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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-02

have few mighty live and clever agents
in the West, two fine men in the South,
but no live wires in the East.
""The company. the Glider Automobile
Company, distributes through agents,
but they also maintain n number of
branch selling organizations. OF course,
their service stations are well known.
They are we'll known for their service
to>users of the Glider.
'"The general sales manager is fine,
likablc man named Mike Feather. He's
over six feet, well proportioned and as
strong as an OK
"Hump! if he hit you suppose you
could say you We're so astonished that
you were knocked over by a feather"
laughed.
"Stop that right now," Duke com
manded with feigned sternness. when
| wrote Betterly" (he's the man Duke
uses on all our cases that require ex-
pert advertising help, "he said the same
thing. / expect you've caught the afro
cious habit from him!
"Now listen, Peter. The company
cant get statesmen who stick. They ad-
vertise and advertise. Crowds of fellows
answer the ads. Many are put on with
guaranteed drawing, account for a
month, but by the time the month is up
they've either proved useless as sales
man and have been dropped or else have
left of the own inclination.
"The cost of advertising and training
the men is tremendous. OF 400 men-1
don't know yet the exact number, but
it's about 400-put or in Detroit, only
three have proved worth while. OF
course, they've had more than three good
statesmen, but only three have stuck.
"Now, as each man stayed about
three weeks and drew $40 week, it
cost the company in salaries more than
$40, 900 to get three men,. Think of it,
Peter, $4,000 to get a good salesman
To that must be added the cost of ad =
vertising-another say, $200-and the
cost of the district manager and an as
sistant to hire and train the men. It's
safe to say that each of the three men
who stuck cost $4,000 EACH"
"Phew!' I gasped in surprise.
Exactly" Duke dryly commented.
"Of course, some of the men sold car
or two, and they have several men
training and being tried out now by
the manager of the Detroit salesrooms
his name is Phil Odd-now, Peter,
don't say it. Betterly got there first
HE did? Well, that's not odd
beg your pardon, Mr.. Duke"
Nov, the experience in Detroit is
the same in all their branches. So,
Peter, what we have to do is to find some
Eay of hiring men who mean business
and men who will stick and sell Glider
autos"
Some problem!' was my comment.
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being from the magic Golickety shrub,
and they eagerly tasted them.

being from the magic Golickety shrub,
and they eagerly tasted them.
"Golickety swift, golickety small,
when summer is past. why then
comes the fall"
SO sang the birds, and instantly
Peggy and Billy were ms tiny as Gen
eral Swallow, while Billy's aitplane
became large and filed with power.
Peggy and Billy hopped into it and
away they went in high glee, the birds
following behind.
So fast they Travelled, they thought
they must come close to the end of the
rainbow in hurry, but though they
flew and flew and flew it still seemed
as far away as ever.
"Hoo Hoo Hoo!" called Judge Owl
from the darkness of the woods.
"Where are you going so swiftly?"
"Aha Judge Owl is wise old bird,
maybe he can tell us how to get to the
rainbow's end" said Billy, steering the
air plane so that it circled around and
came down beside the hollow tree where
Judge Owl had his nest.
"Why do you seek the rainbow's
end?" hooted Judge OWL
''To get the pot of gold that's buried
there"
'IIoot Hoot Go back home this in
stant!' warned Judge Owl. There's
danger in that pot of gold"
"We're not afraid" shouted Billy,
sending the airplane sailing upward
again. "If you can't tell us how to
get to the rainbow's end, We'll have to
follow our eyes until we find it."
"Hoot! Hoot Wait for me !" quickly
hooted Judge Owl. ''If you're going to
rush into trouble, I'll have to go along
to get you out of it,
(Tomorroio tcHl be told hoO they
come to the end of the rdinbop.)
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Give Her a Dressing Down

.I don't know what to make of my
WIFE"
The fat plumber seemed to be In a
nervous mood.
"Whatsa matter?" sympathetically
inouired his friend, the thin carpenter.
..My wife is movie fan"
"That's not so bad"
.'Bnt she has formed the habit OF
dressing like any particular star that
strikes her fancy.
"Wellv'
."The other day she came home with
her hair fixed like Mary Pickford's."
"Indeed !"
"And the next afternoon she had It
dressed like Norma Talmadge's."
''Some class -
"And this, morning / saw her trying
to fix up like Theda Bara."
''But why should you worry about
little thing like that?"
81 have just heard that Annette Kel-
lermann is coming to town. .v--Youngs-
town Telegram.
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THE PROBLEM OF GETTING COM.
MISSION Statesmen TO STICK
Some Problem!
TT WAS during one of my flying trip

