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Show What Happens When Business Men Confer This was a conference to end conferences. con-ferences. Gathered about the long table were 12 representative business men, 14 ash trays, 12 pencils, 4S cigars and one telephone. The chairman briskly rapped for order. or-der. He stated the purpose of the meeting. He called for remarks. Silence did not follow. Members A, B and C were engaged iu small talk. Members D and E were playing over a Saturday golf game. Members F. G and H whispered, followed by prq longed laughter. Members I, J and K were calculating the effect of bridge on the human nervous system. Member Mem-ber L, alone, was brooding. No one, it seemed, had heard the chairman. The telephone rang. The chairman was called. He listened attentively for a moment. His reply was decisive, stern: "Tell 'em I'm in conference!" Kansas City Star. |