Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-01
Business Career of Peter Flint
A Story of Sulesmausl,ip by Harold Whitehead


manship and lettcr-writinr. Could you REQ.
oininend 10 me. several good books dealing
with these subjects? DO YOU think It ad.
in English, Italian ami German stenoe-
practical business experience after having
sradiated from hiEh and business school. ]
pIqsed with an expoit and import Sf concerm' con- gr
a,tendng to shipping. foreign exchange, be-
Spo9ndng, stenoeraphinr and typewritns My
ma S%'a,y aS is SO per week. \ year ago. took
Era1duate. I1 The gradings received from the
Hs '' ard rSIy zen nor lessons cent IN are sixtyelsht
sso' though. althou-it they are satisfied with
nIe' nn o,,, tneH cannot svc me raise of salary
year on christmas they ' told ldrJS me tbe sms ms
story We cannot give you II raise on &C.
Snise SHhs Hf nc P9oasi9ion o aD etc What you'd you
First 1t is better than nothing, bur
u resident school is far preferable.
MlIl send you a list of good books on
'''sse S SUBJECTS under separate cover
oecond IL l We're you Id stay with
mat firm, II it is a good one, and you
Iah Uh learn the details of the business
W., mt'le a.. tnere. however, study all YOU can,
not just he book work you know, but
tlelr methods of doing things and the
way they manage and finance their
Then when the war Is over Won w,l,
self Se oGTer ,ber equipped for starting for your
sWapped Jobs. As YOU will he in bust.
ness for Yourself before a great while, a
year or Two at most perhaps less G
hope) no firm would want to give You
any real executive position They want
permanent men for such work See what
| mean? A
came TO this rtv four months AGO ON.
evening soon after / was here I bought the
paper s srer papeL, since an daily reader OF this
factS IN the Business Career Of Peter Flint
For six years have been experimenting
shades. My method removes every partiois
81 art Of the window shades no matter how
id,r "ld or soIrd they are, Without affecting the
u the window shade '
be- . came s%na here . because I knew tins would
Viewing some Of the large real estate com.
nhaies ana other business places. | learned
but not satisfactoriy as they "fsS fade mere re-
shrink ~ viva" an"
udrl ! carr, :, sample book with IN" Of my
NOT, murh. ana am soon able to convince the
harties mat ] have thorough method t.
thy eAt"nt that ] have done some work al
ready here for firms whose shades were in
Yer nery bad bad shape They gave me letters on
TO them in reference to my work
am thirty-seven years old and. like the
| average man who invcnts something, i have
operation That is 'eSh Why snd M put wr,i ig,G this
you To see II you can assist me or show me-
ii",nT i,,sin way ! can get capital TO start in
and hay hay, Watched the business opportunities
M Mitnu nave written TO parties who wanted To
had an interview with one party and he n"is is
Please do not think that / am optimistic
sbndn Tmeh ,y Say that no one can clean window
pe,sons that Gained they could do il and
Stu Study S"a az h Sher the e,sps %PsN hayc made =
,,ih,ms ,,,h,mms until am sure of what | stated
thls long letter, as It is the shortest j could
WHO a''1 explain myself thoroughly.
DO YOU know. I thinks if / were in
your place ] would not want a partner
or capital | really believe that if you
Ilandle IT properly YOU could make a
GOOD business oIt of It, why don't you
Try 70 get some agents to secure bust
ness Tor Nou'-giving them "A little com
mission so that you can put all your
timc III cleaning shades while 9th, RS
get the work for YOU? Then if YOU get
more shades TO clean than you can per-
s1llalN attend t" hire somC one to
clean them on your plau.
] assume that when YOU say Won did
not pave any money you can find S25
or S5h If YOU wanted TO, and I suggest
mat YOU go and see some good advertis-
ing agent and ask him what he would
Ihdrsr 10 write you up a little folder
describing your work and methods and
then have that folder mailed to real
estate ~onccrns. superintendents OF
buildings and such like persons Such
Il folder would probably bring van
plenty of business 10 follow up.
Don't try to write your folder. how
ever. AS YOU would probably make iust
as bad job in writing your own folder
as the advertising man would i'm clean
lS MS own window shades
word OF warning. Be sure that Won
charse enough for YOUR job so as 10
cover an your expenses and leave vc,,
a protlt' It is frequently n fault Of
beginners i'm business In charge TO-, ii,,Ia
Tor their services, and then when their
increased expenses cnailcd swallowed
up tie whole of the prcfit and a Little
blt morc-thcy failed. A little hit OF
a big business without an,- proft