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and ability and intrusted to him
much of the schooling of Edsel Ford
along business lines.
In the first years he was with the
company Mr.. Klingensmith also
served in the capacity of secretary to
Mr.. Ford. It was on taking up this
work that he spent one whole night
opening the accumulated mail of Mr..
Ford, which filled three waste
baskets. Some of this mail had been
awaiting action for about two years.
In the collection he found company
and personal bills, duplicates of which
had been paid meantime. and among
other things a check for $40 in pay
ment of an old debt.
THERE is rumor, which seems to
i be not without foundation in fact,
to the effect that Mr.. Ford once
tucked a million-dollar check In his
vest pocket and then proceeded to
forget all about 1t. Mr.. Klingensmith
says that on one occasion he handed
Mr.. Ford his monthly salary check,
and as he did so asked him why he
had not deposited the one given him
for the previous month. Mr.. Ford
went through his pockets and turned
up the missing check with the re-
mark that he had forgotten all about
it," That was in the days when coal
was cheaper. At any rate. it must
give you q grand and glorious feeling
to be able to forget your salary check.
It would appear that attention to
details In business was not Mr. Ford's
most distinguished characteristic. in
those early days. 1 have heard Mr.
Couzens say that he regarded Mr..
Ford's ability TO delegate the doing
Of things to some one else as one of
the secrets OF his success. The three
waste baskets full of accumulated
the correctness OF the mayors, OBJ
waste baskets full of accumulated
time entered the employ OF the COM
pany: MY idea of a good executive
is that he is a man who never has
anything to do" didn't take that
literally, and couldn't see just what
he meant. But understand now.
Mr.. William s. Knudsen came to
the company in 1907 and hit the trail
in 1921. He is considered one OF the
highest authorities in this country on
steel stampings and drawings of ma
teriaL He developed the stamping
and drawing operations OF the Ford
Motor Company in Highland Park
He had charge of mechanical install
lations in the branches OF the COM
pany: devised and installed prac-
tically all iahor-saving equipment for
assembling cars: supervised the con-
of branch buildings. At the
outset of the war he was put in charge
of the eagle, boat operations.
The choice was In recognition OF his
ability and tireiess energy. He had
the reputation OF getting things done.
Knudsen wAA xair and gsnsropa n
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lar and a long front panel like
mans shirt bosom made with stripes
running across. 1t is fastened with
link buttons of onyx, as are the turn;
over cuffs. A narrow belt of lac
Quered red leather gives a right touch
OF. color.
one-piece frocks of poplin, with
skirt slashed across hips and gathered
to- break the hipline, V-shaped neck
line and long sleeves trimmed with
coIored worsted embroidery at neck
and hips. This particular decoration
is made from strands. of knitting
wool. with thick knitted decorations
holding 1t together like slides.
|. Wool belts will be smart for Palm
Beach gowns. which means they will
be worn everywhere. They are
woven IN everX color OF zephyr, some
variegated. as is the fashion with
furs and feathers, in streaked effects.
Some of these belts tie over and end
in deep tassels of wool, while others
are finished with rings of jade. amber
or cornelian. -
.@REEN and blue plaid worsted is
~ revived. 1t is made into plain
skirts fastened in front, with short
sweater knitted Of heavy triple
silk threads to give thickness and q
certain stiffness to the garment. The
sweater is of green or blue to match
one color of the plaid. 1t Is knitted
with q paneled front fastened with
round bone buttons to match, and
there is a small turnover collar. The
long sleeves are fitted at the wrist
There is no belt. II clings to the
figure like a basque. This kind of
sweater does not look like any gar
ment we have hitherto called by that
name. 1t Is so sedate that women
wear 1t on the street under a fur
coat: 1t has enough dignity for such
service.
There are other new sweaters Of
turnover collar and wristlets in a
Persian pattern of colored woolS
They At the figure and are worn with
knife-pleated skirts of kasha or wool
poplin. The best one was in gray
with terra-ootta and blue zephyr
over a skirt OF terra-cotta.
New handbags are made of velour
covered with a tapestry design in
fine wool or silk. The mounting Is
simple and fnconspicuous. The hand
straps are OF velour. Black is the
leading color. Sometimes the tapes
try work is done In silver or plati-
mum threads.
