Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22
BUSINESS CAREER
or PETER FLINT
A Story Of Salesmanship BY
Harold Whitehead

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GUESS Id better finish telling about
VI the scrap at Beitmans last Satur-
day
You remember that Marks had showed
out his foot and sent me sprawlinR.
smashing the gas mantle chimneys and
causing me to give my thumb devil
Of cash
I grabbed him by the back Of his head
and before | thought what I was doing
| Jabbed his face on the cash register
and it rang up thirty cents
Then ! went white. for I saw blood
tflckIing from n number of cuts on his
race. lie began crying and ran behind
his uncle for protection
! didn't chase him up however for
! was too astonished at what happened
TO move. Max Beitman clamly grabbed
Marks by the back Of the neck and.
pufhng and sweating AZ the exertion. said:
y saw the dirty trick you played and
you've rur this joint just about long
enough and I'm through-get me? I'm
through God, | wish | wasn't SC fat
ia kick the everlasting daylight out
OF YOU v | could"
lte stopped for breath still holding
the whining Marks by the neck. Marks
Kept saying, "oh, unk', oh. unk' YOU
won't forget that my mother was your
slSter ON, mother. see what your
brothers doing TO me- Oh unk' 20
beitman grunted; then. looking
at me, said, ''Flint. kick this fellow out
| Of the store for me"
| hesitated. So he added IF you don't,
| I'll fire YOU"
When Marks saw me coming toward
nm h" began to swing his arms like
"a crazy windmill
BY the time got right up TO him,
however. he dropped to the floor and
| cried, Hey don't you dare TO hit me
when I'm down 80 and then he began to
| crawl ON his tummy toward the door.
all the time sniveling. Don't YOU dare
| TO hit me when I'm down"
Max Beitman looked at me and, with
a hanana-ike finger pointed at the
SGulrIning Marks. said Go to it,
All right | said, and, looking at my
feet. said, Now. then. feet. do your
duty and believe me they did.
Toward evening things .quieted a bit
and we had a few minutes to chin-waK.
The door opened and / looked around.
ready To serve the customer, when
| noticed u was Francis Graham and
Bruno Duke.
They shook hands with Max Belt
man. who evidently expected them Then
| they all sat on the back counter and
! talked together for half an hour or more
Then, kerpiunk All he said WAS
/ WHY don't you go home with your
friends? It's near closing time"
As soon as We got outside I said,
Francis. what were you folks saying
about me?'
You ~ He looked at Duke and they
/ both laughed. Well, of all the conceit.
Your name wasn't mentioned" t
| Then he told me that the Republic
, cutlery Company had had to close out a
customer who could not pay his bill and
they were trying to sell the whole stock
10 Beitman He was willing 20 buy. but
said he hadn't room for it as regular r
| stock and that there was too much for a
sale. He said he couldn't see any way
to handle il. Francis asked II he would
buy If they could show him how TO sell
it quickly
lie was game for that. OF course so
, the Republic cutlery Company hired
/ Bruno Duke as the leading sales
counselor i'm the country to work up a
sales plan. He was at the store look
ing over the possibilities and promised
70 submit plan in the near future"
II will he interesting to see what he
does.