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Show Red Letter Days I By GERTRUDE WALTON MAX KING hurried Into the busy office of Manning Bros. Mercantile company for a promised interview with Walter Manning, elder member of the firm. During the ten minutes which the office girl Informed him that he must wait. Max seized the opportunity to closely scrutinize the details In the office of the noted capitalists to find If there be a clew here that contributed to the success of the famous financiers. finan-ciers. He had not long to look, for the first thing that struck his attention were the red-lettered words above the calendar beside which were two mottoeB In bold, black type In neat frames. The mottoes were both striking. strik-ing. One read : "May Every Day In Your New Year Calendnr Be a Red Letter Day When You Are Free From Any Hindering Harness." Another motto read : "May the New Leaves You Turn Over In the New Yenr Never Nev-er Be Blown Back by the Wind of Broken Resolutions." During the Interview Max called attention at-tention to the red lettered words at the top of the calendar headed "Red Letter Days," under which were the words, "Serve Day." The prominent business man drew from his desk a handful of papefS as he said: "You see but one of the slogans. As I need them a new one Is placed at the top of the calendar. My wife tries the same plan at home; when she has a tendency to forget Some task or obligation, obli-gation, or wishes to Improve her pliyRlcal or mental habits she places one slogan In red letters that reads: "Red Letter Day Deep Breathing Day;" or "Order the Milk Day;" "Vocal Practice Day;" "Read an Article Day"; "No-Nng Day." On the slips Max whs reading: "Exercise Day;" "No Meat flay;" "On Time Day;" "1'lny Day;" "I'ay Day;" "Stive Day;" "Rest at l.unih Day;" Olve Day;" "Have Day;" "Write a Letter I'ay;" "Keep Accounts Ac-counts Day." With these "Reason Reminders" the great rrmn seized time to say, "We try to pnN-h the small tears that cause the big rents In our plLns nod surress some times. They h.-ive helped to remind us of the cause of some of our failures In the past." Half an hour later n.i Max King entered hi own ofTirp he wrote on a slip of paper and tacked It above his calendar these words: "Red Letter Pay." under whleh he wrote. "Never Too Old to Iearn IXiy.'' SJ. Ik2l. W.at.rn K.w-tptp.r LdIcb.) |