The Washington weekly post., 1900-06-05
DER GERMAN COBHlER.
The Little Taller Gives Him Advice abest
Building Up Trade

| thlloF Calls az my snop una looks al
around und says:
Hans where vhas der crowd2''
only two peoples comes In to-day"
says.
Where vhas der peeznessg'
In der poorhouse"
Look here. my frendt," he says. 'ff
you took my advice you yhas all right.
| Der trubbes nit you vhas dot you don't
| understand der peoples in dis country.
| Shust you come by my tailor shop und
you vhill see dwenty customersJ 1t vh2s
all in knowing how. Let me gif you some
pointers. Put on your Sunday clothes
ind 90 down BY der city hail"
How shall dot help my peesnessT
Dot vhaE my pointer. You must go
md look at some pianos und ice boxes
| und new furniture und say 10 dose men
dot you vhas a cobbler. II dey shall gif
| you some cObbling, you shall buy your
| goods OF dem, One hand shall wash dot
odder II dey see some cobbIer walking
! around NIT his good clothes on. dey shall
! belief he yhas rich ind keeps fife men in
his shop. Dot vhas how l built oop my
tailor shop When I don't haf fife dollar
| in my pocket, people belief dot l vhas
booming"
/ Well. dot looks all right TO me und
| my wife und ] put on my black suit uni
| take a walk BY and by I comes b.
| piano store und goes in. Dot man bows
und shmiles und rubs his hands, und he
( vhas der sheapest piano house in der
/ world. He shows me ten pianos. und |
says 10 him:
! 81 Ike 20 ask my wife first. Maybe We
shall take eight pianos und mebbe cnly
! seven, but If you want some patches on
/ your shoes or lifts on your heels you
/ come by my shop. My prices vhas low
/ und my work good. und / talk some poll
| tics While you wait"
Il don't like some shokes.'' says dot
man as he looks mad. "If you don't vhant
some pianos, Why you come in here und
take OOp my time2 Maybe YOU vhas
/ looking for a mouth organ at fife centsi'
| 4 vhas peesness," / says. 81 Ike 20
/ do some peesness nit some peesness men.
/ You come by me for cobbling und / come
/ b. you for pianos"
! He says my frendts better put me in
I some crazy house before ! do damage.
Und When | goes out der door he won't
shpeak nor ask me TO call again. l
yhas discouraged, but l goes down der
street 10 a hardware store una looks at
some refrigerators
she vhas der best in der world" says
der man ash he comes oop. "You can
put some onions und milk in dot box to-
gether, und dey shan't shmell of each
odder. He yhas brass hinges outside und
der Arctic Ocean inside. und your ice bill
yhas only 10 cents a week. If you Vhant
a bargain. here she vhas. / knock der
price down from so to $3.50 10 close out"
'YheN maype | Ike to buy feefteen re-
frgeratOrs." | says.
"Feefteenl Den dot price vhas reduced
to $Si9 apiece. Vhas you building feet
teen new fats?'
"Oh. no. l vhas der German cobbler.
YOU know, uud / vhas looking around
leetle. II you do peesness init me, / shall
nit you. | can Iut some new soIes on
your shoes for seeXty cents" "
But do YOU want to buy some refrige- |
TatOTs to-day
Did you want some new sOles?"
Look here, DuIchmans." he says. Il |
don't Ike sOmepody TO come fooliag
arornd und make some monkeys Of me.
ilot vh;.s der Diamond refrigerator Do /
You like 20 buy him OF notE"
Do you Ike some Of my Ruby cement /
patches or Pearl sOles on yCur shoeS?"
He don't answer NE. He takes me by |
der arm und leads me 10 der door ,und
IOOty qGeek / Vhas Oult / belief | hsd .
Letter go home und dot little tailor vhas
all wrcng, but | finally make oOp my
mind to try again. l goes by en- under
taker shop. und he meets me a. der door
ind looks sad und says:
My frendt, vhalk right in. vhas sorry
for YOU but death must come to all.
When We belief We vhas in life. We vhas
dead. Vhas dct loved und lost one Your
Wife2'
Not to-day" I says.
Den It vhas a noble son or q loving
daughter"
Il don't haf some"
''Vhell, whom hdIh death snatched from
your Srief-strlcken fireside?"
"Nopody. | shust look around a leetIe in
a peesness Vhay. / vhas a cobbler. If Won
shall get your work done by me- | shall
buy cOffins of you. How much yhas il f
buy ten at one time?'
'Und do you come in here TO insuIr
me?" says that undertaken as he gets
mad
"Of course not. / like to build oop my
CObSling shop. | can put some l:fts on
your heels for dhirty cents, .und il YOU
vhas bowlegged. l can"
Go oudt by dot door, he yells al me.
ind | belief if / don't go oudt In one rim
ute he vhlll boot me-
1t looks to me ash if dot tailor fools me
und | vhIs going home when | meets a
real estate office und | belief l shall try
once more Dot man he has ten houses
for sale und dwenty TO rent, und SAYS TO
him:
Maybe I like TO buy a house for $40
G00"
Il shall sell you palace for dot" he
says ash he shakes hands do you like
l.
basement"
Il belief l do"
How mOOch you like to pay DOWN."
. i can't say. | like 10 talk peesness NIT
you. If you come by my cobbler shop for .
repairs. / shall buy my houses und lots
from you. Do you like cement patches
on a shoe, or shan I sew him on?"
Il vhilI put some patches on you if you /,
don't 80 oudt!' he shouts, und he don't
let me shpeak to him again before vnas /
on der SIDEWALK.
I goes home und takes of my Sunday
clothes. Und pooty queek dot little tailor ,
comes in und says:
'Nhell, Hans. vhas he all right? Do you |
scare OOp some peesness?"
/ tells him how il vhas by pianos und /
und undertakers und real {
estate. und he looks solemn und shakes {
his head und says:
Something's vhas wrong. Hans-sOme-
tinss vhas wrong. / belief you shall g=t ]
a tOusand dollars worth of peesneSs, but '
you don't get a cent"
But how shall / do now?' !
Il guess you shall keep quiet und shtav :
by der shop. | see now it vhas deterrent !
You don't look some peesness about you, ,
und nopody beliefs you vhas a candidate :
for aldermans or haf a pull by der !
polees force. I vhas sorry for you. Hans I
but We can't all De some little tailOrs una
clean Und press suits for seyenty-fife :
cents una be in der shwim."
Copyright. 1900, By {. 3. LeWis.)
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