Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-03-14

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 tho
applicants who calledw 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-
vaded my office. l authorized my
clerk to select one, while l 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 glance,
and inwardly commended my clerk's
taste. Some of her work lay on my
desk, and 1 saw that it was very well
done. l tried her on some dictated
correspondence, and she did it WELL
at least we'll 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 thnt
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 alluding to this
young man once she blushed furiously.
and, thought, guiltily. l got some
what concerned about the girl, and
resolved to notify her mother. Iwrote
her note stating that the young man
was dangerously attentive, and that
l deemed it my duty to state the fact.
To this l 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 l
sent her by mail with my written apol-
ogy and congratulations, and the mem
tai resolution to hereafter attend to
my own business"
We'll, you have had hard time"
said John Doe, but you will have lots
more of such experiences before you
can find ouch girl as Miss Russell. 1
tried number of girls myself, but they
were all delusions. 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
notes, they spell according to their own
| original methods. ] once took a sweet
sixteen girl solely because she wasa good
speller, but she was Tot a good stenog-
rapher, and so l gave her up. Whenever
l gave her my manuscript she repro
duced it on the machine without an err
ror. 1 am little precise in my dicta-
ton, and she could follow me without
difficulty, though she was clearly not
an expert. All she wanted, she assured
me, was practice. / thought, now here
is little jewel; Ill mold her to my
work. Well, sir, that girl was the most
| literal, matter-of-fact child L ever saw.
She took the most apparent jokes in
earnest. She took every word written
or uttered in earnest, too, and in copy
ing would reproduce even bad spelling
with the most startling accuracy
Thus they talked about typewriters
until their cigars had gone up in smoke,
and then John Doe turned his attention
to business, while Richard Roe went to
his office and-thought about Miss Rus
sell. 1t was a clear case of love at first
! sight, so far as Dick Roe was con-
cerned; but Miss Russell seemed to be