Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-12-12
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Ahscnt M,nsis-<ns-s % Du~in-.s Men When
They xuneh Down Town.
''Do you know that many business nicn
arc half crazy whom they enter n rcstau-
rant at noon Cor lunch or dlnncrT' This
was said to a reporter by tho owner OF a
vol known restaurant. who continued;
Their minds nrc not upon what they ara
doing; their brains arc busy M ryn be-
hguring and planning. Their bodiss left
their counting rooms. but their heads re-
maincd. They. a. u rulc. eat hurricdiy,
and any number OF them do 40 uechan.
tcnily. have sccn them do the most alb.
snrd things possible. Often Il happens
that ono viii throw down ono cent at the
cashiers desk with "A seventy .Gye cent
or hfty cent check. and wait for a minute
or two for tho change. And these nrc
sharp. shrcwd. calculating business mcn.
who. if YOU entered their places Of busi
ness, you would tlnd alert enough, aud
who would never make mistake iu xiv.
Ing out or rccelvlng money.
They show their mcntal abstraction
In various ways. Ono will como An. aud
with dciiberation place his hat beneath
his chair. yet when ic has done eating ho
will rush to tho rnch. aud. ncixing sonc
body clsc's hat. go out. probably not dis.
covering his error for a day or two. IL IL
apositiyo fact that not long ago a man
with n head woro out Of my plac. a
OK hat, which would scarcely stay on the
top of his head Nor did ho discover Lis
mistake until he reached his Office
'onc day man Htcppcd up to my desk
and complained that he had lost hls hot. q
very finc one which bad cost him 81 or IS
Ills hat had been stolen. he charged. and
no was excited aud angry Would YOU
believe itf IL was lac who had stolen one
discovered n fow minutes later that two
days bcforc ho hnd taken tho hat of an
other leaving hls own. The one he took
was OF tho samc material. but had been
worn nn cntirc season. being greasy aud
soilcd; stiil, ho woro it without discover
Ing tho fact until tho tt,nc lac mado the
complaint. although his own hat was a
fnc, brand now ono.
1T y truly odd how men will behave
about hats. frequently ono will ssouo
holding ono In his hand aud toll rnc lac did
not wear that when lac came in. look at
the faces Of these. aud II they have but
Just boon shaved tell them they made tho
exchange at tho borbcrs and did not dis
cover their error until they came In hero
one man inado great ado because, as lac
said. sonlc ono had carried of his hat.
when investigation showed that ho had
worn another mans lint 10 the restaurant.
I't"'ik ~ vi ~ Nv i'it hh' ofutfs out not
detecting IL until ho had eaten. Going
out TO eat at noon Us not an interval OF
rest 10 most business men, because thcro
~ no rest. They nust supply the wants
OF their inner nlhn. but they do u without
any rest ~ tho brain. Their occupation
10 before them all tho while. ns their far
away looks show. They tay and do thiuga
la the most mechanical manner. aud viii
skip from twe'ity four 20 forty eight hours
In their computations a level licadcd
ulan Of business insisted up aud down,
while holding lis own hat In his hand--a
nice silk oiie--that II did not belong 30
him llo knew what ho bad worn down
town--lt was white oile. he declared
He probably Lad done 80 the day b..fDr.
but wOstld not be convinced ol BIS error
until the uaine on the inside OF tho inner
band revealed u 10 him. A man picks np
hoap of hurlail nature ln our business.
because all sorts of things occur pasticu
larly at Tho noon rush. whom men de- aoms
of tho most absurd thins1 Ia tho world
and arr often most unreasonable becans0
Of thcif 0clf Absorption. --CAie1go Herald