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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

The Belgian watched his companion.
until his closed knuckles rested upon
the ground as did those of the anthro'
poid. He saw him circle, stiff-leSged
about the circling ape. He heard the
same bestlal barkings and growlings
issue from the human throat that were
coming from the mouth of the brute.
Had his eyes been closed he could
not have known but that two giant
apes were bridling for combat. But
there was no battle.
1t ended as the majority of such jun.
gle encounters end-one of the boast
ers loses his nerve and becomes sud
denly interested in a blowing leaf, a
beetle or the lice upon his hairy stom.
ach.
In this instance it was the anthro'
mold that retired in stiff dignity to in
spect an unhappy caterpillar, which
he presently devoured. For a moment
Tarzan seemed inclined to pursue the
argument. He staggered truculently
stuck out his chest, roared and ad
vanced closer to the bull.
1t was with difficulty that Werper
finally persuaded him to leave vel
enough alone and continue his way
from the city.
The two searched for nearly ar
hour before they found the narrow
exit through the inner wall. From
there the well.worn trail led then
beyond the outer fortifications to the
| desolate valley of Opar.
Tarzan had 10 idea, so far as Wer
per could discover, as to where he was
or whence he came. He wandered
aimlessly about, searching for food
which he discovered beneath small
rocks or hiding in the shade of the
scant' brush which dotted the ground
The Belgian was horritied by the
hideous menu of his companion
Beetles, rodents and caterpillars were
devoured with seeming relish. Tarzar
was indeed an ape again.
! At last Werper succeeded in leading
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
BY DADDY

In loud peal: I'VE might have known,
II is just like him"
Look in here" said Billy Belgium to
Prancer
Gracious He's Just as jolly as ever,
but not SO fat" cried Prancer. Ali the
other reindeers took a look, and every
one cried out: Gracious Isn't he
awfully thin y
why didn't you ever look in these
glasses before7" asked Billy.
Because we are not wonderful de-
tectives like you," cried the reindeer
"It really was clever Of you, Billy"
added Peggy.
But how are we going to get Santa
Claus back here for his Christmas
work." asked Prancer.
I'VE can't take him from those
hungry children" protested Billy.
Maybe, IL we could talk to him he
could tell us what to do for the toy
hungry little ones of America" sug-
gested Peggy.
That's so Hail, wise Princess
cB6y tilt EciuuctI' Dut uo"
are you going to talk to him?"
Peggy and Billy Belgium looked at
each other. They couldn't answer that.
Peggy's eyes, wandering around the
room. came to rest upon the great horn
through which Santa Claus heard the
cries of the bad children. -.
IF we could turn that horn around
and shout at Santa Claus" she unused.
That's easy" cried Prancer. and in .
trice the horn was turned inside ont.
"Now everybody shout" Peggy or
dered.
Santa Claus, come home, come home"
shouted the reindeer. jangling their bells
loudly.
"Hurrah! Hurrah He has heard
you! He is coming!" shrieked Billy
Belgium, looking into the All-Seeing
glasses.
Tomorrow pill be told ho,o Santa
Claus comes home.)
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Again and again the weapon fell
as Tarzan made his way slowly toward
the doorway. Werper pressed close
behind, casting backward glances to.
ward the shrieking, dancing mob men,
acing their rear.
He held the sacrifcial knife, ready
to strike whoever might come Withlp
it's reach; but none came. For time
he wondered that they should so
bravely battle with the giant ape.man,
was relatively weak. Had they done 80,
he knew that he must have fallen at
the first charge.
Tarzan had reached the doorway
over the corpses of all that had stood
to dispute his way, before Werper
guessed at the reason for his immu-
nifty. The priests feared the sacri-
fetal knife!
Willingly would they face death and
welcome if it came while they defend.
ed their high priestess and her altar;
DuL eNlueHlly lllclc "eIC uehtiS diu
deaths. Some strange superstition
must surround that polished blade,
that no Oparian cared to chance a
death thrust from it, yet gladly rush
ed to the slaughter of the ape-man's
flaying spear.
Once outside the temple court Wer-
per communicated his discovery to
Tarzan. The ape.man grinned, and let
Werper go before him, brandishing the
jeweIed and holy weapon. Like leaves
before a gale, the Oparians scattered in
all directions and Tarzan and the Bel.
gian found a clear passage through
the corridors and chambers OF the an
Client temple.
The Belgian's eyes went wide as
they passed through the room of the
seven pillars of solid gold. With i'll
concealed avarice he looked upon the
age-old golden tablets set in the walls
Of nearly every room and down the
sides of many Of the corridors. To
the ape-man all this wealth appeared
to mean nothing.
On the two went, chance leading
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
Business Questions Answered

