The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-10-13
A Wise Fool
By MURIEL LEE

y AZ" "oTuS, IrltS out true
ola saying: "A fool and his money are
soon parted"
layton looked disappointed, but not
dlSheartened. He bowed silently to
lle mature Judgment expressed, and
picking up a fiat long object encased
III canvas left the house. 1t might
nave been picture for what it showed
IN outline, or sign or a poster, but
II was none of these. 1t was in fact
a model OF new folding patent chair,
and it had cost Dayton two thousand
dollars.
certainly it was novel and UNIQUE,
and 1t was no wonder that its varied
utility and novelty had caught the i'm
pulSive fancy of the young investor.
Dayton was twenty-five years of age
and just out of college. An uncle With
whom he was q favorite had died
leaving him the sum named. At once
his practical father had advised an
investment in seven per cent bonds,
but Dayton ,had demurred.
Use here, father" he had said,
with no prediction or preference for
any particular profession, I've got to
start at work and find my level. Jud-
son barrow, fellow student, has in
vented chair with some new features
and likely to catch the public as
needed and useful appendage for the
camping-out tent, the boarding house
hall room, and even for general use.
He has named his price and can just
reach it. l believe l can make a lot
of money, and I'd like to try and dem.
onstrate my ability as a salesman and
business man on my own hook"
And then Dayton had done a wise
<hfng. He secured a thirty-days' option
on the device in question and forth
with started out to demonstrate its
practicability. First he visited manu-
facturers, then the jobbers and then
personally conducted soliciting cam.
paign in half dozen representative
Gowns. A week before the option ex.
pired Dayton had booked sufficient
orders to more than cover the sum
total of his investment, plus the cost
of manufacture.
''I'm on the safe side," he decided.
seven if father won't see it that way.
It's experience, if nothing more.
guess I'll go and have a talk with
Celia" and Dayton found an inter-
ested CONSIDER in his closest girl friend
whom he hoped some day to marry,
although he had never told her so. He
told the story of his Investment to
Celia Dayton from start to finish, in
Guiding the drastic judgment of his
father.
"Why. Dayton, think you have just
done splendidw declared Celia en-
Enthusiastically. "If you have taken all
those orders in three weeks, just think
what you may accomplish with some
one to help you, and the business fair
ly started. You promised to show m
this wonderful chair. Is that it?"
"This is it," asserted Dayton proud
ly, as he drew forth what the canva
receptacle held. "First, it folds nj
compactly and takes up no room
Next, you attach these two Semi-cir
cular pieces of board and you have a
rocker. Slide up this thin covering at
the back and you have a mirror. A
o}an can shave and arrange his neck.
he superbly. A woman can powder
and dress her hair-not you, Celia" q
glance of ardent admiration. Mature
made you perfect from the start" an(
Celia blushed, but it was from deligh
+bo bon
"Then, too" went on Dayton, 81 hav.
one or two new wrinkles. l am going
to add to the chair special adapta-
ton for lawn use, and maybe an at
tachment that will transform it into g
convenient stepladder."
ooh, Dayton!" cried Celia, 81 think
you are just a genius. and oh. so
wise, and sure to succeed"
II hope it," responded Dayton, ST.
only to show that I am a wise fool
after ALL"
Dayton Rudd started forth upon his
ficst business venture with the ardol
of a knight Grant intent on winning
his spurs for the dedication of his
loyal lady love, and demonstrating that
his judgment was superior to the
biased prejudice of his father. He
worked like a beaver.
Dayton wrote only once to Cello
during his absence. 1t was a brie1
friendly note, embracing the informa.
ton that he had passed the four thou.
sand mark, with liberal royalty offer
on large deal from an established
concern in the furniture trade.
81 would like to show you some
thing father" he said, upon arriving
home. "There is little to say, an6
this will indicate that 1 did not make
so foolish a guess as you thought IL
buying my chum's invention"
John Rudd was mute as Dayton ex.
tended a sheet Of paper detailing his
orders, the expense of manufacturing
and profits.
81 reckon I'm in rut, Dayton" he
conceded. you've hit it, sure, with
your new-fangled notion"
81 am going to show you the chaiI
with it's very latest expanding device