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Show "Some men," said John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in an address in New York, "use the law to do harm with instead of good. They resemble a member of one of our well known clubs. "This man sat in the club dining room at lunch when a bill collector, having somehow eluded elu-ded the attendants in the hall, walked up to him and laid on the table his overdue account. "The clubman glared at the account, his fork suspended in the air. Then, solemnly and indignantly, indig-nantly, he handed the paper back to the collector. collec-tor. " 'How dare you,' he said, 'infringe upon 'the rules of my club in this manner? Don't you know I can have you forcibly ejected for com- ing in here without a card of membership' or an introduction? The rules of this club require that, if you have business with a member, you wait in the hall while an attendant brings in your name. Now, I demand that you go out into the hall immediately, taking this bill with you, and :rj that you send in your card to me in the proper way.' "The collector, red in the face, but hopeful on the whole, complied. He retired to the hall and sent in his card with all formality. "The clubman, eating steadily, received the card on a silver salver. He studied it gravely. Then he said to the waiter: " 'Not at home. " |