Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-28

some Interesting Data On the Habit
of Certain Persons Who,
Forget to Pay.
ny ADA PATTERSON.

- 'as'ht'IS''d elfi nulS open the
door and dashed breathlcssly into the
drug store on the corner. she swooped
down, with u pird-like movement. ana
picked up n scrviccablc looking brown
glove.
Honesty is its own reward. puotn
she. Il came back 10 pay for Il cup Of
chocolate and have found my lost
glove. ] didn't know where / had
left it
The proprietor. who had II face as
pleasant as her own. smiled back. 4
called as yon went out. bat the 'I:i'
was passing and you didn't hear. |
knew you'd come back
Tho girl Went out with 4 backward
turned smile.
Did you really
Tn d~rusgist. turned his candid eyes
across the counter ana fixed their be-
m"v"l"nt razu unon me. sur" / did"
i" answered, "pidn't you notice her
face It's Xix" an oprh-far.d clock"
Her face is ia her favor" CON
coded. but What about oti,er folks
VIII" walk out without paying whilC
yuu are busy"
There are so few Of them tina; they
are not worth remembering. have
found that 80 per cent ot AL persons
ar" honest"
THE manager OF a .reat mail house
told me that" | agreed.
MS So" said the druggist. Il have
happened to haze charge OF Il good
many youn. employees. sometimes
nity young men who Yer" lcnrnin:
th" drug business. NJ u time. lNr
'Iii'i'' "a point bI i'i.SHtil- Aita' 'iii'A
- l"ttin; them kno" That | ~irusi.H
them. knowing that ! had 'nith IN
them. the proved themselves worthy
OF II. + used 70 send the boys t" tn"
bank 10 deposit the day rocctrts
Mine was the risk. FOR Il wus my own
money. ! nave sent hundreds o. boys
10 the hIuk "nh not NOR" IMAM on"
"r tW" d.dn'i CONE baal.; i,'t Pr
consider b.. ! wipcd tn" in,ia"Ais or
the Slate ot my memory
lly is rp. ca r..gEs .I-lI..s man. IlH
Knows the drug business well and is
"a cNpcrt at building w a ilhhc -"
chooses locality rthrr ~GrugEiat~
iaNe considered on'nv9'abia ana pres
entity the store l., iiouriahing. lie
builds "a trade and sc"u SON" ether
ana less expert man comes ana oulS
Have .ou noticed there IS i 'i'ne
when i man witl steal ami Il time
Maybe. il, answered thooehifuny.
ana | tod hin ~ au elevator boy
mAd kmown. The 10y worked n a
lashionah!e apa. lment Fouse ~ Sew
presents arrived Tor i.r ]-!ests 'h"
d.y nrror. Christmas. Jewellers mos
thrir weight I'M d'n'n'nds iinrg
hgNe- ln4f held expensive futs arrived
Iu SlutrtIN iaeupercd wagons iAiis
uI silver ami precious brio a nrac
pourld into tlc apartment noase ~
StreuuH. N.V,-y One was delivered lE
ihe tail. frauk faced boy WHO ran TIA"
hu, NO months later a cnan-e
.auG, over lur fayr OF tn, young mann :
word. Letters cane FROM ~" f''i
''S . sa@ine il,ti us ~, ~ ~,
WAS very $50. Later Letters Si!d tN'
NJ MAS believed ihAt she could mol 'i'
more Than, tWo uI three weeks.
- or r.ud.YIr. about tri- ericf That
MAS ,cl4pstn@ tho sun Tor HIhE, @h's-
.rtt.r box Shp drew ifTet i"llHrS it"n,
The hos. Iov, t.tm opcu ard read tGtu'
an. WhGn, aG;r 0egar r~""dtne ne .'
TUiuN:u. about what MAS ina iho=" l"i
tiers She took the vleNHtnE ana ",hs
20 lier roDtm leaving il' m"h on vac
ria: night we heard d: tho ,l"ya-
snr boy ,n!d heen nfrtsk..d, l"r 5h5,td
q purse Ia ,he, purS" Ny-rS m
hoy confessed that l" r+t stolen
% YAK Jim 70 s;G' tranr.>eo -
Wanted q" go. hls vi 90 9fr s,' ".E".
M N'I i. T r., ,'',n'' ~ '"aId %itnli'i
SIG.o0u worth Of christmas presents.
l,.r,e had h.rn 60 l@mpie,i'n.
.E.se Htiai}y Iha; b@SH ;a~ no~"s,%"tN, II
ordinary circumstance, ~, "'""ih .W,
nave been "a ti!.i think y - irlr
mat We shouldn't by rar"te.siirsS mas
the temptation too great f"' Inc
hour o: supreme temptation comes to
ii. wea, .Penind tn e9Hn;s aai! Niiel
= .Prescrtpti"n -, rhiGi t'r." ME
= 80 1905
don't :, SUI huttl. O: Imported perfume.
Another CLERK sold = ucgrcss some" kink
ont To ~strllght,n her hair. slid on
th. STOOL before thc soda counter: went
10 the rear ot the store and laid q
-llycr piece whore the dvuggiSi could
not help seeing it, His lecture on. non
cstV Mas not needed. iiui IL made me
careful thit h- .hoUld have !iS due.
"a ub"scuI-miud"d exit. No prcuc"u-
ration THAI might make me careless OF
thc man who WAS 10" pvcoccupicu 10
..ujicc whc,h"r I naG paid
IT didn'' surprise mo 20 hear mat
mis- mans employers stand phalan>-
like abou; TIA" Dos. ia hard times or
hud business. rnc crew worked for
nina thrcr weeks Wiiuout receiving q
,,.tjd he three weeks back salary and
raised the salary OF every one o. them.
ono worning heard him say /" u
rnll young man who carried Il val!sc.
They ar" doing Ili" right thtne by me.
when they ON wUi hur from you
Tb, young man Nelil oui. The dT!%-
%ist said: "rh"i fellow left MS cT-
4%il"ytr aud j. trying To under sell! him
Hes au ice cream man. lie and his
fellow WORKERS left in Il body. They
Thought they would put the man OUT OF
business. i!ut he has given good SER
Vice. There is N" reason win? I Should
drop him
T1,en understood why he believes
an the world Is honest. lie himself j.
honest.