The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-12-13
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Want - Appear Liberal.

It's . Great 1rioh FOR Drunmorn who
Want - Appear Liberal.
A drummer for q large wholesale
olothins house has = trick which he says
aavca hirn . groat deal Of money. He
has y 60 around with retailers In small
oSunoFy towns q great deal. He fnds
tAAt o. emount Of display and extrava-
ganos h necessary in order to convince
thone * ne standing and generous deal
Ing q hts house. This used to cost him
great deal Of money 10 travelling sx-
poases. He was expected to bear a
great part Of the expenses OF entertain
Ing tho men to whom he sold goods he
had 10 buy them drinks and cigars and
take then around. In tho course of
ihis he h0d to drink a good deal himself.
He noticed that Il was not 30 much the
amount Of money he spent, but Che show
hs aads With It which impressed them,
end that n was more important to seem
careless and generous than really to
spead great deal OF money.
One sight he was drinking with some
retni1 clothlers and their friends. He
had several small bills In his pocket.
He had been drinking good doal him
self, and In reckless way pulled out a
BIN aad lit cigar with It. Without
tiAiAking he put out the light and stuck
ne burned remnant IN his waistcoat
pocket. He noticed that It impressed
the men with whom he was. The bill
did not amount TO any more than the
price Of . round Of drinks or cigars, but
II made the eyes Of his customers open
to think that man should use money in
such q reckless way. The noxt day,
when he sobered up, he found the burned
bill IN his pocket, only one end Of it had
been burned. He thought he had made
O fool Of himself by throwing away good
nsney. The idea ocourerd ~ him, how
ever, that possibly he could take the
bill around 10 the Sub-Treasury and get
q new bill for IT, So the next time he
was in town he took the bill to the Sub
Treasury, whore it was readily ex.
saansed for new one. The bill had
nee been destroyed it was plain what
its dissemination, number, and Issue
were, and he had no trouble In having
II repIacedI
The idea became strong In his mind
nat he might do the ostentntlous and
reckless act without having to pay for it.
Be shs next time he was out with several
Of his customers he bought few rounds
Of drinks, and then began In reckless
eRd coreieas way 10 burn up one and two
dollar bills. BE took pains to put the
blilD back IN his pocket, and not burn uI
Oa0ugh Of any one bill to destroy It's rs-
doe1ainS qualities. BE also told bis
OustOmerS extraVagEnt stories about thS
poFCsatage his house was paying him
how Oheap Il was selling, and what liber
al concessions he was making to get rlC
Oi the stock which his house had OF
hGad. he found the trick worked ex
eaIlentay. He has been carrying 1t OF
ever since To a greater or less extent
One night he hold card party Of some
q HIS customers al his rSoms at The
hetel. and thinking that possibly they
Might notios that he immediately put
| the bills cut and then put them back II
| his pocket, he used dollar bills for light.
eFs during ths whole evening and ther
threw then in a euspidor which he KEEP
hy kis chair, first putting them out be
fore he thrsW th0m In, 80 that the,
might net 30 burned up there. Afte
his euHtoAsrs had left he took the cove
eR the ouspider, took the bills out, fold
% them sll up and redeemed them whel
he returned 70 New York. He has gain
81 the reputation Of being enc of tn
NEST careless and sxtravagant men ol
tbs read, without its costing him g
much a. for expenses with his customer
- It costs ether SalasnSR who Dc no
bH11 up VAoiT money.