Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-18

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glrc an TIC iaSty' YoTr Corg,Gt Iyy RSiayy ITId I'D
yTGno cga,aaECssy must b. 0ircn 10 an Inquiries.
htn'ggry 70 technical questions rU Be sent
,W ,WaiW oihcr gmCstionS wN be dnStccrCd
l,mS Of iaquircrs ,ciIl BE- wor,n id,o Tie st1,y
ot Peter FIut
LNNI
THIS has been the most remarkable
l. day IN my life I've got ioh--a
real job--a job ! got myself that Is,
got 1t through Rogerss suggestion that
] see Jack Field secretary of the Hard
ware Association
called an him yesterday afternoon.
he Is mddle-aged Cleau-shaveu ruddy-
faced and Just a little bit too plump
When ! got into his office there were
three ur four other people there, but
nevertheless he noticed me and said.
Take scat. young man, III he at
liberty i'm q few moments"
quietly and courteously he dispensed
with one after another caller until my
turn came
never knew the meaning W the
word urhanity until knew Jack Fird.
Gee Id like to hc as easy at meeting
people as he is All kinds of people see
him about all kinds Of things He never
gets lustered at all I heard one man
say TO him:
~ hope this doesn't trouble YOU. lack 0"
Nothing Is q trouble" replied Jack
Field. "So-called troubles are only prob
lens to be solved"
When my turn came / quickly told
him my story
you've had little experience in
hardware then. haven't you?" he asked
Yes Mr. Field"
"Do you think you would like 10 live
in one Of the suburbs around here
happen tG know Of kitchen furnishing
store that needs an assistant"
"T don't mind where | go. 50 long as
I can start work right away"
That's the spirit. Are you busy just
now"
"Not At all Got all kinds Of time"
We'll. ! wonder II you would mind
opening that safe over there for mo
This is the combination" and he wrote
the figures On a hit Of paper
II seemed a funny request to make.
but ! went over and tried the darnod
old safe for about fifteen minutes. but
couldn't do anything with it. then went
back and told him so
He looked AT me for q minute with
those little twinkling eyes Of his and i'm
that glance ! realized that he is not
merely the simple. Eood-natured man he
appeared 70 be- but a shrewd business
man.
How do you expect me to recommend
YOU FOR a job II You can't open safe?
Go ahead and have another try"
But I've tried for fifteen minutes Il"
TRY for an hour and fifteen minutes
but II you let a little job like that host
you, don't know what youll do in a
real job"
So ! beat it back 10 tho safe and n
took me forty minutes to open IL, and
when | did get It open my collar was
wilted, perspiration was rolling down
my face. 7 was grubby and grmy from
kneeing on the wooden floor, and gem
orally, must have looked pretty oh
ieCt We'll. | went back to Mr.. Field
and told him ! had opened the safe
without another word he took M the
telephone receiver ann asked for Walton
672, and then inquired for a Mr.. Mlnton.
Say, Mntou." he said, this Is Field
I've got a young man for you" There
was silence for a minute, thnn he
Chuckled Yes he did. Il took him
more than forty minutes" Again ST.
lence Very good and he hung up
the receiver.
Curiosity got the better NJ me What
did YOU tell him about the safe for7"
"Evoryhodv who wants job ask 10
open that safe--iust a little stunt of
mine. The combination doesn't wGrI,
very well and II is quite a job to open
II. believe a fellow who can stick
at IL till it is opened has something in
him. Well, now you go to see Mr..
Minton, 67s Washington street. Walton.
He runs a kitchen goods store and wants
young man like you. and can start YOU
at work right away-if satisfactory"
/ went.
Mr. and Mrs. Minton are sure a fun
ny couple She's a queer-lookinE old
lady
can't write any more now. for ]
promised to see Philip Rogers tonight at
40 and it's . o'clock now.