have read with interest your reply to
letter 10 IN ss and
wanted-Mae' which have answered.
reads, State age, salary expected" and I
feared II / did not name specific answer
my application would be ignored.
Shall look forward to your comments and
Do you not think my efforts will be better
Sy ha on to iSr
answering advertisements? ). II. A
!, Am young man thirty.fye. for more
in n large, manufacturing plant producing
mechanical material for Iobb!ng trade Of
neers and allied lines.
OWING tg al! the dssqISton hss of the firm sdae
tion as correspondent and general Office
g,h Gs and osa ssspt T. opsrs % t.
Underwood and Remington machines with
aoS KnSwledse aEss Of S" technieai terms pertain
ing TO machinery, engines and boilers
my experience Deing gained In my fathers
Can furnish highest references from the
leading mechanical supply concerns. among
Exempt from military service. Salary
Trusting YOU will give my application
/ am not quoting your ad. because
your letter gives sufficient Information
Your letter has the fault of many
other letters of application. It Is not
logical in its presentation and it gives
information which is not necessary.
/ don't know that 1t would help your
application to state that YOU worked
with your father for ten years. Leove
that until you talk with the people.
would suggest your using letter such
as the following
The attached sheet will give you
full particulars about myself. my edu-
cation and my experience.
The qualifications / possess should
fit me admirably to the position you
advertise in today's --
The only reason have for seeking
a position is that the firm for which
l have been working (for ten years)
has dissolved.
I hesitate to name a salary, for I
seek a position with a future rather
than mere sob" Let me work for
you for week. You can then pay
me what / am worth to you.
When may i have the privilege OF
telling you, In person, why ] am the
man you need?
QUALIFICATION SHEET
(See that the information given on
this sheet is logical. Between each
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
The Butterfly

Some architect of mind monotonous
Surely alone conceived this liorrl6 row
OF SNUG suburban houses, painted pink,
Picked out with orange, all with iron
roofs s@
And little crooked stairways to the, door,
Small shiny halls and hatracks AFRO.
giant,
And cramped back yards Of myriad
.washing-lines
And beevish women with their hair in
pins
Yet to this arid place of stucco fronts
And narrow entries, blaring colored
Across raw painted rails and tawdry
gates
There drifted in a saffron butterfly,
A thing Of dewy dells and green, hushed
Warm. dancing lights and shadows del
Soft as the fragile petal of a flower
Loosened by some wet wind on summer
slopes.
Perhaps 1t guessed a pleasance that,
long since, il
Stretched where this street is, some bud
ding, tangled place
Where miracles were wrought by bird
and bee
The while the milkman ratified down
And left pale pints at doorways. gossip
OF Charlie Chaplin at the picture
What ghosts of roses drew that butter
What whisperings of old gardens did 1t
hear? iFE
M. Forrest. in the Sydney Bulletin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
CHAPTER III
Peggy Sees Santa Claus


