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Show Back Kowns Are Preferred. "How much of your income do you have to pay for office rent?" was asked of a well-to-do lawyer the other day. His rooms are on tho first floor back of a Diamond Dia-mond Btreet law building. "Well," said ho, "my partner and I have three rooms, way back, as you would call it, nnd havo to pay for their use the modest sum of $000 per year. I feel Bometimos that I'd rather be tho owner of a largo law building than bo an attorney with a big practice." "You say your offices aro In the rear; what do the men in tho front of tho building build-ing pay?" "Not nearly so much. You're surprised? WeU, no doubt; but what I say is right, and I'll tell you why. Persons occupying rooms In the rear of a buildiug are willing will-ing to pay a little more than for front rooms. This is becauso they aro not annoyed an-noyed by habitual office loafers, of whom there are many; thou the man who runs in 'just to write a note,' aa he says, 'or wants to use your desk a minute,' is unknown. un-known. Fakirs don't find you in the recesses of your rooms, and tho noise and rumblo of wagons and street life do not annoy you. These are a few reasons why back offices are preferable and command a higher rate of rent." Pittsburg Dispatch. |