Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-29
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
A SATISFIED ADVERTISER
BY Lissie VI. Peabody

DATrY GROVER was just such u
l. sweet. o!d-fashioned girl as We often
read about, and the dainty breakfast
which she had prepared she carried to
her mothers room and set down with a
'h"erN smile, although the mirror which
/ She had just passed before entering the
/ room had reflected troubled young
/ Mrs. Grover pale and delicate. proprcd
among her pillows. followed with loving
eyes her daughters movements, and
/ honestly believed that she was the best
girl in all the world
Sho told Patty so. and Patty received
. the remark with a glow of pleasure and
p smile which was not at all forced. AL
'nouGh when she again passed the mirror
the troubled, anxious look had returned.
Her widowed mothers health was
slowly improving. but she would need
care for months; 50 as Patty passed
back and forth about her work she was
also trying to devise some means by
winch she could earn money enough for
tn"lr support and remain at home, as tho
Smal sum saved in happier days was
nearly gone
The bright kitchen calendar attracted
| her attention, and the words at the top
printed in very large type seemed to
/ fairly shout: 1T PAYS to Advert Use"
/ She stood staring AT u for Il moment
as though she had novcr seen the
calendar before, and then remarked con-
vcrsationally:
Friend calendar. believe every word
You S@N. ana If ! only had q good type
writer II advertise today for work hut
haven't. and there's no use thinking
about it."
/ Then she forgot tho calendar and
whent on diSConsolatcly:
And | suppose there are scores Of
tine typewritsrs lying idle in this very
! city, and owned by people who never
! use them. In some cases even their
owners may hire tyn1ng done by per-
sons using their own machines"
II was then the idea came TO her
/ Why couldn't she advertise that she
would ho willing to do q certain amount
OF work each day in return for the use
of machine? She decided that she
would. ana sat down at once to write
the advertisement while in the mood.
Even the small sum which the advor-
tS"nlcnt would cost was subject for
thought, and sh" wondered what cX-
penSc she could cut down.
Now in story books. she thought with
smile, when tho heroine gets to the
end Of her resources she sometimes
tkIds money in AN old cracked sugar
bowl hidden away back in tn" china
closet. "I'll look
Nothing doing 80 she cried. hut
gaSpcd in surprise Il moment lator when
IN the covered butter dish. used only
for special company Sii" found som"
silver coins which her mother must have
.ail away "A long Will" ago and for
gotten. She reasoned that If tho calcn-
ddr hadn't in a way suggested the search
the silver would not haN" been diSCoI-
cred and they would have had to get
along in som" WAY without il and they
would now, she decided. as with bright
eyes and glowing cheeks she hurried
10 the office Of the newspaper having
d large circulation.
Th" ncNt afternoon she had received
q number Of answers. but not any she
cared to consider, when q ear stopped
at h"r door ANA tho bell rang loudly
Her heart seemed to iunlu into her
throat rs she =truU"i uui"D.y t. tine
door ana opened IT, l0It tl"r" Nd> moth
luC ~ brighten her.
On the .''r stoud a young man Of
pleasing fac and manner WHO inquired
for Miss Patty Grover ANA introduced
hjmsoj: as Alfred Wilton who had no
tr.d her advertisement aud hoped that
he WAS 40, too late to take advantage
Of her offer
The sudden sparkle Of hope in her
cy"S and her Quick, pleased smile III
formed him that he was not too late
cNon h"tor" she told him so i'm words
lie had taken up Il different sort of
work, he said. aud excepting a very
little work occasionally wodld not need
TIA" tyre"ri,"r for q long while.
The machine j. in tn" car" ho said,
with a smile. and I'll bring it in"
While IA" had gone Patty tried 10
think Of appropriate" words in which tu
thank him, but things had happened so
suddenly and Gru2inEly that she could
only say. thauk YOU" when he came
back and perhaps it was Just a. we'll
The next day sha began advertising.
and as persons who answered and in
trusted her with their WORK returned
with more, H- her work was of IN"
best, and ais" recommended her to
others sh" Wa successful beyond her
expectations
ON one rrraad or another Alfred VII.
tom had called quito frequently. aud ono
a 10 ...H e. D a lHHr .I'