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Show I ELEVATOR GIRLS PREFER CARRYING MW PASSENGERS I in i Mini .i That Is 1 1.'- phr...- us"1' I 'o ad van -4ge In Ogdcn by the elevator girls who operate 1he lifts In Ihf hotels nd Office building of thr cilj I aii "i us have our, tip and downs, -hut none of us have so many as the fclevalor girls, reis'ltix entering the i ages sre rood, feid and Indiffcteni ae ! i c ln jnoBl elevatoi crowd. The .1 ir recks with perfume Aside from the opera-jtdr opera-jtdr th(cage Is unfurnished. At 'he lime a'ben the atifwn start tin , ; I ., is nihil with h Jose n oi more pa-isc tigers. With a thump up she The ige halted t tin- iccond Moor by 4hc- operator a man frying to get off (ollil-s With h ffwinmi trwng V i The elevator Slop! ai the thud floor. Two well dressed women get bf together, and the real of the" pa-tigers pa-tigers are deprived of furtliei knoWl-'cdgi knoWl-'cdgi concerning wii.i. sh found u: 3boui tie i' husband, nn do;tr." At the fourth floor the cane It .igalu halted and man pet orf carrying .the sad remains of a not quite extinct roroiui The elevatm w hlw.es paal the fifth floor and " dame In imltntlon chtncills gives the Operator a Mat k U'oK. The elevator stops al tha ajxt h floor, a woman get- off, then changes her mind and get on agalm t The elevator Jerlc. sputters and lomet to a sudden hall between the seventh and eighth floor, the operator opera-tor works' the ! rv bu the rage ie-ucs ie-ucs to move, sill v si I I K. Turning to the remaining passengers in th car the operator hellers forth timidly, Shea stuck." In iiiiswn- :ill of them ?hout, "Oh." 5 Aifa In working the levei the demure iul.s again shouts, 'Yep, she's stuck." ' me of the passengers in the car, jtus .a ou-iir lad of perhapa five sum-ncrs. sum-ncrs. Becoming afraid, she cried forth Oh. mama, I'm afraid." a "Don't worry pet, God's above n J-nii there is a basement to fall into.'' aid the mother. Come on young lady, I've Rot a Ipttslncss appointment cn tlx eishth floor' said ire male passenger ho was well adorned with a beard.' tt J ut crowd Ber up few Inches nore." I would If I could sir, hut she gron'J budge,1' replied the operator, I The other hihii u in. wean . veil then hellers forth, I think i ll get off ai the seventh floor if you "lon't mind.' .. "So chance ma'am. nIii won'1 budge, 1 tell you." 'Oh, mama, utama, I am afraid we are lost." "Don't worry pet. the pneraltTnM grs paid on the life Insurance." 11 The male "Do ou think I am gp l'is to stay cuojied up here all day? Vhy the dickens don't you do nomc-tiiing? nomc-tiiing? I can't afford to waste my lime here." "That's w hat 1 ay. chltpS ihe v . mo n. Well of all Die (deleted bj pensor) Outrages. I neer saw SUCh inlo de-rated de-rated by censor) in .li mj life, if : Want io know what 1 think I Ilunk The woman suddenly throwing her arms about his neek umi -.(nkliiR Into i v arms -"Oh, Geoi'ge la it teallv vol , ;n last?" IFTKH M l I III si m;s The man was amarifl ( rhsi "What hat Tlllle, M darling Til-lie- After all these years."-2 years."-2 "Say, what is this, anyhow f" hlrp's t i' operator. The man "It's all rlRlu young iil H Ills Is my wife We became separated tie enrs Sfo in a 'iip wr. K-. an.l I hadn't been able..- find a trace of ber Since. My poor. 'poor long Inst wife." 1 didn't know you Tom. until von began to swegr." gald the iife happily, VBul, I always said 1 could recognize your. profanity' anya h re." . dear, mhi haven't changed a "Neither have you Tom. except that ) i don't swear as l.iud :c tuu u.-,1 to" "That's because I've been sepaiaud ijvm uu so lon. my ow n ". 'The girl operator - Well, kin ou Mai thatl Hello, the juice K on! Anybody Any-body WOni to tel uff.it the eighth 'Tie n uteri lifo Al len.-t. thm the opinion of i ha demure misses who nperate the cages, tiw little epia-od. epia-od. is lu: on. In Iheh OUngJIVeS, ea, and do ou know that the I i your.g Women would rather cam male Jasngei-e .sh-h-h-h-h-b-b. ifhnt Is v hat t'uey lolJ me. and it wasn't with nsttrllnonlai Intent either.) Inventory .i the leedlnp buildings of the city convinced me of this faet MM S Ml A Ml ri . Uuiv i should say i wouhl rather be accommodating I the men than th' women," said ..n0 ..r t)lf. -., operators, '"by. they seem to know Jus: where th i are r-.ir.c nd they never heirt H call their floor numbers. In ib Manner the women even fall to con-' con-' lh Ids thai 11 is necesaai tot the operator to know ihe floor n.uni-bers n.uni-bers ii. order that shs nj hail the ai nt the proper floor. In this man- ner the majority of them always irou-:ble irou-:ble the operator it's a fact. But, out- side of lhal U Is ideal work." In olie of the other butldlngS Of the (i! one Of I" women states that I instead of sceKlng the names of various vari-ous tenants from the directory th 'majoilly of the. women expect the op- i 'erators to know the names of the tan- 'ants, their floor numbers, their husl 'ness. secrets, seandal and the like J"-' , g readllj SS fhe know the alphabet. The ctevator, ,kx Is not bull! for liokir.g liistPhd ll i- u phase In every : daj business, li 1 1 estimated inat hundreds or people use the elevators in 'igdcn - iiulldinss dally. In some rifle it is not out of the ordinary to have one ear handle more J than :.. pj.s.it-ngcrs daily. But, despite tbe fact that the CAT i is ufe.l for litisiness and speed LheN are those who persist In making it a ntecf a for parlOl nlorlei and jokes a -coidlng to nome of the local building managi ra Tins fad was easily erified. A young K'Mit stepped Inlo one of Hie iaS.es yesterda) and with a else! shouted, "Lio you know the elevator danco, miss Operator?" In reply the oung lady stated that she didn't J "Oh. it's simple, ihere aren't any' i eteps to I' ' he i ' piled. And so the life of an elesator opera-1 tor is a gay one. The young women! always have ami! for their patron., sum of the fair ones have been known, to have 4 oft or more ups and downs in a single da vhich in the opinion of the majoilly is mote than they would care to have in a life time but, they are gay ones, so stale the girls. And If ou are for efm iency fm.j for better aerice. adopt the slogan' Step Lively," and aid the demure misses In their ups and downs, and I 1 ours |