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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

HE is my closest friend" explained
Roi. "He is to be the big man Of all
Attegat from now on. He is to go
10 the corps legislative, Netal. We
shall get some new laws and some
rights for the Acadians. This is At.
torney Louis Blais, and he is not so
busy about his own great business but
what he can help you and me. So /
have sem for him to come here TO
Join us. for It is well to decide on some
things before we show ourselves In AT.
tegat."
And then Louis Blais sat down with
them and talked much while he ate of
the food Felix Cyr sent by the hands
of one OF the maids.
While they ate, a fiddle was tuned
under the window, and soon jolly
strains began. By the sound they
knew that all the travellers who were
housed a Cyr's that night had Joined
the group about the musician. The
twilight was down, and the men in
the room upstairs did no try to see
who this fiddler was. They were talk.
ing OF grave matters.
TT is Fiddler Billedeau," explained
the maid, who came to carry away the
dishes. at is very jolly when he
happens here"
Vetal's face showed prompt and
black anger. He rushed TO the win.
dow.
"Go-pass on, you thief Of young
girls! Leave here. you vagabond
scoundrel, who go about defying faith
ers!" he clustered, in the French
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

Roi had been listening, cynically;
the others without special interest.
The attitude OF Vetal Beaulieu to-
ward his debtors was well understood
on the border. And his rates OF inter.
est and the number Of the slaves who
paid tribute to him without hope Of ex.
Treating themselves were also well
known.
The man realized that he had not
ELECTED sympathy from the money.
lender or from tho bystanders. His
fires Of revolt Don cooled. He FUN.
bled in his pockets and found a tat.
tered bill or so and some coins.
1T is all | have" he declared, hum.
bly,. II am on my way with my
horses to work on the new road
through Mellicite forest. My wife and
children have only the milk OF the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES--By
"THE CAPTIVE QUEEN'

Blu spring is here" insisted Peggy.
Feel how balmy the breeze ia"
Spring can't be here until the Wild
flowers bloom, and the wild flowers can't
bloom until Queen Flora dances over the
EARTH" cried the Birds.
queen Flora IL lost we cannot mae
her." sobbed Prince Bonnie Blue Bell
""The wild flowers must be out" de-
clared Peggy. Let's look in Birdland."
I'VE will give you n lift. Princess
Peggy" shruled General Swallow. He
and the other Birds took hold OF \
clothes line which lay on one end OF the
porch, dangling one end before Peggy.
When she seized IL they few away.
carrying her bouncing along as fast ~
n thistledown flying before the wind.
In a short time they were In Birdland.
There they found Billy Belgium search
ing the sunny slopes.
Say, this is queer" he shouted in
greeting, II can't find a single wild
flower"
Didn't we tell you so7" chorused the
Birds to Peggy.
."Ho. no, ho!" laughed a mocking voice.
only burrs and weeds will grow this
spring"
Leaplng along the slopes was -
crooked, ugly elf, and everywhere Ills
foot LANDED weeds prang forth.
1T is Count w.sdy, enemy Of Queen
Flora" tinkled Prince Bonnie Blue Bell.
He has usurped her power. What has
become of the Queen?"
IN the merit chapter ,oili be told the
strange place IN thich Queen Flora 70
JoundJ
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After noting his qualifications and Sc
curing his address, she promised to
communicate with him as soon as pos
A week later found Robert Blrney,
Dorothy's protege, settled in the office
OF Dorothy's father. And, strangely
