Show Dinners s Diamonds and the Boss Boss' Limousine Limous ne Lead dead to Heartaches and Divorce Court Says days Steno grapher er r Discharge in Pay Envelope the End of Months of Champagne Champagne Champagne Cham- Cham and Classy Clothes f 4 I STICK TO THE TYPEWRITER AND JOHNNY OBRIEN O'BRIEN The Stenographer Copyright 1919 by the Evening Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram New York Herald Company Compan Ill I'll say this is a funny tunny world I Here am I starting out to pound my I way to a private or something equally profitable and right this minute I cannot cannot can can- r not tell you whether g er the wise stenographer stenographer stenographer is the one ona who works the typewriter for a wing giving or the one who takes dictation 4 as a side line Personally I have mss more faith In the typewriter The girl who sits w. w at of the next desk in our office thinks I Iam am a simple minded mind- mind l J ed struggler struggles That Is some good looking suit you are sporting I said to her the other day She had just blown in an hour and anda fL a a. half late wearing a tan and brown browncheck browncheck browncheck check that looked as if she had been p poured into it Didn't take much arithmetic to figure the sum total of ot the tailors tailor's bill on a turnout like lileo that Three figures s if It it was a cent It ought to look good sn sniffed Miss Wise that's Wise that's her name and it fits her herto herto herto to to- toa a T. T She turned around once or twice to give us the full benefit of any any- doubt we might have hae concerning style or construction Just g got get t It today from Crom Special design for design for me Rather nifty eh Now every everyone one knows that would not flirt with a needle under a hundred flat Miss Wise is paid 15 a week week week-or or rather she has bas 15 a week given to her herfor herfor herfor for decorating a desk Goodness knows she never neer works for tor It eh I A REAL STRUGGLE And to think I had to scrape for tor weeks fudge on luncheons every now and then then- cut out the movies and even hold up the weekly board bill at home all for the sake of a 25 outfit Well Vell I suppose a girl must make her choice sooner or later She must deckle de deI decide de- de cide what she wants to do who she I wan wanis wants s to be I I remember when I first came to this I job job about about the second week I think It was was the the called boss-called me into his office I to take dictation Struck me as pretty late in the a for him to start off on a fres fresi trail troll but I 1 grabbed K my notebook and prepared to grind the I things out In a hurry hurn From the first I could tell his mind was not on the letter sillY letter silly unimportant AH AU I sort of ot a letter anyhow AHat tat I at once in the middle of a 10 sentence I II the he broke brake off olf I I Mamie he said his said his voice sounded I I I ILL S t C You NOME HOME r 1 EARLY LETS LET'S 13 BE 1 a hl J I PALS ft Jt J y t p NE MADE WE ME THE WINE HOW PO SO ILL I'LL THEY I STAY HOME PO IT ITOM o II r To TODAY PAY OM on 15 t PER I L V I I I strange too too that that is a mighty pretty pink waist you are wearing I didn't like the way he looked at the waist Somehow I felt as If It I ought to pin It higher at the neck or as if It the goods might be too thin Thank you I said as I 1 poised my pencil to go on with the letterA letterA letter A pretty waist for a pretty prett girl he chuckled leaning across his desk and watching me closely close Never mind that letter now Mamie What I 1 want to know is will you keep me company at dinner tonight Im I'm feeling sort of ot lonely Just a a. bite somewhere Ill I'll send you home early The boss' boss family had gone to Florida a few tew days before Maybe he did feel lonely Father would ly say he but I him was feeling his oats gave the benefit of more polite English Thanks I stammered I 1 could feel myself getting warm and red all over Im afraid I cant Oh come on now urged the boss leaning back In his chair Ive I've seen him lean back that way a hundred times when he ho was arguing with a man and considered he had won his victory Dont Dout be he foolish Just look the town over a show a cabaret or something I like your looks Mamie You dont don't paint up like e the first row of the chorus on opening night Youre You're a nice quiet little kid I think we might arrange to be very good pals Pals Dont Don't you love that And he a married married married mar mar- ried man with a son old enough to graduate from Yale this season I appreciate your invitation my invitation my voice sounded steadier this time but time but I cant can't possibly accept Nonsense Why not I 1 decided I might as well wen give lite It to him straight and let him fire tire me if it he wanted Because I 1 promised to go to the mo i movies s with Johnny OBrien O'Brien I 1 said I looking him square In the face Who Vho Johnny OBrien O'Brien the clerk in I our shipping department he de de- de Yes head clerk I 1 answered I I The boss gave me a long look one of those that bore right through your I head and hit the back of your Psyche knot I Youre right Miss Case he said Keep that date with Johnny Hes He's afine a I I II I fine tine promising young chap That's I I Ial al all f for today j O A few es later as I 1 was getting I ready to shut shop the boss sent for I Miss Wise Vise the girl at the next desk 1 I dont don't know what happened but the I next day Miss Wise Vise did not show up until noon and when she did she was wearing a bunch of ot orchids that would make my last weeks week's salary seem like a dairy lunch tip TELLTALE EARMARKS Wise Vise has been pulling star dressing room stuff ever since II I never saw a a. girl look so healthy and get g-et so many headaches And jumpy J Every ver time the boss boss' private door opens you would think Wise was being belnE paged for shoplifting or something One of the girls saw her being trun trim trundled died downtown in the boss boss' limousine the other morning The chauffeur stopped a n. block away around the corner cor corner ner so as not to be seen I came downin down in my subway special but I didn't havE to hide around any corners Wise Vise believes she is as clever as as her hei name Ive I've seen her kind lelnd before which Is why I am in favor of ot sticking g to the typewriter typewriter and and r-and and Johnny OBrien O'Brien A J few weeks s a few months of champagne champagne cham and classy clothes then clothes then Miss Wise Vise will come to some tin fine Saturday noon to find herself with a discharge In her pay envelope and alot s a slot lot of expensive tasi tastes op her hands handsOr tOr Or even if It goes oes deeper and the boar bos should really care what care what could ther b in It for either of them but dIvorce courts damaged affection tion suits heartaches heart heartS aches and shame and dishonesty III IIII I He lIe cant can't very well chuck his famil into the tho river can he JK I THE FIRST TEMPTATION j Looking it all over Im I'm pretty tickled to remember I turned the boss down doW on that first dinner invitation And dont don't think it wasn't a a. tempt temptation tion either g That is the danger of this stenography stenography phy business The Intimacy of ot the office of of- lice fice breeds a certain freedom a spirit of ot good fellowship ft A girl sees the same man day af after er erday day often is alone with him for hours nourt at a time The man is n many moods So is the girl Irl J Vi Sooner or or later personal contact the brush of ot a hand a a. chance touch on th the arm Is going to push business into the background He will be t the fact his stenographer is a woman She will wll remember her boss Is isa a man men When this thought keeps coming back and chasing out all other thoughts It Is time for the stenographer stenographer stenographer to close up her desk It I her safety signal to go out and page an another other job Today Wise Vise sprung sprung- a diamond wristwatch wrist wristwatch wristwatch watch on us What does she sha want with a wat watch h She doesn't have to be prompt with a aJob ajob Job like hers JH But Ill I'll bet you a new ribbon for tor your Time will have a a. tell Miss Wise Vise one of ot these days soon It will not be a pretty story Besides it the click of a typewriter ter will sound Uk like the a symphony chorus |