| Show collecting names for far it directory A man lias to have an awful amount of cl patience in this world 11 said one of the unfortunate individuals employed lu in collecting names for the directory whom I 1 stumbled across in it one ot of ray my rambles when you yon run over the loaves leaves of e a directory tory lie continued you cannot imagine how low much shoe leather find and cuss words have boon been used up lip in retting getting those 0 thousands of oe names together ive been at it now for two weeks and im about used up and discouraged why I 1 believe every nine men out oat of ten have a perfect dread ot of seeing cecin their names I 1 in it the directory and tIWA the worst vorst ot of it is they leave Avor word dAvith with their families not to give us canvassers a single iota of information information I 1 am obliged to resort to all sorts sons ot of don den ices sometimes when I 1 am repulsed I 1 oata obtain n the information I 1 want from the neighbors I 1 frequently meet a tartar of the gentler sex who threatens to have ms me arrested it if I 1 persist in mandin minding what N hat she holds is none ot of my business A trick with many of 0 them is to inform me blandly that they are about to move to china or japan and of course under those circumstances I 1 could not use their names the man ot of the house will tell me that he be has given his name to the new york directory people and lie he thinks that will do once in ill a while I 1 am driven to appealing to the children in front of the house for information and ait altogether alto 0 a sether I 1 zeth erm have come to the ha conclusion t that b I 1 am earning barning every cent of my salary 11 brooklyn engle eagle |