enoT yis,t 1t became necessary for Dorothy
much more often than in the past. She
had many pleasant chats with the
range who puzzled her greatly. a
ms manner OF speech and habits were
ent position in life.
Some months later came a day OF
much rejoicing in Dorothy's family.
OF fighting over there" After he had
Deen home about a week he accom-
1cei
And as they entered the outer once
a strange thing occurred. Bob cleared
tne little gate in a jump and landed
almost on top of the youns man who
was studlously working at a desk.
o., BOD Birney-by al. that's wonder
Iul!, shouted Bob, wringing that young
mans hand. But what In the name
Oh common sense are you long here3"
Birney, flushed and uncomfortable
anu avolding D~orothy's wondering gaze,
az atsWePed: III see you this afternoon
rather busy just now, as 1 have some
portant."
Promptly at $50 Bob's roadster was
men rode on together in the twilight.
AFTER they had been riding a little while
Birney began has recital.
You see, after I got home I<was
pretty well all In and dad sent me up
mere Ior a rest before getting into har-
a rev days ] saw your sister, and then
IL was all OF with me. Just had ID
meet her, and 1 couldn't think of a way.
Then ! found out that she was on this
came. So / went 10 her. posed as 4
man who needed work and slio ssvured
the position IN your fathers Office for
me- On! II was a caddish thing 10 do
he ADDED bitterly, land | suppose you'll
think I'm a pretty poor sort"
But Brother o was shaking with
he choked. now it's up ~ s yov e.
square yourself with Dot. She's wise
that something's in the air after this
first" ~
dorothy must have had a premoni-
ton that she was going to have a caller.
as she donned her very prettiest gown.
When ths maid his arrival
she descended to the living room and
found there a young man. tall and
bronzed, but with brown eyes that were
more somber than merry, as on another
occasion.
II have an explanation to make, Miss
Grey" he began, and forthwith began
the tale of his perfdy. Dorothy at frst
was naturally very indignant, but she
finally decided to forgive him.
Some. weeks later found this engas-
ing villain pleading with Dorothy to
resign from her position on the commit
tee and to form a new one to be de-
voted solely and entirely 70 the After
care" OF one returned soldier. And0m
Almost forgot to add that he was S61k
cessfui.
tn merit complete nsvsIstts-peok~
mass Dsss.
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Il obey my good friends" said the
old fiddler, mildly. when they ask
me to play for them it is my duty to
play, because my good friends smooth
my path through life for me. Bo'
soir, M'ser Beaulieu. I shall play"
The fiddle went gaily on.
Let the fiddler play. Don't make
more enemies only for the sake of
hearing yourself talk, Vetal," coun.
seled Roi, impatiently you have en-.
emies enough. Some one will take a
pop at you one Of these days."
Beaulieu came growing back to the
table. He drove his fist upon II. He
was too angry to think clearly or
reason justly.
They all sneer behind my back,
those who do not borrow, and those
h borrow talk hard to my face
when ! ask them for what belongs TO
me! And my girl, after 1 have worked
all the years for her, does both-she
talks hard to my ace and sneers be.
hind my back about the money I
have earned. So she is the worst
Of ALL" He pointed quivering finger
at the floor. And down there is q
man who says hat Vetal Beaulieu will
soon get something else than hard
words! They would like TO see me die,
Ell? Then they all would come ana
laugh hard over my grave, and my
girl would give my money to the
priests and the sneaking Yankees! You
are a notary, Ell? II you have some
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

