Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-10
The Daily NoueleHe
Cupid and Commerce

A GNES MORTON appeared to be in
~ one of her cold. calculating moods
this afternoon but Cecil Sargent had
the tcmcrity to approach her, and not
on Il matter of business connected with
Chalmers l. Chalmers. wholesale deal
ers in dress goods 1t was a more per-
n much mere personal subject.
lie stopped at her desk and tidgcted
for few seconds. shifting his weigh
from one foot to another. Agnes APP
pearcd unusually beautiful this morn :
ing :: in fact. Cecil could find only one
word to describe her. and that was
gorgeous and of course that WASH t
the right word.
Cccils hesitation was not occasioned
by the fact that the young woman was
his boss. by reason of her holding the
position as sales manager. while h" was
but a salesman. He felt trepidation
because he knew he was not in her
good graceS she had shown it all too
plainly on more than one occasion of
late. But he just had to speak once
more concerning the subject that made
his world go round
most fnltered. isn't it about lime you
She looked up from the letter she
was reading and smiled slightly. rather
pitHingly, IT seemed.
"Wcll. Eardly.' she returned. 81
don't remember that have definitely
accepted your offer of marriage as yet.
| was considering it some time ago. I'll
admit, but you've been such n wretched
business failure lately that I'm on the
point of giving it up. You don't imag-
inc | want to marry n failure. do you
Do YOU realize you haven't sold a hun
dred dollars worth of goods in a
month";
Cecil realized It all too we'll But
what was he to do? He was good
salesman, and he knew it; but he had
been so worried lately over Agnes that
he couldn't keep his mind on his work.
II know it, hc confessed in an
swcr to her Indictment, "but If you
would only give me some definite en-
couragcment, perhaps Ia come back as
salesman. You've got me worried,
Agnes
She tapped her lips with the eraser
end of pencil and studied him intent
Is. lie was Il nice looking young man
She realized that. and he was bright
and clever, too Still, those things
counted for naught unless they brought
results. Agnes had no intention Of sup
Dorting n husband: when she became
tied in nuptial knot she expected to
retire from business and devote herself
TO housekeeping. As she looked at Cecil
in that scrutin2ing manner she realized
that he was becoming careless in regard
to his appearance.
"Dont you think" she suggested,
that Il shoe shine would help to sell
goods? And do you know that your
tic is crooked and the pointed end of
your tiepin is sticking out like a sword.
And you have dinner engagement with
Adelaide ANDERSON this evening; don t
forget that
She paused as he stood there ike n
condemned criminal.
'Tcll YOU what IN do" she contin-
ued, "if you sell Miss ANDERSON Il good
bin Of goods III set the date. How is
that for something detnitc:'
Cecil gulped
"Oh, all right, fine - he replied. and
went away feeling more discouraged
than ever.
Sell a good bill of goods to Adelaide
ANDERSON. Ell? That would be Il her
culcan task. Adelaide represented
Smith & Brown. the biggest dress goods
buyers in the state, Every time she
came to town the statesmen made wild
scramble to see her; but for three years
Chalmers & Chalmers had not sold
her II cent, although one of their repre-
Iscntatives always took her out to dinner,
James Brothers had been the lucky
ones. and Cecil knew the reason. They
employed 'he vamp' for II salesman,
fashion plate of II dude. one Henry
Waters, who charmed Adelaide some
what Of "yamp" herself--into buy
ing goods.
Women in business certainly We're
making mess of things. Agnes was
too practicn and Adelaide too un-
practical. The former demanded TOO
close adherence to business principles
and the later had no regard for them.
The man who could captivate Adelaide
with his clothes was the one who landed
the order, and Cecil certainly was not u