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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
DREANILAND ADVENTURES Daddy
"THE NEW BEE QUEEN"

you'll do nothing Of the kind"
answered Fuzzyhum tartly. You'll go
back to your room and attend to your
own business
WHO is queen here, anyway Id
like to know" buzzed the queen
angrily.
"You are queen, but I'm in charge
of this nursery" replied Fuzzyhum.
You get out or I'll give you a stinging
you'll remember"
This kind of talk from a worker bee
to the queen startled Peggy. She ex-
pected to see the queen order instant
punishment for Fuzzyhum. But, to her
surprise, it was Fuzzyhum who gave
the orders.
'"The queen is bothering me in my
work." she buzzed to the guards.
Take her away"
''Buzz-z-z-z-z! Get back to your
room ~ buzzed the guards. Her ma
jestly hummed angrily, but she obeyed
them. 1t was very evident that she
stood in much dread of their sword like
stings.
But you beware!" she hummed at
Peggy. "I'll not have any other queens
in this hive"
"My, weren't you afraid to talk to
the queen like that?" Peggy asked
Fuzzyhum, after the guards had taken
the queen away.
Hum! Why should I be afraid.
She's only the queen, and I'm worker.
We workers rule the hive
II don't think I'd like to be queen
unless / could rule" said Peggy.
BUT you're going to be queen, and
right away, for I've got the revolt all
ready to begin" 1t was Honeydew who
said this. She had just returned to the
hive with load of honey. Behind her
were hundreds and hundreds of other
worker bees.
Hail, Queen Peggy Bee!" they
buzzed.
(The nert chapter ,oiH tell of tho
| revolt in the hire
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

was that the maid didn't know him by
sight or know his voice. He kept his
face rather hidden, she said and talked
in a low voice. OF course, it simply
increased our suspicious of you. But
that was how they knew where you
were. And that was the man who tried
to kill you."
And who'd have done 1t for certain
if he had found me at home that night ;"
/ added.
| must frankly confess that this lit
tie incident made me feel uncomfortable.
The audacity of the steps my enemies
took, their remorseless thoroughness
the extraordinary completeness with
which they covered their tracks, their
appearances from nowhere and disap
pearances into space, were particularly
nasty to contemplate with Bottoms fate
so fresh in my mind.
They are pretty thorough" l said.
She seemed to divine the thoughts be :
hind this remark.
But they haven't suspected you yet, -
she said reassuringly, ''and they
mustn't! And now, tell me some more
Mr.. Merton"
So l went on telling her more
about the man with spectacles, the
shooting episode, every single thing, in
fact, l could remember. AS we nearet
the house we walked more and more
slowly, but my tale was barely finished
~hen we got there.
you'll come in, won't you?" sh,
said. Il know father is out, so we car
go on talking"
She saw me hesitate and her colol
family rose.
You do trust me now, surely !" sh,
said.
"All the way, Miss Kendall. Bu
these devils may be on my track at an,
moment. and if they suspect you are il
my confidence"
'What nonsense :" she cried. 81
there's any risk I want to share it
For the credit of our island these peo
pie have got to be hunted down, an,
I'd like them to know I'm hunting
them. Besides, there's rather a mic
cake for tea you must come in"
And in we west.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

She doesn't look as If she were even a
very good nursemaid."
"She is a splendid nursemaid," de-
clared Fuzzyhum, much to the surprise
of Peggy, for Fuzzyhum a little while
before had made light Of her ability
''She is one of the best workers in the
hive"
Buzz. Buzz! What's your name?'
buzzed the queen.
"I am called Princess Peggy!'
The queen as she heard this quit her
buzzing and stared at Peggy in surprise
and alarm.
princess Peggy! All, a strange
queen bee who has speaked into my
hive thinking that she will be made
queen. Well, you'll not. Get out be-
fore sting you to DEATH
"I'll get out gladly" replied Peggy
That's what I've been wanting to dc
all the time. I wish you good day! !!
With that Peggy started toward the en-
trance, but Fuzzyhum stopped her.
mo, you don't!' she said. "Yo,
stay here and tend to the babies"
"Buzz! Buzz! I'll sting her,
threatened the queen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

