seem to se jou from such a new nngle
now. I hao nlwajs thought of .on as
alo.abKhappj-go-lu.kvhcH.biitwh.n
saw jou take the air, I knew jou
had come to be something far different.
You have the hnwh se n-e of balance, I
tho sith sense
the s.nse woman was1
supposed to haM. a monopoly of till the
da of airplan.s aiine. on had
nerve to go up time and jet jou were
not nervous "
"A fellow has to be without nerve
and yet mrvv ' cihuiie.l Larrv "If '
he loses his sense' of equilibrium up,
there, it's all c.(f, vet he his to be nl '
wavs leady to take a c hnuce nnd to
fiuel one' "
"And, iarrj-when jou fly to the
colors "
"To the tricolors " he interrupted.
"It will bung out the biggest and
brnv.st and best time is in jou, Larrv
I nm ho glad' Don't go out of nij life
again Let me hear from you when
you get over."
DOROTHY DARN IT Then Could Use This Horse
JITS RMNIMQ LiNDV JUST DRY THE 1 , r , VD ' ' K A WHOA LINK BOY
'VOU CANT HANG CLOTHE INTHE 1 ) YAS f 7 ) AA S U S A
ljHEWAjH OUT i, KITCHEN, OH THE HORSE j AJ LJ)k ) f Sl
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fa,- tl
tift&k, . a ..Jt?.'!.. . . ,, .w;., .. . JWiiil!! ' TV i ""li'rtirififcar " .a ., mm r ". iiiAiiidtilililtt.il in. -, ih ? -&" , .cwainiiiHhnif&tiMvrti
Trail
her and isl.ed l.unclj ; "What Iiavo jou
' T wis sore, I'm w lien you handed nn
., , i In hue though it was coming t'i
m.- nl light ltut it chirk, nnd the time
cairn - when I was grateful. When I
found I could make good, I couldn't '
find .vou I wide everj one of the
,rmv'1 or "''nt to sce tlu,ln Imt y"
and nivsfcrmusly disappeared Hcbby ,
Mid a on inu-t have b. en run in.
-uis mu mci. was wmi me ngiiin
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j ,n gm, , an address that will nl
vv ivs leaiii me
' t -hill nuer go up, I'm, without ,
thinkinc of vou and tod 15. Hut sou
h ue fold me veiv little of oursclf. Art
von still " "
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omovitic an interlude, but there are
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tum-s when irtue palls In t I mean to
-.1- out of II. bier s .luteins 1 am.
1 luiieM- 1 will let yim one nert .111
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the edec of the town the main street
l i.nee 1 wil leL y.m .mil ncie ipii
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I lme 1 Ion" rule before pie" It s lone
nan a loilp, line u lot i" . I1J'"
. k. c0,i.in
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' I etpeit to be in town two or three
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l.arix. lint i none hnow now i nu
m m lge it If mi one Knew 1 were in
town todn it might lead to ileielop
inetit- . nil me lour addiossat the
Prt m u are to sail fiom, and I'l' ha
thingsthnrnfoiM.il
.... -1 IV.. V". re the best
lit lie -. ml cm r knew
II. k.,1 !,. r and ;ut l of the
ea, 'I l,.u w.ie f.aij . ,. .y a
she ni.l.i.d on up thn.ugh thn lulls
l - lli.l IhnjirRiiw . old and In lk she
,.,.,, ,f tl1, ,i K, Li,
leu in. . n ... -..,.- -
She re. ill.d lier lir-t u.le up nies.
lllll-
I he eaih morniic ami hi it
i i ,.ht, to Kurt M.. won
d.r.d it he w.ie of the -tulT Ih it Im.l
lion in. undo of H" iiiuili luor.
sphnilil.e he wii-. and h'.w diff.nnt
from the knn, uleit, busiii. Ilk. 111. I
Larr hid shown him-. It t" 1.. ' 1 hn
were up.s as remote a- .... ... .nm
the laik larrj, of .oursi. was tne
Ink Shi had n fnling of Ion. Imiss
in h.r knowledge of his going so far
awm He knew more ilio.it h.r thin
mi v one else She nc. r had to play a
p irt with bun
Soon, all too noon, she found herself
at the ranch. Dinner was ener and the
children had gone upstairs with Mrs.
