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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15

.'Thcu rrt'> talk OF something pleas
ant-vcry pleasant. About Marta. Jos
Marta. / met them together yesterday.
I had my answcr to the question asked
you.
"Thry arc very happy" she said
wistfulI!. II am so glad.
Pen. why did YOU make me think.
that first day | met you. that il was
you 10 met and loved in Chicago:'
Did | make you think so? You as
sumcd ! was the one and well. !
wouldn't have presumed to dispute the
assertion of any one. in a sheriff inc.
Its safer not.
You asked me not to be hard on
little Marta. Who could be? Not even
the man YOU seem TO think me to be. I'll
do all in my power to help them to build
a little home in the hills. And she does
love him.
"Nrs." she said softly. She does. ~
He looked at her with a little ache in
, his throat. The moonlight was full on
her partly averted face: her profile.
clcar-cut. delicate. was like a medallion
'Pcn-could you love me-
The words seemed wrung from him in
spite Of an apparent determination not
To utter them.
She turned and looked straight into
his eyes.
That isn't what you should ask
me-. unless lou-'
II do" hr said pasoionai"ly.
''Nnu didn't want TO-.
No: frankly, | didn't want to but
| did do"
''Why:" she asked curiously. watch
ing the fine little lines about his eyes
deepen.
five been lighting it since mel
you-bpcau>r-'
Because ! am a thief. she FINISHED
unconceruedly. DO you remember tina
night when we were here alonc-yol
started TO tell me you loved me. didn'
yout"
Yes he admitted slowly.
Then you remembered what was
and your love wasn't big enough to le
you finish -
That wasn't the reason ! hesitated.
he suid quickly. then or-other times
The reason | didn't yield to my desir
was because ] knew it wouldn't b
fair to 10. Remember. | thought unit
Marta came. that you were his.
She looked her discontinue.
Il forgot that she said III a 10y
sympathetic tone.
No" he resumed meditatively. "Io
don't know what a mans love is.
A mans love" she replied. a Sigh
catch in her voice, lis infnitesima
compared to a woman's.'
Let me show you. Pen. You sha
love NE! Wen go far away froI
here"
"You're ashamed of me. 10 wouldn
ask Marta to go> far away. You
is u little loye-a love that dOeSn dar
venture on an uncharted sea-
Pen" he said t~ensely, Il tell 80
. that | love you. Don't you under
e stand?'
=. He put his arm about her-ber
down.
2 There was a quiet reproach in he
starIike eyes as lie drew away.
Pen, will you be my wife,
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15

I'm a precious adventure of Peggy
aud Billy, Penelope, the girl IN the
to,oer, has met Hal, the young Uioiin-
iSt. In this story Peggy aud Billy
help the ttoo in their clopemcnt.)
Hal Wins Fame
Doggy was reading the daily news
L paper when all of a sudden she gave
a cry Of joy. There before her was
a picture of Hal, the young musician
who had made all Birdland weep with
his sad, sad tunes until Billy Belgium
had turned him into a glad, jolly play
er. What made Peggy cry out with
joy was that an item with the picture
told how great crowds were rushing to
hear Hal play, bringing to him the fame
and fortune he was seeking that he
might marry Penelope, the girl in the
tower.
Happy, happy news sang Peggy.
Now Penelope need not fear being
forced by her perfectly prim and proper
Aunt Prue to wed that ugly old rich
man
Scarcely were these words out of
Peggy's mouth when she became aware
of a tapping at the windowpane.
Happily tap ~ some one
was trying to draw her attention. Tap
pity tap came the sound a
second time while Peggy was peering
through the glass trying to see the
Taper, who was hidden by the dusk
of the fall evening. Peggy threw open
the sash that she might learn what
was wanted.
Into the room futtered Homer Pr
geon. "a rush message" he announced,
all out of breath from an extra fast
fight.
He held up his right leg and from il
Peggy took n neatly written note. II
was addressed to Fairy Peggy" and
at once Peggy knew it was from Pc
nelopc. for Penelope still thought that
Peggy and Billy were good fairies be
Cause of the remarkable way in which
they had first rescued her from the
tower.
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DREAMLAND ADVENTURES- -ByDaddy
18th runaway BRIDE"