with q hope, but the hope died away
instantly when he saw the violet.
ITS only a dollhouse plant" he ex-
claimed, much ~disappointA. Alas, 1t
was planted here by a mortal not by
the dancing feet of our beloved Queen.
IT was planted by me-" spoke up
Peggy. who could not see tho reason for
all this excitement over one violet plant.
whats tho matter with til"
I'VE thought hat spring was here
walled the Birds, their glad song turn
ing to mourning, but now We find II
not a wild flower and we cannot
sing our spring song. Alack! Alas
Alack :"
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responsibility SO long as he is still the
boss of the department."
Then Hazelbrook said, II agree en-
tirely with you, Mr.. Duke, but it's a big
task to get the right man.. Now, IL Mr..
Flint would take the job" and he looked
at me, laughing, If would quickly make
the deal"
You can't have Peter" said Duke in
mock hauteur, but IL I can find you
some one Just as good I'll gladly do so.
In the meantime let me give you a few
profitable rules for delivering furniture
so that people will love IT,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

paper you write, Mser Blais. Write
now"
The lawyer stared, but obeyed We
taTs insistence. He found a blank
sheet in his pocket and uncorked his
fountain-pen.
Il do not give you the words
give you the sense. You know the
law words. Write IL on the paper in
the law words that IL l die all my
money goes to Dave Roi, IL he has
married my girl; and then my girl
will not have any none unless she
marries him. Write 1t that he must
marry her within the year after I die,
or else he must lose all the money! All,
that will make you hurry some, eh,
Dave Roi? 1t will make you hurry
twice as fast as love will make you
hurry, eh?" he shouted, turning con.
vulsed face TO the astonished SNUG.
gler.
Seeing that both parties will have
such strong inducements to marry"
remarked the lawyer, urbanely pro-
fessional, "the will ought to start the
wedding.bells to ringing. But in case
of-of an a~ccident-any unforeseen
contingency, where will you have the
money go then, Beaulieu?"
ITO hell" raved the frantic publ.
can. "If my girl is a fool and Dave
Roi is sc much OF n coward that he
will not get her, ] want that money
to go where it is the worst place to
have money go"
He stamped aroun the table as he
stamped about his loaded truck in
his moments Of passion. He jingled
the coins in his pockets.
The fiddle outside was singing plain.
lively. The tune was one of the chan
sons of the old country.
I'm afraid the bequest must be
made q II more definite" suggested
Blais, breaking the silence of the
room.
Vetai paused in his march and drove
furious gestures at the open window.
The fiddle sang on.
"If a fool and a coward lose my
money it shall go to some place that
is hateful-it shall be wasted--it shall
be thrown about the world by a loafer,
a ~vagabond-it shall go to that old idiot
who flddles his way through life-it
shall so TO AnaXagoras Billedeau. Put
his name into the will" he cried.
wildly. III it can't go to the devil
himself, let it go to A~naxagoras Billie.
deau-and | spit on every dollar OF
it,"
He resumed his march, uncon.
sciously keeping time to the fddIe's
strains.
The attorney shot a look at the
s%muggler in which doubt, inquiry, and
hesitation were mingled.
Write it as he wants it," directed
Roi, and make 1t as strong as VOL,
can. It suits me, for I'm going to
have the girl. 7 have stopped foolinp
where she's concerned"
So the lawyer wrote while the fiddle
played outside. In the room the only
sounds We're the scratching of the
hurrying pen and the stertorous
breathings OF Netal Beaulieu, his
anger boiling within him and seem.
ing TO steam through his nostrils.
When the document was finished
Roi went out Of the room and called
to the waiting men below.stairs.
This is the last will and testament
Of Vetal Beaulieu." explained the
lawyer, when Condor, Whynot and
the others had filed in. Not hat
M'ser Beaulieu has any intention OF
dying right away, but he feels II a he
ought to prepare his affairs as a bust.
ness man." He thus answered the
astonished queries in their eyes. "You
are called up here to sign as wit
nesses. We may as well have all Of
you on the paper"
rnN-rr~-Tr-D
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TUE STORY THUS FAR

vstsi Besuiisu keeps an Inn on the
smusxJsrs. His DAUGHTER Evsnseiine, edu-
rssed. Q . convent return: home s"sss his
t.sir~~. ,sfuse~ 10 marry the man, David
RSi. : smussier. whom her father has
shese! for hes; and cave. tc%s ,r In q
..sYisriss school" at .A%ttesst: Ncr%sn
Aidrich, q Yankee, customs sSsIIi..
In love with her. Fiddler. Billedesu tsnss
Evsnseiins 70 Attegst. Aidrish sSerdcHi-
iase, and the two become ens.Esd; nt,s'
BeHuIieu follows. hpds her with H,a,,cn.
yiiely accuse. the lovers, and envy re,ynInss
Nome without her when an assemolso
crowd becomes threateninr. no, meess
T.yarxejine AZ Attexst. demands mat sne
return home with him. which she refuses.
and Lcui. Blais. an st,Grnsy intrigue
And hiais romis TO assist koi IN csp,
turing EvsnEellne. .oi returns ao ',,nSn
Beaujleu's place, eoads the old MAJ nv"
determination to bring Evangeline nome
ResuiIen and Roi set out for httefa''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24