Merlin
Koii- re turn. .1 a few moments later
nn,l rnme mtn the liliiaiM whero she
sat alone b thtop. n lir. puisne nnd
distrait, still thinking of Iirrj and
r.f l.w ..niiM intn ser l. .
fi 1 .i,,..i ot 1,. r ...I. ii. 'I I., j nu1
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tuKl,u flom ii,,mor, r the little pl.n
,,,. nr ,i, , i,,i,1p , ,,ni. i,.t.i
domestic woman who had wred bun
tha m)jlt , u , Klt(ll(U
'1 here was nn mil. tin ihle charm about
her that eh fie.l d.timtioii or analvsis- a
iapt, iMiui-iti' look thut lifted her up
up to his primitive id. a!
"1'cii '"
He stnte.l toward hei seemi.l to re
member, he-itnt. d and then asked lame
lv
"What li.iv. vou been doing nil ditv?"
It r fni in r little air of ij.llfi rent
back momentarily at his change of ton-
A nu row escape, she thought, as
she snd aloud, reckless of eonseniicn. es
I motored into town by ill) self, bought
By BELLE K. MANIATES
nllior of "Amarllly of Clothcs-Une
Alle," "Mildew Manse," etc.
been doing all rtaj !
- m n " 1 'lies
"Id fi i i I t.iw
had dintiir with an
an airplane gn up
and
He smiled in n bored way nnd asked
IPr sumo lircl.v.iut epicstimi.
..., ,, p1M(,kt vvnj to de cive, as IM.bj
alwn -aid, is to tell the truth," the
tu1(.h,
. . Hi p n n turn of
hi, fiist miniicr "I "
. . .
I am ttv tired. she nuickly in-
t.mipt..l 'I think I will siv good.
night now
'"'"i t go et " he urged "I "I
''1 want to lie alone," she replied
vvririlv
,""'" ls something I want to sly
I lO Mill
I.i Oir conus t.imoirow
'(-. she answered iniliflcicntlv
,. W(.stoU found another manager
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she answered indilTeientlv
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' '" ..new 1,1 as jil ., n .itu N '
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I ettnml
of turns "
I've seen ,lo a number
Vh n, where3"
he demanded in
I displeased tone
' Let nic think Wh , he came back
finm West, ott'h the .hi after mv ar
ni il Tin n manager postponed de
puiture So lo was heie for the dance
md on In Id di and I think lie went
h.ii k to W.stu.tt's the dav jou came
I link asn t it all light to see him''"
'she iUc d guilelisslv. ' Mib Kingdon
diiln t oIijm t "
' What other times did you sie
' hi in''
T I. cud him whistle one ni'ht, and
I slid down the big tiee near m win
dow llun he came one morning to
In nc me flowers. 1 .mi glad he is
coining tin I,, eps. lie mens things
up, Joe does."
V hi li, I tini.Ii. e t it,, ,,,.. I,.. l...Ji1.
,f ,, mwI1 motv
. h,,,,) ,;, not to, bee.iusc I
f, It that miii wouldn't nppi.ne '
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I ,m tlnnl ." Ii ii-keil bilt.il
-tiint miu are lair to .1.
,
und. islands
i pi is.
