Sunset . ed by familypressure, which was motivated by theconviction that he had had enough edu-cation already, since he had graduatedfrom high school; and he started outon his own. How did you happen to think ofLeland Stanford, I askedhim, when he told me this story. Well, two or three other fellowsfrom my home town had gone thereand worked their way through. One ofthem had got a job in a laundry. I fig-ured that if he could find something todo, I could too. Do you happen to remember whothat * I inquired casually. Why, yes. It was Herbert Hoover. So—to make a rather long an
Sunset . ed by familypressure, which was motivated by theconviction that he had had enough edu-cation already, since he had graduatedfrom high school; and he started outon his own. How did you happen to think ofLeland Stanford, I askedhim, when he told me this story. Well, two or three other fellowsfrom my home town had gone thereand worked their way through. One ofthem had got a job in a laundry. I fig-ured that if he could find something todo, I could too. Do you happen to remember whothat * I inquired casually. Why, yes. It was Herbert Hoover. So—to make a rather long and verythrilling story far too short — youngCharles McNary joyously embarked forPalo Alto with his 28 dollars capital;and the job which he secured wasslinging hash. He was first taken ontrial, with the promise that if at theend of five days he had made good, hewould be liircd at the princely sum of17 dollars and 50 cents a month. Mak-ing good, he discovered, consisted inbeing able (Continued on page 36. CLEANS • POLISHES * PROTECTSall shoes
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