The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-10-06

doll, OF tho west touat lfuulnE com
puny as the two fingered over their
elgnra al the Round Table Of the
Bilgewater club, you're beginning
10 look like the tail end OF n long,
cold. raw spring What's tho mat
ter with YOU boy9'
Il think need Il vacation" MIR
Rcdeil answered sadly.
"Wcll. then. you young idiot. "
cuppy piped dissustcdly why don't
you take it3''
Il can't get away" MI Redcll pro
tested,
q didn't know you were paralyzed.
Gus"
I'm not. But buainoss-"
"Ahl Broke again, ch2 Wen, III
loan you the money 10 take Mrn.
REDEEM and the children some place
40 far from business that even a
wireless message can't reach you,
Beat IL, boob. beat ~
Got TOO many irons in the fire.
Cap"
Let 'em burn, Forget them
Gus, how much could you chah In
Tor tomorrow II you had tor
''Oh, about a million and half. IN
actual cash"
You could net I per cen; on that
500. 900 n year. 5000 "A month
and you're not yet 40 years old.
Cash In. son. Beat Il while the go
Ing II good
"i'd die n did, Better 20 wear
out thDn rust outF
"You1l die soon enough. anyhow
In fact, you're already digging your
own grave. For breakfast you eat
half n grapefruit or IA dish Of her
rles and cram. you wad this down
with cereal and lay a stratum Of
ham and eggs over that. Then
you dilute the whole sorry mess
with a couple Of pieces Of toast
and two cup0 o. coffee and dash
down 10 the office. ON your WY
down you start your ground and
lofty thinking. which ncceaaiintcH
4 rush Of blood 10 the head instead
OF 10 your ratIons whore IT'S needed
Upon arrival az the office you pull
Off verbal sdrmlsh or two With
that pyrotechnic Peruvian partner
of yours. Live Wire Lnlz Almelda.
and then you plunge into more
hard thinking aud concentration
and smoke four eigani and four
pipes Of tobacco before 1880, Al
that hour you drift into the liiige
water club for luncheon. but before
luncheon you take on two cocktails
in defiance Of the law and win or
iose fifteen or twenty dollars shoot
ing craps. This IL practically the
only relaxation you permit yourself
For luncheon you tuck away g light
SOUP. steak BounielaiBc. French
fried potatoes. tomato and lettuce
salad and dish OF ice cream. fol
lowed by cup Of strong black
coffee Then you smoke two cigars
and talk shop with every idiot
who viii talk Il with you, after
which you return TO your office
and fiEht to keep awake until 3
O'Clock. hy which time your Iigts.
ton IL about half completed and
you begin 10 feel cheerful again.
aliho sou realize that something
YOU ate disagreed with you and
blame the grape fruit az breakfast.
AZ 8 o'clock you reluctantly close
down your desk and with the day
registering total loss II you
haven't started or completed some.
thing that means an ultimate profit.
sou 10 home tired and pcevLh to
a Eoodlooking wife who has been
moro or less hArnesscd 10 her home
and your children oil day. and
who now desires TO so forth with
her husband FOR n little social r..
taxation. She's led up for that day
on tho children and the servants
and her manifold duties as Il wife
and mother and she wants TO 10
down town to dinner and dance
a little, or 80 to a show.
What happensr You arrive, com.
planning OF a hard. hard day at the
office and the necessity for a good
nights rest You cat hearty dinner
and pile into the hay about eight
thirty and your wife goes 20 her room
and tries TO read and finally re;ircs
and wccps little--and forgives
you. And you excuse your mendaciiy
upon the ground that you cannot at.
tend to business and be a social lion.
Gus, II your wife wasn't a loving,
forgivinK and self.sacrificing WON.
nm, she'd divorce you. make you pay
her lot Of alimony and live happy
ever after. You're big bumF'
You're another" growled Mr. Re.
dell.
I'm not. I'm little one. but nj
no time OF my life was | as big "A
bum as you. Look at mel I'm seven.
ty.six years old and as full OF ginger
and go as n runaway horse. why 2
Because even II did spend a lot Of
time at my office / managed to nc.
complish twice ns much work "a YOU
do in half the time. How? BY LET.
TING GEORGE DO 1T. You're the
sort of executive who. not satisfied
with telling a subordinate what to do,
must ten him how. when and whore
10 do II and then watch him to see
that It is done. | leave detail men
TO attend 10 details. All require Is
the right result. have all can do
to attend TO my particular job with.
out botherlng about the jobs of my
subordinates.
You're the most interfering old
nuisance In all this world" Redell
challenged You've got your finger
on every important detail Of the
Kicks Lumber & Logging company
and the Blue Star Navigation com.
pany. You like TO brag about having
retired, but you1l never retire until
the day your friends start walking
slow behind you. keeping time TO
some music that you1l not hear"
you bet have my finger on every
important detail. built rests lightly
and remove II until something goes
xyrnnp with TINT datnti Eypn thon I