The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-05-17
pIEEcroRY DoDeERs.
Going 10 show that aralinE one Thing
Win Another, the Life OF n pireeiory
W., Not n EIappy One.n

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with Another, the Life OF n Direeiors
Nan Is Not y Happy One.'
A directory is not thrilling work-it Is
not even interesting to the casual reader,
and d the last volume in the world that
would be chosen to while away the time
m a hot summer afternoon. Its coyersdo
not conceal q plot, yet its pages contain
tbe names Of heroes and hetoines whose
story will, perhaps, never be written. It
has i,s villains, but they do notspeak. 1t
contains the pGsOnE Of many atragedy, but
tSs reader never knows them. Its pages
ara marked with representatives ofwealth
and poverty, and all conditions Of society;
vat with all these varied elements scat
Jared through the work, not one
n its characters syllable their part.
II Is dumb to everything but one
object, and for that Is It compiled.
Il tells other people where you live,
your occupation, unless, like 0thello, 1t Is
gone. 1t has ne place in literature, yet II
represents a greater amount oil care, pa
tience, persistency and labor than Is
frequently bestowed on works catalogued
in book stores. Taking one thing with
another, the life Of directory man is not
n happy one" His work Is as tar re-
moved from peace and contentment as
the sun il from the earth. We learn this
rom Mr.. W. L. Calm, who has nearly
completed the work on his forthcoming
directory for this city. Mr.. Calm, In a
talk with the reporter, gave an interesting
account OF the difficulties that strew the
nath OF the canvasser; the excuses OF the
people for not wanting their names to ap'
pear, &c.
IWhat are the touchy points OF the
people, Mr.. Calm ?" asked the reporter.
ait would fill column in your paper tc
enumerate all OF them. The excuses some
people give for not wanting their names u
appear are reasonable and well put somt
times, but being determined to get out
complete work, such as promised in my
prospectus, they must be ignored"
"What shape do they takep
tItis generally in regard TO occupation
Young ladies, frequently with more prid,
than common sense, do not want 1t men
toned that they are seamstresses, or tina
they toll honestly In the merchant tailoI
shops OF the city"
"How do they dodge the issueP"
an various ways. They either give
wrong name, or refuse point blank to Civ
any-'don't want their names in the OLE
book, they say"
aAny other eccentricities, thatyou know
ofpU
"Yes. In one establishment the pro
prietor went into the work room to get tn,
names Of his employees for me. When h
presented the list l saw that q numbe
OF them were incorrect; they either gay,
wrong names and right numbers, or VIC
pesa." :,
CHOW did you remedy the matterp
~ went into the room myself, and tolt
them that knew some OF them had g1vel
wrong names and numbers, and II the
didn't give correct information woult
put them down as shirt-makers."
"Did they appreciate the situation"
"Whst occupation did you cOmprO
mise ONT"
'seamstress."
ANY trouble IN tne lnlllS
"Yes; some few, for reasons best know
to themselves, gave wrong numbers, and
in rare instances, wrong names. Thes
we rectifed by going over the pay roll an
checking of"
WITH"
aWell, there are some houses who's
doors we could never open. When tn
inmates see a canvasser standing at tn
door, patiently waiting for response, the
never answer it, but cry taxes, taxes!"
"What do you do in that case"
ave have TO depend sometimes on th
information we get next door. There
also another class," continued Mr.. Calm
"who refuse to give the servants name
She is going away next week, they say
and there Is no use putting her name in. =
"What's the trouble in these cases2"
81 suppose they have misrepresents'
matters to the assessor, and want to hedg
on water tax"
."Any others peculiar to this class?'
"Yes, some we approach on the subiec
say there Is not much use putting thei
names in; they are going away Thi
class, Isuppose, want to escape the deteC
ton Of an Indifferent return they hay
made to the assessor, or something Of tina
Sort
allow do you treat such cases2
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