SANOOL NOlDS
The youngster gives a conscious
smirk
And strokes his lip In name
brash.
He hopes you'll knock of from your
work
To praise his efforts-hls mus.
tache.
A man must have a goal in lite
Fame. righteousness or lots of
cash
To make It worth the stress ana
strife.
That goal is sometimes a mus.
tache.
"The thin black line" Is known to
fame.
1t waits to hear the battles
crash.
What makes Mars commonplace
and tame?
The thin black line of a mus.
tache.
Our fiattery he would bespeak.
We give It with a Blank" and
DASH"
Thus strength gives succor to the
weak
The hopeful youngsters weak
mustache!
GRIF ALEXANDER.
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spanish-speaking country. A person of
ordinary Intelligence can get a work.
ing knowledge of Spanish In sixty-hour
studies, In other words. AN hour q day
Tor sixty days would do this.
You could get a good teacher 70 70
to your home, but good teachers are
eNpenslve, as they will probably charge
you from VI to 81 an hour and expenses,
results by attending the Spanish CLASSES.
Where you would not only get the bene-
nc OF expert instruction, but the heip
mat comes from intercourse with others
tudylng the same subject.
have received an offer from a concern
TO solicit advertising for theatrical pro.
think of theatTe prosrams a. "e s %na sdy you
Using medium for certain business houses
medium.
1 read your articles daily and nnd
many "s'D'ui suggestions O .h Z. II. :
Theatre programs are q. good medium
people are in the theatre they are there
for entertainment. so that the articles
winch they read must take In consid-
Grafton the state Of mind Of the people
reading it. Therefore. ads for such
things as wearing apparel, candy stores,
automobile pleasure cars-in fact, any,
thing which fits into that mood OF de-
sire for pleasure should be profitable
theatre programs, IN there are
plenty of such lines to fill many theatre
programs with.
l cannot Civ o specific arguments,
because that would depend upon whom
you are calling on and for which pro-
gram you are soliciting ADVERTISING. Thu
above, however, will doubtless steer you
in the right direction.
am very DESTROYS Of entering the al
vertislng Held, but have been advised By
men good ones) who are now in IL that IL
Is too overcrowded.
What is your opinionf
Kindly also advise me tho best method Of
getting proper training to enable ma to
start at a fair salary. q, A.. II.
Sure, advertising Is a Gro vded pro-
f~ession--so is every other work worth
while, but there is n scarcity Of STAR
advertising men, just the same as there
Is a scarcity Of Star other mol.
Whatever your undertake. you will al
ways meet q lot of 'croakers'' telling
you not to. But IL you ha re 4 liking
for advertising go into it, and never
mind what folks tell you.
Why don't you attend an excellent
evening school that gives courses in ad-
vertising, such as Boston University or
the Y. NJ. c. A.? A procedure OF this
kind is very good, not merely for the
training you gee, but the practical help
you get in starting right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
TODAY's BUSINESS QUESTION ,
What Is consumptionfs
AHSrer tciH appear tomorrow.
ANSWER TO SATURDAYS BUsI-
NESS QUESTION
UtiIity is the quality Of a com
modify 10 satisfy a tcant.

IN this space Az. Whitehead tpiH AT
Suer readers business questions on bug.
ing, selling, advertising and employment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
CROOL WOIDS

CONTINUED TOMORROW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
LoriIlard Income Larger
Net of s9,292,825 Compares
With S8,3l2,343 for 1917
To the Holders of

The income account of the P. Lor-
lizard Company, tobacco manufacturers.
for the year 1918 shows earnings
after expenses of $9,292,S25. War taxes
of s2,396,230 and bond interest totalling
$1,256,450 were deducted, leaving bal
ance of $3.50, Jas, decrease Of $500.
o95 from the preceding year. After
preferred dividends of $791, 532, bal
ance was $4,S4S,613, or equal to $3.50
u share on $24,246,1OO common stock.
against $5,9A9,24O, or $34.03 a share
earned on $15155,600 common in 1917.
Holders of the common stock shared
dividends to the extent of $2,454,O21,
or S273,9S7 less than for the year be-
fore. Tax reserve for 1917 was S237.-
PSI more than was provided, thereby
causing the deduction TO be made from
the 1913 surplus. During the year a
common stock dividend aggregating
S3,O31 ,120 was taken care of, leaving a
profit and loss surplus to December
81, 1918, Of $7,164,S77.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
Business Organizations
Plan FIGHT on Takers

The committee formed by New York
banking and business interests at the
request of the Stock Exchange to unite
in a campaign to put the wildcat
promoter out of business held it's
organization meeting at Liberty Loan
headquarters in the Equitable build
ing yesterday and elected A. M.
Chambers, representing the New York
Federal Reserve Bank, chairman.
Following discussion Of plan of
action it was determined to enlist the
active support of all business organ
izations throughout the second Fed.
eral Reserve District, by increasing
the membership of the committee in
the near future. The committee as
now constituted in addition to Mr.
Chambers, consists of the following:
William Fellows Morgan, president
of the Merchants Associations; Samuel
r. Bertron, representing the Chamber
of Commerce.: Francis H. Sisson, rep
resenting the trust companies; Donald
Durant, representing the Investment
Bankers Association, and Jason West
ertield, representing the Stock Ex-
change.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
Repercussions

