Show T t no J I jl r 9 L I it 1 BUSINESS AND THE RIGHT MAN MANsi I i si aL r. r ta a B By y Jane ane Dixon Ixon I K I Fate is a funny old trickster o 1 And what a a. i V Fate likes to send you through this t J world worl slaying all sorts of dragons of ot av dread and disappointment and fear and failure Then hen Just when you ou are convinced con con- bt r vinced you are a achild ad d child of ot misfortune destined to travel t to your our Journeys Journey's end fate tate Th alone S leads you to a turn turnS i 7 S i in the road i There ahead of ot S you in all its glory of ot perfect peace S S 1 S and perfect promS promise prom prom- S l- l S I lee ise is the palace of ot S th the But prince what at have I II I Ito to do with this lit lit- S T r tb tic bit of ot heaven along earths earth's rugged tit tit-I f highway jou ou ask I- I That whispers Fate Is the palace palace palace pal pal- ace of ot Prince Right flight f st 45 I 1 have never met him you jou say No chuckles Fate but you must 2 I will introduce you you are areS S I the princess J s Vt The palace of ot the prince is a very S i peculiar place f. f It Is never quite alike twice r. r It may be a farmhouse in the hills hillst i A t r of tf Ohio ll f It may be a bungalow among the orange groves of ot California M i. i It may be a chateau in France a n aT T 1 villa iila on the shores of an Italian lake a chalet in Switzerland a fishermans fisherman's cottage on the too sand dunes a town townhouse house bouse on The Tho Avenue a shack In a NI mining camp a a. tent among the pines W a a. duplex apartment along Riverside a flat in a He Hester Heter ter street tenement a ahall 5 hall halI bedroom In a half halt portion hotel 1 I II It may be any of ot these things Still rr i If It you have found the Right Ight Man you j. j are In the tile palace of ot the prince I Ir r CYNICAL SCOFFERS M Certain wise young oung damsels Whose f j PI rt b favorite symphony Is the clink of ot gold goldI f S against gold ld are sure to scoff scot at this I g ZV r bunkem I Show me the color of ot a mans man's mansI I. I w money and I will tell you ou if it he is the theS I S jj f. f right man they contend S S How Fate does enjoy hearing a girl I ii with these ideas rave on I With the cards well stacked Fate 11 gi in likes to wait walt until the smart young lady is rolling along In the tho lap of ot luxury lux- lux I U r then her that sends e ury give a bump i. i her sprawling into the thorn bush she so Jolly well welI deserves Tears and 4 1 Blares tares and regrets Yes Tee and envy I- I Envy of ot the girl who has been bl big w 4 j enough and unselfish enough to pack I ji t Ij i her trunks and m move ve into the palace palaceS S t of Prince Right whether his home homeI I happened to have one room or a hun hun- f dred S It If you are a business woman and are 5 looking for the man of ot men in your h workaday world forget torget the size of ot his I I pay envelope Never mind It If he has a at t bankroll or merely a slight alight bulge in his t hip pocket r I 7 f J Any fool with two hands and a couI coupIe cou- cou I a A A pie of feet teet can go out and find a man SiV t j with enough money to buy her a package pack pack- t age ago of pleasure It takes a powerfully wise girl and a ai f 2 i mighty lucky one to go out and find tind I the Right Man Ian g z The Right Man Ian is not the boss who I invites you ou to motor with him to a distant distant dis dis- dis tant roadhouse for tor dinner and then when he discovers some friends of ot his own circle hastens to escape unseen to the next inn Neither is he the eon of ot the proprietor tor the tor-the the gay young sport who takes yoU to the theatre and leaves by the side entrance because some of ot the Kf family are here and I 1 dont don't want them g SiZ t to see me 2 COMPARATIVE VALUES i m I 1 have been going around with the Cr younger brother of ot the broker I work worle i I J j for tor confessed one eager girl with the homing instinct He is very fond of ot I me mc I 1 know yet the other evening I 1 when I happened to mention I had a friend who had met his sister he flew Into a regular rage He lie seemed to be angry because I had spoken of ot her Ho lie lieS S forbade me ever doing doing- so 80 again and somehow I gathered he thought I wasn't good enough He lIe knows the only difference between us is our station station sta sta- tion in life Ute She is wealthy and a waster I am poor and a struggler It Itse Itu tt se u 5 hurt me his unfair attitude but I 1 care for tor him What That shall I 1 do What shall you do I Why my ray dear