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Show """"CTtc"' "'lleiil stmrt t "T r I" piibii.tied not E V "(a- " "'nry A r9 bis shop girl 1T "iw.lnssnl char- Pnmm enttinf tr.a-l that m bt, colnblned n8 "ible allrlbuies ""lisa. Joan of Are. l. Job and Lit tl limiling Hood. Anil ri;, ,,..,, ( the e- ginil Chrlt maa kr it easily n-.liht alio esa ataaajaaaw ayaipibrtlc person than the regretted O. snry that the ehon alrl most atandu aeed of the strength of Hercules. t honilsm of Joan of Arc. the trutht and other oth-er alngulnr ieollnrtof Una, the patience of Job. 'bat It muat mean, fmm elgW or eight to ten, ae Ihe css'-iX Vtn face and aerve the rattled Unnntiat are now anrging through the Oaa, think of the etrnln on enduranrtad nerve, on temper nad manners. Ik wonder la not that she often romeii to the de-mnnde de-mnnde on her, but thai ej ever doea Rome of the vetersiiiairvlvora of many hard-fought Chrinsi battle-nobis, battle-nobis, are marvels; nit be aeen at fag-end of day still alsrUkiuh droop- Ingly ao; atlll cleau-.a.l. though with conacloua effort; am with cour teous attitude In thrlr atrajig, thouah those they serve kite at the laat ah red of any tmlltntaa nth which they may have aturtsa nig Compare tho masiiavt of aomo apolled darling, eodr!iida,(ldi arrogant arro-gant child of wealth. b, dignity and i.ntlcnce and ir"ni often ahovin by the girl bettud ponnti.r. The one aelf centereiLof ton reatrlet-ed reatrlet-ed vlsl in. captious, petty; u,, n,or eelf effnelng. far-aeelsg. karliable. big Caleb In senreh of a f ,K,t well pursue hla quost sloi'ite alalea of the big atorea. nnd om,y t,ja.a landing th;-re behind tbe nrr. They are not all rurltaturainf (n,h. Ion. wllh holr tortured Into heat ex-asgiirallon. ex-asgiirallon. frocka chl tapirs of shuwy splendors; not all nx aiven to iiowder nnd rouge thin to ai wuti r. And In tho atlainmaaj of e ao bliihly desirable nentness 114 trm. ness heroism agnln has lo coin to the 1 fore. It la no enav nmtutr Ultr long hours of labor to labor niort, take pains for poraonnl clean lto",aaw and darn when eyea are heavy, karli la aching, nominee every ono at them that Make a good anew. I know m girl In a fnA)i.'kv-andy shop thet every other nt shu and Irona that ahe may bi iireassjteble the next dny. Her mo.lrato wage la the chief part of the fully upiiej't. there la not enough mono; for ouneith blouaea to laat the week, and ao the midnight laumlrylng la due as a mat. tor of course. Hut hot pretty and weet and fresh the girl 4oea manage to look In her anowy elite and well brushed blncf; much latter dreaaed. ahe seema to me, than fte Women of fuaa and feat bora ; What little molhera tor are. a lot of them, almplo affoctlemte, domeetlo I zed aa vain, shallow, looltshly am hltloua, thinking only of ilreaa and "dates." I know one (r ttat worked In one of the d'tartmrt stiroa which keep opvn evonlnge stfbrUtuiss time, who the night befon Cbrlstmna did not leave the etore aStll midnight, then after traveling n kour on Ihe atreet cars to her kM atnyed up hours to trim a woiOrfJl Chrlstmaa tree for the children at (bo family, tbe bunch of little niiea It oor aoem al-waya al-waya to have with tVm. I know another an-other girl that at ala aoaaon go us down unusually earij mornings to arrange ar-range "stock," cornel home uuujually late evenings; but l"rr dinner cheerfully cheer-fully dona kitchen aprun and helps with giant plum H'Mxg and other Christinas proparalfco that yearly la ropeated In honor al M Kugland and the home left behlsi bvn there waa made aeareh for ftrtiuvs In the rich land of America. Th"sr are just two Instances, Ihe one fills commonplace, unhorolc, but you nay plcg up a few for yourself tig e''lroprjng a bit In your shopping; otaeWlffg among tho buyere the 111 an v aa'Mnlrla purebaslng toys and silver -pushi-r," chlldruu'a glovea and sweater, or gray dross fof mammy, muffler for dsddy. Of course there Is any number of perl, Incompetent girls that wait on hapless customers, rather keep hat loss customers waiting, but they have been pictured with enough frequency, thla aort repeatedly held up ae typical, thereby obscuring the virtues of the m,ni worthy onee folivwlng the pro fession of "walling on." Kor some lime pssl I havo been gnlherlng data, ma king experiment; and have found It tin rule rather than exception thai courtesy no-eta with courtesy. wm and fair go far in a day." not only on highway but In the miles of spneo In a huge dcpnrtmcnl store. A man snld to me recently. "How little of church la brought Into Ihe Christmas uf today." And how sadly true this Is "church" In tills cornice I tlon standing for whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things aro good, of full Imisirt lo all religions. And bully-Ini bully-Ini and bullyragging a ahopglrl at thla season seems about ng far from "lovely and good" as oue iituy wander. Put yourself In her pluci, rciuuuiher-lug rciuuuiher-lug previous failures iff yuur own when bodily wearliusa snapped strained nerves, brokedown poise. Ye gods and little Itlslies, In what coudlllon la the aim J girl lo "enjoy" Christmas! I am sje It 1 wore she was HE, K Sew and Oarn When Eyee Are Heavy, all I would ask of gixid Saint Nicholas would beta dark, airy room far, far away from people (from man, and ee-peclally ee-peclally woman); a groat, aoft bed avhra I could etretch out lung and wide; alienee and Bleep forever and forever. No dreama to dlalurb that Bleep; no vision of past haggling, no vliilou of wearisome "exchanges" to CHut the reality Is a long way from this thai I would ask. Do you suppose such a proud wage earner ae ahe would bo content to lot Cbrlatmoa day go by without displaying wealth and IHiwer? No, every dependent In Iho household must purtako of her bounty, every penal r be given good proof ,,t init It meana lo have her dress up and go down town every day. Nothing Noth-ing of niggard Is the shopgirl at Chrlstmaa. she la as much a Ijidy Hountilul aa any mllllooulreae ef them What a creature' A "Ilcreuloa, a Joan of Are, a Una. a Job" and a Lady Hoiinilful on eight dollara and less a week! Copyright. Hio.l |