The sun., 1891-07-12
THE TrPEWRirER's RECoIIEc,,ov.
She Met Many strange Men. and r,.
married. Ono of Tim Hnn.u aul

She set MANY strnnEe Men, and Fin,n.
Married One OF Thin, Mnp.,,,
She had been a tynewritei and now shs
ride. seated In her own ,osey HON. in ~.
suburbs and surveying all h. handsome ="
pointments OF the place witLthe rroud Az. >,
wifely ownershir. She wastalkinr oyer NV
experiences whtle she was working for h..
living before writing mackne '
For years" said she, 4 ws the best o,.,.
ator In large of1ice from whic, girls were ss,,
out 10 take down at dictatic1 wha,eyo, ,a'
customers OF the firm wanted o have wri,,.S
must have been to many hunueds Of ona...
and stores and studios, and houses and ilss
ono knows tho risks. and temptations a..
trials OF n typewritor's life. am he ope" N
Her brown eyes widened and hen sna,.,.,
with amusement rs her full roy lips NV.
pursed up TO BEGIN another seatenc. ~.
beauty OF face and Of form lent In added sr'
phnsis TO the thought that she NIT have h.,
experiences" which many a ,laiper .,s,
would not have suffered or provoked. "'
Il had n man chase me around md .ror,,
table one time," said she. He w,s
portly. dlGniiled old man. the fuher a,
famiy. became so wise tha | easu.
and early scented the possibility OF A d,.'
agreeable adventure. and was on nv pps,a
against 1t. This man was too dign fed ia A.
anything violent. but he had look b hs ava.
and way OF edging nearer and oearsr 4.
where ! sat, that took fright and edc.a
nway ftom him as often as he m)yed Nj.
chair. 1t was the funniest experien,e svs,
had. We sat ut a big table. but. nevetbes.,
went all the way along all its four siies win
him nudginR along beside me- dbl nv vo,L
all right. but 1t was OF no earthly use vhsn /,
was done, for his wits were scattered and h.
was So confused that he talked the veri,s,no non.
sense. The next day he came to the ofics ana
picked out very old IN adish nc:: p..r op.r,.
tor. who's, natural expression Of face would
sour pail OF milk. TO. her he succesdad in
debating what he wanted, which was at arcu.
Z" The only actual indignlty that suierm
was when q young man pinched my cheek. HI
that did not know what 10 say or Rs'ta do "
course. stood right up and ,scrunched m,
notSsooK x into rPl! ,, in M hand Then
turn to my employer and report what lad hsn.
pened. but he was rs much frightened as L
and. with his face Just as red as u peony. hs
step. He made a full apology, and ended
II with promise p, that no such thing
gave him, but with such hesitation AMI 9,
@ black & look thaf IN ne va Was pretty vol fright.
ePen nag by ,oa oeaS 80 an
ton dollar bills that half expected him 10 nv r,
that method. but he was too much OF a gentle.
ward and he t1s meek peS'TS pie eSsg ts n,
Noticed. though. that there W as always clerK
in the, room. and That the clerk always 10.
You don't know what. n pleasant thing it Is
for a. girl to find second man in the oif,cp 10
which she 10 sent to do work. know that lots
a rule never to be left alone with q woman ono
minute In their business Ilaces. You maysay
foat Is hs dese
You are an adveDturess and are feared Tor The
evil designs that you may have. yet after eir
comes to be as much AFRAID Of strange men rs S
they are OF her. and she looks upon the mans
clerk as her own protector"
SO cea m en a. az 'hhs'
Not at aii;" the ex-typeyrter replied Il
tainly q hundred typewII iter girls that have
passed through the establishmrnt where wa
an! their esN and bssr
gagged in that sort OF work. such things as vs
are speaking OF used to happsn much more
s shs1 Tss oss snf hs sr S;
They did not reflect that the yerv fact that II:
shas Aoaue shs e0s vas " yoans ING sdy and W Y
There are typewritine schools that prom.
IN three months or some such time. TbS
don't do It and cant DO 1t. as many girl ~
foTnd out II bs AK ysn5 + M
$s:ssi az sHis ps 81. xs,! ana
Rir Is W. s until she has sot quite S su
cation in spelling. In punetuation. AID IN legl
forms. for lawyers are the main employer
general Information. SO as to know how to sp.ll
all common PERFORMANCES. geographical nam"
:Tm m telling you oil this so that you will IA.
derstand that no frivolous or fast girl ie going
to 60 to all that trouble and no such girls an
10 bs found among tyGewnters' at Ieas5 nI, nsvs
ventures were more frequent. WI hin The l.t
iii of nsu and ts rpps q
limo misbehavior disturbed my experiences
The only nuisances were those men who want
ed to have social as vel ass business ~
aeatRWISe How Was that7" 'o1DS l"
Why. they wanted to know Il they !. eSna 9;na
19s 19s with VIII u.s. suspees that is tic ssy r.!
the idle and miscbievous ones now take ol
finding out the characters OF the girls thst AZ ~
that experience when ! took WORK % smiuS IRON .ss
younger men; After great deal o. q S'henbpSa q b.a
snd b1s IN wGu %isop ssaeq OK
and then out came the Invitation TO do so@
to ride or 10 go to Delmonicos aIWM
mQQ6 one reply: Hl"SyS Stlu tHHt hono.s.
cepted such invitations except from calletsn
my homo. ard then only with permission ir0n
my parents"
"What then p
why that settled it.except IN ono ssis.
One great goose replied that IL that was 30 q
would feel honored II he might know my a.
dress SO that he could ea And he hI eptie9 " Hp
writing for him. Can you guess whyf ~ Nss sns
s came to call on me that psahi ~
WAS working Tor 4 living. Ho called twiee.
week for Six months. and at dsssDs least enes I'D
week we wePt .ln.red cut OF En- Sacau.s eyesfS would
Keep on working for ,nornMch my besS sess. 10 70
pTove what silly fellow he was. and 10 nal.
sure that should stop working ana Inc rS' 81 S s
to death. he married me ct the eSnsSand efa d tSs
only man I knew who sincerely and truy.SSs
the interest in mo which 80 many e"a eaefSrs fsrSrs
breath and said: And he mt an ON " ymis
my 'experiences' with strange mon 1nu n''
cellaneous Offices"