Show tR Th 0 Qa 0 0 th Q How Pretty Amelia 4 Palley Who Wanted IJ 1 J j I o d 4 FN s and l la a Man to Give I Her the Money WANTED A HUSBAND and Also to Larry b rz J r WHITE SANE or AGE ACE lIE lE MUST nr DE WHITE SAN I ION ON WEDDING DAY HE BE MUST GIVE Her by Advertising CHECK TO MY TUBERCULAR SISTER h r Him on a 4 I II I HAVE HAVE GOOD DISPOSITION AND Poster L- L LI I CAN I N LEAVE AN N WEB WV WITH y a FOR BOX T 7 dw f- f i r f j A 1 I lt f I j vw I Amelia B Baileys Bailey's eys ey's appealing poster which produced such prompt and satisfactory results when it was hung in the Indianapolis Pen and amBrush Brush Club nr- nr HE former Amelia Bailey of o THE T Indianapolis Indianapolis is one young woman who has ev evary is reason eason to believe that it pays to advertise tise A few weeks ago she advertised on a poster of her own design her qualifies ca pu II 1 her her willingness willingness-to sell her heart to any sane white man lor for Amelia A Bailey set this price on her heart because this happened to be the amount of money mone her tubercular sister Martha needed to carryon carry on her battle against disease and win health and life As a result of that poster advertising campaign Amelia Bailey is now Mrs Eugene Ellsworth and her invalid sister has tl money to buy her nourishing foods and expert medical care and to pay the expenses of a trip to the health health giving giving sands of Arizona Amelias Amelia's anxiety about her sister is over So is the necessity of earning her own living any longer She has for fora fora foia a husband a prosperous In Indianapolis business man whom she loves very much and who loves her just as much And Andall Andall all because she had the courage to ad- ad advertise advertise advertise vertise her heart for sale Was Vas there ever anything more roman roman- romantic romantic tic Could anybody ask for more convincing con con- convincing convincing evidence of the power of ad- ad advertising advertising Quite probably it all would never have hav happened so delightfully if it had not been for the idea which Amelia Baileys Bailey's time time old friend Bill Hennessey put into her head when she was so worried about t her sisters Bisters plight Amelia and Bill were born and raised on neighboring farms down in Johnson Count County Indiana They were chums U their school days and their friendship continued after Bill grew up and went to Indianapolis to work ork He lie got a u jolt job as desk clerk and tele- tele telephone telephone phone operator in the Pen and Brush Brus Club a well known organization of In- In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis artists They call him the e clubs club's Dragon because of the vigilant t watch he keeps over its activities On Bill Hennessy's advice Amelia Bailey Cailey took a business college course and followed him to the Indiana metropolis He lie helped her herget her get a stenographers stenographer's job and the old friends saw a good deal of each other evenings evening Sundays Sunda's and holidays That was two years ago when Amelia was only seventeen She was earning enough to support herself comfortably y and would have had nothing to worry about if it had not been for the disturbing dis- dis disturbing news that soon arrived from home That bad cough which Amelias Amelia's sister Martha had had ever since her ber attack of the flu had been getting steadily worse And nd now the doctor had decided that she the had tuberculosis If It her life was to be saved she must give up work and go to Arizona for a long stay Amelia was by the news She was very fond of her sister and was w A ready to do anything to give her a chance at health and life But whet where I II t j J I 1 I r I t r E I p Bill Hennessey the Dragon of the Pen and Brush Club who suggested to Amelia Bailey the idea of ad advertising for a hus hus- hus husband hus-b hus ban band a n dand d and helped carry it out was the necessary money to come from As Amelia well knew it was out of the question for her struggling parents to supply so much She what herself herself could she do It would take too long for the little she was able to save above her living expenses to mount into any any- anywhere anywhere where near enough to finance a trip to Arizona Tearfully she took her troubles to herold herold her old friend Bill Hennessey He lie listened sympathetically but he had to admit that he could see no solution of Amelias Amelia's problem But let me thin thin about it he said There must be some way of helping Martha out and by heck well we'll find it it In the meantime you'd better strike your our boss for a raise I 1 dont don't believe he could get another girl to do the work youre you're doing for anything like what youre you're getting Amelia followed Bills Bill's advice The next S Saturday her pay envelope held more Not many trips to Arizona on that she mourned when she and Bill met for tor their Sunday dinner at the cafeteria No Bill soberly admitted d but every little bit helps And any way the boss owed it to you It will take every enry penny of ito to to do what ought to be done for tor Martha Martha Mar- Mar tha Amelia said an impose impossible impossible sible sum rum for you and me but to so many people here in Indianapolis its it's just nothing When I 1 walk by these rich banks and jewelry stores and think how little the loss of would mean to them Im I'm tempted to turn crook and steal what Martha needs to make her well again Now you cut that out Bill lien Hen admonished Youre going to get Martha out of her trouble but youre you're oure going to do it honestly Over the dinner after-dinner coffee collee he lapsed into deep thought I have have- haveit it he said at last You must get married Get married Amelia exclaimed But whom shall I m marry marry I dont don't know AW 4 q f t j of i 1 v ia Miss Martha Bailey the invalid who owes her chance of life to the delightful returns her sisters sister's poster brought anybody who would want me for a wife unless its unless its it's She lowered her eyes and blushed so prettily that a suspiciously large lump arose in Bill Hennessey's throat Oh well he ho said bravely I dont don't c count because I haven't the your our sister needs But there are hundreds of men right here in Indianapolis who have Youre You're young and pretty and good natured and you ou can why cook cook that's a combination a man almost never gets nowadays when he goes looking for fora fora fora a wife But how canI can I find such a man and man qui