Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
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T THINK we've cleaned up all the bust
L ness we could from last weeks pros
poets.
Good sold n lot OF Clearvale lar &c
his prospect.
Everhart and Wilson did nothing with
their prospects.
Everhart is a fryer all right, but VIII
son-this morning +: tried - touch me
for $40 and acted sad and hurt like when
I refused.
"Oh. we'll" he sighed, "1ll struggle
on a little longer" He shrugged his
of the office. lie didn't turn up again
during the day, but | expect he'll be on
deck in the morning.
I've put another ad in the papers
today, but | hated to do 1t. for my bank
account is getting alarmingly small. 1t
has shrunk from 500 to less than $500
in n month
OF course, some second payments are
coming due now. but they wont help
me a great deal, for I've got to pay kel-
lett that 25 per cent | borrowed on each
order. He's pretty hard-hearted ond
holds me up for the last nickel. He
won't let me borrow money on contracts
| personally sign.
Rent is due, furniture installment Is
due, typewriter installment is due-and
salaries and drawing account have to
be paid every Saturday. Then there's
telephone and janitor service-there are
SO many calls for money.
I've called up some of the employ
ment agencies to see If they can find
me some statesmen, but as soon as |
say it's straight commission they are
very sorry, but not a man on our books
for that kind of work"
Sometimes | have a cold uncomfort-
able feeling about the business, but I'll
pull through somehow.
| dropped Mary a brief letter today,
saying | hope to visit Farmdale again
in the near future. I asked her if she
had n photograph of herself she could
spare me.
I'm afraid I hadn't ought TO have
bought that vanity case for hcr-S2s
Is a lot Of money when you need it for
business-hesides we are nothing but
good friends-yet.
l wish | could get some statesmen
who could do something for themselves.
iNA' 4 "'A - A'Hi ~ Gnu "''s
one of them has been able to get any
business for himself. Abercrombie Is
on the job all the time and is the only
II worth anything, so far as I can sec,
and | turned Abcrcrombie down when
he came first because he didn't look
as though he could sell.
Believe me. this job of hiring people
Is no cinch | wish there was some way
of knowing what "A fellow really is be-
fore you hire him.
food would be all right. / think, If he
wasn't so i'll all the time.
! put an ad in the papers for sales
men and will ave another try.
My neighbor next door, Mr.. Todd
manages to hold his men. but he says
he's willing to carry them for three
months il necessary, IL they shape up
we'll. Then again he goes out with his
men and shows them how to sell.
/ haven't the money 70 carry nom
producers a month, and | have to keep
selling myself to keep going. so / can't
spend any time in training the men.
This having "A business of your own is
no cinch.
That reminds me Able's Jew tailor
friend wants to come to Clearvale again
on Sunday with his wife. | guess they've
got me for an easy mark, for they'll
never buy, However. Able Is such a
good boy, it's worth while paying out a
couple of dollars to keep him encour-
aged.
All the troubles Of selling are not
mine, however, for Francis is trying TO
sell "True-Love."
He advertised her as a smart little
roadster, in good condition"
Three people rave been to see her.
The first man as soon as he caught
sight Of the ancient wreck, demanded
sixty cents far carfare for being brought
there under false pretenses,
The next one gave one glance AT poor
old "True-Love.' and said. 81 wouldn't
be seen dead in that thing
The third man offered to take it away
for Francis without any expense If he'd
throw in a couple of new inner tubes
Francis had on hand,
I wanted TO laugh-but "True-Love"
is not a subject to laugh about with
Francis.