Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-24
.rYPEwR1rERs' MEMORIES
Bravely Withstood Many temptations
But Finally Married.
No,s York SIM

Nels York sun.
She had been typewriter, and now
she was bride, seated in her own cosy
home in the suburbs and surveying all
the handsome appointments OF the place
with the proud eye of wifely ownership.
She was talking over her experience
while she was working for her living be-
fore writing machine.
"For years." said she, 81 was the best
operator in a large Office from which
girls were sent out TO take down at die
tation whatever the customers or the
firm wanted to have written. must
have been to many hundreds OF Offices
and stores and studios and houses, and
il any one knows the risks and tempta-
tions and trials of q typewriter's life l
am the one."
Her brown eyes widened and then
sparkled with amusement. as her fuil,
rosy lips were pursed up to begin an
other sentence. Her beauty OF face
and of form lent an added charm to the
thought that she must have had Tex
periences" which many another palmer
girl would not have suffered or pro-
vOked.
~ had a man chase me around and
around a table one time" said she.
''He was portly, dignifed old man,
the father of family. l became so
wise that easily and early scented the
possibility of q dlsagreeable adventure,
and was on my guard against 1t.
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thing violent, but he had look In his
eye and way Of edging nearer and
nearer to where / sat, that took fright
and edged away from him as often as
he moved his chair. 1t was the funniest
experience ever had. We sat at big
table, but, nevertheless, went along
all its four sides with him nudging along
beside me.
did my work all right, but it was OF
no earthly use when 1t was done, for mis-
wits were so confused that he talked the
veriest nonsense. The next day he came
to the office and picked out very old
maidish and prim operator, whose nat
ural expression Of face would sour pail
of milk. To her he succeeded in dictat-
ing what was wanted, which was an
argument in law case.
The only actual indignity that l suf-
fered was when young man pinched
nv cheek. He did it so deliberately and
it was so unexpected that did not know
what to say or do. OF course l stood
right ND and scrunched my note book
into roll in my hand. Then started
to say that I should be obliged to return
to my employer and report what had
happened, but he was as much fright
ened as /, and, with his face just as red
as peony, he stood Ia front OF me and
prevented my going step.
He made full apology, and ended IL
with promise that no such thing should
occur again. He called in clerk and
gave him something to do in the room.
/ forgave him, but with such hesitation
and so black look that he was pretty
we'll frightened.
Other girls had told me so many
stories Of men apologiZing by offering
them five or ten dollar bills, that / half
expected him to try that method, but
he was too much of a gentleman.
often took work at his dictation after
ward, and he was as meek as pie every
time. noticed, though, that there was
always clerk in the room, and that
the clerk always remained the whole
time.
"You don't know what a pleasant
thing it is for girl TO find a second
man in an Office In an Office in which she
is sent to do work. l know that lots
and lots of lawyers and business men
make it a rule never to be left alone
witha woman one minute in their bust
ness places. You may say that it is
very embarrassing and hGmiliating tC
think that this is done through fear
that you are an adventures and are
feared for the evil designs that you may
have, yet after girl or woman has had
little experience she comes to be as
much afraid Of strange men as they are
OF her. and she looks upon the mans
clerk as her own protector.
"You say many girl has has had mon.
ey offered to her in lieu Of an apology
are such things so common as all that?'
mot at ALL" the ex-typewriter re-
piled. 81 said many girls, because
have known certainly hundred type
writer girls that have passed through
the establishment where / was EN-
ployed, aud their experience and my
own covered all the time that women
have been engaged In that sort Of work
"Such things as we are speaking Of
used to happen much more frequently
when il was new thing for girls to &c
about the downtown Offices. The mer
did not know how to treat them at first
think. They did not reflect that the