Evening star., 1922-11-12

sell well. You oughta try havin'
some kinda store. Tribly May. But
maybe you wouldn't know how to
run it"
'Is that so"' says I.
"Sure!" says she. "Lotta folks bust
up"
"Of course says I. only mighty
intellects, such as you and Louisa
nave. have a cinch on success. Still.
might make a stab at a business ca
reer. just to show you. 1nez. that I'm
not a beautiful moron
.Hey?" says Inez. who doesn't get
that last word at all. " l guess you
better get good job
Thanks for the advice. I'm sure"
says l.
But shed no sooner left than Id
grabbed the morning paper and was
running through the columns filled
with business opportunities. And, say.
] never dreamed there were so many
ways a person with a few hundred
dollars could break into commerce.
I'd hardly gone through the first COL
umn before j was dizzy in the head.
and I was more or less glad when
Uncle Nels strolled in. He's as
shrewd an old boy as ever came over
from Sweden, Uncle Nels is, and
while it may not have been strictly
fair to ring in an expert. / began
putting the various propositions up
to him.
"Now here's an automobile supply
house." says I, with a good stand
up on the Boston post road. and this
man says he'll take in a partner
with $500. experience not necessary
Huh" says Uncle Nels. Il bet he'd
lake you in. too; and pretty quick
he has the eight hundred and you
have the experience. Too many of
them little roadside places and too
many big cut-rate firms"
How about beauty parlor at
Broadway and hundred and umpty
ninth street," says I. II could soon
learn to do full facial and henna re-
touching. and Madam Leon will give
me a partnership for six hundred
ash"
TOO far uptown objects Uncle
Sels. you'd just get customers from
a few blocks around. IF 1t was down
near the big department stores,
where tho commuters and shoppers
and folks from the hotels go by, that
would be different"
well. here's wet wash laundry"
says I,'"right on Dykman avenue.
with good will and machinery for
sale cheap on account of owners Ill
health.
no big money in laundries," says
Uncle Nels. II wouldn't touch it,"
= Il X X
TIE didn't favor a wood and coal
/ i store, an Independent cigar stand.
n coffee and tea route. an owl lunch
wagon, or IN antique shop where the
owner was quitting on account OF old
age.
Then I guess I'll have to invent
g. line Of my own" says I.
At which Uncle Nels shakes his
lead. "Ain't many can do that" says
he.
Then you don't rate mo as a deep
thinker; eh. Uncle Nels?" says I.
You're smart girl. all right" says
he. "but when it comes to business,
Trilby May-wen. it takes a man
with good head"
And there I had it fat. from both
sides of our little friendly group.
Why, even Barry. who admits he can
seldom make his checkbook stubs
agree with the monthly statements
his bank sends him. warns me not to
risk my reserve cash IN anything like
a business venture.
Say. how do you get that way. old
dear?" says l.. who's idea was 1t
to open the farmhouse as an inn?
And wasn't It me that branched out
in antiques as q side line, and didn't
] clean up on both propositionsT
''Oh. we'll. but those were lucky
breaks" says he: land In the coun-
try, too. You'd ind 1t quite different
-ssrs in New York. where there's fierce
competition IN everything, from SELL