little struggler you c rr are ara free white and American Lift up kr r your heart and thank God your yourt t be ts Americanism After a proper amount of ot such thanksgiving thanksgiving- you will wUl find yourself lifting your chin The next thing you know you will be i lifting your shoulders in a most exit ex- ex it e American shrug and you will 5 r be putting over right where it will wUl hit the young snob straight ht between the S- S S I Authors Author's Foreword Recently letters have come to me inc from front all path paris I of the country asking ho hon hor hora o a girl t r ho ho is u anxious to marry and have her on on onn n home a man with honorable Intentions end and a desire to s settle doran may I meet the one qualified d to share such happiness Sue Such seeking would stagger Solomon Man has sought his mate male to the ic four cornets corners of the earth and re returned returned re- re turned to find lb-id her sWine silting on the stoop next door Joor Fate alone can fe the ic er The best I 1 can do M is to single W l i k i ci out the three most likely meeting grounds v J end arid dis discuss something of their va values value ues and opportunities After that the I moving finger 1 writes I I eyes a perfectly good goat getting American snub In business you are worth exactly what wha t you matte make yourself worth Tho The selfsame rule applies to love Woman values s are not j Judged in terms of at social strata Only a week kneed climber or a cad would attempt to read react the market that way The girl who meets the right man through the medium of ot her business and finds herself herselt working with him instead of ot for him is indeed fortunate The cashier who marries the head clerk is shooting at the tho happiness target target target tar tar- get from a far more advantageous angle than the owner who marries the forewoman PRIDE A POTENT POWER Pride is a most persistent and potent power It is difficult to strangle The forewoman is forever suspecting her owner husband of ot harking back to the days when he gave orders and she obeyed them Husband unless he watches every step Is in constant danger danger danger dan dan- ger of ot following habit and patronizing forelady The cashier and the head clerk can only r remember how they they laughed laughed and fo fod fro g loved d and worked k together Suppose you should meet the right man somewhere along the fertile fields of endeavor how endeavor how would you know him There my dear readers you ha have ve asked me the unanswerable question I must refer reter you to the sly old trickster trickster trickster trick trick- ster Fate Fate Fate-Fate Fate with four tour aces in hand and an extra one ono or two up the sleeve Not to mention the joker jolter The right man may be working Inthe Inthe in inthe the same building with you ou the same business the tho same sarna room the next desk That is all in Fates Fate's little bag bagot of ot tricks s. s I know this is true because I know a a S girl girt who has Just found the greatest thing In life Ufe that way Sometimes I think I know the girl very well sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times not at all nil but here isher isher is isher her story For the better part of ot nine long years the girl and the right man worked Inthe in inthe the tho same profession In the same buildIng building building build build- ing often otten enough in the same room They did pretty much the same things went pretty much the same place enJoyed enjoyed enjoyed en- en Joyed pretty much the same pleasures made pretty much the same mistakes The name of ot each was familiar to the other the face tace and figure They never met THEIR PATHS CROSSED At t the end nd n of ot the ninth year on a rainy afternoon In a little side street trysting sting place far removed removed from from ro roman roman romance ro- ro man mance e e. e their paths crossed Fate must have dropped In out of ot the rain SeeIng SeeIng See- See Ing log the two likely subjects Fate clasped their hands across the table The clasp has never been broken since Fate is often otten kind as well as comic No one who knows them understands understands understands under under- stands how such a thing can happen least of ot all the girl and the right man But nut happen It did and there you are You may pass the right man a dozen a hundred times a day and see merely a a. man amon among many One day you do donot donot donot not pass Hearts are trump Fate holds the cards Meet the right man in business Certainly Any place in the world it if if he is the right man |