P. L. = Peerless Leader

[Gerald Cohen]

   I belatedly checked an obvious source (the Internet, under Frank
Chance). Chance could be referred to the Peerless Leader. Mystery solved.

Gerald Cohen



>
( from my initial query)--quote is from newspaper_San Francisco Bulletin_)

>
>March 12, 1913, p.18/5-6; 'Boots And Bingles': 'Charley Dryden, the
>Chicago sage, has written Chance a long letter wishing the P. L. joy
>of his new venture and suggesting that if he finds a few "onions"
>among his phenoms it would be an act of Christian charity to leave
>them in Bermuda, where their odor will not be noticed.'