Jo lotcs-
Ion do iiiidii-taud Jo told me
what he asked j on in Chicago and how
Mm left him to ic form to ho worthy
of his love "
"1 haven't deceUed Jo," she replied
slowlv. "I told him where jou found
me and why. He doesn't eare. He
und. istniid Jo loves "
the p mse that followed was so pro
long. d that she stole another bide glaiie e
s'ie had a sudden, swift insight Into
the power and igor ofthe man the
1I1IH 1 III III
"That the cirl he loes." she enn-
tinned softly, "is n thief makes no
difference to Jo "
Uemeinbcr, Jo is onlj a bo
jounger than jou in all but Jears
' Onlv a boj, It is true, but with
the faith and love of a man "
He' btarted from his chair and came
ill. . lose to her.
' Answer me," he said, his eves nar
rowing to MiU. "Do jou love Jo
fill .'"
A sort of parol) sis seemed to gup
her and bhe felt helpless to move her
ejes from h;s. Her lips were slightlv
Inn tf il n n 1 n n nnnl d fi ill f ii r mill ,.
i , i ,nmi i. i i. 1
K(. n startlod (lePri ,iXJuPrWK llt t,,
amironih ot mnn aI, )10 ,,lace to rlln
I f 'ON'TINTL'D TOM Oil HOW
for a Ha track, Too!
DAILY NOVELETTE
THE WAY OF THE
HEART
By Winifred C. O'llrlen
rpllll canoe drifted ln7lly with the cur-
rent close to the low bank of a placid,
narrow river that ran through the
woods. A young man lay In Its bottom
with ejes closed, bis face marred by
tho expression of bitterness and the
stern set mouth. Edgar llavvley, noted
vonng painter nnd received in the best
society, was seeking balm for a bruised
heart and hurt rride.
lie had nsked Marlon Urncebridge,
one of the beauties of the debutantes,
to marry him, and after a few months'
engagement, she had, without warning,
sent back his ring with a cruel little
note that "she thought that they were
not congenial enough to marry "
Just as he was bending the ennoe out
into midstream ho heard nloud call for
help, and looking up the bank he espied
n girl in a pink dress. With a spring,
Ldgnr landed on the bank and picking
up a largo club be hastened to the
s. ene
Win n he nenred the girl he gave n
fart of surprise ns he saw that it was
Murjorie lirookc, but he stifled a try of
alaiin. for there on the log was n three
foot diamond rattler, swishing nenrei
nnd nearer, and rattling fiercely. With
a we'll aimed blow the club landed with
stinging force on the head of the rat
tler, crushing it immediately, nnd both
watched the slimv bodv with Hi beau
tiful diamond rattles writhe in its deatli
igonii s
Siiddenlv she made a little rush nnd,
tin owing her nuns nhout him, kissed
him fnnilv on the mouth and then flew
up the path bcfoie he had vnguelv
sensed her action. Somehow it was u
pleasurable thought that she had kissed
him ; he had thought that he must be
laek.ug in something s0 that nn woman
could love him. He turned slowly, nnd
then his eve caught a book which she
had d-opped nnd, stooping, ho picked it
up; also n little lace bordered hand
kerchief Without realiring what he
was doing, be had read the p igc that
was ljing open: "How could I evei
have thought that I was in love with
that person?
llunkiug to send them to Mnrjorie
the following day, he dropped them in
his i ockct and turned the canoe home
ward A few hours later in his den,
smoking, suddenly he had nn Inspira
tion, nml hnstilj he ran up the blunt
flight of stairs to his lighted studio.
There vvus an unfinished painting thcic
of the low bank, the stunted fir trees
and the sweeping forest bejond the
placid river. With quick, sure strokes
he sketched In the figuie of n .voting
girl in a pink dress, with a laigc shade
hat hanging down fiom her shouldcis,
her hands stretched out nnd nn cxpies
Mon of such fear that involuntniilj
would make one shudder, nnd lastly
tho venomous snake, with its diamond
rattles. He called the picture 'Tear,"
and knew without doubt that it would
he well received nt the prize exhibition
in the full.
