Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-19

I shall want him in my ONCE by II
a. M. at least"
He'll be there" says I. "if I have
| to tow him in at the end of dog
steep do you want to splurge on
that"
60 as far as you like. Shorty"
says he. Just a moment. There!
My check for a couple of hundred,
! and if you need more charge It to
the part
I'll do my best" says I.
| It's kind of an interestin' job, too,
takin seedy specimen like BIZ
| Hilton, who's been knockin' around
| cheap lodgin' houses and loafin' on
park benches for months, and in a
! few hours doing the presto change
act with 'em. But it's amazin what
difference there was in Bill after
| I'd had him run through TURKISH
hustles him to the best ready-maoe
clothing store in town and has EN-
I trot out their medium stout. That 8
where Bill shows his first signs OF
| enthusiasm. He was all for pickln
| out something sporty in shepherd
wide stripes and a polka dot tie.
Nothing doin'. Bill" says 1. Maybe
you can blow yourself to bookie
| outfit later on. but for this scene
you got 10 snow up as soiiu puSl
ness man. Let's see that quiet gray
suit there and a plain black-and-
| white shirt to match
| And say, when I've added mar
row black four-in-hand and pair
of gray gloves and hung some gold
a black string ] was almost proud to
walk down the street with him. Hon,
est l had all I could do not to call
him Mr.. Hilton. I'll bet he could
have walked into any hotel on Broad
way and cashed check for five hum
| dred Why, even busy traffic cops
stopped to touch their caps to MN
| and every taxi driver We passed held
up a coaxin' finger.
IF you've got native New Workers.
YOU do to that Detroit bunch? Say.
| it's all over but signin' on the dotted
/ line Say. how do you feel. eh?
Empty" says Bill. Couldn't we
drift into hashery while threw m
some ham and eggs and a hunk Oh
Certainly not" says |. shocked;
It's you for the Plutoria grill: WI
liam Hilton. Esq. and an order OF
sweetbreads a la financier. with may
be an alligator, pear salad on 2n,,t the
Come along. And for the love Q.
Mike keep those big paws Of yours
! out of your pockets"
From then until $3.50 pm. re-
hearsed Bill for his part. until ne
complains that his neck is gettin'
stiff from holdin' his chin on his col
| lar and he claims he's tuckered out:
So lands him in $l2 room and
| bath and leaves an 8:15 call ordef
at the desk.
| Just to make sure that he don't
| wander out to a park bench again
| goes around and collects Bill early
| next mornin' and delivers him at Mr..
Tupper's downtown offices.
Bill" l says as leaves him. and
don't do anything to queer the act.
| for this is the chance of lifetime.
"Oh. I'm sure he'll be big sue
cess" says Upper. gain at him al
mirin' Take this chair. Mr.. Hilton.
!, There. Now l shall sit at your left.
| with my notebook. and anything l
/ can't suggest out loud I'll write. so
that you can read It over my shouf-
| derc .How's that. eh"'
goin' over the lines that was to open
, the conference. If 1 hadn't known
which was which I'd have picked Bill
J out as the big noise and Upper as
one of the cheap office hands who'd
been called in to take dictation.
Course, havin' helped to frame UP
the plot Of the piece. I was kind Of
curious to see how it worked out, SO
,, before l goes home that afternoon /
calls Upper up on the phone.
WELL" says /, did you put 1t
over?"
Big" says Topper. why. he had
that foxy bunch Of directors bowling
and scraping from the start and they
hadn't been here twenty minutes be-
fore they got out their fountain pens
and signed up"
Bill went through his part all
right did hec" asked
"Ye-e-es" said Upper. draggy.
HE was pretty nervous over it. and
leaked a lot around the forehead
while they were asking him q few
simple questions. Said he was all in
when it was over and I had to send
him off to rest up. But l think with
a little practice he'll get used to it.
hope SO, for I have in mind giving
! him small interest in the business
and making him vice president Then