TT WAS during one Of my flying trips
l. from Keehoo to Detroit that the
problem Of getting commission statesmen
who would stick was first introduced to
me.
We were sitting in the big comfortable
lounge of the Standard Hotel-Bruno
Duke had just finished reading the pile
of letters which had been forwarded to
him by his Walter in New York.
A number of urgent appeals for help
from business concerns all over the
country had to be answered--most of
them had to be refused. Some were
refused because the concerns in ques-
ton did not come up to Dukes very high
ideals of business ethics and morals, or
because of the impossibility of giving
them any time; few were considered
either because of the urgency of the
problem or because of its peculiar in
terest.
Duke stacked the letters neatly and
slipped rubber band around each
group. Slipping them into his pocket,
he turned to me and said:
Peter Flint, nave you ever heard OF
the Glider automobile?"
"Sure. It's pretty good car, ism t
it?'
"Hm. HIM." he nodded briskly, "a
capital low priced car. Sells for $3.50,
f. o. b. Detroit. Quite popular in the
West 1t has a fair distribution in the
South, but little business in the East. "
"How's thatT' / asked.
"Just the lack of personality. They
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once a much more sensible idea struck
me. He was not n very promising ally.
but he might prove better than none at
all.
Jock. said I. Il am stranger
lie nodded and seemed to under
stand.
Have you seen any other strangers
in this island of yours?' ! asked
He seemed little confused.
NO. no." he began, and then altered
it into Yes. yes.
Which did he mean. or did he mean
anything at all.
"A man in an oilskin coat, with a
mustache on his lip-here," | went on,
touching my own lip. WHO goes out
at night and walks along the shore;
have you see any one like that:'
Again he seemed to look intelligent,
but he only shook his head vaguely.
"Wcll," l said, ''if you do see any
one like that let me know. and you
will see some more shoots. Also | shall
give you this
| held up new half crown and he
laughed so joyfully that l began to have
faint hope he might prove of some
use after all.
And yet when | had left him and re-
sumed my walk back to the Rendalls'
house, my spirits were not very high.
As an ally Jock did not impress me
with Il feeling of great confidence, while
his failure to recognize my description
of the oil skinned man depressed me un-
I tnlI ~ bnt bn
ion of the parish idiot on the subject of
strangers was of small value. Besides,
quite likely the Oilskinned man would
not be a stranger to the people in the
neighbOrhood. They might know him
| famiIiarly as a prosperous farmer or a
hardy fisherman-or as their own doc
tor or his Doctors guest, or-no, he
could not be their laird, for Mr.. Rem
dali was too tall. In short my talk
with Jock had proved nothing one way
or the other.
upon any trace of the gang in spite of
all my ingenuity did set me thinking.
Could it possibly be that my entire ad =
venture had been a hallucination?
confessed frankly to myself that / have
pretty lively imagination, and I re-
called wildly how I had almost col
lapsed on my way to the Scollays under
the strain of an intense reaction; how
my brain had whirled, and how l peo-
pied the farm kitchen with full thrice
the number of persons actually assem- =
bled. l had been conscious of all that,
but supposing my brain had actually
| II l,l hn, I,
fore ! had become conscious of it!
Might l not have imagined my whole
mysterious adventure?
1t was nasty thought, for. in that
case what a superhuous fool had made
of myself since! But | faced it man
fully. and sternly asked myself what
the opinion of the average hard headed
sOberly reasoning man would be, if he
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rocks and the CLASSY ocean, and it was
then the idea struck me that | might
do something to attract attention to my
presence. A thoughtful aunt had pre-
sented me with revolver when ! got
my commission. and as anything to do
with hitting things, from cricket balls
to pheasants, has always amused me,
| used to carry it in my hip pocket
regardless of chaff tone happily inspired
wag dubbed me Jolly Roger. I took
it out now. descended to the beach. set
up a stone as a mark. and proceeded to
combine business with pleasure by do
ing little fancy shooting. The thing
made just enough noise to attract any
body fairly near at hand without scan
dalizing the inhabitants, and as l
chanced to be in good form ! quite en-
joyed myself.
l had just brought off n pretty Sc
quencc of snapshots and was thinking
regretfully that in one of the happy
lands which still encouraged the duel
| should be much more respected
member of society when | suddenly
realized that / had spectator of my
prowess. He was standing on the turf
above me, little indistinct owing to
the wall at his back. and for an instant
my heart leaped and | thought | had
met the friend | was seeking at last.
And then | saw that it was only poor
Jock.
l waved to him and he came scram-
bling down to the beach, his mouth
wide open as usual and wrcathed in
smiles. As he approached a wild
thought struck me. He was bearded,
thickset and of medium height. Wrap
him in an oilskin and there you were !.
| mention all my inspirations to show
that | really did cover the ground
pretty thoroughly in that blessed island.
1t is true that the conduct of my oil
skinned acquaintance was scarcely that
of a congenital idiot; still l was re-
solved to leave no stone unturned.
Shoots. shoots - he babbled in his
curious thick voice. Jock heard
shoots ~
looked at him fxedly and in a sc :
rious voice replied in a German accent
you could have cut with a knife:
II want to know zomezing about
Sleeps, Herr Jock, not about shoots.
How many Sleeps are zcre in zis ISL
and, eh?"
Did | see CLEAN of intelligence for
an instant in Jocks eye? l cannot
honestly say. ! only know that he
looked not unnaturally surprised and
then thickly answered what sounded
like "A hundred and six" Anyhow
it was nothing that seemed to illuminate
the subject very brightly.
"And how many wax matches?"
inquired.
Jock hooted with laughter. He
sounded so cheerful that | perforce
laughed, too, and then l gazed at him
somberly.
Jock" said, "you are fraud and
D disappointment
He laughed again and then all al
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Seeking the Rainbow's End
NpAINBoW new, Rainbow old,