The following afternoon he made his
way to tho little cottage which Mar
jone occupied and found her drjing her
hair bj the hedge. She thanked him
lather distantly for the return of her
piopirtv, and then began to talk of
tho various nothings that make up con
vocation when two persons are occupied
with their ovvu thoughts. Siiddcnlj
he said, "I did not know that vou
broke vour engagement to Stnnlev
1 owis until I read the paper vestcr
eliv ' I
She locked at him for a moment and j
then said. "Well, it is a woman's priv
ilege' to change her mind" Then she'
hishlv changed the conversation to
other matters that cnnceined the'
j woi Id which thej had Uft behind. It!
now b. ..line the usual event of each
aft. i noon for Mnrjoiie to be seated
ui the log wh"n Hdgnr would come bj
in his canoe They had luncheon to
geth. r mini) times nnd spent man)
hums of pleasure in each other's com
panv K.ieh knew that the other was
s.eking to forget a bitte" experience.
'1 he elavs slipped bv, nnd the summer
was drawing slowlv to n close, nnd both
vnguelv filt that parting would be
hard, jet neither would acknowledge to
themselves that they had grown to
eare. Then, one afternoon, Mnrjorie
was not at her nccustomed place nnd
I i'dgar learned that she had left sud
Ulenlv for home and that she said to
thank him for many hnppy hours and
I to 'av good -by
'lliree months Inter, In the large
drawing room at the fashionable town
'home of one of the great society lead
.is. an exhibition of the prize paintings
was held, and the pue picture which
h nl won the medal at the academv was
to In shown for the first time. While
the polite chorus of "ohs" nnd "ahs"
was tippling through the room, out iu
the e onseivatory whole I'dgnr had fol
lowed Marjone just offer his pictuie, as
'the pue picture, had been exhibited,
'theie was another scene for a delightful
putuie "Hut jou see I knew that I was
beginning to care and so " Uut the
list of the' words were mumbled against
his coat sleeve and for the,secouel time
fhe daintj lips were pressed ngainst
j IMgar s
The next complete novelette
ac.it ion.
-Hctt)'s
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy
"THE MAGIC VIOLIN"
(lUrdland ii maile sorrowful by the
icail of a tad violin until Jtollo, tho
monhey, steals the violin from the
sour-faced young musician icio plays
it. Then Hilly plays jolly, lively airi
that make cicry one happy, includ
ing I'cnelopc and the musician. J
The Love Music
"piLLY'S gay, jlggly music was just
the kind that would set any ono's
feet to dancing. Tven Hilly hopped up
and down while he plajcd and I'encl
opo nnd Peggy kept on, happily step
ping in time to the tunc ns they looked
up into the tree where the joung mu
sician wns going through the strangest
dance Peggj had ever seen.
The .voung musician couldn't come
down out of the tree to dance because
Johnnv Hull, the dog, wns waiting to
grab him the minute he got within
reach. In spite of the fact that the
voung musician hnd lost his violin and
had to stay up the tree he seemed to
be cujojing himself hugely. The sour
look wns gone from his face and, ns
Penelope said, he rcnlly was handsome.
Penelope seemed much attracted to
him. Perhaps she was specially in
terested because he was about her own
age and because, like herself, he hnd
been changed fiom sadness to gladness
all tin nugh the effects of a merry tunc.
Penelope stared so hard that pres
cntlv she drew the eyes of the young
musii ian downward. His look nut
her look The voung musician's ejes
lighted up with nstonished wonder nnd
admirntion. Over Penelope's face stole
a lovely blush
The voung musician forgot Johnnv
Hull wniting below. He forgot every
thing except Penelope. He kept on
jigging nnd jiggling among the branches,
bnt now each jig and jiggle brought
him downward.
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint" and "Bruno Duke
Solver of Business Problems"
A Test of a Good Executhe
Tllintlj is a man in Atlanta, On ,
who is the head of a prosperous
business cmplo)ing soma three hundred
men.
The business is a complicated one.
