Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-12
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
4 Story Of Salesmanship by
Harold Whitehead
(Copyright)
(Copyright)

CLNIN
WAS so mad with that apology for a
L suit salesman that I called on yes
terday that ] wouldn't go into another
store Instead / went into the Glitter
ana saw punk show. That suit sales
man bothered me SO much that I came
out before the show was over and drop
PED into bean foundry. Well. didn't
like the grub, and got peeve on
In reaching for the salt l upset nv
glass OF water. Some darn fool in from,
or me said. "Oh, you upset your water,
didn't you?"
NO. simp," said II have Just been
writing letter to auntie. Darn fool"
Ihen l found that the waitress had
tried to stick me for five cents on my
check, so ] had a scrap with her. She
tried to get out of it by saying that I
was no gentleman.
Bet your life I'm not kid, il being a
gentleman lets you stick me for a
Jit.'"
l thought that If went over to New
ark to see Rosie that might cheer me
up bit, but when I got there she
wouldn't come down to see me-sen,
down message that she had a raging
toothache and couldn't leave her room.
/ don't know why she should have a
raging toothache just when really
wanted to see her.
] slipped back to New York to see IL
Francis was doing anything He had left
note on my desk saying that he was
off to Hammerville, Conn.--that's where
the Consolidated plant is-and that he
wouldn't be back before the end of the
week. and then he was only going to
stay long enough to pack up his duds
before finally going to Hammervlle to
live
Well, I walked up and down Four
teenth street, smoked a few cigarettes.
and 1t suddenly began to rain. and
had no umbrella, so I beat it back to my
room, took my wet things off and crawl
ed into bed--and at that it wasn't quite
10 o'clock. / felt just about as CHEEKY
and clipper as a bilious man with the
hiccoughs.
BY morning I was over my fit of the
blues, SO after calling at the office I
dropped into a downtown clothing store.
1t was one of those stores where they
know how to dress windows Every
thing about the outside of the store
seemed to say, Come on in, come on in ;
the waters fine" You know what I
mean.
/ never bought anything there before.
because it looked so slick that l felt
would have to get an airship to reach
their prices. | was surprised to find that
the prices were almost within the reach
of human beings.
As soon as l got inside the store a
middle-aged man came to me and said,
Good morning.
Good morning. I want to see a suit
OF clothes"
"Ths way. For business wear?"
well, l want a suit l can wear any
time"
"Yes-a suit that will look good for
business and yet look smart for evening
wear. I understand exactly"
He took me down an aisle, opened a
glass showcase, pulled steel rod on
which were hung a series Of coat hooks.
On each hook was draped jacket. He
looked at me finally and said: II should
think plain brown would look very we'll
on YOU, and brown is quite smart and
in style this season. Just let me slip
this brown jacket on and see how IL
looks, will you?"
Without another word he came and
helped me off with the old Jacket.
noticed that as l was taking off my
coat he looked at the name tag inside
the collar.
Immediately he slid in the rack that
he had pulled out. walked few yards