a note from Penelope which Carrie
Pigeon had brought to him. 1t. was
just like Peggy's note.
1--WE can't let that poor girl get mar
ried to that ugly old rich man and
break her heart and that Of Hal, too"
declared Peggy.
mo, not If we have to smash the
great stone wall and cut the live cleo
trio wires and burn down the tangled
wood" cried Billy. "Come with me-"
Balky Saa, the army mule. was
waiting outside, and on his back Peggy
and Billy galloped downtown. It was
easy to find where Hal was, for he was
playing his violin before n great
audience in the largest theatre in town
but it wasn't easy to get into the
theatre because it was packed to the
doors.
Peggy and Billy had to wait outside
until the concert was over, and it seemed
that it never would be over, as the
crowds cheered and cheered and asked
Hal to play more and more and more.
But finally the concert was over and
Hal came out to climb into the big
automobile that was waiting for him.
~ Sldu WIN me ne shouted TO
Peggy and Billy when he saw them.
Il am winning fame and fortune and
now I can ask Penelope to be my
bride"
alas. you may be too late!" cried
Peggy, and she told Hall about Pencil
ope's note.
"Speed swift to the rescue cried
Hal to his driver. ''Climb in" he said
to Peggy and Billy, and they hoped
into the car.
"Hee-haw Move over brayed Balky
Sam, and he hoped into the big back
seat with them. 1t sure was funny
for an army mule to climb into an auto
mobile, but before any one could say
a word the big car was racing toward
the castle where Penelope was shut up.
Tomorrow iCN be told hob Hey
get past the lire rires and The
tangled tcOod.)
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way of rescue a thought. DON you think
this could have been possible to ac-
CompliSh? Yes, bat in the end this
all spells the same courage and that
man proved to us all he surely had
that. w. II, S.
Other letters follow:
To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-ln reading letters written by
different readers of the EVENING PUB
Lie LEDGER |, a reader, am very
much surprised at those people who
are saying Mr.. Tanner was a hero, or
he was brave, or he was a coward.
They are finding fault and criticizing
this man. No one knows what he
would have done had he been in his
place. | don't care who he is. He
could not help but think of his chill
dren. They both thought and prayed
for them. | picture her face looking
to him and when he saw the agonized
expression, could he leave her? mo -
He could not leave her in her diving
moments, and he did not think of him
self. Judge not, that We be not
judged" c. e. s.
To the Editor of EveiItH0 Public Ledoer.
Slr-lt seems to me that the most
splendid type of bravery exists where a
man deliberately does something which
he naturally fears to do, but which is TO
the best interests of others, and the
meanest form of .cowardice is found in
deliberately gratifying ones own desires
to the detriment of some one weaker.
william Tanners action cannot be
classed as brave, nor yet as coWardly,
because there was no time for delibera :
ton, as is shown by the fact that he
made no attempt to stop the train until
MS wlte's foot could have been looseped
certainly that would have been the
sanest thing to do, and the most reason
able.
The only way to judge a deed fairly
is to consider its result as well as tho
motives which prompted it. We must
consider whether or not the ACTION
helped or injured the wife and chill
dren. Surely no one will contend that
his elf-destruction did his wife any
great good 1t has done their children
lnhnite harm; not from a m~ercenary
standpoint; a sympathetic public will
more than amply provide for them. But
the glamour cast by the Spectacular
death of the father will not be ever.
lasting after the incident is forgotten,
as all such incidents are, what is to be
come of the babies? A parents love
and guidance has been lost to them
Was the sacrifice worth while?
Many of your readers will doubtless
condemn me as hard hearted, but SURELY
we can't all work ourselves into 4
frenzy of sentimentality and then BE-
capable of clear judgment. The ques
ton resolves itself into simply this
WAS William Tanner justified by lii,
results of his action in his self destrue.
tiOaF' INTERESTHU&
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tn" rhiiuron from speaking Of YOU before
this man: And Kingdom. too. is sure
to mention YOUR name.
''Oh. that will do no harm. He won't
know whom they mean. He doesn't know
me by my own name. told you | had
a great mauy convenient aliases. Re
mcmurrt'
EYES," h" replied shortly. II re
m'mbor.'
She went to her room and presently
Marta came in with her luncheon. some
books aud a message Of sympathy from
Kingdom. IN spite of these distractions.
time dragged aud it was with a sigh of
relief that she saw Kingdom and his
guest motoring toward Wcstcott's.
Poor old IIebby. just as hawk
uos,d and lynx-cyed as ever. The last
pace he'd think OF looking for me would
be- behind these curtains. Its worth
being a prisoner for an afternoon to
know | have Guided him once more.
When she came down to dinner. Kurt
vas again vi>ibly impressed by her APP
pparance. She wore another of her re
GENTLY acquired gowns, a black n of
sheer flmy material. Her hair. rip
ping pack from her brows. was coiled
low. Her face was pale end vet young
and iowcrlike. There was Il new touch
OF usefulness about hcr-a charm OF
, reposc, almost of dignity,
Later. when The children mad gone
upstairs. she went into the dimly lighted
+ sitting room and sat down at the piano,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15