Doggy jumped to see what Billy
l. Belgium had discovered In Santa
Clauss All-Seeing glasses. AS her eye
gazed into the long tubes she gave a
cry OF wonder. The vision she beheld
was strange and surprising. The glasses
revealed not Arctic snow and ice. but
warm land of the east--a land of wav-
ing trees, of sunbaked plains. Of fruitful
valleys. Of towering mountains
In this land, gathered around WE'LL
were many children. hungry-looking.
ragged, with long-suffering marked on
their faces. They were brown of skin
and their clothes were foreign to Peggy.
Yet in pictures, surely, she had seen
just such children.
"who are they?' she asked Billy Bel
gium.
"Armenians Starving Armenians (!
Cruel sufferers from the war;" he an
swered. do you see the man near the
airplane?'
Looking again. Peggy did see a man.
He stood beside an airplane close to the
we'll around him were clustered the
children. Their hands were outstretched
to him and he was giving them food
from a huge sack. The man had white
hair and long white beard. Somehow
he looked familiar.
AS she studied him the man passed out
his last loaf Of bread to the last little
eager hand stretched toward him, and
his face lit up with beautiful. jolly
smile. He waved his hand to the chill
dren and started to put on his hat and
coat.
Then in a flash Peggy knew who It
was. 1t was Santa Claus himself. She
hadn't known him at once because never
before. not even In a pitcure. had she
seen him without his fur hat and coat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
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dience of one on the side, and then he
left.
made two or three calls myself. and
1 think I've got a prospect--a middle
aged man named Warrenton, who
works for a shoe findings concern. He's
a member Of a glee club and plays the
violin. ''.
He looked poet'cal, IL you know what
mean.-- He had rather sharp features
like an actor, and long hair, SO when
I spoke about Clearvale I told him
about the beautiful pine trees, the gen.
the rise IN the ground, the birds that
were always singing and such like.
1t worked fine--that was Just the kind
of thing that he liked. l remember
Jethro Jones. the salesmanship in
structor. telling us that we always had
to present that side of proposition
which appealed most to the tempera-
ment of the person we were trying to
sell to-and that's what did with War
renton.
If it weren't SO late, I'd tell about the
bIotter salesman, but I'll hold 1t over
til tomorrow.
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then from each doorway a horde of
the monstrous little men of Opar
streamed into the temple.
They were armed with bludgeons
and knives and fortified in their cour-
age by fanatical hate and frenzy.
Werper was terrified. Tarzan stood
eying the foe in proud disdain. Slow.
ly he advanced toward the exit he had
chosen to utilize in making his way
from the temple. A burly friest
barred his way. Behind the first was
a score of others.
Tarzan swung his heavy spear, club.
like, down upon the skull of the priest.
The fellow collapsed, his head crushed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

TarZan arrows, the latter sat lost in
speculation. He seemed con;;n'.'lly
to be trying to grasp some mental
image which eluded him.
At last he opened the leathern
pouch which hung at his side. From
it he poured into the palm of his hand
quantity of glittering gems. The
freight playing upon them conjured
a multitude of scintillating rays; and
as the wide eyes of the Belgian looked
on in rapt fascination, the mans ex.
pfeSsion at last acknowledged a tan
g!ble purpose in counting the society
of the ape-man.
] IIt4Ar LIZ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

Santa Claus seated himself in the
airplane and scared merrily away.
There came a remarkable change In
the vision. The warm. land faded away
and in It's place was a country buried
In the shows of winter. 1t was a coun-
try of ruins, but there were children
there, too-hungry children streaming
into a wrecked school building. within
the school they seated themselves at
tables and Santa Claus hustled In with
fresh sack of food and great pail
Of soup"
Look !" cried Peggy to Billy Belgium
"Oh, OH" cried Billy jumping up and
down. Belgium My schoolroom. See
my name on that old desk. And my
old comrades, but, /oh, so many are
missing"
Peggy turned to the wondering REIN
deer.
That's where Santa Claus IL. He is
feeding the hungry children of the war
lands"
"Oh, why didn't we think of that?"
cried the reindeer, shaking their bells
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
l1AI2ZAN and the JEWELS OF OPAIo
By EDCA AR RICE BURROUGHS

them toward the broad avenue which
lies between the stately piles of the
of tho city. Great apes jabbered at
them and menaced them; but Tarzan
answered them after their own kind,
giving back taunt for taunt, insult for
insult, challenge for challenge.
Werper saw a hairy bull swing down
from a broken column and advance,
stiff.legged and bristling, toward the
naked giant. The yellow fangs were
barred, angry snarls and barkings rum.
bled through the thick and hanging
ling
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

his companion toward the distant hills
which marked the northwestern
boundary of the valley and together
the two set out in the direction Of the
Greystoke bungalow.
What purpose prompted the Belgian
in leading the victim of his treachery
and greed back toward his former
home II is difficult to guess, unless 1t
was that without Tarzan there could
be no ransom for Targan's wife.
That night they camped in the val.
ley beyond the hills, and as they sat
before little fire where cooked a
wild pig that had fallen TO one of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
Abstinence and Gloom

