Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-10-14
AS TO SAVING The PENNIES
An Old Saw Held Up in the Light Of
Modern Instances
SEEMING ExTRAvAeANcE SOMETIMES PAYS
Large Returns from an Auto, n Pull
man Car Seat and n Good
Dinner-One Must He Able
TO See Things,

10 See Things.
Save your pennies and dimes, young
gentlemen" the lecturer, a college profess
sor, advised his audience. Never spend
a dollar If you can help it; forego the lux
uries; live plainly, be economical and you
Will be successful"
THAT was not very intelligent advice"
remarked a bank president as he left the
hall. without qualifying his directions, he
was pointing those young men to life Of
drudgery. Big affairs are not managed
in that way nowadays"
But on a college professors salary they
have to be-"
Probably; but business is another thing.
For instance, when bought an automobile
my friends said I was INDUCING in wild
extravaganza. They foresaw that would
land in the poorhouse and pitied my family.
My family did not worry about It greatly,
for the swift rides in the park did every
member good and I did not say much
| about the cost OF the machine.
lone day there came to town the repre-
sentative of the biggest contracting firm in
the east, desirous of looking over the city
with a view of placing investments. A
dozen of us met him at the cafe and
talked through a sx-course dinner. Then
plans were discussed for the guests enter
tainment the following day.
"'Harris has an auto, some one said,
and of course it was arranged that should
take the visitor for a ride.
II did so, spent the most OF the day with
him: we became we'll acquainted; he
seemed to like me, and before he started
home he offered me the western manage
ment of his company's financial affairs
had no better chance than the others-save
for the automobile. That brought the OPP
| opportunity.
IT am $4,000 ahead already through the
connection, with more to come. I could
have got along probably without ma
chine, but It was an investment that paid
the largest return Of any I ever made"
Good Investment.
One rainy evening a newspaper man
walked along the line of railway coaches In
a noisy union station. His ride home would
take half the night. He debated with him
self whether or not he should take Pull.
man.
| The fare in the Pullman was rs cents
He could save that amount by riding ir
the ordinary car, but the ordinary car was
crowded and he dreaded the crowd and the
|
associate in the coach. Still. rs cents wa.
not to be despised. and he pondered tn,
problem for several minutes. At last tn,
attractions of the Pullman In rest anC
preparation for the following days worl
won; he gave his grip to the porter, and sa
back in the section assigned him. in sole
| satisfaction.
| After dinner in the dining car he wen
to the smoking room and found there tn,
only other man on the sleeper, the agen
for a manufacturing firm of the busy north
west.
Have a light?" was the opening of thei
acquaintance.
Then came the inevitable western saluta
ton, when the emblem of the coat labe
is observed. Where do you belong?" Boil
were members OF the same lodge.
| Following that came a friendly talk, AM
the manufacturer told the newspaper maj
many interesting experiences, not noticing
that the latter kept a very eager question
ing in operation. The conductor of tn
train stopped to take part in the converse
ton. and finally the superintendent Of tn
division, who was aboard, dropped in an
the peculiaritles of modern machinery max
ing methods was thoroughly gone over.
1t was nearly midnight when the news
paper man reached home, but he sat dow
to his typewriter and ratified the keys 10
an hour before tumbling into bed. H
simply put into readable form some OF tn
things that had been told him that evening
and a check for $40 was the payment tina
his story brought him.
He always rides In the Pullman car nov
when he travels and says that he shall con
tinue to do so until the $50 gives out II
has never made so good a speculation a
on the occasion mentioned. but he ha
mingled with people who have helped hin
In many ways and win continue to he'll
him for many years to come.
Here was a case where the expenditur
of a few cents brought a rich return. ]
might not always prove possible and tn
lesson might fail to come true in man
instances. But the fact remains that tn
man who Is trying TO get on in the worl
must meet the people who do things II
expects to accomplish his ends. 1t is goo
policy, as well as good comfort, TO ru
against the leaders In business affairs.
Putting Up Good Front.
There was a young man Of Kansas Cit
who had the business intelligence neces
sary 70 success but he had little oppoI
tunlty to exercise IT, He hesitated on
evening whether he should take dinner a
a cheap restaurant or should eat at one {
the cafes patronized by the best peopl
OF the city. He chose the latter, and thi
is what happened:
Come over to our table" was the IN
vitation that came from a friend. and h
; accepted.
He was introduced to widow who owne