quickly kly enough to save Martha Bill Hennessey pondered the thick earthenware of his coffee cup for long minutes Then suddenly came the great idea idea-an idea an idea born of the tales he had heard at the club of th the miracles that are being accomplished ev every ry day through advertising Advertise he ht cried Advertise for a husband who'll give Martha I got my job through an ad in the want columns You got yours ours in the same way And that's the way to solve this problem The idea intrigued Amelia Bailey so much that she went straight to her modest boarding house room and wrote the following advertisement WANTED WANTED-A WANTED A husband mull mu t be white sane aane ane of are age on wedding eddin day he mutt must give check to my ray tuber tubercular cular tiller sister I 1 have hue youth a good dis dia position and can cook But when she tried to have this in- in inserted in inserted in the classified columns of the Indianapolis newspapers pers she the found they 1 M W Itt J Jt t It i had rules rules forbidding the printing of advertising of this kind Again she had to turn to friend Bill for advice advice Y Make a poster was his suggestion Make a poster that I 1 can display at the Pen and Brush Club There are many men in the club who ought to have a girl like you for fora fora fora a wife and who are well able to give to your sister Amelia went back to her hall bedroom and started designing her poster pos pos- poster poster ter How marvelous it would be she thought if instead of this stuffy little room with the phonograph phonograph graph going across the way she had a warm fire lit living room of her own own- own her own and somebody else's The pic pic- picture picture picture ture seemed so alluring that she decided to put it on her poster So she drew two jolly brass andirons and anda a roaring log fire and in front of the fire standing cozily side by side a pair of dainty high-heeled high slippers and anda a pair of mans man's shoes If any picture ever breathed this one did It was just the thing to fit practically the same wording Amelia had used in her rejected want ad In the lower right-hand right corner she sho drew a n picture re of a dragon and directed that aJI all applications be left leCt in charge of him The very next nut morning the foster went on display at the club It was the members all agreed the most interesting art exhibit ever staged there Says she can cook one jovial epi cpi epicure epicure cure curp murmured Some mistake there They dont don't come like that these days hn 0 Flur rr W s Inc mt I C l J C On the left Eugene Ellsworth Ells Ells- Ellsworth worth who w h ho o bought Ame Arne Amella's 3 Has lla's heart and thinks he gota goti got j a bargain Not a single j a artist missed the poster and amid andas amidas as the Dragon soon glee glee- gleefully gleefully gleefully fully discovered almost everyone every one wrote an answer n to its appeal Some of the t e m we were sure that the posters poster's cre- cre creator ere cre creator ator was a writer in search of ma ma- material material material That tuber tubercular cular line is old ad- ad i ad-i stuff one J P fraternally i Get something 4 y 1 new III Maybe a Y be i fir v WWW that's why your rI f w v ss stuff stull doesn't t selL 0 One n e member was sure the poster was wasi I addressed especially to him and he thought he knew the only girl in Indianapolis clever enough to get an idea like that So he wrote Tole In reply dear dear girl to your adver adver- adver advertisement advertisement I 1 wish to remind you ou that I 1 have never questioned either your our youth or your our disposition but as to your cook cooking ing I have yet to be assured I 1 would be willing to swap for a chance to taste some of it Dear Mademoiselle one letter ran we too have youth and were we're white until the smoke gets going If we stay out of the sun were we're sane We both have ha voted and we were the real fellows who won the war Dont Don't believe what anybody else tells you Now this is our proposition If you take one of us may the other bunk along and have ha some of that chow It was quite a n formidable amount of mail that the faithful Dragon had to deliver deli to Amelia She read the tM letters b I The former Amelia Bailey I i now Mrs Eugene TV the Ellsworth-the Ellsworth the hero hero herome ins ine me of f the unique unique poster romance She smiled over some and shook her head over oyer others but there was one she read over and over again and which she still has to treasure as long as she he lives It was signed Eugene Ellsworth Most glorious mysterious maid it ii read Ill give you ou a check if it you'll give me the privilege of pounding on your table demanding to know v where t E th that t food is if is if at all Isn't that the way husbands behave Or are you ou a realistic writer at t f As for me Im I'm white At least Im I'm white the first thing in the mornin morning The two or three remaining locks of m my erstwhile hair testify that for nineteen years Ive I've been of age But I 1 might as well admit Im I'm not a bit sane lIane No member of the Pen and Brush Drush is is Evey Eve mothers mother's son of us is excited about a charming miss who has youth a n good disposition and can cook How the blazes do you expect us to remain sane when you coyly paint two pairs of oC shoes spooning before a fireplace fireplace When do I 1 buy the ring Bill looked pleased when he read that letter for Eugene Ellsworth was one of the most prosperous members of the club a n graduate of Indiana and Cornell Universities and a member of an old Hoosier family A few days later three of the letter writers letter writers received dignified little notes requesting them to call at the enclosed address to discuss the matter on hand One of them was Eugene Ellsworth Well he demanded the idea I I want to get married Amelia ex explained ex- ex i explained frankly to somebody Ican I 1 can love who can give me mo a good home and who will help my sister to get to Ari Ari- Arizona Arizona zona Eugene Ellsworth besides bein being a I dilettante artist is a newspaper ad adver advertising vcr I Using manager lie He had been een filled with admiration for the cleverness of the I posters poster's advertising ad appeal Now he saw that its author was as beautiful as I she was clever I Well he said Ill take you ou up on 1 I Ithe the proposition siti nl I I And Amelia like the good busin business businesswoman ss I woman oman that that she is accepted at once I I I I I l |