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Show sr -L - ' T ill 1.1 She Has the I Position of r Supervisor of i Three Floors in a Big Jewelry i Establishment Where Infinite Tact Is Nec- essary , but It Is Second v I Nature "with Her. f- j y. i HEN a certain big jew- - wyr YV elrjr houso celobrated ', f' its eighty-eighth annl- versary on Mayday of " this year a good " ' - many of the gilt-cdgcd. L V J voteran pa-1"00' de" nNnT clared thoy had never ien the great monoy-ccnter in such gala attire. ? It was gay with adornment, but back of the ar- l tlBtlc abundance of bunting and fioweis an ln- I spiring element in the holiday atmosphere was a ! woman, a "new woman." in tho senso of being 3 new to the place. Miss Mary B. Palmer, who heBltates not to say Bho had "the pleasantest job a in a big city." "Supervisor of Three Floors," is the title Miss Palmer enjoys at the establishment, her position 1 being second to none in the establishment. Bc- 3f Binning with June, she has a vacation of two CT months, and then two months more, August and g September, when she fa in New York for the , ? i Arm, not buing, but simply looking around, to i j get new Ideas. The vacation part of this listens well, A doesn't it, even though one did havo to have J long years of wholesale and tncr eperIenco M prior to this summcr-timo liberty? But MIbs v $ Palmer, who is all energy, from tho top of her m fluffy head to the tip of her stylish shoe, con- 9 elders the pleasantest part of her top-notch 1 position to be the months when i.he Is strictly M on the Job. She allowed a reporter to tog at her hcols her neat, high heels one day before B vacation, and by that journey from cabinet to M counter, from diamonds to cut glass, up and W 'lown the highway of rare niatblcs and bronzes 9 nnd slhcrwarc, alwnys touching elbows with m aomo eager bit of humanity from outside, one ' taw how it was that a plain business proposition can be glorified Into romance, joyous surprise M and ever-charming -mystery. 0 Now what could she face in that embarrassed 0 outh whom she approached? Miss Palmer is a hot a saleswoman, and she Is free to attend KB i customeis or not, as alio may choose She g might as easily have gone up to a beautiful ' matron, whose Hmouslno and lorgnette and I lethargic appearance all screamed money, but EH , ehe chose this chap Instead. Ul I He "wanted to look all. over tho store." he gjjl I ald. Sho escorted him pleasantly, gninlng his 9 I confidence, step bv step. She saw that come- m f thing burdened his mind; sho skillfully quizzed aV mm. g f Wasn't there some particular thing he really S ' would like to see? m i Tho jouth turned rosy led, "Well. I did m think," he said, trying very hard to bo casual, SSigj ,4I did think I'd buy a wedding ring." "J ) The Bccret was out, and forthwith he opened If his whole heart. He told of his quite small salary but tho splendid glil ho was maming. with whom "love In a cottage" was an excellent ex-cellent ilsk. Tactfully Miss. Palmer displayed onlv modest rings, perfectly correct, but of moderate price, and when he drew out $. ho had the proud feeling of paying a small fortune 'or the s.icicd token, never dreaming that there "were men who sometimes Invested a much ei eater amount in wedding lings. Money values wcio different In an amusing, similar case In which tho supervisor's Intuition worked again. Call the man Mr Green. For years he had been Hstod In her wldo acquaintance acquaint-ance a jolly bachelor, getting older over day. with no thought of matrimony. He was buying i Kiiuliiatlon present for his joung niece, and Miss Palmer, looking on, chided him for lack of Interest In solitaire diamonds. Jle had no use for engagement rings, but still thoy were attractive; yes, he would look a them. Ho selected a beauty nt $350, entirely In keeping with his Income. . "That would bo my choice, but of courBO. I nave no use for It," said he. That was Friday. On Monday, as the supervisor super-visor looked toward tho door, sho saw Mr. Green, his face beaming. You'll never bellce me, Miss Mamlo." laughed he, "but truly I had no use for the ring when I said so I'll take It now, though." Ho did, and the smllo rlj)pled all over the stcrc. The wedding Invitations are out now. "When they come in together, that Is the merriest," said the supervisor 'Sometimes they will walk around for half a day, before wo find out that thoy want a ring" Tho pleasure of picking out wcddlnjr gifts never grows tlresomo to Miss Palmer. She remembers with pleasant thrills tho very numerous and costly collection sent on by many frlonds to tho woddlng of Miss Dunne of Illinois, Illi-nois, tho governor's daughter tfone of these wore sent back for exchange, aa gifts sometimes some-times aie, by whimsical brides. The happiest shopper In all the world, Miss Palmer has decided, and the salesmen all agroo with her, from ocular ovldence, is the clrl who comes to tho store with her lover to buy the engagement ring Here is a Job of great flneBse, selling a ring which will suit, but which will not pinch the prospective brldegrom as to price. It has been found that $S5 Is a good price to stort with, thon by Judicious inspection of the oung man's fnco, one can go up or down, as seems best. Tho