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Show HOW JOHH DOBS IT. . - "John D. Rockefeller, in Incurable optimist, op-timist, wtlt take In good part the supreme su-preme court's decision against Standard Oil." aald a Cleveland neighbor of th great millionaire. "Mr. Rockefeller." he rsumed. 'is very proud of his optimism. I havs often heard him. Indeed., liken hlmaelf In op-tlmlah. op-tlmlah. to the man who fell from lbs lower of a skyscraper. "This man was an optimist whom nothing noth-ing could dishearten. He workd In a skyacraper'a tnenty-ighth story, and one afternoon, while admiring th glorious glo-rious view, he lost his balance and fell from the window. "IjOuA crte of horror from th street below at one filled the windows of every floor of th sk yscraper wl t h agonised spectators. To these horror struck peo-pl peo-pl the optimist, aa be dropped awirtiy pt atory after atory. ahould in cheery tones: " 'All right so fsr!' "And. by Jove! his optimism wss Justified." Justi-fied." concluded th Cleveland man. "for he alighted, quite uninjured, on a mountain moun-tain of exfelalor plied In th stret.'" Cleveland Plain Dealer. , . |