SENERAL women have asked me TO
~ say something about the field of
craftsmanship for women It's an enor-
nous subject to discuss in these brief
daily 'chats' but I'll do my best.
The retail store field is the easiest
TO enter. If one is only seeking a tenn
porary job. the department store is the
best field to enter. The pay is not large.
but one can't expect big pay for tenn
porary unframed help.
The high grade specially stores pay
good money to saleswomen who know
their goods. IL a woman has been q
dressmaker, she can quite possibly make
considerably more money selling gowns
or dresses in an exclusive store thar by
making dresses unless she has Il large
number of wealthy people as clients.
If Il woman can really know the goods
she sells and knows the values and mar
kets, she is in line for q buyers job,
and that pays excellent money.
10 state general figures, the depart
ment stores will pay from $40 to S18
a week for salesgirls. The exclusive
specially store pays from $40 to $40
Il week.
OF course, these are the average
figures. The salary of the businesslike
worker will climb to $50 to $40 a week
and even higher in Il very few years.
Buyers get from $40 to 800 a week
and higher.
Wholesale craftsmanship offers more
money to the woman salesman but the
! nnprt nittaS a ra "a ., a,y b, NJ l,,a,Ial nv
number of manufacturing or jobbing
houses who will employ women is still
small.
The woman who loves home life would
do we'll to avoid this field. It's hard
work. often discouraging and uncom
Portable. If a woman is covering u
small town territory she finds the
travelling very trying. Small town
hotels are not the most desirable places
TO spend Il night. 1t is different cooking
and nobbly beds and crude accommoda
tons generally. I've had some.
Nevertheless, a young, active, robust
woman would get valuable experience
aud good money from this work. If she
has spent her life in one locality sh,
will. really enjoy the never ending
: change for a few years.
Even in small town territories there
are a few towns blessed with gooC
hotels. What Il sense of luxury comes
over the weary saleswoman when sh,
strikes such a town. To enjoy al
! honest to- goodness bedroom with u pri
vate bath and real hot water--to 81
8 down to a real good breakfast.
l have a friend who says he rather
} enjoys having the toothache OCCASIONAL!
there's such a glorious feeling of re
lief when it stops.
1 One can't really enjoy a good hote
I until they've experienced the other kind
Z If I'm not careful I'll switch off to
discussion on hotels I've known
. and I've spent many nights and NOR
!. dollars in the last so many years.
Perhaps the best field for the un
trained woman is that of speciality sales
y manship. This is especially true if
' woman cannot give all her time to tn
work.
Specially selling enables one to wor
near to ones home, and as it is nearl
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outside h"r door Pen found Betty

0rrSInE h"r door Pen found Betty
" D., ju" ,> .rrtnnr v.
''Hobbir gave rs Il nickel apiece not It"
l.>uIrb y"u." III" began gIibly. 'Shr
said y"u had q hrudachc last night.
And fathers come nome and brought
a man with him. And mothers com
iu% NOon.'
Pen found herself only I~anguidIy in
t,"r>rrl ia th.>" announcements, Sh"
listened di>trai,Iy to toe prattI" of th"
children who SURROUNDED her while she
was served with toust and coffee,
''Fa'hor and tn" man are motoring
around the ranch" said Francis. "but
they will be back +" lunch.
This rou>cd her to til" extent of
making a more elaborate toilet than
u>uur. Sll" came into ihr library short -
ly bclor" the luncheon hour. clad /"
one Of the OWNS mad taken from
the trunk Marta had brought, her hair
dour with exquisite care.
"Why. .\unty rru!,' cried Betty.
''You look 50 different, You look grown
ur."
II an. Betty" she said g~rav"iy.
rNi<> Pru!' exclaimed Kingdom,
,,miuo forward. "Our hills have got.
ton in their cIrativ" powers speedily
WAS afraid You were of the lily tamllN.
but see YOU are Il bud of til" rose.
White She VA, replying t" his banter
Kurt came into the room. She felt
n little irminiu" thrill of pleasure !"
his hook Of unSpok"u admiration
" IJ.Il,r I,,.t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15

