The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-12-24

.,.-' IL tI..1 Z AZ 81 -, SAYS.
AUl::' |5lactimps tntnk one thing
unG sv.Ayli...CI auOdder. Shust now
vhaS tUi3liuy dot YOU vhas an old
DOC ,cil....l. o.. t wont have anything
il Ger nu.r>,. j." cat in week longer
if you dOn's U,&ir pop und bring some
peesn2ss Ec.o Begin on dot heel while
| talk to y..U. It vhas 20 cents, but |
cif you two hoouered dollars worth
Of advice Instead of der money"
locke at him for awhile und den
took his shoe. und purity soon he says:
"Cobhler don't you make 4 study OF
der people?"
'If | cobble shoes dot vhas all l can
do" says.
Dots where your head vhas screw
ed on der wrong way. If you don't
study der peoples you don't make a
sooccess in peesneSs. Der first thing
you have to learn is dot der peoples
always vhant What dey can't get.
Dots What makes me a tramp. like
to be president Of a savings bank. |
can't get der job. und so l goes tramp
ing. Anybody can come In dis shop"
"Of course"
"Und so only q few come in. Sup
pose it vhas locked oOp und had sign
on der door 90; u"poGy could come in!'
Den vlas a bankrupt"
Den you vhaS getting ready TO
make a lot Of money. Now, you listen
to me. vAas nobody. Uud Yet | study
human nature If cont ! vhas starv-
ed to death in Il week. If | vhant TO
sleep in q farmers barn, 90 you belief
l ask him? No, sir ask him if
can sleep under tree IN his yard. Dot
makes him say Shall sleep in der
barn If | want good meal | don't
ask his wife for it. ! say would like
a drink Of soIr J1ttcru.i}k. She likes
to have it her Hhay. uni SO She makes
me sit down 10 der table uL1 eat i
good square meal"
"Vhell, mebbe dot vhas So" l says
$50? or course it vhas so II yo1
like people TO do one thing tell 'cm -
do anodder. In dis world we al IL.
to have our vhay. If YOU Keep {
shop open some one comes in when L.
likes to If you shut him OOp hun
dred peoples come here und pound on
der door to get in"
Vheli, dot tramp talks TO me for two
hours Before he comes | don't belief
dot q tramp knows anything. Are:
he goes AWAY | belief dot tramp
knows all about It. | talk things over
NIT my wife. und she says go ahead.
und so der peoples who pass my place
next morning find my shop shut oop
uud a big sign in der window which
reads:
Notice to Some Publics.-Der Ger.
man cobbler has gone out OF peesness
No more /cobbling done here. You
vhill find a dagO shop one block down =
Shust ash soon ash | eats my break.
fast put on my Soonday clothes und
take some walks | stop IN efery
store und house and saloon und say:
"I vhas here TO say dot vhas gone
out Of peesness. Please don't bring
any more shoes TO my shop"
Stopped by People.
More ash feefty people like ne TO
stop una tell why. but pass along
| 90 for half a mile around my shop.
und l speak to children on der street
und l keep avhay from der shop al.
day. Ny wife says somepody vhas
knocking at der door all der time -
der afternoon, but she don't mind II
Vhell. / like TO tell you dot der first
thing in der morning a man comes In
NIT three pairs OF shoes und calls out:
Here. now. but What vhas all dis
about:''
Il shust go out OF peesness," l says.
"Vhat fOr?"
"Oh, / vhas ghetting oldr
Nonsense! You vhas going TO stay
right here for five years yet. Here
zhar coma cbaaz IN q Y oon You rant