Show fable of the stenographer and the t 0 once upon a time in a city that i was populous enough to support a big league ball team there lived a young man who earned almost a liv ling i ing by copying his employer employers s conver bation in a nate book took and transcribing it onto the firm filin a stationery by means of a typewriter this oung man al ways ays was mas draped in the latest crea eions of the tailor tailors a art ilia his collar aa was invariably the latest th ng in neck decoration and alf hl cravat fol lowed suit his haircut bore a m blance to those one would expect to see at a barbers convention and his hi face always was adorned by a cigar ette i every morning much to his annoy i a nee ance this beau brummell was force 1 to ride down town on th the seven tit teen car with another oung man who never wore ore a collar and who ho generally wore a tour four bit calico shirt this otten often stood stool on the aar platform with our hero too and the cob pipe he smoked bespoke my months of service not only did these things proved annoying to the junr stenographer but bis big repulsive fi low loa commuter often needed a shavo shave now the fashion plate wae as often heard to make slighting alighting remarks about the I 1 lebian each such a as 9 low brow rough neck bruiser and the like but the never hap bened to hear bear them so the steno grapher kept on living one saturday even ng ing it came to pass both of these young men stopped at jerry jerrys a place to partake of refreshments fresh ments and to cash their weekly pay checks they stood side by side and surveyed each other with much wonderment in the back bar while jerry himself served them tho the rough neck exchanged his check or a schooner and twenty 9 x ninety five while the pretty stenographer received a high ball and eleven eish elah ty MORAL white collars add more to appearances than do pay checks |