And with this impressive Valedictory the Field Secretary departed, slamming the door so hard that it jarred the ledger out of balance and woke up every clerk in the place.
Lesson for Today: There are none so blind as the trusting husband and the bright-eyed business man.
HOT SKETCH NO. 5
The Advertising Genius of Squirrelville
THERE was a Hotel Clerk in a one-ply town who yearned to become an Ad Man.
He could have yearned to become President of the United States if he had wanted to, but there wasn’t so much money in the president business.
His name was Fred, but they called him Chesterton for short.
During his incarceration as Glad Hander at the McGlook House, Chesterton had lived to see one of the Town Terriers go down to New York and hoof up great clods of turf in the arena of Successful Advertising.