Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-12
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On Wednesday Feb. %, 1871, the en-
ployes OF Cations telegraph instru-
ment factory surprised their foreman,
Mr.. henning, by presenting him with
a gold watch valued at $175, which
was purchased at Trask's? The event
marked Mr. Henning's ffty-second
birthday, and, incidentally, 1t was Just
twelve years that he had charge of
the plant. A half holiday was then
declared. The boys were given a
sleigh ride TO MarseiIIes in the after.
noon and in the evening were treated
to an oyster supper at Walther's.
Still, without Caruso to manage IL,
Will not do the old home town much
good
II the crusade against chewing gum
gets under way there Will be gum
runners as we'll as rum runners.
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Now said the boss to the rising
.oung salesman, you must be careful
about names. When you call on
man named Crazy, for instance, you
want to find out how he pronounces
it before you address him. 1t Is
CinCh ii will not be pronounced as it is
spelled, and you'll make no hit at all
il yau go in and call him Mr. Crazy
If it's impossible to find out how
he likes his name pronounced you
want to take q chance on something
like 'krawZCe. He won't get mad IL
the pronunciation is not according to
his ideas so long as you don't say
Crazy Your way OF pronouncing 1t
may be an Improvement on anything
he had thought of himself In that
case you will have a good chance for
an order. Just exercise your inge.
nulty in finding ways of pronouncing
names like that that have an unfortu
nate humorous sound.
One Of my statesmen lost a large
order once by calling a man Mr..
Waddj' instead of Mr., Waddell.
which was unfortunate in that Mr..
Waddell happened to be short, fat
man.
1T will require some little ingenuity
on your part to do this, and you will
have to study the matter OF names.
For instance, we have customer
at Junkylle named Mr.. Punk, and 1t
is kind OF hard to get around a name
like that, but you can try out various
pronunciations as you address tho
man, and note By his expression which
seems to please him the most. Try
Pink 'Pank,' 'Penk,' Ponk, 'Panak,'
Pinak, 'Ponuk, and so on.
I've had a customer named Chick
enthief' once, and one of the boys
made such a hit by calling him 'Chyck-
enthyffe that he gave the boy Job az
head Of the works with nothing to
do but boss other people around and
occasionally can somebody.
Mr.. Housebreaker is another man
you want to look out for Bill House
breaker is the soul of honor and in.
tegrity. his word is his bond, and he
never told lie in his life. Mr.. Pick
pocket and Mr.. L.ghttinger. Mr.. Booze.
guzzler and Mr.. Sluggcr are all Sun
Gay 9chOl superintendents and things
of that sort, and must be addressed
carefully as Mr. Hoosebreker' Mr..
Pykepogue and so on. You can al.
ways make use of the silent letter
rule, or pretend to think the gentle
man is entitled to the French accent
Now be careful about these names
Mr.. Boob, won't your"
Yes, sir replied the young man
"but my name is pro-
'Bow-ob,' the first o. pro-
nounced like o. in doughnut,' and
the second % pronounced like % in
doorknob
That's the idea! You'll Learnt"
and the boss placed his hand approx
ingly upon the young mans well
rounded head
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