OF course I had guessed what you were
doing here"
"What?'
Trying to rid our island of traitors
of course! I had interfered with you
once, but ] wasn't going to do it
again. In fact, l tried to reassure you
by talking of my walk with Mr.. Mer
ton"
Miss Kendall" I said, IT am a
child at this game. You did reassure
me. l have been as clay in your hands.
But tell me one thing more. Why on
earth did you come out with me on that
first walk-armed with that horse pis-
tol?"
"Oh, you saw it then!" she ex-
claimed
II almost smelt the slow match. But
why did you do it?'
"Well, you know what I thought
you were then, and there was no one
else to so with you"
Then you actually went out with a
spy at night to keep an eye on him
and shoot him if he spied?'
II should probably have missed :" she
laughed.
l was quite ready to swear by Jean
Kendall now. Talk of pluck l never
heard of a more fearless performance
please understand, Mr.. Merton, "
she went on earnestly, that l should
never have dreamt of letting you know
that I had recognized you'll haven't
even told father, I assure you only
u.bo I af f,,1 oI
Mr.. Bolton"
She paused and glanced at me, hall
apologetically, half beseechingly, il
seemed.
"Wel?" I said.
"Well, realized the danger you were
in supposing anybody else guessed. And
| thought I'd come and speak to you
I'm afraid I sometimes act on impulse. -
$50 do I, l confessed. 'In fact, In
going to act on impulse now. Do you
' care to hear some bits of the story
you don't know" a
Her eyes absolutely dancedEs
"Oh, I'd love to! I've been longing
I dying to know the rest of it! Nv,
guessed and guessed but I haven't beer
y able to make any sense out of things "
remembered my uncle's injunction
distinctly. also remembered IN!
= cousins cautions and my own goot
t resolutions. A woman, of all things
t I was to beware of but knew l wa
l perfectly safe to throw overheard tn
whole collection Of cautions; and al
ready / had a strong suspicion | shout
be far from a loser by it. Miss Ren
dali seemed, in fact, to have distinct
n more natural capacity for detectiv
| work than l had, judging by her per
L formances so far.
e So ] plunged straight into the tale O
= my first landing on Ramsay and my ad
= venture with the oilskinned man on tn
It shore, and may / always have as at
tentive an audience when l tell
story.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of OfBuSi1eSS Problems
WHITEHEAD author "T Business Career of Peter Fnt
(Copyright)

Good work! With a bit of luck
We'll get half a dozen statesmen from
that crowd
Half dozen!' Doliber and said
together in dismayed tones.
whats the matter with them ?
Where did we fall DOWN." Doliber asked
anxiously.
"Bless my soul, you did we'll, I tell
you-better than I hoped; but lot of
them will die within two weeks. Others
will have to be dropped, and the num-
ber will get smaller and better all the
time.
but only six ~ groaned Doliber.
That's one week, say forty year,
allowing for time between classes.
That's far better than all the managers
put together did last year.
Yes, Of course, but only six out of
fifty three - l complained.
mot fifty three, Peter, count up how
many contracts were actually signed"
grabbed the forms and quickly
sorted them.
"Well, I'll be jiggered - exclaimed,
there's only thirty two men and eleven
women who signed up, the others just
left it blank. Gee whiz, we've fallen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
The Lay of Ehehfida, the Hen

1t was, of course, Phillippa's idea ;
they always are, though in sense, ]
suppose, l brought it upon myself in
this case.
1t began one morning at breakfast,
through my commenting adversely upon
the quality of my egg.
MY dear man." said Phillippa,
calmly, you're always grousing about
your eggs. It's perfectly good egg.
l paid threepence in bronze for it only
yesterday"
Quite unnecessary" I returned,
sourly, as threw it out of the window,
and fell moodily upon the marmalade.
The shopman would very likely have
paid you to take it away" For a
space there was silence, broken only
by the crashing of toast. Then came
the idea.
Look here" said Phillippa, sud
denly, 'let's keep hen." I shuddered
for ! am well acquainted. from long
and painful experience, with Phillippa' s
let's" l went through the usual
procedure of endeavoring to dissuade
her, with the usual result, and left the
house feeling antagonistic to all the
world.
That evening Phillippa led me proud
ly to the kitchen window and pointed
''There !" she said, and stood back fol-
the applause. Our garden consists o.
some six square yards of trampled
earth, furnished with coal shed, the
grave of nocturnal and raucous
voiced cat, and the major portion O
the kitchen boiler, which blew up un,
cXpectedly last month. On the Goa
shed crouched a melancholy and wealth
err beaten cock, eyeing the world dis
paragingly from a sullcn eye, and ut
tering curious noises. To and fro be
meath him walked large and massiv
hen who, even to my inexpert eye, wa
manifestly no ordinary fowl. 'There !!
said Phillippa, "and now what? Fresl
eggs every day" The cook, an i'm
mense and taciturn lady of Scottisl
origin, uttered skeptical snort.
! A day or two later l asked for an egg
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

