THE MODEST YOUTH.
. Apropos of Ford's gijt-edged democracy someone told the story of the hard-boiled captain of industry to whom a friend applied for a job for his son^ just out of college. "He's a bright/honest, modest young man," said the proud father, "if Ido say co myself." "Modest?" snorted the industrial captain. "What in hell Eas he ever done to be modest about?"
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 19
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64THE MODEST YOUTH. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 19
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