The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-22

"o OH' put u pEuNe man would do
what he was doing. for there is more
In this than appears on the surface.
as any social worker will tell you.
Where did you get these medals,
boy?" | asked him.
In the Argonia Forest, sir"
Guess you had to work pretty hard
for EN-. eh?"
mo, sir. they came just natural"
why don't you stand on the corner
and get the big rush of people?"
Say, I'd get the rush all right" he
answered, showing a mouthful of per.
feet white teeth. "Gettin these medals
wasn't nothin' to gettin' one of these
corners. | amt got in with the inter.
ests yet but I'm goin' to stick around"
I've seen him twice since in differ
ent locations, and | presume the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Greeks, Rus.
slams and Italians that have monopo-
liZed the newsstands and news.corners
have him moving. But they won't be
able To keep that kind of a man off n
corner if he makes up his mind TO
have one.
Mr.. +. A. Smith, manager of a se-
curity house, is one of the many new
tenants of the knickerbocker office
building At 42nd street and Broad.
way which was the old Knicker.
booker Hotel. Mr.. Smith has taken
to a large suite Of offices his entire
staff. built up within the past two
years from the ground, as one might
say. Smith was once q member of
the Cleveland police force. Previous.
ly. he was physical instructor at the
New York Athletic club. He is one
of the new school of men who train
statesmen. and as his experiences have
been varied, his judgment Of men is
nearly always justified by results. He
conducts sales classes for men in his
offices, and his drills are calculated to
make whirlwind salesman out of a
deaf mute. II don't care where they
come from" he says, "or what they
have been doing: whether they have
been farming, preaching. numbering or
working at the bench. have bank
clerks, accountants, architects and
technical engineers mixed UP with
men who have been chauffeurs. truck
drivers, conductors. ship-builders, car
penters, plumbers and so on. All /
ask Is that man should be a man.
be ambitious and be on the level. IL
they have the stuff in them to make
statesmen i get at it and get it to work
nurse 1t and develop it, and if they
haven't ] pass 'em along"
Can you make good salesman out
OF a street railway conducter?" /
asked
Depends on how good a conductor
he is, and that means how well he has
tudied his fares. | was conductor
once myself. l took job for q while
in Detroit, and when l quit | had n
thousand dollars in bank"
You must have been a good fare col
lectop"
Wen, 1t sounds bad, but | was saw.
ing smy money at the time and opene,
an account in savings bank. / got
acquainted with the president. some
how, and one day he said to me: Look
here' ! like to see thrifty man like
yourself, and l want to tell you. 10
IKE to be your build. I'm at least fifty
pounds overweight. DO you know how
l can take II Off"
Sure" replied. 81 can write YOU OH,
diet and a system of physical exercises
Ihat Will do wonders for you"
"All right" he. said, go ahead. I fixea
him up the next time | came around
and he asked me what II was worth
fifty dollars, ! told him. He wrote ont
his check for the fifty and at the end
Of the week had lost seven pounds ana
was going strong. Then | sold ten
Others in the bank, and before yol
would realize 1t had class going. Then
quit conductoring, but | would not
nave lost the experience for a great
'eal. want 10 tell YOU 1t takes a lot
Dt line qualities 10 make a good street
railway conductor, a mighty trying lob
with Its fifteen hours one day and three
hours the next. But it's a good running
board TO spring from"
4 friend OF mine recently an,li.. a.,