tive them time said Phillipna in
dignantly. 'They haven't settled down
yet. l gave them time: and tben
asked again. This time Phillippa con-
iesSed herself puzzled. Il cant nm
uerstaha ..n, 1t, she said, plaintively.
lhere's not sign of an egg. Perhaps
tney don't like their food, though I
give them exactly the same as we
have" 10 VIC
Later, impelled by feelings of SYM
pathy for the birds, I went into the
garden and inspected them. The cock.
obviously weak and negligible per
sohality, remained aloof upon the coal
shed, repulsing all friendly overtures,
Inc hen was a very different character:
she was plainly bird of great strength
OF mind, in no way inclined to bow the
knee (it she possessed one) to her su-
perlors. She gazed at me contemptu-
ously, turned her back and scratched
vigorously.
returned to Phillippa and report
ed. What those birds need" said,
lis home life. Companionship. Give
them the run of the house, make them
feel at home, and We'll have eggs sew
eral times day.
How dull" said Phillippa.
one day my supreme boss, the Big
Noise, as it were, came to my office
from afar on a journey of inspection.
have an extreme dislike for inspec-
tlons, but the Big Noise is influential
to the nth degree, and with the idea of
ccmenting our somewhat fragile ac-
quaintance, / invited him to stay the
night with us. He accepted with con-
descension, and we repaired home to-
gether. On the doorstep we encount-
cred flushed and excited Phillippa.
iurriedly greeting our distinguished
guest, she turned ito me. "Ethelfrida's
laid an egg!' she cried. "What 7" said
|. Where is it?" Phillippa's face
fell little. 81 cant find it any
WHERE" she admitted. but it's bound
to turn up. Come and look at her"
We looked. Undoubtedly, Ethelfrida
had the air of one who has laid an egg
she was strutting up and down the
kitchen in the manner of Boy Scout
who has worked off at one blow years
allowance of good deeds. "She has been
like that ever since l was making the
beds this morning. said Phillippa,
| put goouneSS knows where the egg
is" After dinner we ransacked the
house, ponderously assisted by the Big
Noise. Not trace of an egg. We
eventually retired, baffled, for the night.
Ten minutes later there rang out upon
the still air a hoarse below of rage,
followed by mufied thudding and
several crashes, the uproar issuing, ap-
parently, from the room occupied by
the Big Noise. In a panic / snatched
my service revolver from its nail of
honor, and, the trembling Phillippa in
tow, rushed to his door and burst in.
The Big Noise, clad in pajamas of a
tasteful but noticeable pattern, was
hopping about on one leg with an agil :
ity surprising in one of his bulk. To
judge from the state of the room, he
had entered his bed only to vacate II
again with the least possible delay.
To his right, big toe, which he brand
ished as he hoped, speechless with
rage, clung a curious oleaginous sub
stance, yellowish white in hue, and
adorned with pieces of shell.
He had found EtheIfrida's egg
X. n. Gordon, III London Opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
THE PROBLEM OF GETTING COM.
MISSION statesmen TO STICK
The Class L. lInder WAY

