The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-15


:, twelve dollars . week. TO-DAY
.. so,ns business Of one hundred
s dollars year. Seven years
was a poor, struggling. unedu-
&c" as.sd clerk, with little to ofier my
o s,ovor except half trained set OF
em solss at a cut rate price. was
n' 40, among the hundreds Of thous-
.ds Of inspiring clerks in the big
a,,ias Today own my own pusi-
ASS am going to get married ana
doing the work OF a real citi'
.on IN a real town. have made
.ov I am going to make more
onev That is the most visible
mark of my success. But ! have mucn
aro than that. have won place
!, the hearts Of my community l
I'm, for something in the every day
u,a Of my town, and what l have
dome any young man can do.
ssven years ago--I was then eigh-
.oen wears old was working as
.s,nning clerk at salary OF twelve
so,l.rs a week, when opportunity. IN
the shape Of Louis Lehinan's puasy
a., Knocked at my door. At this time
Iou,s Lehman travelling salesman for
INV house, decided to 80 South to
hecome retail merchant. For years
Iobman has had charge Of selling for
the firm all through the South. he
tnew the country pretty well, and
,rs, az soon as he had saved up nj
,oon hundred dollars, he decided to
,rr his luck on his own hook. Leh'
man was short, stout, darkish young
man about twenty-eight years old
How'd you like to come South and
clerk for me?" he asked. slapping me
an the back in his old friendly way.
ri give you SIS. month and rail-
road ticket. What dye say?'
I'll COME" / said. And l went
winders is a pleasant little South
ern town of about three thousand in
habitants. l found that could live
there considerably cheaper and bet
ter than | had been living In New
York. Instead OF small room In {
crowded fiat, now had airy quarter
in a roomy cottage. Instead OF long
tedious rides In crowded cars,
now walk to and from the store I,
my boarding house. There was N
carfares to pay. My board and lode
ing cost me $780,, including m,
lunch; my laundry only half Of wha
it did in New York, and altogether
; found myself from thirty to thirty
five dollars to the good, at the en-
Of the first month. At the end 9
eight months l had saved $3.50.
felt as rich as Rockefeller. l vii
confess that already had O sneak
ing ambition to save thousand O
fifteen hundred dollars. 80 that
could 60 into business for myself.
Lehman had done It and was NAL
Ing good-why not 1? had bee
working hard and had learned ever
end of the business. But l kne
that 1t would take from two to for
years more OF saving before coul
hope to start for myself. Fate, no,
ever took hand In the game, an
before l could actually realize VIII,
had happened to me, suddenly vol
Up one morning and found myse
behind my own counter. But to
back to the beginning.
don't think that I've mentiont
that Mrs. Lehman helped In Il
store. She was well meaning W
man and thought that she understot
The business. But she never got Il
right point OF view. She was ammo
ing bothersome and interfering.
resolved never to have my wife
business, If l should ever have Il
good fortune to possess both wi
ana bushes. One day one of o.
customers came in and asked to ha'
a waist exchanged. She said her hu
oahd did not like 1t and would n
ie' her wear it. Poor husbands!
nave since learned of the multitu,
oi dislikes that are laid at the
aoors, and how all unconscious al
innocent they are Of their many d
iiAes and aversions. But the tactf
eierk and merchant must swallow 9
sucn excuses and accept them as Il
sOspel truth. 1t took only one 10,
70 see that the waist had been wor
Dul l knew that l must not let h
Nnow that l knew It. She was OF
=" our first customers and Undue,
many OF her friends to patronixe u
all ~