Do YOU advise a small store pushing ad-
vertised brands or private brands.
GROCER"
Push as many advertised brands as
give you a reasonable margin of profit.
People have confidence in advertised
brands. They believe (and truly. too),
that well known advertised goods must
have merit at the back of them. Con-
sequently such goods are sure to sell,
and the fact Of having them on sale
in o store creates confidence for
everything that you sell in your store.
Obviously it is easier to sell goods which
have prestige at the back of them and
to which is added our own reputation,
than goods for which you have to create
the prestige and goodwill.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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always straight commission" their
earnings are dependent on their efforts
and the hours one puts into selling.
Speciality craftsmanship may be di-
vided into two groups. The first is the
selling of household articles, books and
such articles as are used in the home.
This requires house toulouse canvass
ing. The second group-and this usually
requires full time works the selling
Of Office equipment. books and such
articles as are used by business men
or women who are called upon at their
Offices.
The big field is. of course. the house
to- house selling. Some women make
merely two or three dollars Il week from
their spare time. Others earn three or
four thousand a year. "
\ woman agent with other women
working for her may earn five or six
thousand a year.
This speciality field is such a peculiar
one that I'll say something more about
it tomorrow.
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dencc can be acknowledged. Readers
initials only wiH be published. 1t toilI
take from four 10 fifteen days for a reply
to appear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15
Readers Questions Answered

NJ. Whitehead ioiH dnSWer in hiS
column questions on marketing, buy
ing. selling, ddrertiSmg, letter. writing,
business education. and on matters per-
tanning to the choice of a rOcation. All
questions lciH be dmsicered IN the order
of recent. No anonymous cOrreSpoH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15

Of her kind. Ia vain IL" wal,"d Tor
Pen in the library that night. lut.
:rcling >h" was in deep waters. Pen
had resolved to stay in her room.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-15
Penny of Top Hill Trail :
ccvvr,on., 1919, o. me Reirry q Leo Co.
THIS STARTS THE STORY

10 Gary, a young %ranchmsn, em
ployed at Top Hill Tavern, a ranch
belonging to a Mr.. Kingdom in Il
western state, takes a business trip
70 Chicago. There he meets at =
dsnce a young girl who calls herself
Marta" They fall in love with
each other. but Marta refuses to
marry him. She confesscs that she
is a thief, and suddenly disappears
after leaving a note for him that she
Is going to try to. make good. Jo
returns to the ranch, where be Is
met by another employee named Kurt
Walters. to whom he confdcs his
experiences while away. Kurt ad-
vises him against any further thought
OF the girl, Nbut 10 is confident she
will again come to him. Kurt OBJ
tGins the release from jail Of a young
woman from Chicago named Marta
Stills, who has been arrested for steal
ing. and takes her in an antomobii"
up, the trail to the Kingdom ranch.
He tells her he is taking her I" the
best woman in the world. where 81"
may learn to be- honest. Marta tells
hurt that her real name is fcn"lop'
Lamont and that she is called Penny
for short. She meets Mrs. kinglon.
who receives her with tenderness. do
sl,te her admission that she Is Il
thief. Penny and 10 meet. but il
Is revealed that they have not known
,qch other before. Kurt falls in i"'r
with Penny. Penny meets 3 man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

