Finally, Lasker agreed to a compromise with his father: Lasker would spend three months in Chicago, working at Lord and Thomas, an advertising firm with whom his father had done business. If Lasker was not content after three month, his father would allow his son to travel to New York. At 18, Lasker went to work at Lord and Thomas sweeping floors and cleaning up for ten dollars a week.
Lasker had every intention of appeasing his father, enjoying Chicago, and then heading for New York when his three-month stint was complete. However, during his first month in Chicago, he lost $500 in a craps game. Afraid to face his father and without money to pay the debt, Lasker convinced one of his bosses, Ambrose Thomas, to advance him $500 in salary. Thomas agreed, but Lasker had to stay at Lord and Thomas to pay off his advance. By this twist of fate, Lasker became tied to Lord and Thomas--a relationship that would last over 40 years. Rather than becoming a newspaperman, Lasker instead became one of the leading names in advertising.
Advertising Success
For a time Lasker continued to work as an office boy.
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