Show in the Huat 71 e reasons lead men to choose a certain trade or profession aro often perhaps no more sensible than the reason the boy in the following story from a new york paper gave for wanting a place la a bank the president of a bank told the story at hie club 1 I dont think I 1 ever told you of our redheaded office boy brickbat remarked the bank president after the rest lid each told a staryl vever did was the answer well continued the speaker he came to me with recommendations from bis father who was a schoolmate of mine up ln steuben county after I 1 read the note from the I 1 told the boy to take off his hat sit down in a chair and tell me why lie wanted to be a banker hla answer was cause im good at multiplying well said I 1 cant you subtract and divide too ah yes he said ant because a banker wants to make all he can I 1 thought you wanted a boy who could multiply 1 I hired him on the strength of that |