rs per cent to so per cent of linen,
silk. Woollen, cotton, shoes, clothing,
food or shirts, the same coin can be
put TO more profitable use in the pur-
chase OF real estate at SO cents on the
dollar which is just about the pro-
portion established at many Of the
public sales of recent cate.
Prices Very Low
"For some reason or other, and it is
difficult to understand why, with rents
soaring and the supply of land con-
stantly being diminishd, vacant lots
continue to drag bottom For this
reason vacant property is practically
the only commodity a man can buy to-
day and feel sure that he is getting his
moneys worth, with every assurance Of
making a substantial profit on his or
her Investment.
"All of which leads to the conclusion
that real estate, as Of old, is still the
basis of all security and ever must be
while men require land for their homes,
for farming, for industrial enterprises
and for the great railroads. In its
final analysis the auction room is the
true barometer Of conditions in the
real estate market, the outlet for old
estates, the inlet for the home-seeker
builder and investor who believes in
buying property at the price he con-
siders it to be worth and not at the
valuation some private owner places
upon it."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21
Auction Sale TO Mark End of Great
Van Cortla1ldt Estate i'm West Bronx

Tho last large tract of Colonial real
estate remaining in New York City is
about to be DISPERSED 1t is the Van
Cortlandt estate, comprising a whole
mile Of Broadway frontage, and it will
be disposed of at auction without re-
serve to the highest bidder by J. Clar-
cnce Davies in the Real Estate Sales
room on October Ia. The sale is by
direction of Augustus Van Cortlundt,
who inherited the property some years
ago. This part of the estate has re-
manned practically intact since pre-
Revolutionary days, so that this will
be tho first offering of the property
since the founding of the United
States.
1t has two principal frontages be-
sides those on the side streets-a mile
frontage on Broadway between 242d
Street, the subway terminus and 25Gth
Street. and another frontage Of prac-
tically the same extent on the historic
Albany Post Road, about 100 feet to
the west. On the Broadway frontage
it overlooks the wide polo field of Van
Cortlandt Park, with the ancestral Van
Cortlandt mansion, now in possession
Of the Order Of Colonial Danes, in the
centre and the beautiful Vault Hill. in
tho heart of which rest successive gen.
erarions Of dead Van Cortiandts, in
the background.
Not only is the property itself beau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

tifully wooded and dotted with pretty
lawns and gardens, but every class Of
dwelling and every description Of i'm
provement IS to be found upon it.
There is prosperous hotel, a num-
Der of thriving stores and no less than
twenty-five pretty dwellings,, each in
its own garden plot. All these Will be-
INCLUDED in the auction on October H.
1t is essentially investment property
1t has not to wait either for transit
facilities or for street improvements.
At the subway terminal, where it be-
gins, two traffic policemen, in summer
and winter, have all they can do, even
on ordinary days, TO handle the stream
Of traffic. vehicular and pedestrian.
Automobiles, bound north and south,
pass in two amending streams. and the
surface cars, mornings and evenings,
take on and release at this point great
throngs Of passengers.
Van Cortlandt Park in front insures
forever view to the east extending
for miles over an attractive landscape.
In the rear is the low ridge bordering
the rich Riverdale section, in which are
the homes OF many of the wealthiest
New Workers., including George w.
Perkins, Edward L. Delatield, Darwin
p. Kingsley, George w. Cortelyou and
many more.
The whole neighborhood is replete
with historic associations. The Van
Cortlandt estate was originally a grant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-21

from the Dutch crown supplemented
by purchases from the Indians At
that time 1t contained most of the ter
ritory which is now the Bo4oagh OF
The Bronx and the City of Yonkers.
lhls last section Of the estate has been
in the family since the beginning.
Stephen Van Cortlandt, the first and
only lord of the manor. who was only
twenty-one years old when the English
occupation of New York took place IN,
1864, became the first native Ameri-
can Mayor. administering the city from
1867 to his death. From l710 to 1919
Jacobus Van Cortlandt was Mayor o.
New York. 1t was he WHO damned
Tlppett's Brook to establish, in whas
10 now the park. grist mill and n saw
null, thereby making the mile long
lake which still is u feature of the
park landscape.
All that remains OF the estate les
between the historic Post Road and
Broadway. 1t begins where Spuyteu
Dnyvil Parkway branches off at tn,
Van Cort!andt station OF the subway
(242d Street, and extends as far north
as 256th Street. There are 254 lots IN
all, 100 OF them fronting oil Broadway
and the rest on the Post Road and ad-
joining streets. All but thirty-seven
are within block OF Broadway. Somo
Of the lots oven have two frontases,
one on Broadway and the other on tho
Post Road.