Prices change fiequcntly nnd bii)ing is
quite n scientific operntion. About
fiftv traveling salesmen make fiequent
eoricspotulcnce with them nu ever pres
ent job requiring quick decision pre
sented with tact.
"The man who manages that business
has some job on his hands. I should
think it keeps him hard at it fiom
morning till night," That might ex
press jour opinion on the matter.
And Jet he nppcars to have nil kinds
of time on his hands. Of course, he's
theie the fust thing every morning, but
it's seldom tint he is seen nftn lunch.
Call on him any time and has alvvnjs
time to talk wifli jou. Ask him if lie
will go round the links with vou and it's
ten to one that he'll be ready and will
ing to go.
lie manages that business though,
lie is in touch with every happening.
His influence and personality 1110 felt
in evcrj corner of the enterprise.
How then does lie have so much lei
sure? It's because he does not clutter up
his mind nor consume his time on
loiitine matters, and because he has
trained executives who are given a free
hand in their own dcpnitine nt.
No man cun be consideied a good
executive who is so tied to his desk with
details that he has no time to think.
Show me a man who adjusts his tune
so th it he can sit and smoke a cigni in
the afternoon and gaze through the of
fice window looking nt nothing in par
ticular, ouel jou will show me uu execu
tive. He mav think of one thing eluiiug
that pel mil of apparent idleness that
mnj sivc or make thousands of dollars.
1 used to he u traveling salesman nnd
often called ou e ustoniers 'nighty good
fellows, too who e ould not btuj with
me bejond live minutes at a stietch.
Then thej 'el think of some trifle that
ought to he done and thej'd have to
run off to see if the boy hud done it.
Then a paicel may be delivered and
off they would rubh to see if it was
that case of carvers which they weie
waiting foi. Then the telephone xvould
ring and they would have to listen to
see if it was anj thing special and as
likely ns not they woulel have to give
suggestions to the girl what to soy.
And ask that man to have dinner
with jou nt night and he'll decline
because he has so much work to do
that he'll he there until 10 o'clock nt
night.
I've known stoie proprietors who
regularlj swept the stoic and were
foiever dusting eounteis. Yet they
thought the) were executives, whereas
the) weie nieiel) glorified errnnd bo)s
bus) doing e hoies for ever) body on
the place
They let evcr.vbodv lean on them In
stead of using then cmplojes us props
to themselves
It is said that Hockerfellcr tells all
his executives that their job is to line
people to do eve i) thing for them. That
enables them to think of the blond
policies of the enterprise nnd to keep
freej fiom the vision-destro)ing rou
tine practices of every day affairs.
foprlBht 1010 by the Uell Sjnellcntc, Ine
Now I can; play a glad tuno"
Johnny Hull danced innocently be
low and didn't seem to bo noticing the
joung. musician. Hut suildenlj
"Gru-iir-urgh !" Johnny Hull leaped
upward nnd his jaws snapped savngcl).
If the joung musician's leg had been
where it wns when Johnny Hull left
the ground he would surelv have been
nipped, but just nt thut second Hilly,
seeing what Johnnv Hull was up to,
put n quick jump into the music and
the joung musician, keeping tune to it.
gave a big hop That hop just saved
him. The music was stopped and the
joung music inn scrambled back out of
Johnnj Hull's nnch.
"Oh, plense go on plojing." cried
flic young musician, his ejes still fast
eneel upon Penelope's fnce. "I want
to dance nnd dance. I didn't know mj
violin held such wonderfull) hnppy mu
sic "
"It's just plaving whnt I feel," an
swered Hilly. "It just makes mv jov
f ii 1 spnits run light out through the
stiings, giving ni) happiness to oth
ers." A test of n good executive then is
the ability to hire workers nnd to let
them carry out the ideals of the chief.,
The good executive is always mnster
of the business nnd of his own time.
The poor executive is mastered by the
business.
The poor executive is driven by the
business.
The good executive diivcs the busi
ness. What's the answer in our case?