The money market is entering upon
period of high rates which may ex-
tend for several weeks.-WaU Street
Journal.
Great American fortunes may con-
stitute danger to the state, yet their
tendency to subdivision is at least one
redeeming feature.-World's Work.
Thus far there has been little more
than beginning of industrial financing
Tor foreign countries, and the scope Of
such operations will depend much upon
the outcome of the peace conference
Federal Reserve BuUetin.
Prices (stock market) never pursue an
unbroken course in either direction. no
matter whether news is preponderantly
good or bad.-The Economic World.
The man who saves up to build a
house, or to buy Liberty bond, is quite
as much of capitalist in principle as
the biggest fnancier.-Havdem, Stone
&E Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
L. S. Trade Board
Will Take Action to
Curb Bond Frauds
Concerns Offering to Ex-
change Doubtful Securi-
ties for Liberty Loan Is
sues Will Be Prosecuted

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Action to
curb activities of persons or corpora
tions seeking to exchange fraudulent
securities or those of doubtful value
for Liberty bonds and other govern
ment war certificates will be taken by
the Federal Trade Commission. An
nouncement was made to-day that
Huston Thompson, newly appointed
member, would supervise the work.
The decision of the commission that
it had power to act under the
law prohibiting unfair methods in
interstate trade was reached after
it had considered urgent representa-
tons from the Treasury Department,
the Capital Issues Committee and
banking and commercial institutions
over the country.
1t was declared during hearings held
by the commission that fraudulent pro-
moters had been tremendously aided
by the Liberty bond fotations, which
had partially educated immense num-
bers of small investors to the pos
sible merits of paper securities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
Money and Credit

Call loans based on a mixture Of
railroad and industrial collateral
opened, renewed, ruled and closed at
Sh per cent yesterday The tone was
easter than the day before. Loans on
sli-'ndustriai collateral were III of I
per cent higher.
Inc fear Of "A protractcd period Of
tight money having lcssencd, loans for
hxed dates have also become easier.
Another iI'uenss has baan tho flow
al nanAy = s. New York from intsrior
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
Finance - Economics

The farmer is going to get 1925
bushel for his wheat. He will
raise a billion bushels. That will
give him $2,260,OO0,oOO. Think Of
the automobiles the farmer can buy
with $2,26O,OO0,OOO. It is a gor.
geous picture. A lot Of traders have
been dazzled by it, and that is one
reason why automobile stocks go up.
Yet it is possible (purely from an
academic standpoint) for even the
automobile stocks to stop advancing.
Since. the beginning Of the month
Chandler Motors has gone up 16 1-2
points, Studebaker 9 5-8, WHY'S
Overland 8 1-8, Maxwell 5 IL,
White Motors 8 So, and General
Motors 27 7-8 points. Good eXpec-
tations may in time become as fully
discounted as bad.
Will the cotton planters cut down
their acreage one-third for 1919?
That is what a lot Of them have
agreed to do at a convention held
ten days ago at New Orleans. They
signed written pledges. If the cot
ton producers could cut down their
acreage one-third in 1919 they could
possibly get more money for the
smaller supply of cotton than they
could for the larger supply, individ-
ually and all together. But such
pledges are hard to keep. One
planter assumes everybody else is
keeping the pledge. That increases
the price of his cotton. But if he
could only plant the same acreage as
before, his profits would be in
creased enormously. What he per-
sonally added to the total supply
would not affect the market price to
speak of. That is tempting. And
how can he be sure that everybody
else is keeping the pledge? And
how about the planters who are not
even going to sign the pledge?
Must he cut down his cotton, and
make himself martyr, that the dis
honest and dissentient may prosper
Such combinations have not been
successful in the past.
But what if it were successful?
In the past four years the world
has absorbed 100000 bales of
cotton a year. When the present
season began, on August 1, 1918,
the United States held 3,S9O,O0O
bales of old cotton, including lint
ers. The proposed reduction would
make the planted area about 25,-
100000 acres, and, on the average
Of the past ten years, production
would approximate 100000 bales.
That would make shortage of cot
ton. The poor would pay for their
clothing through the nose. 1t may
be that the planters would plant
foodstuffs instead of cotton on the
remaining acreage. 1t would re-
move their position of dependence.
But also this increased acreage de-
voted to foodstuffs would reduce the
price of foodstuffs, which is not ex-
actly what the planters would de-
sire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-28
Silver for Coins

The New York Assay Office shipped
100000 ounces of silver to the Phila-
delphia Mint yesterday for coinage
into quarters and dimes. The silver
was obtained by melting down silver
local Sub Treasury.