Show 7 M N N p 1 1 1 I Fables a es o op of 1 I Ii i I Everyday Folks Folks f BY SOPHIE IRENE ITIEr B. B v t 9 l bt by br the Irl Press Troi Co mEN WUEN PLODDING WINS of or Aesop's s Fables says sas T O-E O IThe I The hare was oneo onea boasting boasting- of or his spec speed before the other Animals O havo never yet ct been beaten said h ha When I J put forth m my full speed I challenge chal chal- lenge anyone here to Taco race with n m me 01 The tortoise said Bald quietly I r accept your our challenge That Is a a. go good d joke said Mid the hare haro MI J I could dance around around you rou all ill the way vay Keep your boasting until youve you've t 1 beaten answered the tortoise tortois Shall j 1 we race race So a a. course was fixed I ed and a start starts was s made The Tho hare bare darted almost almos out r F of sight at nt once but soon stopp stopped d and I to show his contempt for tho t tortoise r lay down to have havo a n. nap 4 i The Thc tortoise plodded on and l plodded r on and when tho hare haro awoke from hi hie c t nap ho saw tho the tortoise Just near the 1 winning whining post yost lost and could not run up in r time to save tho the race Then Thea saki tho f r tortoise Plodding wi wins s the race race Once upon a time tImo there was n. n man higher up and a man lower down The Tho man higher up had grained gained his position rot ro po t sWon ninon by a little push and nna very cry much k l' l pull I g Ills His Idea of or a 1 man higher up was lS to boss those lower down and have o his Ills salary advanced as the result of or the work of ot the tho man lower clown down So o h ht he sat t in his llis office smoked d his cigar read the Ithe morning paper and otherwise acted 4 in the tho wa way he thought m inn n higher up should act He thought thou ht that having r arrived he could at nt nn any time put his finger on the pulse-beat pulse of the business and start or Flop something Just because ho lie had the name or of be I n the man higher up 1 A Tho The man lower down Was wag a modest I Individual who had started at tl the bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom and was still sUll lower down clown in they the I II I y i scale of th business s. s But each step stephe l he too took on the rung runS of ot the ladder heInd ho he Ind thoroughly mastered and d knew the i t strength and weakness thereof P r j 1 Ono One da day the man higher up having ln J J. J 25 sat at in n his office smoked his cigar and II read his day for newspaper every aj a along is long time imbibed the spirit of ot ennui and thought ho needed a change n. n vat vacation va va- t 1 cation a a. cruise He Ho firmly believed that the business nee needed ed him him in case casey y anything l crucial or important came up that no DO one could do It without him anyhow and amI that things would move mo along In the same sarno groove until he returned returned returned re- re turned So he sailed Now to awa away ot it t earn cams pass pass not very cry lon long after atter he ha had ono that an Important deal eal transpired which required complete completo knowledge of or tho 4 work and workings It was to win a aj j I commercial race raco that came up Budd suddenly r unexpectedly ly J As 8 the man higher up was away the tle theman man lower down who had been plodding plodding plod- plod K ding along alonS' was called upon to give ivo his J jud judgment ent as tho the result of ot experience To make a n long ong- ong fable table short his o ln- ln a Ion Ion born of ot that s self same plod plodding 2 proved to be the Iho one Que most desired and was acted upon Ho Ire had been bei tho the man r lower down BO so o long that ho could alI almost almost al- al I most tell for a a. surety just what that could i or could not bo be done Another matter camo camp up He lie was consulted con- con 5 suited again Then rhen tho directors put j theIr heads together which Is a away way directors have o when their interests arc are directly concerned and wh to they think their business can be increased The rhe man 10 lower er down was given ghen the place o of the man higher up with Uvo tivo power to act ct lct according to his long r plodding experience When hen th the other man higher up returned ho was Avas put into an m office where executive o ability was not so much In III demand He lIe was surprised r He did not think any anyone ono could bl take e his hiss place and strike ahead of or him For he ho had believed them all 10 lower er down lu tho race Hh process of ot plodders rs ma may be ba slow but the they generally take the palm |