French, Commissioner Tardieu said in
New York:
France, since the war began, has
abolished absinthe. We haven't gone
further. We French believe in the mod
crate drinking Of pure wines rather than
in teetotalism.
We like to tell the story of the town
drunkard who signed the total abstinence
pledge. At total abstinence meeting
the reformed drunkard was called on
for a speech. He mounted to the plat
form and said:
Dear friends, I never thought to
stand on this platform with Doctor
Forthly on one side Of me and Father
Brannigan on the other. never thought
to tell you that since August / haven't
touched anything stronger than tea. I've
saved enough in month, dear friends,
TO buy hardwood coffin with silver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

CCLXXIII
ABE started working for me yester-
n day. Able is the boy Todd said he
thought he might get for me.
When I got to the office yesterday
there was Able waiting for me. He's
an undersize boy. pale of face, but
with shrewd black eyes and black hair.
1t didn't take long to fix up for him
| to work for sS a week, and when ! ask
ed him when he could start he said: II
arranged wild me mudder ter start in
now"
| told him to dust the furniture an
| swer the phone and tell visitors I'd be
back at IL o'clock. Then, by way of a
| joke, l tossed him typewriter de-
scription of Clearvale lots and told him
If anybody wanted to buy he could tell
them about it.
When I returned at ~ o'clock Able
was busy talking to decent-looking
but rather shabby young fellow. When
he saw me Able said: "Mista Flint. this
here fellow Is Mr.. r. e. Good and he
wants to sell land for u.s." U had to
smile at the "us''-Abies made himself
one of the family quick enough)
Your assistants been telling me
about the land. Mr.. Flint, and it looks
good to me. ! answered an 'ad' Of Mr..
Todd's, but was too late. SO he suggested
that l call in here"
That's right" agreed Able, "I told
him all about our land, and l told him
we'd give him 10 per cent commission,
splittin' payments fifty-ffty till he got
his"
That's all right, Able" I broke in.
| TN talk with Mr.. Good now
| l liked Good. 1t seemed he'd just got
back from a trip to Richmond, Va,
where he'd gope to take up a job FOR
a concern that promised him $35 :. week
to sell talking machines, on a weekly
payment plan. When he got there, they
paid him for one week and then told
him they could only carry him on a $40
salary and a small commission.
i've learned my lesson, Mr.. Flint" he
said, "for in the future, I'll never ac-
cept a job where I have TO leave home
until I know what kind of concern I'm
going to-"
me brudder got stung that way
oncet." broke in the irrepressible Able
He got swell iob--on paper--up to
Chi--and when he got there. they double
crossed him just like R. B. c. says"
There are lots of statesmen induced
to give UP their jobs and go to other
towns on glittering promises that never
hold. The crooked firms think that, once
they get them. they'll have to stay on a
commission plan because they're out of
a Job in a strange town, and often broke.
They give them salary for couple of
weeks ustj to keep within their legal
promise and then put on the screws"
Good certainly felt mad about the way
he'd been treated-or mistreated-and
don't blame him.
He's promised to, start work right
away, and I've told him that IL he
doesn't get business promptly, I'll ad-
vance him $12 to pay his board bill for
a week or so.
I promised myself when I started this
business that I'd only get straight com
mission men, but Good looks SO good
that-oh, we'll, we all have to do it at
times.
Good went over the whole proposition
with me-Abie being an interested au-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

Germany. confessing her wickednsss
and protesting her repentance, reminds
me of a rascally fortune hunter" said
the director Of military aeronautics. Gem
eral Kenly. irf
This fortune-hunter was describing
his pursuit OF a Pittsburgh heiress.
In proposing said his listener. you
ought to have TOLD her, George, that
you We're unworthy Of her. That bait
seldom fails
The fortune-hunter gave Q gloomy
laugh.
!, Eyes. ! was going 2 tell her that.
he sntd. but she told i 70 me ngst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
The Bigot

