The Washington times., 1938-01-17

The one you saw was dappe
little man on the far side of hi
middle tWenties. He weighed IL
pounds after a terrific meal he at
for the purpose of increasing hi
weight.
His hair was sandy and alread!
beginning to thin. His eyes Werr
gray and soft. So was his manner
A judge of men, who knew NJ
more than he should, would hav'
placed Dan Patchens among tht
Guperbly meek of the earth.
Dan was a clerk In a chair
grocery store. He was a clerk be
cause he was more honest thar
the day, more willing than
faithful old horse to work hour!
overtime and incapable of regard
ing the penalties resulting from
his own mistakes in bookkeeping
as other than the viSitationS Of 9
mercilesS god.
People liked Dan Patchens-
whenever they thought Of him
His women customers would con
fide to each other:
Did you ever meet a more &C
commodating young man than Mr.
PatchenS? There is nothing be
wouldn't do for you. I tell you, ]
wouldn't trade in any other store
unless they cut the prices under
w & K"
THE OTHER KIND
There were others, of course.
TIL kind who said:
"Oh. don't worry about the gro
ceries. Call up the w & K just be.
fore closing. That sap PatchenS
will deliver your stuff and be glad
of the chance. He's natural
born worm.
There was the management.
Extra work? Give it to Patch
ems. He'd rather have it than a
duck would water. Wish all the
help was like him. No. Don't pay
him extra. If you did, he'd drop
dead"
There was Betty Strunk. Betty
worked in a department store.
She was pretty with youth, but
any judge of people could have
told you that the beauty would
pass. Still, Betty had a head on
her.
She worked at the store to earn
her keep and to pass the time until
the man she was to marry came
along. No Stiffness in Betty about
increasing her efficiency SO that
she would earn promotion and in
creased pay.
That kind of life was all right
for business women" But she
wasn't a business woman. She
didn't have the brains. She was
Just a woman. And some day she
would prove it by marrying a nice
man and having q home and
babies.
Betty had more than a faint
idea that the nice man" she
would marry some day was Dan
PatchenS.
The trouble was that he was so
scared of people. She could see
that down under his nice manner.
And, finally, there was Dan
PatchenS, himself. The real one.
Not the one you saw. Not the
one who said, Yes, sir. Will there
be anything else?
"0ur oranges are especially fine
today. Just in from California.
No? Well, excuse me for asking,
I Just thought. That will be 43
and Is and 7 and 38-$1.03. Good
day, sir"
THE OTHER MAN
Not that one. But the one who
was captain of industry one day.
A hard man laying down the law.
Our contract calls for a million
in steel and two million in ce-
ment. You know you signed it.
Now, you'll pay it. I don't care
if you're smashed. You gamhled
and lost.
Z gambled and won. All right.
I'm taking you over, lock, stock
and barrel" Or a Wall Street
plunger. Buy 10000 G. M. at
the market. It's going up? III
be forced to the wall2 That's my
hard luck. I started this plunge.
"I'l come out three millions
ahead or broke. Buy. damn it,
buy!" Or a bank robber. Not
one Of those dishonest bank rob
hers who go into a bank ready to
shoot to kill. But a robber whom
the president of the bank has de
frauded through some chicanery
of the law.
"Oh, Mr.. Diltz, so you say you're
going to hold me to my contract
Even though it spells ruin to me?
And that's your final word? All
right. then. I'm going to take
over your bank. I'm going to dc
it alone.
at 1890, I'm coming in and
TIL be heeled. You and your mer
can have the first shot. But ]
warn you. Don't miss because the
minute you do will be your last.
That one.
These two were not as hard tt
synchronize as you might think
You did your work faithfully anc
honestly and then you dreamed
Nobody ever suspected you
dreams. Well, nobody but tha
pretty little Miss Strunk. He hac
been foolish to be so afraid O.
her. It wasn't hard at all to aSl