The Washington times., 1929-12-20
BILL 5
SENT Next
DAY
BY JACK DEMPSEY

william +. Carey, Of Madison
Square Garden, Is worth millions.
But he is constantly broke He
absolutely ignores the need for
cash on hand and roan1s here,
there and everywhere with hardly
enough silver In his pockets TO buy
himself haircut.
Carey'S habit Of going around
Cashless has led him into a thou
sand and one plights. But some
way, somehow he always has extri-
Gated himself. When In New
York he usually freQuents the
same places. Is known In such. has
unlimited credit and. Of course,
suffers no embarrassment.
During the recent snoWStorm In
New York, Carey walking along
Eighth Avenue, saw q snow SHOW
eIler whose shoes were in bad
shape. Carey walked to the curb
Ing, called the man over and said:
'eYpu can't 30 ON working
with shoes like that. Tell
your foreman ia give yOu 10
minutes of and III buy You
= pair Of shoes"
Carey and the Shoveler went
into the nearest shoe shop. The
man picked out an So pair OF
shoes. WiEn time came to pay,
Carey had no money, as usual.
And, Of course, the Shoveller was
broke. The clerk, naturally, de-
n1and1d cash.
took here, said carey, s"I'm
good for CHS So, but at this min
ute I'm broke. Now you let the
man go along with his shoes and
III call my office, have them
bring the money and I'll wait
here as sort Of guarantee of
good faith. z
Carey phoned his office, the
messenger always III readiness for
emergency calls from the boss got
tbs needed cash, dashed to the
shoe store. and Hredeerned'A
Carey.
Usually Carey picks up q taxi
cab IN front Of the garden. The
drivers all know him and Just
send fiji d bin for the ride. But
sometimes Carey gets b strange
cl1auffetlr. When the trip Is ended
the man wants his pay and
Carey generally has nothing to
use III payment. OF course. he ex-
pains who he Is, maybe tenders
q card, and gets the driver to
agree to send In 3 bill which al
ways IS paid and with 4 bonus
tossed In.
Often he invited folks 70
luncheon and dinners and
when bin paying time arrives
he must borrow the money
from his guest, although he
wont carry money around
with him he win borrow Is
every occasion demands. He
doesn't keep any tabs as tO
the loans. He trusts % his
memory. But apparently it
Isn't 50 good on that point.
Frank j. HrIlen, general man.
ager Of the Garden, tells about.
ii in this way:
Bill Carey win "a through 4
whole day borrowing from every
Tom Dick. and Harry. The next
morning he will have 8 hazy idea
as III the total amount and the
persons from whom he borrowed.
he gets the cash and starts to-
pay off But the funny thing Isl
that sometimes he tries to pay
SO, $40. or $50 10 folks he never
borrowed from" @
Bill Carey, whose sense 81
h1rnOr Is developed 10 the nth
degree and whose whole nature
Graves adventure, once explained
Il me his refusal To carry money
"a his pockets:
1f + carry cash to meet alI8
obligations IS they fall due, that's
lust tame stuff. But when /. CO.
around without cash and time
cones To pay, and ! have no
money only q good abb vel,
T get 81 900 worth of fun arguing
with taxi drivers, BARRIERS, restat-
rant cashiers, and the others On
the point 81 extending credit to.
me until I6ter Ia the day or until
the next morning. Il you don't
think It's fun, 70 try 1t yourself e
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