The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-09-15
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Joseph B. Bowlesj
carefully and to-day is making, in con-
nection with his partners, a hundred
thousand year. He travels In for
eign lands, and his wife takes along a
nurse for the youngsters.
1--WE often laughed when he told me
how and why he started in. / knew,
said he to me, that I was as green as
a cymling, but when that smooth agent
showed me those things, he fanged me
in the roof of the mouth and / couldn't
get off of the hook. either; but /
argued that most of the people in the
world were just as green as | was
After I'd been buying those things
from a concern for while, concluded
that I would get cameras of my own
and begin to make them myself L
really felt that there was merit In
those pictures. I, myself, had always
| wanted to travel and when | looked at
| those stereograph pictures | felt that
was right on the spot. When went
out canyassing I saw that they pleased
people, and 1 felt that what pleased
people could be sold to them. In lit
| tie while | took my brother in with
me and left my father to fill the or
ders that were sent in. Just we three
worked this business then. And do
you know, gentlemen" continued the
1 In III ~
Kansas grocery clerk to-day employs
from three to five thousand agents
Hundreds of young men in this coun-
try to-day are making their way
| through nine months of schooling by
spending three months of their time
stereographs? They give satisfaction
and they last for a long time, but the
factory is continually making new SUBJ
jects, just as the publishing house is
always making new books. He has
branch houses all over the world Yes,
sir; the thing in manufacturing, is to
make something that gives satisfaction
and on which you can repeat"
well, that fellow stuck to his bust
ness" remarked the specially manufac-
i turer.
Yes, and sticking to 1t is one of the
things that will help to win," replied
the shoe merchant.
Some Leisure Requisite.
YES, sure" spoke up Watkins, look
ing straight at Joannis Carolianus-
and perhaps obeying request of the
college boys father attending to
/ business will help to build business;
but at the same time there's no use in
a man eternally drudging. The bust
ness man is the man of all men who
should have some leisure time each
day that he may devote to self-ctl
ture; and the professional men who
are so set up about their accomplish
ments don't really know just how cul-
tured many business men are-men at
whom they turn up their noses. First,
man should attend to his business, to
make a success of it. He need not. Of
course, be quite SO ignorant of other
affairs as one of my actor friends once
was. | am sure you've all seen Eddie
Foy. Eddie, you know, is wise In the
ways of the world, but he was about
the most verdant Shamrock that I ever
knew when he first went on the stage.
He came right out of the Kerry Patch
of Chicago and made a hit on the first
ball pitched. He was under the man.
agement of Henderson. After Eddie
had caught on good and hard in a
couple of plays, Henderson sent him
over to Paris to select costumes for a
new extravaganza. Just before he left
met him on the street and he said
to me:
George. come on and go over to
Paris with me-
I'd like to go the best in the world
Ed. but I'm afraid can't
oh, come off! And come on. apv.
way; I'll give you the time Of your
life. See here, I've just received let
ter from Miranda MIRANDA was the
Premiere Danseuse of the company
with Foy) and she is at her old home
in Rome and she wants me-see, here's
the 1etter-to come down to lily.
. 81.
say, George, on tn level, where is
Tt'ly, anyway? ''
AS the business men talked, Joannis
Carolianus, as it had been his custom
at Harvard, made few notes. These
;. read: TO build a manufacturing bust
ness taking won't work; use good ma
terial; make good stuff; create some.
thing new, which people like, which
viii be used widely: stick to business
Senator Was in No Hurry.
Senator Pettus, the ancient Alabama
: statesman, makes 1t his business t
learn something now every day If pos
sible, though sometimes he refuses II
: avail himself Of the knowledge thu:
/. obtained. The other day he and
! much younger colleague were WAITING
, for an elevator which was rathel
j slow In making its appearance. "Yot
J know said the impatient young man
! you ought to ring three times. Tina
Is our signal, on hearing which thu
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