The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-23
Universal
Furnishers
uNC.)
BY Frank ii. Williams

Ooen hunting LOT!
No matter whether it's an ant-eater
or piece of early Japanese pottery
Just tell US what you want and we'll
get it
OUR PRICES ARE MERELY
NOMINAL
What you want furnished when you
want it. Give us a trial
UNIVERSAL FURNISHERS fINC)
THAT the ad. that'll bring emil"
Sam Culbertson, the aged president
and practically sole owner of Uni
versal Publishers Qnc)," spread
the morning paper before him on his
handsome new desk and leaned back
in his richly upholstered new chair.
He ran his hands through his scant
locks. screwed up his far from hand
some face and winked at Sallie Jor-
dan. his pretty stenographer.
''This'H be the best little graft
ever worked
Sallie looked far from pleased at
this announcement Sam laughed
loudly at her expression.
MY dear girl" there was vast
condeseension In his voice, II call |
everything l do a graft There's
nothing wrong about the scheme.
You needn't feel at all worried, even
If you have got one share of stock
and even If you are one of the fncor-
porators Neither does Bill the of
fee boy. need to feel worried, though
he's got share and is also one of the
incorporators. No one need feel
worried. because this business Is go
ing to be fair and above board, and
it'll be about the only square thing :,
I've been in for 20 years" u
But why do you call 1t graft z
them" Sallie spoke timid1y. She was =
'resh from business college and this ~
vas her first position. ~
Il call everything graft but that -
vord is good in this case, because 1t ~
viii be something of graft in the "a
rices | charge the customers, You
ee, people who are so anxious to get ~
lings that they will employ a pro i u,
sssional getter to get them, will pay -, ~
lnaost any price if the getter is sue ar
essfui That's where the graft comes nv
]. All, Sallie, 1t will be wonderful La
hat prices we can charge our dear uo
ustomers and still get away with IT."
But you say our prices are nomi- ~
aal.'" Sallie's voice Indicated her IN ~ y,
dignation-
My dear little church-worker. our
- nominal-camparative |
3sg6Anal We will scale them nicely
70 sIkhat our customers think the
thing we get for them fs worth. Now | ,
its ali fair and square-Just forget
your Puritan conscience for time /
"a hate to have one OF my fellow i
out of sympathy with =
be plans of the business. All here's
UT first batch of mail"
Sam took the three letters extended :.
him by the postman and opened ~.
EN- rapidly. 1t took him but mo-
ent to digest their contents, %
Three orders already, Sallie.
hats fine Wen Just stop adver ms
sing until we get these orders out " =
the way 1t would never do to
lrden the company with too much
lsiness at the start. Here's man 80
room 314-that's on the third floor ~
OF the Portland fats. He's making '''
collection of hats and he wants one -,
rorn by an American soldier In w
ne Revolutionary war. Hum. that l.
lGDt TO De easy. mere ilOLhcit W
rom Rudolph Erickson, s17 Jefferson
treet Rudolph wants a key that will
open six-byfour trunk used by his
That's explicit. isn't 1t?
Guess | better call him up and get
fuller details-he gives his telephone n
And here's the third one a
some fellow by the name OF Ernest t
Randolph Ernest will not confide his c
desire to his letter; he wants to see !
a representative Of the company. |
tell YOU what Sallie you go up and
see Ernest I'll be so busy with these
two other cases that won't have
time to work him for graft, Be sure
and get a good fee from him-that's
the important part you know-a big |
fee"
Sallie was inwardly rebelllous at
heing connected with any concern
which even savored of graft. but she
was exceedingly anxious to make a
little money by working in an office.
40 she had no thoughts of resigning.
Altar all the business was really le-
Ultimate and for her part she decided
as she walked toward Ernest Kan
dolph's address she would charge
nothing but perfectly honest. mod
crate fee.
When Sallie returned to the office
abe found Sam SPRAYED back In his
chair and looking the picture of de-
spondency.
4This ia the limit" Sam fred the
remark at her the moment she en-
tered the room. Here I've incor-
norated for 1000 and really put 5000
N the company, which I've put into
oraea furniture, and now 1t looks like
was up against brick wall. This
thing isn't going to go SO well as
thought 1t would. Now you'd think
n wouldn't be such laundering hard
fob to find a hat worn by an Ameri-
can soldier in the Revolutionary war