Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

=, Mr. Whitehead wii ahstccr your business ares
m.at. Isk vonr questions clearly aad girc all a.,
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WHEN I got to the employment agency
w yesterday morning the young fellow
gave me a card with instructions to go TO
Rracketts. which is wholesale paper place.
lie said he had sent another man. but that
II he didn't get the job perhaps | might.
ON arriving there found the first man
was sitting l could not help overhearing all
that transpred.
After some preliminaries tho manager
said: Have YOU any references
sure" replied the young fellow. putting
his hand in his pocket and bringing out
bunch OF letters.
Are those your references quietly asked
the manager
Yes sir twenty-cight of them"
You have got lot of references, haven't
you. What period do they COver?'
Five years. and every one of them speaks
well OF me- proudly answered the young
-, The manager, however didn't even look at
them but said, We'll, I'm glad you called;
IL find we can use you III let YOU know,
But you haven't looked at my references
Don't need to- smiled the manager ~
man who can show twenty.-cight references
for five years work shows his ability with
out my even reading them"
. The young fellow waited irrcSolutely and
then said, Good day, sir"
After the door was shut behind him the
manager turned around to a man sitting ut
nearby desk and said. What do you think
"what?" asked the other. without looking
up,
ioh--twenty- references in fve years
work--a job for every other month. Beats
YOU ard me don't it, 2ld man ,,oo said
the Other man, You didn't give him IA
chance, did you?'
Not on your tin typo, You always find
the fellow with II pocket fun Of references
needs them badly" Then he caught sight of
me and said sharply, What do YOU want
After asking me the same questions he
1sked the first fellow he wanted my refer
Who can YOU refer me tor
We'll, only had one job. sir. and vas
there about two or three months. ~ !
that there was q similarity between my two
months job and the other fellows twenty.
going to carry the similarity any further.
where did YOU work."
Marsh 6 Feton's, sir"
"Why did YOU leave thcre' Didn't YOU
like the work.
mo, sir
"I suppose I could phone them, couldn't
81 guess So" gulped.
Left Of your own accord. | suppose! he
Yes" and the minute I said that wished
| hadn't. The manager pieked up the re-
| ceiver and asked for Marsh & Feltons num-
| Der.
Then he asked for Benton and said, THAT
| you, Frank? This is Henry. Did you have
a young fellow named Flint working for
| your"
How I wished ! could have heard the an
| swer / saw "Henrys" head nod slowly.
| After minute he said mo" After a pause
| he said again, you know ! would, old man,
| but when a fellow starts with Il lie heaven
| knows where he will tlnsh.'
Again the voice over the wire said some
| thing--what don't know--to which Henry
replied II knew you would agree with me
| it doesn't pay and with this he hung up
| the receiver.
| 'Do you know Mr.. Benton?' I blurted out.
| I'VE are very good friends--we often dine
| together at the same club. | am sorry We
can't use you
| Just because | told you l left Of my own
| accord?"
| THAT and other untruths."
| What other untruthS?' 7 said hotiS.
| "You said you had been there two or three
| months" he remarked dryly.
| What's IL matter what | did there, If
| work we'll for you?
| II don't think you could work well for me.
| You start in by telling untruthS and then
| lose your temper. Now beat it until you cut
| YOUR wisdom teeth
| Another failure