New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31
THE TFPEWRITER GIRL'SP4TRONS.
From The Washington Post.

From The Washington Post
young lady who is an expert with the m r.senS
took charge Of an office in one OF the Leading hois Id
The average journalist said she. talking Of her
patrons, is specimen OF man that irrstes me De-
sSRa ia Hurry ne a,aas more %
has time to say it in. lie will dictate few lines
.ea .S I, the daily papers then ali ' Of
occurs to him that he 4ust see man IN Inc care .
he returns In co sSoII and Drink it, and finishes his
article. do not like 10 work for journalists tney
are xiii Soa an 70 op wors for
You must simply play the keys uhtM .nsy sss siEp.
Of thought and you will be asked to reresd over single
sentence as many as dozen times. Ihey VIII noe
aU% y0u that they prefer to do the correcting them
selves Their work is generally very interesting ons
in sSs Few lines at
on how many times that man In the caie mas 70 %
The newspaper man is bad enough. but deliver me
from the man who is writing book. The minister mister
and difscut words they use remember once writing
half EstS e i words were msspeed had
been = minister ! know he would have gone OUTSIDE
dicnlt than Biblical and several ply cians have told
me- that Il typewriter operators would make special
W ssoSE be- pad so any PRICE
THE man about town occasionally stroiis in, he
seeming apparently to have nothing to do but hill
time which he does by Ginning to the operator and
has she Bets on the races what size shoes wesr
and finally ends up by asking her 70 60 70 dinner e
Of but the S sSs s not
old story: -, ,..,.,,, .on.tu.. Z. v,,,,
typewriting Office when he wants TO send ster 70
friend out OF town. giving him tip on the rsoes.
Then there IS the man whom all hotel attaches
abominate: who Is here to paint the towr % snS we
seems to have nothing to do b& 10 get drunk sno
sohA He sits In the same CI3lr all day. u1IK
asleep and would probably 60 fast asleep we,s 10 nes
sese hm "sins The night before he for
home he will dictate letter 70 bis wife telling her
he ha; Th9s s e s
washington IS. anyway. and how delighted he uul
be to get home once more. 49,. . ~.
thoughts into words affords the operator much am'ise-
ment. had an experience with such Z ehar.etr
Ing toward me . tall sannt looking fellow. With hav-
seed expression everywhere about him; He wore
a homespun suit and . Panam, hat. which ne politely
say, Miss what Is that there arrangement yoa
fS ye " Srsra ts about 0 we'll now want to write
q litter to my girl want to tell he, 60, hem al
Know Know 1 Just now to start in you ias write
nice letter Tor me and tell Becky just what faNs
Recsy is the best Girl going she's a daisy. >he Is.
Il began the letter with the quotation. .r'mgh
lost 70 sight, TO m"morv dear. and made ,nfsr,ns
c nsin rad II looted at me- and aid Well bv gosh
after Becky reads that she win take the a.,t train FOE
for she'll want to see some OF those things
whcn told HIM = cent. ..s We S. ensrsr he t%
. huge roll o. greasy bins lad - on the de.. ard
Dd yOu say Is a., ess IN, .u S'e e. san,,,
After PROMISING to bring Becky ta see me whom sc
romes to Washington. he poeheted his kttsr and
Occasionally su outeftoxn LAWYER WIN f.vos No
with his confidence and dictate some drv rninteress
WIN MACE on nv aesS the ersstet srray Of exhhttx