YER: u III bei-
"Bigotry, even in its mildest form
makes me smile, for it calls up the story
about the old lady >''0 ''o''
An old lady and John. her coachman.
were so bigoted that no recoenizeI
church service suited them. and so tbev
used to worship together every Sunday
IN the drawing room of the mansion,
"A friend demonstrated with the old
lady one day. o'A
DO you really think that you and
your coachman, she said, are the only
true members OF the only true church
on earth?' VII
well said the bigoted old LADY
thoughtfully, I'm none too sure about
john"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18
What They're Getting

tion," said Mrs Edith Wharton at a
Y. NJ. G. A. tea In Paris, ARE going to
bo pariahs. Wherever they go, they're
going to be abused, And II will be use
less for them to complain.
"A German diplomat spent the SUM
mer at st. Morltz In the Swiss Engadine.
one morning beside the lake he stopped
to talk to some neutral ladies, and a
little girl. who was In the party, whls-
pered something TO her mamma.
'The German, smiling and twisting
his Kalser-like mustache, said Jestingly
to the little girl:
"It's rude to whisper
"She looked him straight In the eye
and answered coldly: 40,
"'But 1t would have been ruder Still
to say It out loud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

with Christmas close at hand.
Santa Claus cdnnot be found by his
reindeer. They seek the help Of Peg
~ and Billy Belgium IN finding him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

plated handles, and I tell you, II keep
the pledge another month, Ill be want
ing IT."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

TODAY's BUSINESS EPIGRAM
When an old-timer sounds toarn.
ing-HSten.
What does this mean to YOU?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

Mr.. Whitehead tOil ans,ocr pour business
questions on buying, selling, advertising ana
Dive all the facts. Your correct name and
Juli address must be given to all Inquiries.
Those tDhich are anonymous must be ignored.
Ans,Dcrs to technical questions toiil be sent
by mail. Other questions tpill bo nnsUered
IN this column. The most Interesting PROB
lens OF Inquiries to.H be Douen into the
Story Of Peter Flint.
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4 Story or T,Uo

CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-18

Tomorrow toill be told hoD Santa
Claus comes home)
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Snow everybody shout" Peggy
ordered
When Santa Claus Vas Lost

Santa Claus seated himself In the
airplane and scared merrily away.
Arizona republican., 1918-06-09
Weeks Happenings
 At Local Theaters

COLUMBlA-Sunday and Monday, "Who Killed Walton?" featuring J. Barney Sherry and Mary. Mersoh, with Screen Telegram and L. and M. comedy added. Tuesday and Wednes- day, Douglas Fairbanks in Reggie Mixes h." and a Keystone comedy and Finley nature pictures. Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. Mrs. Vernon Castle in "The Hllerest Mystery" with Screen Telegram and "Slippery Slim" comedy as added attractions.
 HlP.-Sunday, Monday and Tues dav. Pauline Fredericks in La Tosca," with News reel with first pictures from the bottling up of Zeebrugge. "Wednesday and Thursday, Priscilla Dean in "The Two Souled Woman" with current events and News reel as added attractions. Friday and Satur- day, Harold Lockwood in "Lend Me Your Name,' with Chaplin in "The Hula dancers"
 LAMARA,. - Sunday and Monday Francis X. Bushman in "The Brass Check" with Current News reel show ing the bottlina up of Zeebrugge and Keystone comedy, "A Desperate Seoundrel." Tue sdav, Wednesday and Thursday, William s. Hart in "Blue 6azes Rawden," and Burton Holmes traVelogue. Friday and Saturday. Sessue Hayakawa in "Hidden Pearls" with story from Lineoln's life.
 MPRESs-Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. Mary Garden in "The Spien- did Sinner"
Arizona republican., 1918-06-09
ADVENTURE STORY
 COMING TO LAMARA

George Allan England wrote q story in All Story" magazine styled, The Brass Check" in which he tells of young American in New York who finds in the pocket of an injured de- tective, unknown to him, a brass check and a letter of crying appeal in which the writer begs the man ad- dressed to rescue her brother and points out the fact that disguises, three in number, arc in the grip for which the Brass Check is the claim.
 Out of pure love of adventure the young fellow accepts the challenge, takes the check, goes after the grip and runs into more adventure and trouble than he knew existed in all the world. This is the pith of the yarn which serves to bring Beverly Bayne and Francis x. Bushman to the screen in a Metro picture play that the critics describe as all action.
 The incarceration of her brother in an asylum because the rubber trust wishes to steal his rubber substitute, and the subsequent live story that winds around his sister and the young ster who undertakes to accomplish the task of liberating him is the charm of the picture.
 Francis x. Bushman is the adven- turer who takes --- the latter's appeal and Beverly Bayne is the pretty sister of the unfortunate adventurer.