Show STAMPED HIS SCALP EXASPERATED YOUNG WOMAN OBEYS IRATE EMPLOYER Grim I Glum and Exacting Washington Ogre Before Whom All Applicants Appli-cants for Positions Quailed Finally Meets His Match Ho was one of the grim and glum men In Washington whom It Is suit i that no nppll i cant for a post lion has over 1 n r 4j rent approached It was not that ho vas PO stern In appearance but ho ind a voice which fairly bristled with Irony aid sarcasm before which oven ha stoutest heart might quail Hit favorite remark when speaking to some new employe who had been engaged en-gaged by some other member of the firm was Our first requirement Is absolute correctness In figures the last three words always in Italics One day two young ladles ventured Into the privacy of bin elate they wore an Imperious and somewhat saucy smile decked with beautiful complexions empire gowns and picture pic-ture hats they were beyond the palo of criticism s What we first Insist upon Is correctness cor-rectness in figures said tho G G man not looking up Civil and unabashed they shook their sunny curls and smoothing their hlpless skirts remarked In perfect unison Wo are told that our figures fig-ures are absolutely correct We were once In a Florodora sextet They got tho Job However there Is a sequel One of the attractive young women worked In the office of the ogre she was expected ex-pected to keep his desk In order Sho had strict orders never to touch anything any-thing while on tho other hand she must on no account allow dust or waste papers to accumulate on the desk i deskAnd And for heavens sake when I get stamps for a special purpose donf go and send them all out on letters Twentyfive stamps had lain on the desk for threo days the young woman know they belonged in a certain drawer but thpught It wiser to ad hero to tho order touch nothing This particular morning the ogre arrived ar-rived in an especially exasperated frame of mind tho breakfast coffee had not been quite right Here ho roared Tho young woman briskly came forward How many times have I told you never to leave stamps lying around Take these and put them where I cant see them With surprising speed she whipped the stamps from his hand drew them across her tongue and with a deft movement plastered them upon the shiny bald pate of the Irate gentleman gentle-man With a low bow and a polite good morning the lovely young lady In the hlpless gown left that office forever for-ever and forever Joo Mitchell Chap pie In National Magazine |