Up AINBoW new, Rainbow old,
le "Wherc, oh where's your pot of
gold?'
Peggy gazed excitedly out toward the
east, where a beautiful arch of many
colors spanned the evening sky. As
she gazed she made up the words of her
little song, trilling them in gladness
that the summer thunderstorm was past.
POT of gold? What do you mean
pot of gold?" General Swallow swooped
down from the misty air to shrill this
question at her.
"Why, haven't you heard the story ?
They say pot of gold is buried at the
end of the rainbow, waiting for whoever
comes to find it.''
"Would you like to have that pot Of
gold?" asked General Swallow, alight-
ing on a nearby bush.
"Of course would" replied Peggy,
promptly.
"And would you give half of it to
Billy Belgium il he helped you find ?"
"Surely / would" she answered.
"wcll. here comes Billy now-give
him his half" shrilled General Swallow,
waving his wing in greeting to Billy.
who was chasing n toy airplane across
the lawn.
"But I haven't any pot Of gold,''
spoke up Peggy quickly. cts buried
at the end of the rainbow"
There's the rainbow in the sky, and
there's the end of it right in the woods
of Birdland All you have to do is to
go and find the gold"
This sounded very easy as General
Swallow said it, but somehow Peggy
had her doubts of its being as easy as il
sounded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-02
A NUMBER OF THINGS