Headers' Questions Answered
Mi. Whitehiad mil anitrer in thii
column questions on maiLctmq, buyina,
selling, mlmtimig, Icttei -icating, buii
no? education, and on mnttcis pi i lain
mg to the choice of a vocation. All
cmmioim uill he nnsiicicd in the Older
of neeipt. No anonymous coriespoiul
ciuc can he acknowledged. Headers'
iiniciN oiioy Kill be publnlied. It teill
talc fiom four to fifteen days for a
irpty to appeal.
Do vou ndvliee tho merchant In reference
trt u slmplv tiupstion of uccountlns ' Vl
exp. ii; ni .- would lend me lo Ii.-IIpw. that
liiflflclencv Is larKiI the result ot lunorinco
not lailnepn or rarelessnewH 'In.. .pr.i.e
pmill merchant does and must of ncc. asitv
do Iho hulk of his work himself and hK
bnokkeeplns methods must Im slmnle nnd
ei.sll understood Mot of the- p ins cub
mllted n- ralher compile ned and hard to
understand I would welcome, thireforc
o
TANNER'S CHOICE OF DEATH
BEST FOR HIM; SA YS READER
Writes Evening Public Ledger That if He Loved His Children
Would Have Questioned Why He Deserted Their Mother
fTWO new ideas were pre.eiitcd today
in litleis to the RiniMi PunMC
LmiGnt in the discussion of the ques
tion of heroism ami tlutj presented in
the case of William Tanner, who dieil
with his wife' when he found that he
could not save her fiom an nppioach
lng train.
Mrs. C. II .Tncobs, of HOT Noi th
East street, Vinelnnel, N. J., thinks
that Tanner, had he shunned death,
might have faced years sof uuhnppi
ness under the questioning of his chil-
uunA
"Ffion" intimates that Tanner'ss
sacrifice was a man's and not n
woman's wav.
Some of the letters received follow :
To the Editor of the Evening Priir.ic
LrDaun.
Sir: In reference to the mnnv letters
I have read in vour vvonileifiil new.s-
nper about the death of Mr and Mrs.
Tanner, I cannot help but give jou my
vcision of same
Whether or not Mr Tanner did or
did not think of his thice children nt
that desperate time, it is far better as
it is than to have thein nsk him in later
cnrs when the) would be wise enough
to undei'tiind, or even wonder between
thiniselves wh) their father couldn't
possibly have found some means of get
ting their mother fri'o from the hacks
instead of standing by nnd seeing her
killed
Had ho chosen to live and such
thoughts came to the cjiildren, it would
he maddening to him to think that they
By Chas. 31 cM anus
"That's the wonderful power of my
maRic violin," declared the young mu
sician. "It makes every one feel what
the player feels."
"Then whv do you play such sad,
sad tunes?" demanded Peggy, severely.
"You have filled all Hlrdlajwrwltb woe
and misery."
"Oh, 1 didn't mean to do that," cried
the young musician, "but I have al
wajs been so sad and lonely and dis
couraged that I suppose it got into my
music."
"I have been sad nnd lonely and
discouraged, too," whispered Penelope.
"Perhaps If jou would come and frolic
with us jou would learn to be happy."
"Grii-ur-ur-iirBlil" growled JTohnny
Hull, but Peggy called him off.
Then Hilly pla)ed n merrier dance
tlinn before, The joung musician came
down from the treo and joined with
Penelope, Peggy, the animals and the
birds In their joyous antics. But all
tire while he kept his eyes on Penelope
and nil the time the. look In them be- -
came softer and deeper.
When Hilly censed playing the young
musician took the violin saying, "v'ow
I can piny n glad tunc. I can give
jou the wonderful new feeling that has
come into my heart."
And he plnjcel n joyous air of Buch
lenuty that the birds chirped with
pleasure and the animals gathered close
to listen. As the joung musician went
on a new note crept into his playing,
a note low and mnrvelously sweet.
