Show I II Fables of Everyday Folk 1 I I I I iy By Sophie Irene Loeb Lcd NCE upon a time there was tn an ONCE owner of a big irig business By hard U work worle arid and close lose attention he had built an establishment that spelled success So much so that his investment yielded a r return turn to wan warrant ant antI I I his retirement from the mana management ement lie Ifs was not the of of individual I who ceased being beg active when h he ha had made his pile lie tIe had energy pluis plus I But he believed In men who could 1 bo he boI 0 i iI I relied upon for accomplishing things tImings I i and to shoulder responsibility That Thatis I j Is the e way all great r a enterprises tf P grow i t a i As there was a a war In progress r this deemed it desirable to do his I Wt hit by donating some ome of hi his hia i il l Ho lie brains found In 1 he the could Interest er best t of serve Iris Ills J J by country country- going i ir abroad r and directing the he distribution i of supplies somewhere i In France j He made his hla arrangements ments and about for someone to manage his business business busi busi- I ness while he was awa away He lie was retiring retiring retiring re tiring in order to do other work worle So he began to look about for a suitable supervisor As there are many in the I I market he found one one one-a. a man who knew lenew something ething about this thi particular busi- busi i ness j jI Tiis man dame ame highly recommend recommend- recommend recommend-I j ed He tie was accredited with knowing all the latest and most up Ul to date j methods of management He lie had graduated from a school where they i spell efficiency and economy with capital capital cap cap- ital letters and as for system it was WS like un an algebra problem to him with cap j no unknown quantity Now this owner believed in efficiency cy and economy i and nd system 1 but he had I never learn learned ell it at school He He had developed de- de dei i It In t the 1 lessons ot of dally daily ex 1 tr f I But he e concluded C d that the new theories of the manager might be be I Iwas better than his own So the concern was left lett in time the care of time the newcomer The Tire o owner oner ner went oC off and arid became interested In- In j I in his patriotic pursuit pursuit- lie Jc i idid i idid did good h for foi he us used the time same i Jud Judgment ment in serving Uncle Sam as for fOI himself In the course of his endeavors endeavor's he ire had dealings with many Individuals Individuals' who on returning to lo the tIme United States J were wt with h f several everal He always sent them off by saying I Get in tim touch with nn my manager Air MI Efficiency Give him this thim letter o of InI in introductiOn introduction In- In I and he will writ get eel busy bus I But Brit after the time person had departed lip Ire IreI I never heard the result 1 t o of their project and pondered about It considerably considerablY One day an aim Important matter came up which r. r Immediate t trustworthy ut r I action c back home Ho secured e a re reliable reliable re- re liable emissary and sent him across with Instructions to to- get In touch wun the manager et etc There was wan no time timeto to lose When hen the landed I explained he telephoned IJO to d tt the the manager managers manager's at t sOe secretary once t and I II that he Ime had a letter leHer from his Imis employer As this secretary had been been accustomed accustomed I tomed to seeing people instead of the manager and having had several letters letters let let- etI et- et tel'S before which In his Judgment I were unimportant unimportant-he he gave tho the well known excuse The manager was In Ina inU a U conference and couldn't be Interrupted Inter Inter- I The messenger made several efforts to see the man and rind after a couple o of days cabled the owner of the business I Cant reach your manager He lie Is al always always al- al ways wa In a conference On account o of the time delay the messenger er was unable to perform his mission and was forced to report accordingly The Time owner reflected that there was something wrong quietly returned home and began a little Investigation on his own account He lIe had several friends call up his manager In presumably presumably ably to transact business but the tho an answer answer answer an- an came back He lie is In a conference conference conference confer confer- ence and the friends would be re referred referred referred re- re to a subordinate The owner summed It all up and found the sore spot Then he spoke to Mr Efficiency something like this I Your services service are Ire no longer re re- re The excuse of being In a conference conference con con- ference is threadbare and a f direct slap In the tIme face ace to the person who would con I do business with ou ou Tire Tile busy bus busman man who ho hois is truly In irm a n conference will leave In Instructions instructions In- In either to be called out when the matter Is urgent or will vIll without fail fall recall the time one who seeks him him when the conference s s over The man who Is inaccessible Is In in- in I excusable He is not In close touch with the basis of tho the business He loses the pulse beat of passing progress 1 ress Efficiency and aKl economy and SYb- SYb SYbI I tern em look well on orm paper but each must be put into practice in order to to test its worth makes his secretary hen hen a man the stone wall between him and the person who would see him he Is shut shut- ting Ing out unexpected opportunity Some of the best things have havo been secured at the chance meeting so SO The seclude manager himself r who as is to alert exclude I will J l r not net the stranger at his gate Many such a stranger has hag proved a friend Nor can cane I he run his business e continually a f from i ithe i the e close Y seh confines n f of p privacy f The e man r who confers conters all alt the time usually constructs constructs constructs con con- only with a pencil The fellow tellow who wiro always makes maltes excuses ex cx- never makes rakes goo t. t The big man manIa Ie Ia s. s the busy one who takes time to listen Isten as well UK ILS to give orders orders to to hear complaints as well as Compliments You Tou are not that kind You Tou are always conferring Moral The man maim who constantly excuses ex cx- himself by being In a conference conference confer confer- ence once soon finds lie he Is not only excused excused ex ex- but hd Copyright lilt by the time Press Publishing I Co fo the N Nw nv York Tore Fv Evening World |