There is a new metallic tissue.
somewhat like Indian tissue. that
looks like leopard skin. 1t Is used
for a long cuirass bodice above a
black velvet skirt. Square black
chiffon sleeves fall to the hips.
Leopard skin as decoration is fash
ionab!e. and this imitation of 1t in
tissue is an original touch. It's use
gives distinction to an afternoon
gown.
A helmet hat Of black satin worn
at a restaurant had the beak of
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/ holder. a director and an executive
| in one capacity or another for twelve
years.
Mr.. John F. Dodge, original stock
| holder, director and for time vice
president of the company.
| Mr.. Horace z. Dodge, original
stockholder and director.
| Mr.. John w. Anderson, original
stockholder and director,
Mr.. Horace H. Rackham, original
stockholder and director.
The Gray brothers, Philip, Paul and
David, stockholders following the
death of their father, and David,
director of the company.
Mr.. Alexander Y. 'Malcomson, origi-
nal stockholder and for two years
treasurer Of the company, made his
bow and exit shortly after the cur
tain went UP. on the first act. He has
the distinction of heading the line in
the great executive trek. He was in
reality the organizer and founder or
the company. It was the liberal fnan-
ciai backing which he gave, together
with the proceeds from the sale OF
stock which he was chiefly instru-
mental in placing, that put the or
ganization on it's feet in the begin
ming and made it a going concern.
Mr.. James Couzens, for some time
mayor of Detroit. left the company In
1915. He had entered it at the. time
of it's organization as bookkeeper,
time clerk, purchasing agent, sales
manager and business manager, Down
to the time of. his resignation he
shared in the mind of the public, and
Justly so, equal honors ith Mr.. Ford
for the phenomenal success OF the
company. Henry Ford needed in his
early years man capable of man
aging his business and capitalizing
his mechanical genius. Fate sent him
James Couzens.
Next to join the silent caravan OF
executives outward bound were Mr.. c.
H Wills and Mr.. John r. Lee. have
referred to their contribution to the
company elsewhere in these pages. :.
I, Che next to fold his tent and depart
was Mr.. Norval A. Hawkins, who had
come TO the company in 1907 as COM
mercial manager, or in reality as
manager of sales. It was he who @es-
tablished and developed TO a great
extent the sales policies Of the COM
pany and laid the foundation OF the
most thorough, worldwide sales or
ganization in existence.
Then came the exodus of 1s2o-1e21
The list of those who migrated un-
der more or less pressure at that time
is long one. Mention will be made
of few.
Mr.. r. L. Klingensmith. at the time
he severed his connection with the
company was it's vice president and
treasurer. He was also one of its
three, directors, Mr.. Ford and EdseI
being the two others. He had entered
the organization IN 1905 as cashier.
At that time there were seven men In
the office and seventy in the shop.
He rose rapidly, coming in time to
be charged with the handling Of. the
finances of the company, determining
repositories, the placing and with
drawal of funds. as well as having in
a general managerial capacity to do
with the establishing OF the general
business policies of the company. Mr..
Ford set great Ealus On hia sarglcas
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE FORD INDEBTEDNESS,

HENRY FORD has millions in re-
is hopelessly in debt.
If the Ford Indebtedness were such
that it could be met by writing a check
it would have been paid in full long
ago. But it isn't that kind of an OBJ
legation. There are things connected
with the formation of his executive
scrap-heap which leave the impress
sion that Henry Ford is more or less
unfamiliar with some of the finer
ways of expressing his appreciation
of the services rendered him.
1t is unfortunate that he has left
the impression that the dollar is his
favorite standard of measure when
he comes to estimate the value of
human service. / do not mean to say
that he has never paid in any other
way. In many instances he has shown
friendly and generous consideration
beyond the payment of a wage or
salary to men in his employ.
In other instances men have been
rewarded in way that has left him
in their debt. He has paid them lib
orally, given bonuses, bestowed cost
ly gifts. They started poor with him
and ended rich. They began in hum
BILE positions and were advanced to
places of honor and, responsibility and
paid princely salaries. If they have
gone into the scrap-heap later, why
should they complain? What more
could he or any other man do for
them than he has done?
But there are things in human re-
iations which some men prize above
money.
