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Show i, pes The lograte Role UW ui (HI u An girl who will accept favors or CflSBS kindnes.es from ' er friends or business t associates, assuming that she K. longs to ft 'he workadav world, and thn so her jrnar way forettinv- those souls or, i (I sometimes happen, tidihullng thosi prisons pri-sons before others is about as small a proposition as can exist in human form. Indeed this title fits her to a T, resard- less of the prestire which .-he may enjoy In certain clrck yriMP Most of us are. however acquainted with young women who play this role i wbo are ready and willing nt all times to J" ' , accept all sort of favor, but who never , "I- dream of showing the least bit of appre- , ' edition in return. Fresh from College. f? ' "Once upon a time," as most stories y begin, a certain oung woman, fresh and J . y rreon from a prominent commercial y school, secured a position as stenographer U jj in a well known business office not a thousand miles from New York d'v. This U I establishment I- n bg, hut place, and !0 j"1 newcomer into the field would have Msd a prctt sorry Umo of it had not r. jj in older employe- "an old maid," as they i 111 y up Vrxv J'neTland v,y-iomc to her l U rescue Phe the mature stenographer. H v. simultaneously "look" the Mtrs dictated N t to the green girl, helped the latter tran-I tran-I Scribe her notes Into correct English nnd jj j in various other way.-- helped her over u. j manv rout:M plnces Today the youny woman (who c:me nervous and Incompetent Incom-petent Into an exacting line) Is able to " ij "get' her letters without any one's help, i j i but unfortunately, while she has been ft developing her natural ability, she has (( developed a. pronounced case f O, OX J'-H ! "swelled head," as the office t.oy fitly describes it, and-but that ll switching olf l,5w from the main point of our stor: The older woman-the old maid "ten-lH2f "ten-lH2f "Srapher-and God Mess h.-r, for her num. .f2 ber iv legion is keeping a roof over an AW aged parent's head and wearing out her few last seml-vouthful years in order to , make that old person's final days as jj cheerv as pos-uhh' Howeer. she's a C "samo fighter." this mature employe oi Iri- the aforesaid hui-v establishment, and no JiAS- BBS ever h.ir- her railing at Fate or com-rrffi. com-rrffi. Pltlninir about hep 'liard lot h. n a ti$.P 9iec of real work must be done tho boss CUe on In r to do it. and she In luin efOKi calla on one of the younger "stenogs" to A Mtist her Tims she was engaged one tirJjU. dy not so many moons ago when the je Clrl who had come fresh and preen to her .fjl: from a "prominent commercial school" jjKiH Itopped, saluted the older woman's outh-IjA outh-IjA f"I assistant with a smile and said In an '3u$f undertone, but sufficient!;, loud for the jt mature stenographer's ears "You vc got t j dead fish on the end of your lle " But iVui ,l1' ' lhe 01,3 mi'd," ai well as others who .(Ifls. hssrd. mado no .sign It this girl whoso cruel sarcasm wound-nd wound-nd cast a gloom over tho spirits o Lhe Wornan who hud befriended her, felt iH A nppPr or better for having made such n uncharllablc remark, thn her idea of aj Wl w't or PmartnoJs U all awry; and some day h,..r bread Is coming buck on the wa-p(jf wa-p(jf ters with a vengeance. It always comes. tid It brings to each one of us our Just dert - Iflf Tbo Klr or woman who Is helped over tlill roufch v.ays and nt u time when she rari- fBRM I nt Possibly help hers. If should, if .she has HH( "y Idea of the fitness of things, hold a . arro piaCe In her heart, for the persons ) who thus assist h.er. and this regardless ; of the fact that that person Is "a dead fish." 'ancient history, for any other representative rep-resentative of past limes If the man or woman who comes to our aid and makes smoother our way Is earning an honest living he or .she Is deserv intr of our warmest warm-est appreciation and we will, unless we are pretty 1 small potatoes." show him other ot-her a bit of klndns in return That clean sparkling wit, those "say-inKn" "say-inKn" that convulse us with laughter and make forget our many burdens, is a most welcome form of entertainment none will deny; and we secretly hless the good soul who Is thus able to rouse us from our troubles; but the kind of "funny remarks" those poisonous flashes of sarcasm sar-casm that wound and leave scars on Inoffensive Inof-fensive hearts are not wllty Those are the weapons used by all weak, cowardly characters those yellow-streaked Individuals Individ-uals who should be debarred from decent society. Time flies rapidly and many a "smart" young maid today, will unless her Prince Charming hurries alon? soon, be an old maid (as she now terms certain others) before a great many years fchaM pass Therefore, H behooves her to think twice before he tries to hold up to ridicule any older business co-worker. Not all Iwtchelor girls are miserable or unhappy as their younger friends see:i tr think they must he; and when one con sldors the vast numbers of women "alohl In years' who are doing one hundred pel cent work in nil lines it really look I though tho "bachelor maid" were ' b mightv important and wholly contented person. If she was brave enough to give her best years In order that those near and dear to her might be Hpared from sorrow or from suffering, and If she was honorable enough to refuse to enter a loveless marriage, then the "top of lhe morning to her," as Mr. Dooley would say. Yes, appreciate her klndlv offices If she assists you; hut don't hurl a "slam" at her when her back Is turned. She's the right sort, and if you're tho right stuff you'll be her ohanipion, and this "attitude" "atti-tude" will pay you back a hundredfold PEGGY PATTON |