San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-06

census ONCE CLOSED, wnen sne went TO
work for John Doe at ten dollars per
week. That small sum, with the rent
of their Boston home, sufficed to sup
port Miss Russell and her mother. That
was the whole story.
Richard Roe was interested. He
wanted just such a girl for himself.
He had had considerable experience in
trying typewriter girls, but none of
them suited him. OF course, he
wouldn't take Does girl from him if he
could, but he certainly did want and
need a well educated, well-bred lady.
He alluded to the gradual growth of his
business, until the employment of
stenographer became necessary. He
said:
With a temerity born of ignorance !
advertised. l think every woman out
of a job must have been looking for me-
because the very morning the ad. ap
peared, l had about 100 extra letters
from as many women applying for in
formation as to the situation and ask
ing for job. Worse than that, though
] had expressly requested application
by letter only, Is or 20 called on me at
the Office before noon. Most of the
applicants calledwere of the school
age. Young girls with their hair
down their back predominated. They
came from every section of the city and
from every grade of life. They per-
yaded my Office. 1 authorized my
clerk to select one, while 1 fled from
Office to courtroom. That rascal Sc
lected the prettiest girl in the lot, and
put her at work. She was perfect
beauty. 1 noted her brown eyes,
blonde hair, creamy complexion, neat
dress, and modest manners at a glance,
and inwardly commended my clerks
taste. Some of her work lay on my
desk, and 1 saw that it was very we'll
done. tried her on some dictated
correspondence, and she did it we'll
at least well enough for me to conclude
a permanent arrangement. She was
reserved in her manners, and did not
invite condolences. My clerk tried in
vain to scrape up a better acquaintance,
but she politely declined. He soon OBJ
served that very respectable-look-
ing young man met Susie every day at
lunch time. Then he discovered that
the same young man got to coming
down to the Office with her, and usually
met her promptly in the afternoon on
Saturday. On my abiding to this
Oh lNl,,eLal f,,,-.
and, thought, guiltily. I got some
what concerned about the girl, and
resolved to notify her mother. Iwrote
her a note stating that the young man
was dangerously attentive, and that
1 deemed it my duty to state the fact.
To this received an indignant reply
that it was none of my business; that
the young man was an excellent young
man, and was to be her daughters hus
band shortly. Susie didn't come to
work that morning, nor did she ever
come again, not even to ask for the
balance of her weeks salary, which
sent her by mail with my written apol-
ogy and congratulations and the men
tai resolution to hereafter attend to
my own business"
"Wcll, you have had hard time"
said John Doe, but you will have lots
more of such experiences before you
can find such girl as Miss Russell. 1
tried a number of girls myself, but they
were all decisions. Not one girl out
of 200 knows how to spell correctly.
They can all do good copying, but when
they take dictation and write out their