There are ways of throwing a man
on the scrap-heap which leave him
with high regard and friendly
feeling for the man who threw him
there. And there are ways which do
not. AS a rule, 1t is the landing at
, the end of the fell that hurts. But in
the method OF the Ford Company some
times resorted to there were painful
and unnecessary wounds inflicted by
the petard with which a man was
hoisted. 1t wasn't the end of the fan,
but the beginning of it that hurt.
A statement regarding Mr. Ford
has been put into print and copy
righted to this effect:
HE is as selfish a man as God per-
mits to breathe"
I suppose I should give credit to
the author of that statement in case
wished to repeat 1t. But I do not
care to repeat 1t. It does not express
ts4s sf1 l b
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Good Coffee Cake.

Dissolve one and one-half cakes of
compressed yeast and one tablespoon
full of sugar in one cupful of luke
warm milk. Add one and one-half
cupfuls of sifted flour and beat well.
Cover and set aside in a warm place
to rise for one hour, or until light.
Add to this one cupful of sugar and
one-half a cupful of butter creamed
one and one-half cupfuIs of
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the hips. but it leaves the front of
the body exposed and unprotected.
So did his.
Undoubtedly this cape is revived as
a decorative background against the
somberness of which the medieval
blouse of colored and figured foulard
makes brave showing. When blue
serge bodice is used with a foulard
girdle, undersleeves and vest, the
short cape is lined with the SILK
fabric and again makes a decorative
background.
1t Is to be expected that coats Will
be shelved when winter weather
turns to mildness, SO these short
make their appearance wherever the
weather is warm and later will be
incorporated into the general output
| of spring fashions. One need not
expect to find them as a separate
garment until their revival is es-
tablished. They appear timidly as
part of a costume, holding on to a
short Jacket or to a long blouse for
support They are stitched to the
shoulders or attached at collar
shoulder seams. One must remem-
Der that they are definitely part of a
costume, not a separate accessory
thrown on for protection or decora-
ton. The dressmakers emphasize
this fact by building them of the two
materials which are incorporated in a
frock.
1t is not news to say that figured
fouIard. has regained it's place in the
sun, but one may as well insist upon
IL a bit In order to stamp the fact
upon the mind of the woman search
ing for new clothes. However. 1t is
not easy TO tell the new foulard from
the oriental silks. 1t has a sitter
fiber, probably, and the twill that
runs through it gives body and char
acter.
X ** y
THOSE who learn the significance
i of straws that go before the wind
realize that the new fashions launch
ed for Florida and California are
symbols of what is to come. They
are like signs the Indians watch.
One realizes what spring is to bring
forth by investigating and analyzing
the output of January fashions.
Judging by these tokens, one is
sure that crepe de chine will hoTd
its own. It has had a more success
full career in continuity than any
fabric within memory. There are
several weaves of it, but their vari-
Gus trade names mean nothing to
women. The fact that the fabric
will continue to be fashionable for
any occasion Is important, whether
it is a committee meeting at in
the morning, a formal or informal
luncheon at 1 o'clock, an evening
at the theater or a formal dinner.
1t is brought forth at this hour
in lichen green, a color which has
taken hold of the imagination of the
public. One new gown OF it is cut
so low in the back, showing so much
of the shoulders and all of the arms,
that it cannot serve any purpose but
formal gayety under electric lights.
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Serge and Foulard Have Returned for Mid-Season

Dak Are Doing Of
rry-New Decoration Gomez
Green and Blue Plaid With Short Green Blue
FaiDided Tendency the Cape.
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along production lines increased the
efficiency of the branches to a point
far beyond what it had ever been
before.
Still others went at that time,
among them eight or ten of the man
ayers of the branches, men who had
given years of faithful and efficient
service to the company.
Others have gone since, notably the
elder Leland and his son, formerly
of the Lincoln Motors.
The Ford executive alumni associa-
tion is always open for business.
Wagers On who will be the next to be
admitted are forbidden. The only
thing sure to happen is the unex-
pected.
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BY s. s. MARQUIS, ID. ID.
Continued from last Sunday
CHAPTER XII.
THE FORD EXECUTIVE SCRAP
HEAP.

