By way of diversion; [News items];

              16 HASKINS & SELLS February
.
By Way of Diversion
AT a recent convention of Dodge
Brothers Dealers, held at Hotel
Pennsylvania, New York, a play by Mon­tague
Glass, originator of the Potash and
Perlmutter characters, entitled, "Present
Company Excepted," was presented on
January 10, 1922, for the entertainment of
those in attendance at the convention.
The principal characters, Abe Potash,
a Dodge Brothers Dealer, and Morris
Perlmutter, another Dodge Brothers
Dealer and Abe's partner, were taken by
Mr. Barney Bernard and Mr. Julius Tan-nen,
actors well known to patrons of the
theater and vaudeville stage.
The play was given for the first and only
time, as above noted, and while some of us
from the Executive Offices had the pleas­ure
of attending, we believe, since refer­ence
was made to the firm, that others will
be entertained by the following excerpts
taken from the lines of the play:
MORRIS. "Mr. Blowden," I'll say to him,
"of course you're new on the job," I'll say,
"so let me give you a few pointers," I'll
say. "You are the district representative,
but we are the dealers," I'll say, "and if you
look after your business, we'll attend to ours."
ABE. Good. Let him know where he
stands right from the start.
MORRIS. After that, I'll hand him a few
digs about uniform accounting system. "A
uniform accounting system is all right for
some people," I'll tell him, "but Mr. Blow­den,"
I'll tell him, "my partner and me was
keeping books before Haskins and Sells could
pay their laundry bills."
ABE. Right!
MORRIS. And as for roadside bulletins.
ABE. Wait! Let me tell him about the
roadside bulletins. Just let that new district
representative open his mouth to me once
about roadside bulletins, and I will say to
him, "Blowden," I will say, I wouldn't even
call him Mister neither. "We ain't Haskins
and Sells," I will say, "and maybe we don't
know nothing about figuring costs, and maybe
we do; but if them roadside bulletins cost you
people six dollars and fifty cents, I'll eat
them."
We note with pleasure that Mr. J. D.
Brawner, manager of the Philadelphia of­fice,
has recently obtained the C. P. A
certificate of the States of Maryland and
North Carolina respectively.
Our office at Detroit has removed, under
date of February 1, 1922, to the First Na­tional
Bank Building, Cadillac Square and
Woodward Avenue, Detroit.
We know that our regret in the matter
will be shared by many in the organization
upon the advice that Mr. C. M. Clark has
severed his connection with our Profes­sional
Training Department and has gone
to Syracuse, New York, where he will en­gage
in the practice of accounting.
PRESS OF WILLIAM GREEN, NEW YORK