The San Francisco call., 1909-07-26

M 70 agree or disagree Win q eus
toner?
And representatives OF the business
world of San Francisco answer that.
after all is said and done. it is wisest
TO agree with a woman and take
chances with the average man.
The question bobbed up in the Cal
houn trial last week. ripple OF inter-
est in a sea Of technical verbiage. The
prospective jurors in the case were
busy explaining why they could not
act. The courtroom was heavy with
the great dullness OF sEeh moments
The attorneys stihed yawns as they
asked questions. the reporters drowsed,
The public was not. Into the calm
came there one Alfred Brown. barber.
short. middle aged. plump. prosperous
and happy
81, said Brown, 4never agree with
anybody. When a man comes into my
shop to get a shave and makes state
ment L take the opposite side. 1 End
this is good for business
Thus. one heavy with beard. wander
ing into the tonsorial parlors OF
Brown. casually uttsrs. as he divests
himself Of his collar:
1T looks as If JEFF is going TO bir
the smoke
A simple. guileless remark. such as
any white American citizen might
make in moments of forgetful enthusi-
asm; but TO Brown it is the gage Of
battle
JEFF fight" quoths he. giving
vicious swing to his razor. When
that overfed lump can enter a ring
without being hoisted there with
steam derrick he may talk Of lighting.
AS IL is
BY this time the patron is in the
chair, and TO refute the contrary
Brown would necessitate his swallow
ing handful of lather. Thereupon
Brown talks. The patron returns. Why?
Quite simple. To answer Brown But
he only gets about as far as saying:
''Tll bet that JEFF can whip the smoke
with one hand when he is in the
chair and the lather is on his face.
He returns again to finish the argu-
ment and in this way Brown does lu-
erative business.
But another witness was Frank L
HATFIELD. This man. a cigar dealer. de-
clared on the stand that he agreed with
everybody. If one entered his store
for the purchase OF twofer. declar-
ing that Calhoun was next door but
one to cherub on parole. gleefully
then would the cigar dealer answer.
Sure, and that's right"
If moment later. another visited
the store for a similar purchase and.
as he lit his cigar at the desk fame.
roundly scored Calhoun, comparing him
to things evil and speaking with the
tone of one who has Just had 10 pay
two fares for one ride. Hatfield would
say:
Now you're railroading. partner If
ever there was fat rooted crook who
needed hair cut at san Quentin. sure
that mans Calhoun"
Therefore came the query:
rs il wiser TO agree with Brown
the barber. who disagrees with his
customers and thereby arouses an in
teresting conversation than. like Hat
field, to agree with all and keep un-
rufied the river of Iffe's going2~ This.
necessar rily, within the domain OF the
great god of business
u. Goldsmith. one of the. managers
for Goldberg. Bowen & Co. man
whose business it is to know human
nature rather better than to know his
buffers and cheeses, in discussing the
subject, adds thereto a new phase.
The barber and the cigar dealer
said he, deal with men. But We
We" his eyes sought the far away
we deal mostly with women. And
if one of my statesmen should ask me.
should say agree With them. A man
does not mind an argument. If he
has few minutes 10 spare and ap-
pears as if he would like to open a
should talk with him
Just as 1 would to any other man. But
do not believe q woman cares to
argue. When a woman makes a state
nent, when she says a thing. it is best
TO take her word for it-and she is
right. OF course, when II
comes to politics or religion. we mt
our foot down hard These are things