~ NE of the most conspicuous
interesting and significant
things about the Ford Motor
Company is it's executive
scrap-heap. Into it. from time to
time, have gone the most capable
men of the organization, men OF high
character and great ability, the value
of whose services to the company has
been beyond estimate, old and loyal
friends of Henry Ford, intimate and
trusted business associates for years:
The story of the formation Of this
scrap-heap has never been written
perhaps never will be. Whatever the
causes of it's formation, It seems a
fair inference to draw that ineffi-
cheney was not one of them, in view
of the fact that the discard was not
made until after the company had
attained a phenomenal success.
The character of that scrap-heap is
such as to lend distinction to the man
who is cast upon 1t. He will find
himself in a group of men who are
still carrying on in large and success
fui ways-men whose kindred expert
ences have given them an open and
understanding heart, sort of Ford
alumni association, a postgraduate
group who have taken the third de-
gree, doctors of new philosophy
not taught in the universities; fra
ternal order in which there is a
buoyant spirit of freedom. Its doors
are always open, night and day. and
the sentinel stands without, for no
faIl xxrha a hnnch
candidates may arrive.
II you begin to make inquiries con-
corning the founders of the organiza-
tion, the original stockholders who
financed Mr.. Ford in the beginning,
you will discover that not one of them
is associated with him in the business
today.
Mr.. John S. Gray, stookholder and
first president of the company, died
while in office. He Is the only Ford
official of prominence so far as
know, removed by death. Others have
gone in other ways.
The inventor who reaps the reward
of his labor is the exception. Mr..
Ford is one of the outstanding excep-
tions. A minority stockholder in the
interest in a short time through the
purchase of the Malcomson stock.
Some years later he acquired the
stock that remained in the hands of
it's original holders.
He paid literally for It. For every
thousand put into the business he
returned millions.
T.. * \ X
WHETHER he believed in stock
wv companies or not at the time
the Ford Motor Company was organ
lied, I do not know. In after years
he came to regard them with dis
favor. Stockholders, in his opinion,
as he expressed it, were in danger of
becoming parasites" And so in time
the stockholders went.
Mr.. James Couzeass ariginal stoai-
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BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

A NY one who goes into the
~ shops, any one who walks the
~ streets. any one who lunches
at public places. is stimulated
by the various new tricks in fashion,
in fabric, in decoration; these came
over the horizon with the New Year.
Here are some of them jotted down
1T random as the pageant of we'll
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Z tor and herald through the columns
on the front page of new Ford ideas,
policies and achievements. Mr.. Brow
nell has been the interpreter of many
cryptic utterances. He also handled
very deftly much correspondence that
required delicate handling.
In addition to many things of great
Importance, Mr.. Brownwen handled sew
eral side lines. Among these was the
job of finding a man able to give us
r. new translation of the. New Testa-,
ment in the vernacular. Mr.. Ford has
for long time wanted a new trans
Iation of the Scriptures-especially of
the Christian portion of them. He
agrees with st. Peter that Brother
Paul wrote many things hard to be
understood. Perhaps new transla-
ton would go toward clearing up
Pau1s thought.
But, above all things else, Mr.
Brownell was himself the evangel of
new gospel, with Henry Ford as all
but the deified center of 1t. No man
ever had a greater admiration for
Mr.. Ford, no one ever had more faith
in him. At the home office, out in
Ford agents Brownell worked day
and night to create the spirit of CO.
operation. fellowship and good will
! No one did more TO build up the mo-
rale of the entire organization than
he. But his gospel of good will fell
into the hands of the higher critics,
and they proved it not only fond
delusion, but a needless overhead ex-
pense on production.
< X x X
DAY by day the executive ranks
- grew thinner. Hartman left.
Hubert E. Hartman was the general
attorney OF the company and had
rendered to 1t a service Of great value,
not only in the manner in which he
managed itsslegal relations with the
outside world, but in the way he
conducted those cases which had to
do with the claims of employees
against the company for injury and
the like. Here a spirit of fairness
and liberality marked his action,
which added as time went on to the
con1pany's reputation for dealing on
the square with it's men.
oSSiutS lhiS, MT. hartman, i happen
to know, rendered a service to Henry
Ford in the Dodge, Tribune and other
important trials, perhaps unknown
to him, but none the less valuable on
that account. Without his contribu-
tion in the preparation of these cases
and in the collection and preserva-
ton Of data. the outcomes might have
been different.
And there Is Mr.. Henry Bonner. Mr..