In Germany an order has been issued
requiring all public and private works,
offices and authorities to employ at least
one severely disabled man for every 100
officials, employees or workmen without
distinction of sex. In agriculture fifty
is substituted for 100. This order not
only applies to the war disabled, but
also to men disabled by accident.
The worlds most crooked river is the
Jordan, which wanders nearly 22O miles
to cover sixty.
Montana sets the highest minimum
age CsiXtcen years. at which a child
is allowed to work.
A southern negro came from Sunday
service looking greatly pleased. dat
sermon was sho' a comfort he told his
old friend; ''foh de pahson said dat
heaben was lowin' wild milk an honey.
An if dey is honey dar. dey sho' mus
be bees, an whar bees is dey's ALWAYS
watermillion in season-bless de Lord -
A man writing. to a Vienna news
paper makes peculiar request of Will
son. He asks the President to send him
new fur coat because his old one was
stolen in a public cafe while the owne,
was absorbed in reading Mr.. Wilson.
speeches at the Paris reception.
In the list of Presidents of the United
States the name of David r. Atchisor
does not appear. Yet, in the opinion OF
many authorities on constitutional law
Atchison was certainly the incumbent
of the high Office for one day only. That
day was March 4, 1910, 1t fell on q
Sunday, and General Taylor, the Presi
dent elect, refused to be inauguratet
on the Sabbath. In those days th,
| President pro TEN of the United States
Senate was in line for the presidenc,
in succession to the Vice President apC
! President. David r. Atchison. Senate,
| from Missouri, after whom the city o.
Atchison, Kan, was named. was ther
the presiding officer of the Senate. ant
hence, by this circumstance, becam,
President of the United States from nooI
of March 4, 1S49, to noon of the follow
ing day, when General Taylor took tn,
oath of Office. President Atchison wa
born in Frogtown, Ky, and died il
1866.
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"That's a good idea,' spoke up Billy.
Come on, Peggy! Let's go!'
But by the time we got to Bird =
land the rainbow would be gone,''
argued Peggy, 'Rainbows never stay
long"
81 wish we had wings like General
Swallow !" exclaimed Billy.
"Your wish shall be granted, "
promised General Swallow, and with
that he mounted rapidly into the sky,
calling out loudly: "Golickety leaves
Golickety leaves for Princess Peggy and
Billy Belgium!"
From hedges, shrubbcry, shade trees
orchards, and woods rose dozens OF
birds. and they cried out as loudly as
General Swallow: "Golickety leaves
Golickety leaves for Princess Peggy and
Billy Belgium ~
Then swift as arrows Carrie and
Homer Pigeon came rushing up, bear
ing tiny sprays of leaves. Peggy and
Billy quickly recognized the leaves as
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but l suppose / must he said. An
hour later he came back home. Maud
cried out at sight of him. His face was
swollen and red. ''Oh, what is the
matter, Joe?'
"I'm sick. I guess I'll lie down for a
while"
"I1l get a DOCTOR" said Maud.
"There is one at the village"
II won't see him. If you get any one
call old Doc. There's telephone at
the next house."
Maud dreaded to 60 to those people
who had never called on her. She
tapped at the door and woman ap-
peared. May 1 use your telephone?'
"Surely."
'Is this Doctor Jones? Come right
out to the house. Joe is sick. Oh, can't
you come before night? I'm all alone. "
When she finished talking with the
doctor the woman touched her arm,
saying "You are all alone. I'll go right
back with you"
Maud told her the story of her lone
illness. I'VE thought you did not want
us to call Then we"-she hesitated.
Zone of the neighbors heard you make
fun of Miss Fields sunbOnnet and she is
the dearest woman in the world
.I'm so sorry, but it's all right now,
isn't it?" sobbed Maud.
Joe wished to see the doctor alone.
''What's up, Joe?'' said Doc.
Joe answered in whisper, II put
poison ivy on my face. l knew they
would come in sickness and it worked.
They have been coming all day. But
fix me up, Doc, must go back to
work"
THE next complete novelette,
"Strange Things Happeno.
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Author Of "The Spy in Black" 9TH,
Lunatic mt Large" etc.

were given the facts and requested to
pronounce his verdict on them. What
would be my own verdict if | were told
such yarn? Would l swallow it with
ont demur?
BY the time I got back to the big
house l had very nearly ceased to be-
lieve in the tale myself.
'Be hanged if l would l said can
didly.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-02
DREAMLAND DADVENTURES-- DADDY
"RAINBOW GOLD"

I'm this story Peogy and Billy meet
their old friends of Birdlund and scek
the pot Of gold at the end Of the rain
boW).
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AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