WHEN Bruno Duke had finished ex-
w planning the terms under which the
Glider Automobile Company would train
statesmen and women free, he passed
around the contracts for the fifty three
people to sign.
Zone moment please" Duke said
"and I'll explain about commission
l saw several of the men look as
tonished some looked disappointed; one
or two openly sneered. The man who
had asked several questions before
promptly arose and said:
Il understood this was to be salary
and commission job?'
when, if ever, you sell Glider cars,
my friends" Duke reproved, II hope
you will be as eager for our interests as
you are for your own. Now perhaps
you will allow me to explain our com
mission plan.
1--WE will pay per cent commission
on the factory selling price of the car.
The price as you remember is $Soo I. o.
b. Detroit. The average sale has been
three cars a month, which means an
earning of $127.50 a month. That, re-
member, is the average and we know
that trained people should do much bet
ter, We certainly shall expect you to
sell four cars a month as a minimum,
and that will earn you $17O month. Is
that much clear!'
A general nodding of heads gave the
answer.
1T takes a few weeks to build up o
list of prospects and, of course, we don
expect YOU to live on air while doing the
work preparatory to closing orders. We
shall therefore, give you salary-no'
a drawing account understand, but
salary of $21 20 month. This safary
however. is deducted from commits
sions.'
whats the difference between sal
ary and drawing account|' asked thu
inquisitive man.
"a drawing account may be liabil
ity, for it is an advance to be pait
back either in orders, factory orders
or cash. A salary carries no such liza
: bility. That is paid and is your
whether you sell cars or not
The man sat down promptly, whll
, a general buzz showed that Duke hat
made his point clear.
"The amount, $21 .25, is exactly hal
the commission on one car. we know
that you can all do more than that, 81
we are willing to make liberal salar
proposition. When you have demon
strated your ability we adjust the salar
to meet your convenience. 1t can b
made larger or smaller; but you must
first of all, show that you can sell car
and mean to stick to your company.
"How much does good salesma
: earn 2" asked one of the women.
! Duke look at Odd, who said:
, "Well, before l was manager l aver
aged six cars month. Some OF tn
n fellows did more than that. Six cars
month earns $3.50 month"
A little more discussion and then tn
.ontracts were signed. Duke introduce
me As the instructor, and after l ha
d said few words the people were dis
missed.
When they had all left Duke patte
Doliber and me on the back, saying:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

(Pcggv and Billy are. changed into
bees through a piSh given them BY
Bum Bile Bee Buss. Peggy finds ter-
self prisoner in the hire Of the lady
toorker bees. Honeydeb, a leader
among the bees, ,ounts to make her
queen in place of the regular bee
queen.)
An Argument With the Queen
THE queen bee looked very fierce as
L she faced Peggy.
81 am queen of this hive," she buzzed
loudly. "What do you mean by saying
what you would do if you were queen ?"
Peggy was much taken aback when
she found that her talk with Fuzzyhum
had been overheard by the queen. Still
she felt that the baby drones should
be as well fed as the other bee babies
and she stuck by what she had said.
Il think it is cruel that the baby
drones are left hungry" she declared.
Babies should be fed alike"
"Buzz! Buzz! You think you're
smart with your new ideas" answered
the queen peevishly. "Who ever heard
of feeding bee babies alike? We feed
'em according to their usefulness
queens first because they are mothers
of all the other bees, lady workers next
because they gather all the food for the
hive, and the gentleman drones last be-
cause they are lazy, idle lot"
"Well, if I were queen I'd feed the
drones well when they are babies and
then maybe they'd grow up into will
ing worker bees argued Peggy. The
queen grew more angry than ever at
this. buzzing so loudly that the guard
hurried in from all sides.
There you go again, talking Of
being queen" she hummed furiously
"Who are you, anyway"
"She is the new nursemaid," spoke
up Fuzzyhum.
"Oh, just nursemaid!' sneered the
queen. 81 thought from the way she
talked she was some one worth while
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
The Missouri COMPROMISE
(TO BE CONTINUED

eye know, Wash, | ulster steal, but
since I got religion l guv it up. Last
night. tho in Smiths shoe store l seen
pair of cowhide boots just my size,
number fourteen, and the devil. he saws
to NE, take 'em, take EN- but the
Lord say, no, let 'em alone; it's steal
ing
THE devil said, Take 'em quick now
and skcddadle,' l knowed ! could take
'em and stick 'em under my coat, and
get away without nobody knowing. But
hress the Lord, l stood the temptation
Wash. compromised, and took a pail
of shoes. st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

from fifty three to forty three before we
start
"Exactly-and next Friday you prob
ably won't have more than thirty FIVE,
but instead of worrying over what is
really quite good, let's adjourn to my
room and we'll all have some hot milk
and graham crackers before turning in.
Oh he sighed, ''if l only had my
hookah here
"What's hookah ?" Doliber, asked
me in a whisper.
Its freak contraption that Duke
smokes, and which shows that he's got
his soft spot like the rest of u.s." was
my answer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
17he Man From the Clouds ::
fcdbntoht. 1919. ov Georoe H. pordn Co.
THIS STARTS THE. STORY

