DUMBELLS OF BUSINESS

Earning Bus Fare

by
PROFF O.U. BOJACK (Bus.Doc.)
AUTHOR OF “LITTLE NIFTY LESSONS IN
SALESMANSHIP,” “LITTLE NIFTY LESSONS
IN BUYING,” “LITTLE NIFTY LESSONS IN
LOVE & MARRIAGE,” ETC.


Fighting Editor
“BOJACK’S NOISY EXPORTER”


Pruned of Profanity by Louis C. M. Reed

1922
THE STRATFORD CO., Publishers
Boston, Massachusetts

Copyright, 1922
The STRATFORD CO., Publishers
Boston, Mass.


The Alpine Press, Boston, Mass., U. S. A.

THESE playful biffs on the beak of Business appeared originally in a little House Magazine called “Auto Suggestions.”

Many of them have been completely revised for the purpose of this volume, over the rasping nasal protest of Proff Bojack who believes in letting Well Enough alone until it crawls up and bites you in the leg, as mentioned somewhere in the text—then roll over on the other side.

The characters are drawn from the daily life of the average American business organization where men are somehow sweating through to Success against the cordovan inertia of the Dumbells of Business.

—THE PRUNER

Proff O. U. Bojack (Bus. Doc.)

DEDICATED WITH A WARMTH OF FELLOW
FEELING TO ALL BEDEVILED
BRETHERN OF THE BUSINESS WORLD

The Author

Contents

Hot Sketch No.   Page  1 The Plant Cured of Mossbackitis 1  2 The Lurid Lot of the Leaker 13  3 The Self Abnegationist And His Finish 21  4 The Bird Who Berated Business Assn’s 29  5 The Advertising Genius of Squirrelville 39  6 The Salesman Who Became Buyer 47  7 The Pampered Dealer 59  8 The Efficiency Expert 69  9 The Road Rat Who Gave Up Home Comforts 85 10 The Man Who Organized Manufacturers 103 11 The Perpetual Planner 113 12 The Twin-Six Philanthropist 123 13 The Yob Who Let Business Slide 131 14 The Would-Be Sales Promoter 139 15 The Young Satellites of Stallville 157 16 The Benedict Who Wisdomed-Up 165 17 The Business Baggers of Punkton 173 18 The Picayune Planet 183 19