THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
Wordm.y Wisdom. A story about John D. Roekfellor was told hv a Cleveland hanker in a Y.M.C.A. address. “When Mr llockfeller lived here in Cleveland, ’’ the banker said, ‘die used to eat his daily roast beef dinner i.it a restaurant where the eh a rue was 35 cents. ‘’Well, one day the roast beef dinner charge was raised to half a dollar, and Mr Itookfeler at oneee out his tip down from 15 cents to a dime. The waiter protested. “ ‘Mr Kookfeller’. he said, ‘if I were a millionaire I wouldn’t squeeze a dime as hard ins you do.' “ ‘Young man,’ said Mr Kookfeller, “if you squeezed your dimes as hard as I do you wouldn’t be a waiter,’ ”
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1926, Page 2
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123THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1926, Page 2
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