Roger Merton lands from runa-
way balloon on an island in the north
Of Scotland. Mistaking it for Ger
many he discovers a German spy and
sets ont to uncover the plot. His
EFFORTS result in his own arrest
through Mr.. Kendall. the owner OF
the island, who has a daughter nam
d lean. John Whiteclett, an ON
az. visits the island and, proving
ft he Merton's cousin, clears MIN
81 suspicion. His story, however
ryfs little credence and the British
Goyernment now suspects a real spy
Il on the island Merton is lnduc,
I'd 10 return to the island to assist
IN the investigation in the guise OF
~ alcoholic. He assumes the name
"a Hobhouse and becomes patient
AZ the sanitarium of Doctor hen-
delI. a relative of the owner. Among
those whom he meets are topper ana
former patient of Doctor henuall :,
named O'Brien and an apparently plSi
bsif- witted young farmer named ocoi.
iay. A British vessel is blown up III
the bay under suspicious circumI .;,.nd
stances and Bolton, newly aIrlst"
detectfye. is mysteriousIy m"ru'' 'u'
= <1N-TINITES
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-07
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Well-known local druggist says every.
body is using oldtime recipe of
Sage Tea and Sulphur.

Hair that loses its color and lustre. or
when 1t fades, turns gray, dull and life
less, is caused by lack of sulphur in the
hair. Our grandmother made up a mix
ture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep
her locks dark and beautiful, and thou
sands of women and men who value that
even color, that beautiful dark shade of
hair which is so attractive, use only this
old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mixture
improved by the addition of other in
gradients by asking at any drug store
for bottle of ''Wyeth s Sage and Sui
phur Compound" which darkens the
hair so naturally, so evenly, that nobody
can possibly tell it has been applied.
You just dampen sponge or soft brush
with 1t and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time BY
morning the gray hair disappears; but
what delights the ladies with Wyeth S
Sage and Sulphur Compound is that, be-
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after few applications, it also brings
back the gloss and lustre and gives it
an appearance of abundance-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-07
WEDNESDAY,, NAL Z, 1919.
MOTOR TRUCK JITNEYs.

As usual Vermont must look to The
Central West for development of new
enterprises and this time Iowa Is the
state to show development of a new
form of transportation. ]. D. Eg2Ie-
ston Of that state, chairman of the
Iowa highway transportation commit
tee, is authority for the statement that
in 1918 sixtv-one trucking companies
were organized in that state and they
operate lS7 motor trucks on regularly
advertised schedules, hauling freight
and express from the cities and farm
products on return trips.
These trucks are operated over five
or six routes of from twenty to forty
five miles each out of a main jobbing
center and haul merchandise from the
iobher to the small town merchant, al
so serving the farmers along the route
BY means of the telephone and the mo-
tor truck the farmer miles from a rail
road can enjoy the merchandise advan-
tagcs of the large centcrs without loss
of time from his farm work and have
his necessities delivered at his door
cheaper than he could get them for HIM
self, Mr.. Eggleston gives instances
where farmers were able to secure bet
/ ter prices for their crops and the con-
sumers in the neighboring center buy
their food at lower cost than under the
old system of a long haul by rail.
OF course conditions in Vermont are
different than in Iowa and what is sue.
cessful there might not succeed here
But the transportation plan of Iowa
sumcrs in the neighboring center to buy
might proftably be studied by tho
business men and farmers of Vermont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-07
GIRLS! HAVE WAVY,
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Save your hair! Double its beauty
in a few moments
try this!

If you care for heavy hair, that
glistens with beauty and is radiant
with life; has an incompatible soft
ness and is fluffy and lustrous, try Dan
derine.
Just one application Scsbles the
beauty of your hair. besides it immedi-
ately dissolves every particle of dan
druff; you cannot have nice heavy
healthy hair if YOU have dandruff
This destructive scurf robs the hair of
its lustre, its strength and its very life,
if not overcome it produces fever
ishness and itching of the scalp; the
hair roots famish. loosen and die; then
the hair falls out fast
If your hair has been neglected and
is thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too oily
get small bottle of Knowlton s Dan.
derine at any drug store or toilet coun-
ter for a few cents; apply a little as
directed and ten minutes after you will
say this was the best investment you
ever made.
We sincerely believe, regardless of
everything else advertised, that if you
desire soft, lustrous, beautiful hair
and lots of it-no dandruff-no itching
scalp and no more falling hair-you
must use Knowlton IS Danderine. II
eventually-why not now?-Adv.