"I know the new feeling that has
come into his heart," whispered Penel
ope, "it has como into mine, also. It
is lov, love, love, and Aunt Prue
s.ejs I must many that ugly old rich
miu. What shall I do?"
(In the next chapter tcill be told
how I'cnelopc makes up her mtnd not
to mairy the old rich man. J
anv KUKsntion that you mleht make as to
thu host mMim In our wide pxcrrlenca lor
a smnll more Your column In tire .
' Is helpful and I wish you
could help ne out In this line F. P I,.
I do not nnswer accounting prob- N
loins, because it is difficult to give any s
adequate advice without more par
ticulars than arc usually supplied to
me. I am glad to give you sugges
tions, however.
All you need is four books cash
book, journal, sales book, ledger.
Hntcr in jour cash book every Item
of cash that jou receive or pay out.
That doesn't mean that you enter
every single article sold in your store
that waj, but you enter the day's
leccipts from the ensh register slips
into jour cash book.
Never spend money from your cash;
alvvnjs deposit in the bank all re
ceipts nnd di aw from tho bank an
account for "potty cash." .Thus the
bank really balances jour cash account
for jou.
Keep vour bills pnjable in an alpha
betical file, and ns they are paid trans
fei them to n paid file. Kntcr in the
cash hook, of course, the item when
paid.
If jou run n cicdlt business, carry
the eicdit slips in an alphabetical file
nnd as jour customers pay you enter
the pnjment in the cash book and file
away the customer's bill in a paid file.
The journnl takes care of all dis
counts and expense items. The ledger,
of course, gives you jour summaries.
Under beparnte covc I send you the
names of some books which may help
jou,
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
look upon
mother.
him ns a deserter to their
-MRS. C. II. .TACORS.
To the Kelitor of the EvrNirro Vum.tr)
LFDdI.lt.
Sir: The manner in which William
Tinnier chose to die wns his own solu
tion of n problem that did not allow
for deliberate reasoning.
He died with his wife, whom he had
loved before his children came into
being.
His nct wns true to form for men.
AVomeu would have considered the chlN
elren. "NXTON."
ANTHEM OF AMERICA
105 YEARS OLD TODAY
Flags Fly in City in Memory of"BU!i
Francis Scott Key as Weil a3
General Pershing
Thousands of flags nre flying in tha
cit.v toilav not only to nav lmnnr tn
(ieuernl Pet shlng. but iu memorv nf
rrnncis Scott Key.
One bundled nnd five years ago to
day, in the harbor of Baltimore, the
voung American wrote "The Star
Spangled Il.inner."
The setting wns intensely dramatic.
Key, an anient patriot visiting a HrltJ
ish prison ship where n friend, wounded
nnd captured, had sent for him, saw
throughout the tense night of September
11 n terrific bombaidmcnt of the fortress
vvhieli defended the harbor.
He did not know the outcome, nor1
whether tho American garrison had
withstood the guns of the foe, until tha
break of dawn revealed his country's'
starry emblem still afloat over the fortj
He hail been detained during the bom
bardment but on September 12 was
permitted to leave the prison ship. Ha
huriled back to Baltimore, bis head full
of the words of the song that was des
tined to render him immortal, nnd that
night it was Ming In Iinltirnore to tha
tune of the old Knglish air "Anacreon
Iu Heavcu," to which it Is still suwi
totlay.
Drive for Service Men Begins I
Under the nusplces of American1
I.ojal Legion, Post No. 20, of the FIN
teenth ward, n smoker and entertain-!
ment will be given this evening In thei
Ninth district police station bouse,
Twentieth and Iluttonvvood streets, al
which time a drive for new member
will bo inaugurated. The membership
nf thn nnst now ni.mhi.rH nhnnf I'd
and In the coming drive It Is hoped m'.
enrou-eYy man ot ine jruteeiHU wej
n ,,