r VERY soon was made aware that
there was no fear of myself going
ujiobserved. At one time or another
cshght every eye in that congregation
riveted on me, and it only remained
for me to give the proper impression to
carry away with them.
As / was unable to see myself as
3 others saw me. / cannot say precisely
what effect / produced. but if habit
Of looking suddenly and guiltily at the
4 floor when ] caught hard staring eye
conspicuous difficulty in following the
order of the service and knowing what
book to be picked up and whether to
kneel, sit, or stand. and peculiarly un-
pieasant shake which | introduced into
Y my top note-if all these manifestations
failed to convey the impression that |
was very suspicious person indeed,
well. all l can say is that they ought
TO have done so; and that that cOngre-
CATION must have been singularly de-
ficient in the proper kind of imagina
ton. OF course | could hardly expect
sympathetic signal to be actually made
in church, but i did hope my perform
ance would surely bear fruit before
many hours had passed.
At last the service ended. the com
mons crowded out, and the laird and
his daughter rose in their wake and
4 greeted the minister on their way to
~ I noticed that they did not introduce
me, and also that the Rev. Mr.. Mack
enxie regarded me-over Miss Kendall $
shoulder--with sternly suspicious
glance. Evidently he had heard i'll of
mSe aready, and hope burned higher
Gfsthe minister had heard dark rumors
surely the spies had Or anyhow they
world when that congregation had al
rekched their homes (if they were not
among the congregation themselveS).
M We passed again through many eyes
III IN the kirkyard, and then the Rev. Mr.
Mackenzie and the laird walked to-
gether for short way and l fount
myself alone with Miss Jean.
81 didn't see Doctor Kendall or Mr.
O'Brien in church." I remarked.
.They very seldom come to church,
said she.
VI gather that Mr. O'Brcn is Wis
itipg the Doctor 1 observed.
ssYes.'i said she. in tone that prom
ICED little further information.
sbffas he been staying with him long"
rsevered.
For some time.
Did friends, i suppose"
e did not seem to hear me, and
it up-in the meanwhile; but t.
self said complacently:
t'Some mystery herel'
Presently remarked:
N s.There was another face I didn't se
f,-the island patriarch"
: She looked at me quickly.
rThe patriarch-who do you mean?'
rAn old gentleman with a whit
beard, tinted spectacles, and overcoa
somewhat the worse for wear. Ill
E hailed me on the road yesterday an
~ >aAked for match. ] imagine he mus
s. live somewhere near the Doctors house.
She looked very thoughtful for mo
8. mept and then said:
#F There is no one in the island wit
"a tinted spectacles, and nobody in tn
least like that living anywhere nea
Doctor Rendall's."
looked at her sharply.
-'Are you quite sure?'
She seemed to think again for
moment and then said:
Perfectly"
f had something to think about on IN
way home to lunch.
" II
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IN this space Mr.. Whitehead ,CiH an
seer readers business questions on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-02
An Ally

n fAsFTER lunch / set out by myself with
"A pretty high hopes. 1t seemed to
me inconceivable that men or even one
man for the sake of argument Though
l felt sure there must be more), who
we're Iurked here on the business this
eanr were engaged upon, would actually
take no steps one way or the other to
deal with a stranger who knew of their
existence. and who to all seeming was
one Of their own kidney. fiattered my
self by this time that every report they
sconld have heard and every observation
they might have made must incline them
10 the view that it was their duty to get
iii touch with me again. And now pro-
posed to take solitary ramble along
I. She very shore where had stumbled
bon my oil skinned friend, and give
a,em q chance of getting in touch.
K 1T was an afternoon of sunshine and
fglsanipg seas. At first the air was red
oient az clover, and then-as l drew
/ pear Tie shore-of seaweed. On this
<iaP 81 rest there was hardly any one
f0 be- seen about. SO that quiet meet
+ Iur bs the beach could be simply ar
|&44nora Only meeting implies two,
<4d though / walked right along the
;sS4 tin got within a stones throw
n ne Seollays farm remained as
| ,olitafy as when ! started.
J turned back and slowly retraced my
/. steps Tor 4 mile or SO, my hopes fading
nnl mo- perplexity increasing,
k >tXbat ought TO have done that
I 1<<rn't dones'' i asked myself. tAnd
isA<l haze | done that oughtn't to?'
nazIsed and sat down ON the crisp
81 f1f with rough stone wall "a
f<4rd. and below me the shelving
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The Man From the Clouds ::
0ppriohf. 1879. by George n. Dornn col
THIS STARTS THE STORY

A British sublieutenant is sent up
ns lookout in an observation balloon
E jby cruiser patrolling the North sea
~ the summer of 1914. The cable
holding the balloon breaks and, after
drifting for hours in the clouds, the
Jublieutenant sees land. Using
'barachute, he lands safely in a pas
lture. He meets man and, thinking
The has landed on enemy territory,
Mattresses him in German. The man
warns him not to do this, uses a
password which the sublieutenant
cannot answer, and leaves, but not
before the officer has discovered he is
on British territory aud the man is
German spy. He secures food and
shelter at small house on the beach,
where he learns one Kendall owns the
t.islnndr y which is one of n group
used as British naval base. He de-
termines to run the spy to earth, and
sets out to find Kendall. On his way
he meets mn old patriarch, who
bsks for n wax match" man
lD'Briep and Doctor Kendall, cousin
pf the owner of the island, who fur
ther arouse his suspicious. Assuming
the accent and gruff manner of a
Hun, he arrives at the Kendall man
sion. where he meets the owner and
his daughter, who accept the eXplana-
tion af his arrival, and give him
quarters until he can attend to his
secret business. On Sunday he goes
10 church with the Rendalls, and
wonders why the patriarch.
0'Brien and Doctor Kendall are not
there.
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Montana sets the highest minimum
age (siXteen years. at which a child
is allowed to work.