Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
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WiIEN | got down to breakfast this
" morning I found four letters watt
ING Tor me It's so seldom | get letter
at All that wondered for a minute
whether | had bunch Of Jobs offered
me The FIRST letter I opened was from
'h'I'p Rogers. Good old Philip! This is
what hc said;
Dear Petor-tl Hope youI have good
luck today and land a job. am writ.
ing this few minutes after YOU left
because ! wanted you 10 start out
today fun Of pep.
by the way. know how unyomfort-
able a fellow feels if he hasn'. a few
uoHars 10 spare, so I'm taking the
tper'y OF slipping $40 bill i'm this
yuSt TO Relp you out You need not
hesitate to take it. It's jus2 an I'm.
Nes'ment on my part which you can
,cturh Whon you are good and ready.
GOOD luck TO you
Ihink OF this letter from the man
nave doublc-crosscd I must mce;. that
EoV note somehow, for never could bear
20 Iet fhiIip know I had used his name
mere was J.. $. on his letter which
Sa'd' Why don't you go and sec Jack
tiUu"'
The ncNt letter was from mother
which said:
Ny dearest pcccr-How is my dear
boy? Well and happy. am sure, and
sun doing well in the publishing bust
ness.
OF course, | know YOU haven't for
gotten. but it's your dads birthday
next Tuesday. and as YOU are doing
wen ] am sure you will want to buy
him little remembrance.
We thought Of Joining together aud
buying your dad one Of those easy
chairs he has always wanted. We can
get II for S32. ! am willing t. nay
twenty, If you and the two girls viii
pay the other Sl2 among you. that is.
If YOU viii pay four Of IT Tho girls
think YOU ought to pay more than
they do, as YOU are making SO much
money. hut I didn't think so.
It you care to do this, send mo the
81 any time you like.
Mothers r. $. q wonder why womcr
always have a +. s. said, Don't yol
think you could como down home for q
few days? You must need a rest after
all this long siege Of hard work"
My, but r. wuyld seem good 20 be able
to go home and forget adl my trouble,
of the last few months. oh. II ] were
only back homo again with mother
I've made mess Of things so far
ought to have thought how to keep on
of trouble and then / wouldn't have tC
think how to get out Of IT,
Tho third letter was from tho PcrlC
willie Novelty Company IN answer 20 my
letter applying for the job they advcr
tised, r. said:
Dear Friend You are indeed for
tunate to write at this time. for IL 50
happens that Boston is not represent
cd, but you must as quickly, AS people
arc ClamorinG for our agency there.
for It means hiG money
We have looked YOU IN. however,
and believe you will bc tho best u"sir-
able agent for our hiEh-clasS line.
GIm. ! thought to myself, ! don't see
how they could look me up I'm such
short timc)
our novelty. the mos; wonderful
novelty ever offered to the public is
our Perlevillc kitchen set, comprising
ton useful kitchen articles as de
scribcd on the inclosed lcaflct These
only have to be shown to a woman 90
them. Tho scts sell like hotcakcs for
s. and cost YOU only Sl25.
Now. remember, dear friend, We do
not ask YOU to buy these SCts before
YOU sell them. We trust you, Merely
send us the orders and we will supply
YOU with all the sets you sell 50 chat
| YOU can deliver them and collect the
money and then remit TO us.
As an evidence of good faith. how
ever we must ask YOU TO buy ten sets
at once. If you do not sell chem We
will buy them back from YOU again.
/ This is merely done To insure your
/ interest i'm this work.
This agency is valuable, "a don't
/ delay accepting it. Read tho attached
! circular as TO what other men have
done and then get busy
Telegraph us before some one else
! gets ahead Of you.
/ really got quite excited over thl
until I opened my fourth letter. ant
| that was OF such n nature as "a make m
forget all about this one from the Pcrlc
willie Novelty Company.
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