Obvious Adams : the story of a successful businessman

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O B V I O U S
'
A D A M S
The story of a successful
B u s i n e s s M a n - b y
ROBEI~TR. UPDEGILAFF
HARPER G-' BROTHERS
KE\V YORK AND LOKDON
0nvr-ol:s ADAMS
Copyricht, 1916. Ily IIarprr Rr Brothers

Printrd in tllr T'nitcd States of America

Pulilished Scntember, 1916
OBVIOUS ADAMS

OBVIOUS ADAMS

ALONE man sat at a table by a
window in the Dicliens Room
of the Tip Top Inn, Chicago. PIe
had finished his dinner and was ap-
parently waiting for his black coffee
Two inen cilterctl ant1 were shown
to a t;~hlen em by. l'rescnt!y one
of then1 glanced at the man by the
windon-.
"See that man over there?" he
whispered to his companion.
"Yes," said the latter, looking
disinterestedly in the direction in-
dicated,
Ill
"JVell, that is Obvious Adams."
"Is that sc;?" And he almost
turned in his chair this time to get
a good look at the most-talked-of
man i11 tlie advertising business.
6 6 Ordinary-loolting man, isn't he?"
"Yes, to look at him you would
nchvcr thinlt he was the famous Ob-
vious Adams of the biggest advertis-
iiig :L:;cncy in Nc~vY orli. And to tell
tht: truth, I can't see why he is sucall
a little tin god in the business \vorltl."
"I've heard him speak two or
tlirce times at the Adlengue meet-
ings, but lie never said anything
that we didn't know alrcady. IIe
seems to have a lot of people buf-
faloed, though. I confess he was a
disappointment to me."
It is funny, but that is the way
most outsiders i:dk a\)out ,\dams,
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