Show Taken at His Word Washington Star The faculty of terse and forceful speech is ordinarily an advantage but occasionally occasion-ally a man gets hoisted by his own epigram epi-gram A hustling young New Yorker who was recently established in a branch of the oil business had sent out to get the patronage of a certain firm The head of the concern was reluctant to make a change The oil we have been getting has not been unsatisfactory said he and I fail to see why we should make a change Aro there any extra inducements you can offer of-fer How do you propose to Improve on the old quality In this way was his prqmpt answer HI propose to give the business my personal per-sonal attention I intend to put some of my brains Into every barrel of oil we send out Tho rejoinder pleased the old gentleman and lIe became a customer A few months later the hustling young man was obliged to make a journey and in his absence through some oversight the quality of oil was allowed to deteriorate deterior-ate It was quickly noted and a letter now on file in the office records one of the protests It reads Gentlemen When we were Induced to us6 your product we were assured that Mr Blank put some of his brains Into every barrel of oil We diaply regret to observe that Mr Blank is threatened with paresis |