Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-29

work with his hands now. which he !
had always loved to do, and they were
never still from morning till night. My
father gave him wheeled tray which
was always piled with work, done or
to be done. lie did all the mendng
and darning and he and Phoebe did
the cooking and the kitchen work to.
sether. The children all brought their
school, books to their fathers bedside,
and "did" their lessons there, to a
running accompaniment of such sym.
pathetic, helpful comments from him
as they'd never known before. by mid
winter Of that yenr, Uncle Charles was
well enough to sit in wheeled chair,
which Aunt Emily bought out of the
first raise In her salary, and presented
proudly to him on Christmas Day.
After this, he was all over the house
at once, active and cheerful.
He always sat beside Phoebe, as She
practiced her music lesson, to listen,
to play the bass In a single duet, ana
to teach. My mother says she never
as Phoebe did after her father began
to teach her. In no time she was
playing the accomplishments for his
light, clear baritone, and then the little
house rang with music like a shell with
the murmur Of the sen. We all used
to love to 60 there, as soon as school
was over to "have concert" Some
times they sang Scotch airs--the tears
we have shed over "Loch Lomond," the
zest for battle poured into Us by "Scots
wha' hae'; or it might bs Irish,-
how we have laughed over Father
OFlynn,' and yelled out the chorus
Of the "Cruiskeen or Negro.
There never was anybody who could
sing "spirituals" like Uncle Charles,
Oh, they were great concerts, we'll
never forget.
A ND what was Aunt Emily doing all
"A this time? You know as we'll as
do what Aunt Emily was doing.
She was rising like n rocket through
every plane Of the management of
Emery's Emporium. She was passion
ately interested in her work, because
she could use 1t to serve her ambition;
and because she was passionately in
terested in 1t, she mastered 1t, and
owned it, and put 1t in her pocket.
Everybody in that line of business in
that part OF the country soon knew
her; she was hail-fellow- well met with
all the travelling men. who liked her
bluff manners and sharp tongue. feared
her piercing eye, and respected her
capacity always to get the better of
them.
She was detested but admirably served
by the staff of the store, who were
bewldered by her really inhuman
capacity for endless exactitude of detail,
angry at the everlasting high tension
of her demands. but placated by the
growing fame of the store and BY her
instant recognition of business ability
In a subordinate. Business ability -
How Aunt Emily adored it! What n
starved, wolf-like appetite she had for
all that 1t stood for. How intensely
she lived in her new life!
Before long she had developed a new
line. advertising (this was before the
modern science Of advertising was
would be IN exaggeratlon to say that
she was the first to expand the present
principles of psychological advertising
know good many people who think
she came very near doing so. Merchants
IRON other cities came to see her
window displays, and talked with her
about advertising. Aunt Emily. who
} never did anything for nothing, soon
saw that she had marketable produc,