Life — May 17, 1923 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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“Ask That Man” (Continued from page 24) that the time had come. Simulating conversation with him, I really asked him nothing, and returned to Doris, saying. “Come on. He says it goes Track 10.” **e* from E months later we returned home. The train that left on Track 10 was the Chicago Limited, which I had taken deliberately. In Chicago I again falsified what “the man” told me, and instead of getting on the train back to New York we to Little Rock, Arkansas. Every time I had to ask where the best hotel was, I made up informa- tion which brought us out into the cold and hungry. Many nights we spent wandering through the fields looking for some place that never existed, or else in the worst hotel in town acting on what I was the advice of “that kind- looking man in uniform.” From Arkansas, we went into Mexico and once, guided by what I told her had been the directions given me by the man at the news- stand in Vera Cruz, we made a sally into the swamps of Central Ameri- ca, in whatever that first republic is on the way seuth. After that, Doris began to lose faith in what strange men could tell us. One day, at a little station in Mavicos, I said: “Wait a minute, till I ask that man what is the best way to get back into America,” and she said, sob- hing: “Don’t ask anybody. Just do what you think is best.” Then I A telephone personality In your face to face contacts with people, your appearance, your bearing and many other things help you to make the right impression. But in your telephone contacts there is only one thing by which you can be judged—your speech. An effective telephone person- ality is to-day a business and social asset. Everybody appreciates the person who speaks distinctly and pleasantly, neither too fast nor too slow, with a clear enunciation of each word, with lips facing the mouthpiece and speaking into it. In business, this is the telephone personality which induces favorable action on the part of the listener. To the salesman it may mean the difference between an order and no order; between an interview granted and an interview refused, Curiously enough, people who are careful to make themselves ef- fectively heard and understood face to face, often disregard the need for effectiveness in their tele- phone speech. Perhaps they shout, perhaps they mumble, perhaps they hold the mouthpiece far from their lips. And frequently they never realize that their carelessness has defeated the purpose of their talk. The Bell System maintains for telephone users the best facilities that science, modern equipment, skilled operation and careful man- agement can bring to telephone speech. But these facilities can be fully effective only when they are properly used. “BELL SYSTEM” AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy, One System, Universal Service, and all directed toward Better Service The Call of QUIET WATER Acist stream is a wonderful place to lazy-paddle a canoe. Just idle aloi The “Old Town” glides forward at the slightest pressure of the paddle. The water murmurs a mild protest as it ripples off the bow. An “Old Town" is the finest of canoes. t is casy to paddle—exceptionally strong and light and steady. It will last you for years. And it is the lowest-priced canoe you can buy. $54 up from dealer or factory. The new 1923 catalog shows all models in full colors, Write for one to-day. It is free. 13 OLD TOWN CANOE CO. 5S Middle St., Old Town, Maine, U.S. A. ——— knew that the fight was over. In ten days I had her limp form back in New York and from that day to this she hasn't once suggested that I ask questions of a stranger. The funny part of it is, I con- stantly find myself asking them. I guess the humiliation came in being _ told to ask. A Paradox Rus: What was the most difficult thing you ever did? Dus: I made ten easy payments. “The Chest With The Chill In It” “In Over A Million Homes” We have been building 200 dif- ferent styles and sizes of re frigerators for half a century. Send for handsome catalogues and booklets, Maine Manufacturing Company Nashua, © New Hampshire Cuts your ice bil. comicbooks.com