The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-13

toward questioning me about my BUSH
ness.
Three or four more callers entered.
lie repeated the greeting he gave mo
and shuiied all our cards finally as 4
he meant To deal. At last he flashed
n smile on us all and said: Guess thcr S
enough here now TO warrant disturhn;
him. He's just exploding with busin,-s
to-day ana don't like 20 break in too
often-you know how it is
"In half n minute he returned lie
stopped IN front ii me, dartcd a iin-.r
at me, then turned the finger and poch'l
ii toward the door ] took the pant
mimic hint and entered the bankers
office.
when we had finished I coull.r
refrain from commenting ON tho 'H..
that ! had been able to get L. w
without having to state my huSn..-
The banker unwrinkled his set som ,..
| ness a triiie and said:
81 don't let any one know my b.--
nCEs before | know its BOSS bile il-
portance myself. Until ! talk witt
caller | don't know what he may have
good for me. I'll chance borcs ana
freaks sooner than give a private
secretary opportunity to know me
workings of half put through dead.
He's just kept to be a good 'sizcr Ip'
of personality. After / see and . X
he takes a hand in 1t. and he's re-
markably able man. But no nqui,..on
ahead of time
| another private secretary brushed
up against looked after the buffer rk
! of city official. He had Dickru-'S
crcumocuttVn office tactics completely
beaten for carelessness as To what was
wanted or who wanted it.
Il arrived at II 4. NJ. and sent n
my card, or rather a slip, on whIsH
had To write in a condensed way the
nature of my business. ! waited tit''nn
minutes and no response. ! asked '.r
boy 10 60 in again and he did So ',-
luctantly, returning to report that
they're busy inside I'm poor va ~
and often turn around and go away
If kept too long, or what ! consider .ou
long. In this case. perhaps bcCau-O o.
was n city official ! wished to s,'
took it on myself when the boy tl
gone out on another errand To step .t1
the room where they were 50 busy.
"Therc I found the private secret .rv
and Two men, who ! afterward t-. .-
tanned were minor district Leaders .I-
, SdE'u III lbbhlnS up the election u ..
of the last five years TO settle .'
made Just then as to The woe of a ...-
tain district, The private seCrctay. .-
cumulatcd some anger over my De-
sion, but not half so much as ! d.l al
displayed when | learned that Ia
was out of the city and he halut u
the courtesy to say 50.
THE fact Is he had forbidden III
who took in my slip to disturb u .
, any time he was "ngagr,i--u9I Of
, meant engaged at anything. W /
, saw the boss | spoke my mud |
did was hold up his hands and shal as
head. | knew the boss of the hos. ..+
keeping the private secretary in b
, sition.
: There are courteous private
:, taries, brusquc private seCrctarlos
private secretaries, Jolly private
,aries, retlCcnt private secretaries
: alive private secretaries and foxy
, quisitiVe private secretaries, I'VE b..
/, up against them all. only once in
i experiences with them have ] s'.'
! private secretary taken 20 task Pos
T superior or employer for unsalisiI..
procedure.
This was during one of my 81.
y when the secretary after kccplns
waiting half an hour sent in a later
= itOr ahead of me without special r"'~
:, When | reported the action 90 th'
u during our talk he excused himself. ''
:, going to the outer room delivered a
t. hukc and rcprmand of right S'l'
y kind. nut the exception only r'"'
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