Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-25

L NOW ~ 70 eSt0Dil6nlng credit
| Take. livery stables, for instance. Nc
man knows better than the average New
Yorker how necessary it is at times to
command a cab. Ihave never yet taken
! up with one OF the peripatetic street
hackmen. 1t does you no good at all,
you know. They invariably charge a.
much as stables; they are never in iv-
cry, and their cabs are seldom clean; so
whenever wanted cab during my
early days in New York I dropped into
the best livery stable in New York, or
dered a coupe, made it q point to object
if there was any mud on it, or the har-
ness looked a bit rusty, and was never
at all familiar with the livery stable
keeper. The first night out told the
man to charge it, and he, supposing ]
was irregular customer, did so. was
fully prepared to pay the bill, but did
not do it on principle. The following
morning as early as nine O'Clock, the
collector was around from the stable. ]
paid him promptly, and ordered another
coupe for that night. This also hung
up, and when the collector came around
on time the next morning I gave him
the money, sent him back to the stable,
and told him to send a coupe around at
once, as it was rainy and was in a
hurry to get down to the office.
"You may think it an unnecessary
expense. and it certainly did look rather
queer for a man holding subordinate
position to drive down to business in a
three-dollar-an-hour equipage, but I
| knew what was doing. am with a
banking firm, you know, and when /
got out at the Office and told the driver
to charge it, carelessly, he actually
touched his hat. He went back and re-
ported to the stable, and for the next
two years and from that time on my
bill was rendered monthly. can have
anything I want at the stable, and l
have long had the advantage of the
special discount to regular customers.
'With restaurants, I have pursued
the same plan. am never familiar
with waiter, but I invariably tip him
comfortably, and the result is that he
soon learns my name and is more or
less impressed by the fact that I always
appear to have plenty Of time, and am
invariably clad in evening attire.
never 90 anywhere except to the Bruins
wick, Delmonico's or the Hoffman. The
advantages of being seen in places of
this character are numerous. It is much
better to encounter your employers
about town at night instead of finding
yourself in the presence of office boys.
'.All these things have their effect,
you know. When I went down town in
the coupe that morning, about the time
I was establishing my credit with the
livery stable, the head of my department
smiled with some derision and asked me
if had made a lucky turn in the mar
ket. 1t was very small tib to tell him
that had been out all night, but that I
had resolved to be on time in the morn
ing, but it was very effective fib all the
same. AS he is bachelor and good
deal of man about town, he soon got
accustomed to seeing me about, and [
made it point never to be familiar
with him. The result is that when I
am sitting here in Delmonico's he often
comes over and chats pleasantly with
me about business, and feels that he
may leave me with perfect propriety
when it suits his convenience, and that
/ do not expect to be introduced to his
friends.
Il have briefly outlined the scheme
by which I have managed to get credit,
for need not explain that man who
becomes regular customer at any of
the uptown restaurants can easily get
credit by little judicious management.
L am now in the proud position Of a man
who has been but three years in New
York, and yet who has credit every
where, and is nearly twenty thousand
dollars in debt, without owning PEN
ny's worth of property. It's great
scheme; but between you and me I'd
give my ears if I had never succeeded in
it, and if I was still obliged to live upon
a cash basis. IN r Sun.