Show l r JA JJ V Author 0 of Row How to Win F. Friends ren cIs cad Influence an People TRY so 0 NEW YI f. f If you ou go to Oshkosh Wisconsin colored picture pic picture you rou see a n great many ture postcards on sale if It you ou will pick up one of ot these cards and lOOk loox at It you OU will see an old fashioned dwelling house sot back from the tho street and sheltered by a number of trees frees Well WeH theres there's q quite a n story behind those colored postcards Frank Stein was a clerk In a department de de- department store In Oshkosh But he didn't want to be a clerk all nIl his life Ufe he wanted to have a store of ot othIs his own He knew the only way to accomplish this was to save money So he saved four thousand dollars With that money he launched himself himself him him- self into business bought worth of ot merchandise He would succeed or he would be broke In six months that months that he knew He Ho succeeded Ho worked hard saved planned and was able to bid bid goodbye to the red figures In hi hl his ledger Thirteen years winged by and then one day the owner o ot of th the property in which he had his store walked In and announced that he was In a few tew months going to ra raise rale the rent He then quoted the figures figure I a and nd they were so overwhelming that Frank Stein almost staggered Those are his e exact ct words He could not continue In business The Tile work of or a lifetime washed away away Ho looked Into luto oth other r rentals they were all beyond his means One day he was pondering this problem he saw something which changed his life lite A very simple thing thInS A woman drove up In a cat car I and wanted to park it but experienced experienced I considerable difficulty After Arter parking It sho she went Into a storo store I Th Then n and there an idea was born i 1 n Why not rent lk proper property y for tor M store storo awa away from the business tel tor where there thero would be he ade parking space There was old-fashioned old home n a 11 built by bymer bV tt a fo t mer official In the i Diamond I M at r Company which had stood ne vac for tor six years It a was sold at auction and Frank Stein boa at a mere mero fraction traction of or Its on 81 value and converted lit Jt into a st with home surroundings M Wom Vom a could drive up and park and lea l their cars as long as the they b and shop in a storo store that still h h tho the atmosphere of or a home Wo Noa I the idea work It worked It Worked trem ended r ly Iy It became a landmark TOUr Tour x drove drone miles out of their way just see It Views of it are on color postcards at all the drugstores town to And now Frank Stein t is la t towner t l lowner owner of or one of or the finest store stored f Wisconsin He was able ahle to soh Grent G f rent problem in a way that is m nT mj 4 J i Ing history When he was gas pr r. r j into a corner he had the touts cout J 1 I to try something new and differs 1 I And ho he made a success of at It if i f ic yU |