The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16
No applications for positions re-
ceived after 10 a. m.

The hands of the big clock In the office
told me the hour was IL and 35 minutes
after. Regardless Of the prophecies as
set forth In the sign / stood waiting until
some person in authority should oondescend
to notice me. A stout man at length took
In FIRST my gown, then me.
Whom are you waiting to seel"
Mr.. -" said 1, boldly.
He looked at me twice. did not hiuch.
Step inside" said he, indicating the
little office Enclosure. what can / do for
your
BY this time | had learned several les
sons There was no use beating about the
bush. ! came to the point at once. The
situation was a tribe humorous.
Give me a position
He looked at me the third time very in
tentIy.
what sort Of a posuony'
Anything that can do.
That's Just the point. What can you
dor The Chinese wall was built across
my path again. Are you erperlenceGF
was obliged to confess that was not
His face grew grave. There was a kind
little infection In his voice.
And you have to work. The iuexperl.
enee is the sad part"
ASKS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
Then he asked me a lot or questions--not
easy ones 20 answer onhand when ones
genealogical tree hasn't been Investigated
for good many years He put It all
down on an application blank and then in
duired how 1t came about l was obliged
to work for my living. By this time Jean
Cogwill was dim and misty memory. The
other woman was completely in the ascend.
ant. ] felt sorry for her. Her enthusiasts
were mine Her sorrows were mine. No
success shall ever be able 70 achieve
VIII count for more in my llfe's total
reckoning than my humble little restaurant
cashlership and the courteous and kind
treatment l received at the hands OF this
great dry goods merchant. Perhaps n IS
unfair to leave out the doctor who offered
to advance me salary before the salary
was simulated.
The merchant heard all my pitiful story
sympatheticaliy, thought over the situation
carefully, looked at me seven or eight
times, compared me with the application
blank he had filled out with his own hand
and spoke That Is exactly the wav n
seemed. The other woman's heart was
beating like trip hammer. The position
meant independence, less publicity than
the other, wearing the pretty dresses she
had always loved Instead Of the plafn
clothes she knew bentted the cashiers
desk. There were less hours OF labor, more
money surely, eongeniai surroundings as
nearly as might be for woman who had
never worked. II was all very plain aud
very heart-hreaklng as ] sat there-not /.
but the other woman--waiting for the mer.
chants final word.
GOOD SITUATION IN PROSPECTS
Il have a position ! think you can al,
II Is rot oren yet. II viii be soon shall
be obliged 20 rather make an opening for
you That is al can say now. In a
day or two You viii hear from me-"
BY this time realized that breylty Is
the soul Of business.
About what salaryr' was my only cues.
tion. He smiled
II you can DO the work-and think YOU
cannot less than $40 week.
And not moreT"
That depends entirely upon yourself."
went out OF his presence feeling that
after oil the world Is not 30 dreadful II oae
las only the courage to fAea IT, In two