brldo will bo tho one first to call a halt as to price, for women, tho Jeweler's experience proves, are far more economical than mon. When something extravagant is bought, Don'ts for Photoplaywrighti. "x ON'T get discouraged. Don't forget to send a stamped, Belf-ad-dresacd envelope along with your play when you offer It to a studio, Don't write a play for any partlcului player unless you arc aslted to do so by tho company emplojlng tho player. Don't send plays to performers. They have little lit-tle to say about the plays in which they appear. Don't uso odd sUes of paper and envelopes. Get b'4xll-lnch paper and two sizes of envelopes, en-velopes, ono for the going manuscript and ono tho buyer, ten chances to one, I, a man. t.iJ T?u SQdneSS ere itself sometimes some-times in the precious wares under Miss Pal- 7Z1 tn i S SOmwful a man it was who came to her, almost specchlcs from hurry and g.ief, one day before Easter. Her mother Mas dying, and she wished a crucifix that could i?h rrn S, f..t f the bed U Wfts the lMt hands would no longer hold the emblem, yet to hae It near. The supervisor became as excited as she. She knew there had been one. and only one. of brass, with a base, at loss than $10. The next price was a costly crucifix In onyx, not less than ?5o. which she knew tho woman could not afford. How fleet were her feet as she sped up the stairway to tho balcony, and her own heart beat fast lest the ono crucifix might be gone. How could she face the poor woman again? Joy' It was not sold. The look of re-llof re-llof on her customer's face was something to romender for years. There Is a belief which tho supervisor shares with many people, that amber beads will cure throat trouble. So she saw a young girl's point of vlow, who, though in very limited circumstances circum-stances had set her heart on buying beads of tho real amber for her mother, as a relief for the mother's goitre. But tho girl perhaps could not afford them Sho worked in a factory, getting small wagos. The simplest strand was S8 She took them. ThiB was a caso where tho buyer ovor-persuadod the salesman, and one more blossom was added to that tender plant. Filial Gratitude. Mias Palmer's pleasant thoughts fly away across seas, into strange lands, when called upon, as she often Is, to soloct presents for those absent. Half around the world went a gift, the other day, after she had pondered an hour ovor a letter from a wealthy young Filipino Fili-pino Ho had visited tho Jewelry house a dozen esrs beforo, at the time of the World's Fair, and now he was at home and married, with a llttlo daughter, who miiBt havo "the most beautiful beau-tiful name-day gift." What would bo nice enough for, this unknown little child? Miss Palmer selected a baby necklace pretty and X for the coming back. Make jour work look professional. pro-fessional. Don't wrlto a long letter with your pUy and tell tho editor how you came to wiito it. Don't wrlto to tho studios and ask them what kind of plays they want. Oftentimes they do not know themselves. They want good plays on original orig-inal subjects, and if you have that kinij of play they want It. Don't try to be too technical and waste tlma on details of fade-Ins and fado-outs. Don't try to tell tho director how to get a certain cer-tain effect. Ho knows how bettor than you do. Don't Bend a play away and oxpect an answer In two or three days. Some studios hold plays a month or more. It Is somotlmea a good Blgn for them to be kept a long time. They may be considering con-sidering buying tho play. mil- J Ills! 'I iiH ll'v! Ir o" ..." iu..,u.wUiD HU.VU uccii jiirtUJ Olio i jr . (Ili'llS' has gathered gear very wlsely as sne went y " ,'MI"lfc s nlnT ' Tl along. Loving travel, sho gradually acquired St&fo tiKDk. 1 II K II' one-fourth Interest In a largo touring comnany. flB JErim ! (Ipf h over which she ovor books her fricnd3 She is Kr ImRmM 4v I ' i ill iol spending June and July on theso trips. Sho k dBK' BH mf J 1 P ill Is owner, as well, of a fruit ranch In California, ij wJfiflK M J I Hi? Pi If at any time sho should chooso to leave j ftjSIPdJ .T S I W" ir' "the pleasantest job," which sho has no thought wBPBgBTr fr S flft' Ji of doing at present, sho has tho pleasantest vTBitalS ' W W I state in the world to claim as her homo, whoro &&b-ci&!3r ' Ir III flowers bloom unceasingly and the sun always Sv"! J llV S A QUESTION OF RIBS. i?niW&-nFk i lUl'l ETHEL, was trying to throw a ball. "Oh," said fll I H ) T J 1 W W said Brother Harry, "why don't you loosen ifL f f9 f , J MM J 1 P1 if1 up a little and not hold yoursolf as stiff as a h$ 1 'J i L AM 1 H1 , poker?" mStV M X!i HP, W "Well," replied Ethel, "I haven't got as many .m V K J MM j , AG ! ribs aa you have, and so I can't throw as well." JR V V S WrB J, j ' I I "How silly," said Harry, "you havo got as IJAbi V V m W 8 ' ft v many ribs as I have." tl Jwh wh . i IhL S 1 1 u' ' I "Well, it sayB so in the Blblo, anyhow," dc- 7vflm! W&B VV i 1 1 g 5 yr i Ia I'll i ill J - 'w ml fl V. rf I V IMA ill! M K V ? ,18- WeiSy W j(MAMliSm. f' " si a JL H.' ' WIBaiJ i. AHWy "D Iff f fill! 1 1 1 1 1 II i j 1:1" tMf lw y A rWluWMm II is ?Mm 51 Hill VsSmiSlI l. I d wl V . . '! fa MVmTIiV i:1 n I I III I rfi) I 1 "" .StULCTlKG & W |
