Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-21
vEXATOUS VACATION
PROBLEM SIMPLTFIED
BY LEDGER CENTRAL
Mr.. Mann and Family, Who
Used to Fret and Sweat
Selecting Summer Rest
ing Place, Relieved.
polite Clerk Fills Order, Giving
transportation and Hotel
Rates and Outlining Trip,
Even to Smallest Detail, and
All without Charge.

NV vacation time" remarked Mr.. A..
.,.,n the other evening as he sharpened
~ carving knife and started. to wrestle
81 The second Joint, has been deter
.,,red upon" He paused moment to
=, the full effect of his words on his
s.sembled family. I'VE shall leave here
the 18th and return the list. Where
shall we go2"
mot that old place we went last year,
hone" gloomed the son and heir from
,be far end of the table. "I'd rather camp
eot in the attic here. where there might
bs some excitement"
II won't go where there is no dancing
again" interpolated Margery, with tone
that Indicated she meant 1t.
Aw. let's go where there's swimmin
and boatin' and that sort of stuff" sug-
kested Thomas, aged H..
1--WE must think of the baby first"
Mrs. Mann said. "Graciousl Do we
have to go through all this fuss and
bother over a place so soon again7 1t
seems to me have Just recovered from
The strain of deciding last year. And it
was such horrible failure as 1t was"
NO." remarked Mr.. Mann, 'I don't
think we shall. 1 have surprise for
you. have decided on the place: the
tickets are bought, and all you have to do
Is to pack up"
as 1t ilvely7" asked the young son of
the family.
Us there dancing?" asked Margery.
Ts there swimmin' and boats?" asked
Thomas
'wlll it be all right for baby7" asked
Mrs Mann.
SUITED ALL REQUIREMENTS.
All in one breath, they spoke. and Mr..
Mann put his hands over his ears and
asked for breathing time.
Eyes" he said; ''it has all those things,
and, what interests me most, it's cheap"
How did you do it?" in chorus from
the family.
swell, I'll tell you" said Mr.. Mann,
smiling approvlngly of himself. when
the boss told me when I could get off, he
asked me If 1 knew where 1 was going,
and suggested that II 1 was undecided
about 1t, 1 might have the problem solved
for me.
He generally goes to Europe, and told
me that with the war killing that plan
at the start, he had been absolutely at
sea until he had in desperation gone to
bureau that some one had recommended
to him. He leaves tomorrow for the Adj
rondaoks.
TRIP ALL PLANNED.
So 1 wandered into the same place to-
day, not really believing that they could
help very much, and would you believe It =?
had not been there 10 minutes before
young man had learned what 1 wanted,
picked out the place, showed me Just
what to do to get there, given me list
Of the hotels and stopping places, and
handed me a typewriter schedule sheet
made out especially for me, showing
prices, the time trains leave. what to do
about baggage, and everything in the
world needed.
never cav such a place. The young
man who fixed me up told me that they
had more than 1900 catalogues on file
there telling about everything there was
to tell about nearly every resort in the
country. He had just finished, he told
me. planning a trip for a man who
wanted to go around the United States
by water, stopping at the ExpositlonF.
He had done it. too. as nearly as 1t was
possible, up the st. Lawrence River.
across the Great Lakes. by train from
Duluth to the coast, and back by way Of
the Panama Canal.
did all that help cost much?" asked
Mrs. Mann, with her thoughts on the
pocketbook.
Not a cent"
We'll. what and where is this wonder
ful bureau that has helped us so much|'
asked Margery.
Ledger Central. on Chestnut street be-
low Broad street." said Mr. Mann and
passed his cup for more coffee.