Bonner was told to sell his house and
stand ready to leave on transfer. He
sold his house, but the transfer has
not yet, come through. He entered
the employ of the company about
1914. During his last years with the
organization he was in charge of pro-
ducfion ~ the branch houses. ara,
~ a4fa9 at
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called by all, not-permit me to
hasten to say--on account of his age.
Joined the noble army of martyrs on
December 81. 1920. He was hired into
the company as advertising manager
just before the company ceased to
run paid advertising. Following
that Mr.. Brownell found his relation
TO Mr.. Ford to be very much like that
Of AAsnn to M0sas-npoltasmah. ora
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dressed women passes and repasses
Nike regiments going into action and
ning from it:
Nr Palm Beach there are straight
froNls of white wash flannel with
squafe neck opening edged with
braid, a leather belt and an embroid-
cred monogram in circle. There is
black and white striped flannel
rock with wide turnover tennis col
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THE Ford Motor Company is owned
l. and controlled by Henry Ford. He
is at present its brains and the orfgi-
nator of it's policies.
But the Ford Motor Company as it
stands today is not the product of
single mind-far from it Into it's
development has gone the thought OF
some of the keenest minds in the in
dustrlal world. Let it be freely
granted that Mr.. Ford gave to the
organization an. inventive genius, an
insight into the future of the auto
mobile business, a dominating viii
and personality, yet it must be re.
membered that there were many
things in the game that he did NOT
understand in the beginning.
1t seems incredible that he tha
modern wizard of finance, ever couIdst
nave been so impracticable, so unin-F
formed on things concerning which
he seems to be so well informed to-.
day, as to urge the building of a vault
at the factory in which to deposit tha
surplus earnings of the company. He
learned number of things about the ;.
game as he went along. BY and he
he made sensational touchdown. a.l
but there were some rafting goodi--
players in the wedge formation that
put him over the goal
James Couzens was and is one of
the all-American stars in the financial
game himself. A masterfuI man. "A .
little more masterful than Mr.. Ford.
cared to have about; an organizer
down to the last detail: a tireless.
worker who knows how to get work
out Of others: something of a. steam, 7
roller when 1t comes to ironing out
difficulties and going through. Ha
made wonderful captain OF the team
that finally drove through the lina !
with Henry holding the ball And
when the thing was done he took sfrs
his hat and Joined with the. bleachers
in the chorus. Henry did it,
If any one doubted Couzens' abiEty Z
before he left the Ford Motor Com
pany his career since leaving should
clear UP any questions on that point.
He is a man. with ideas and a wiiT OF
his own. He is given to forceful ex
preston both in word and deed. II
is statement safely ventured that
II he did not originate he must have
greatly modified many of the policies
of the company during the time he
was with It as
Copyright 1923. North American Eew.nap.r
Aaliancs1 '
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buttered molds, filing them about
half full, cover, then let rise until
the molds are nearly full, then bake
in moderate oven IF made into two
cakes. they should bake for forty-f1ve
minutes. One large cake should bake
for one hour
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his handling of men. Men liked to
work for him. He could drive If
necessary, but he seldom found 1t
necessary, for he knew how to lead.
They gave him the eagle boat job.
and. he did 1t. Knudsen. like many
others, is on the executive scrap-heap
for no lack Of ability and efficiency.
Mr.. Charles A. Brownell. Daddy
RrewnAah - ~ Eas afEeotionsilx
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citron, raisins, and currants in equal
parts. which have been chopped and
Toured, one and one-half cupfuls of
sifted -four. orgenough to make good
cake batter, one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt, and three eggs well beaten.
Beat for ten minutes. pour into well
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the truth as see it. Mr. Ford is not
selfish according to his light. If he
knows, as rule, but one way ia
pay, it must be admitted that in that
way he pays generously. The pity Is
that he is blind to the value of soma
higher things. This, as i see it, is
the most outstanding and at the same
time the most regrettable Of the de-
fects in man in whom there is so
much to be admired.
So far as 1 know, his creditors do
not regard the debt due them with
anger and resentment, but rather with
pity and regret. The operation that
removes the scales from a mans
eyes may hurt less than the awak-
ening to the fact that his illusions
are gone. and he must see things as
they are.
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re of Many Notable Stories About Ford


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