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Show ONE ON THE JUNIOR PARTNER. Office Boy's Joke That Was Appreciated Appre-ciated by the Manager. In a large Chicago office, where the value of system and order is appreciated, appre-ciated, one of the rules which the manager Insists must never be broken is: "Everything must be Mn its proper place." The clerk who has to look for an article which has a designated place receives a mark against his name, and a second of-fense of-fense is 5 ire to bring him' a reprimand. repri-mand. One day recently . the bof whose doty it is to affix stinps on tho outgoing mail found on his desk a hat, a pair of gloves and a broken box of cigarettes. The initials H the hat gave him a clew, &nd after making a red Ink mark against Rule No. 6. he I yuteu me articles and the office code on the desk of the junior partner and then told the other boys: "I'm fired'" When he received his pay envelope ho found that his wages had been raised I one dollar, and the manager says Rule No. 6 has never been respected a6 now. |