Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-26
IF YOU REALLY WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT IT
ASK LEDGER CENTRAL
Prodigy of Information, Only
Six Months Old, Fairly
Running Over With
knowledge of All Kinds.


the very wisest little person that this
old town has ever seen-an infant prodigy
who makes william Penn, Benjamin
Franklin and all the rest Of the high
brows seem like schoolboys in comparl-
son. Born on April q, It is scarcely out
of its swaddllng clothes, and yet, despite
! its tender youth, as many as 300 persons
| have been known to come and consult
! 1t in n single day.
| They ask II all sorts of cryptic ques-
! iions. just as though II were the oracle
| at Delphi, but they don't abash II In
the least for It's precocious young
stcr. with answers as pat as the ancient
! oracle's and In many cases great deal
more accurate. 1t differs from the oracle
in one respect, however, in that 1t
doesn't demand n votive offering in ex-
change for the information which 1t dis
| penses.
The mother of this rara avis was Great
Necessity, and It's full name is Ledger
| Central. 1t resides In a large and pre-
| tentious building on Broad and Chestnut
! Streets known as the Real Estate Trust,
| In the very heart of the city, and its
| home s a symphony in fumed oak and
pale green decorations.
Like all healthy, well-born babies, 1t
was an expensive article to b~gin with
and, furthermore, 1t requires Il whole
corps of trained persons to maintain 1t
In the way in which II has been led to be-
leve that II ought to be maintained. But
it's quality kid and therefore justifies
the expenditure. An Industrious kid, too
all Of Its waking hours being spent In
tending to the needs of Philadelphians
and Philadelphia visitors.
NO QUESTION TOO HARD.
Forget the metaphor, now, II you please,
and answer question: Have you ever
taken any problem or any qusry to Ledger
Central and not come away with salts
factory solution or reply? If you have,
you're but the exception that proves the
rule.
They don't exactly lay claim to being
omniscient-that trained corps of infor-
nation specialists-they wear rather an
attitude which plainly says: "If we don't
know what you want to know, we at
least know some one who does' Often
times n sly inquirer will bring in a
hard, steel-lined nut for them to crack,
expecting to see some split teeth as
the result. But up to date Ledger Cen
trails molars and incisors, and wisdom
teeth, too, are all in good shape.
They'll guarantee to tell you most any
think you want to know, from the easiest
way to get married in Podunk, Va. to
where you may send your 4-year-old-boy
to school.
IutIe are INu IHlHSS, however, lndI I0py
won't tell you One is what the outcome
of the European war is going to be, and
the other is what Mr.. Vare's secret
thoughts of Mr.. Penrose are. The rea-
sons for their reticence on these impor-
tant subjects are. in the first place, they
won't predict, and in the second, they
are very careful, exceedingly careful,
about the language which they use. But
If there's anything else that you want
to know, Ledger Central Is right on the
job.
"POsERS" EASILY NET.
For instance, a harassed man walked
into the Information Bureau the other
day, and asked IL 1t was customary to
have feed" at a babys christening.
He also wanted to know II good form de-
manded that the minister be given some
thing to eat along with the guests.
The department felt that this was really
too vital a matter to be decided by itself.
SO II got in touch with n church digni-
tary who, after giving the matter due
consideration, returned with the verdict
that a christening feast would not be
In bad taste. but that to fee the minis
ter was OF greater moment than to feed
him. And the inquirer was well satisfied
with his answer.
A woman visitor dropped in some time
ago to find out If 1t was true that
Ledger Central was giving away World s
Series tickets. She got the information,
but they reneged on the tickets. They
offered to console the lady, however, with
visitors pass TO Girard College, the
bureau being the distributing agency for
these.
But no. everyone who calls wants to
know what President Wilson eats for his
breakfast, or what kind of underwear
"BiIly" Sunday Is addicted to- An
sweTlng freak questions Is but minor
7 a Ia,rp- IL
There are many people who need real in
formation and advice in the conduct of
their daily affairs and It is just this
class that they like best to help
Is It any wonder, then, that with all
sorts of data at their clever fingertips-
and much OF II in their clever brains
concerning resorts hotels, automobile
routes, trolley service. railroad sched-
ules ship saillngs and arrivals. schools,
colleges boarding houses, real estate,
newspapers, manufacturers, and what |
not-the Information Bureau, people are
beginning to hnd out, is in fair way Of
becoming an Indispensable institution in
the city?
Perhaps you are a capable, effi- |
Client man out of work. and are little |
uncertain as to the best way Of looking |
for a job. II may be that you are a |
square peg trying to ht yourself into a |
round hole.
The Ledger Central keeps a man for |
the express purpose of telling you how not |
to do this. There's a lot in knowing how |
to go about looking for a iob-a certain
psychology-and he knows all about 1t.
on the other hand, you may be mer-
chant in need OF stenOgTapher or a
bookkeepeT. You're half afraid 10 insert
an "ad' for fear you win be swamped
with a bevy OF applicants, or. what is
quite as bad. with their letters. Past
experience has taught you that a whole
valuable morning can be wasted in an
endeayor to weed tut the At from the
UNIT woman trained in the employ
ment business is at Ledger Central 10
aid just such as you.
Celebrates His Goth Anniversary