The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-07-26
HOW THE COLLEGLAN WHO
WORKS GETS HIS CHANCE.

Unexpectedly to return to the city, and.
without any previous notification to The
office to have their Bills ready. they
swooped down upon it. expecting tc have
everything settled up i'm tirnc &c catch
the train.
The college man was on duty at the
time. II seemed impossible to balance
those books before train time, but his
football training had taught him that
many things are called impossible be-
cause they appear to be so. He went
to work with a will: he had been noted
for his mathematical turn of mind at
college. and now he brought all his
powers of rapid calculation into play.
Money was taken in, receipts made
out. bills sent off. change made-all in
record time. Every guest had settled,
and to the last penny. before he boarded
the train for the city.
When IT was all over and the last man
had gone. baggage and all. and the clerk
had counted the money twice to sec that
he had not made wrong change in the
hurry, a guest who was known to the
clerk as a Quaker City banker walked
Up to the desk.
Pretty lively fifteen minutes, wasn't
it," he inquired. pleasantly.
The clerk replied in the affirmative.
Didn't make any mistake in making
change. did your" he went on in the
same tone-just talking for the sake of
conversation.
The clerk answered this time in the
negative.
he
thought maybe in the rush you might
have made a mistake, and / wouldn't
want to know you were out of pocket
because of your attempt to please
guests"
/ A few days later he again opened con-
versation with the college clerk.
What are you going to do in the
/ fall?" he inquired, in an of Inland way.
I'm keeping my eyes open for an op-
portunity." replied the clerk. in a mat
/ ter Of fact tone.
How would you like to enter
/ bank?"
"why-I-I-welI. you SEQ
Tut. tut" said the elderly man. IF
you can get those people off, change all
the bills. and make no mistakes. you
will turn out all right in a bank"
For the next year the college man saw
life through the bars of banking house
in Philadelphia. He was employed In q
minor position and in all that year ne
saw the president only four or FIVE times
and spoke to him h;it once.
He had begun to think that be had
been completely forgotten, when one
morning he was called to the directors
room.
well. sir" began the old gentleman,
in his business like tone OF voice, you
have been weighed in the balance and
found not wanting. How would you like
to be one OF our assistant cashiers7"
Two years ago this same man. then the
cashier, was once more called into the
presidents office and informed that at
the meeting Of the board of directors
that day he had been elected vice presi-
dent of the institution, vice the old in
cumbent. deceased
And, my boy" the president added.
as he congratulated his new assistant.
"it's all due TO the way you got off those
guests that morning eight years ago in
the hotel without making a mistake in
the money"
Innate business acumen gave these two
college men their start.
This is a different story. An Amherst
ran, who was a good golf player, OBJ
tanned q situation at q New England
hotel which is more famous for its links
than it's cuisine His special duty was
to instruct beginners In the ancient and
honorable Scotch game. a Western trai!
brought a party OF California tourists
? among them a girl with a rich and it,
duIgeGt papa and an easy-going mama
She had never seen golf course. but
dearly did she wish 20 learn to play the
greatest game in the world" indeed. ii
, was for this reason that she had come &c
the New England hotel.
Somehow st fell to the lot of the col
lege man TO take this young woman Out
on the links for her initial lesson. and
when she came back to the hotel she
was enthusiastic over the sport moro
than ever. Also. she mingled with hel
newly-acquired golc lingo much that up
pertained 10 her instructor, but her easy
going mother and her indulgent father
i attributed It all to the young mans evi
dent ability to teach golf in the correct
fashion
Two or three weeks later they changed
their minds, when they were informed b.
the young man that he loved theil
I daughter devotedly and wanted thei
T consent TO make her his wife.
As the old folks had been In the habi
for years Of giving way TO their childi
slightest desires, they gave way u
her in this; and, also. at her suggestion
the father later on took<Vecasion to in
form his prospective sor, -inlaw that b
would make him a member Of his fnan
/ ciaI family as well.
When the period for fall wedding
came round the couple were married an
today the college man is his father-in
laws mainstay in his business affairs
The elder man swears that the yOunge
Is as good at driving a bargain as a