The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

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"a had asked the little golden |
haired photographer on the
tenth floor of our skyscrapef
to be mine. In reply sns
me to try food for Infants " ME my
freshly riven heart was palpitating and
my elevator wabbling about, MI Rash-
err, the agent OF the building, came
along and kindly gave me three Gays
vacation It .Wds during this interval
that the firm of Jackson & Co moved |
into cur building
When / could face the cold and cruel
world again and felt that 1 could turn
up my nose at golden hair, called up
to see the new tenants. 1t is the duty
OF tenant when moving into build
Ing to send for the elevator boy and
announce a line OF conduct. but where
this is overlooked it Is not considered
derogatory to the boy TO make the
first call. I found Jackson & Co to
be fat short and pompous man. who
claimed to be in the Texas oil bust
IF you please. sir. am sammis,
Che elevator boy" Hsaid by way OF IN
PRODUCTION
s We'll ?" he replied.
"I am a fatherIess boy, working for
ST per to support mother ana pay
off gigantic mortgage on the home
Father put the mortgage on to bet IN
the favorite at the suburban, but the
eav0ritc didn't win. It was the m IT.
gage that Won"
81 have called this afternoon to say
that I hope our relations will not only
be pleasant. but confidential. You can
confde in me to any extent, and now
and then I may want your friendly
advice
.sThe fact is. I need a father-an
adonfed father--some one to sympa-
thizea xrfti1 and encourage me and tell
me that life IS worth the living. If 1t
SO happens that you want son-an
Stop right therel' said Jackson &
Co. as he pointed a finger at me.
Now, then. you young cub, let US have
a fair understanding. I am IN the oil
business up to my neck own an
interest in 500 wells and all of them
are gushers. I'm letting the public in
on the ground floor. See?'
Yes. sir.
ct shall have hundreds Of people
coming UP here to see me. As fast as
they ask for jackson & CO. you run
them up here without any back talk"
ct see. sir"
81 don't care a continental about
your being a fatherless boy. In fact,
I'm glad Of It. Ldon't care two cents
If you lose the home on a mortgage
If I'm here for ten years you'll never
get cent out of me. don't like your
looks. Your smile hurts me. No one
here let me say to you that when the
button is pushed for this floor you
come up like steak of creased light
ming. IF you go to blabbing about me
to the other tenants I'll cripple you for
life I've heard of you, young man.
and you'd better look out for me-
went away realizing that Jackson
& Co. and 1 should never, never love
each other, but that 1t wouldn't be my
fault No tenant had ever talked like
that to me before. and when I came to
think It over I felt Inundated and re-
vengeff1l- Right here I want to sub
NIT a list of thingssno wise tenant Of
a slzy-scraper will ever do:
Never seek to patronize an elevator
boy He may be young and unsophis-
ticated, but manly heart beats in his
bosom.
I'm handing an elevator boy one
dollar bill do it without comment of
any sort. Give him the impression
that its a dollar you borrowed Of him
a week before.
when you confide in an elevator
boy you put him on his honor. If you
are in trouble of any sort don't skip
the boy and go down to the engineer
in the basement.
You may have more money than
the elevator boy, but don't assume an
arrogant demeanor toward him. There
IS no telling how soon he may be at
the top. -----
IF you are running little game
under cover IT is far better to take the
boy in and give him 10 per cent of the
gross receipts than to undertake to