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Show DIDN'T WANT TO BE HARSH Merchant Simply Had Idea of Doing a Good Turn to the Young Lady Typist. "An sld customer of mine from the Interior of the state came to town a few days ago," said a Philadelphia wholesaler, "and after leaving his order for the goods he asked the privilege priv-ilege of sitting down to my desk to write a letter. I took him to one of the i.ypists and told her to get his letter let-ter up in good shape, and the two worked over it for half an hour. Then the man came back to me with his letter let-ter In his hand and said: " 'Mr. Blank, this typewriting business busi-ness is a great thing.' " 'Yes.' " 'And that's a fine girl who did the work for me.' " 'Yes!' " 'She made her fingers go like lightning.' " 'Yes, she la very speedy.' " 'Seemed to be perfectly willing to oblige.' " 'Yes.' " 'A very nice girl, Indeed, and I hope that she'll get on. In fact, I want to put in a word for her.' " 'That's kind of you. What is it?' " 'Tell her,' he said, as he glanced over his shoulder, 'that If she'll pay a little more attention to her spelling she'll come out at the top of the heap. Tell her in a. way not to hurt her feelings?' " 'But what words has she spelled wrong?' " 'He held out the letter and pointed point-ed to a word and whispered: " 'The young lady got one "f" too many in the word, but tell her as gently as possible.' "The word was 'coffee.' " |
