Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-02
THE PROBLEM OF THE PROFIT.
SHARING PLAN
How the Trouble Started

|OF COURSE after receiving Bruno
" Dukes letter packed up and caugh
the 1907 train to Harbury. wa:
sorry to leave Farmdale-and Mary
but, of course, business must be attended
to- told Mary about Mamie Cleft and
that I had to get her out of jail
She said, do what you can for her
Peter, dear, for she has never had a fair
chance I think Mr.. Duke is splendid to
look after her as he does, especially
when he's such big man, but perhaps
that is merely an example of what
makes bigness"
That's what 1 like about Mary, she's
such "a chum. Now some girls would
have warned me to watch out" for
Mamie or else get jealous. Mary kissed
me just before 1 got in the train.
When l got to Harbury it didn't take
long to find the business school, for it
was right opposite the station. The
school occupied the third floor OF the
building, SO up the stairs I climbed.
On the door was painted in heavy
black letters:
"HARBURY BUSINESS SCHOOL
EDWARD ROOLEY, A. NJ,
Principal"
Inside the office a pasty, simple faced
girl asked me whom I wanted. When I
asked for Mr.. Rooley she said in a man
ner which showed that it was COM
mon formula:
Mr. RooIey's in class now. Can I do
anything for you?"
I'm afraid not" I answered. Il am
here to act for Mr.. Duke"-that's as far
as ! got, for instantly a door opening
into the office was flung back and q
short man dressed in shiny clothes hur-
ried Importantly into the room.
He had a big high-bridged nose
through which he breathed audbly,
rather loose, very red protruding lips
and sharp black eyes set close toge ther.
gave him an appearance of an inquisi-
tive hawk.
Here's Mr. Rooley now" commented
the girl.
"Oh. M. Rooley,"-she spoke to him
in q singsong way-"this man is from
Mr. Duke. Can you see him now?"
He blew out his cheeks till they
looked like the halves of a brown specked
peach and then with thumb and finger
out his mouthful of air with a kissing
sound.
He registered we.ghty sthought, as the
movie man would say, and then with a
heavy scowl said:
"Ye-es, I'll see the young man now.
Miss OsteIray, please tell Miss Gump
to take the advanced bookkeeping class
until I return"
Then to me he commanded, Follow
me-" and without waiting he stalked
back through the door from which he
had obviously been listening.
In his office he told me his story,
with many interjeetions, as to the lost
prestige of his school through Mamie's
His lost dignity and reputa-
ton worried him considerably.
1t seems that Mamie refused to treat,
him with the awe and respect he ex-
pected. In fact she mimcked him and
the teachers until discipline was weak
ened.
He then transferred her to the eve
ming classes, hoping that the older stu
dents would help to keep her in order
He admitted she tried hard and was
making progress.
request from small insurance Of
flee for a girl to file letters" enabled
him to place her at work for IS a week
But Miss Smaller, office manager, put
on superior airs, which Mamie resented
OF course, there was scrap, but IL
was patched up. Then the vind!ctive
Miss Smaller accused Mamie of stealing
postage stamps and also money from her
(Miss Snaller's) coat pocket.
NAMES reply was characteristic. She
few handfuls of hair from