The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01
NOT THE MACHINE HE MEANT,
A Sewing! typewriter Tangle That Almost
Ruined o Reputation.

A man who spends his mornings In his
fiat, writing things ACCOMPLISHMENTS
and using a typewriter for the purpose. had
an odd experience lately. ,
On the day before the mans wife had en-
gagged a new maid, a very black young
woman. In busting around the writing
mans work room the new maid had watched
! his manipulation Of the typewriter keys with
a great curiosity, and q few minutes later,
she inquired Of her mistress:
Lady, whut Ia yo' husban' dun s-mek-
kim"
The writing mans wife didn't exactly
penetrate the meaning Of the question, and
80 she returned an evasive reply.
On the following morning, after the mis-
tress had gone of TO do the marketing, and
while the writing man was tearing of Ian
guage on the typewriter, the fiat bell tinkled.
The new black maid answered the ring. The
writing man paused and,heard a mans voice
say something about "a machine" The
maid servant made reply to thisb by saying:
"Yessuh, dey got a machine heah-de
gemman O. de house he dun uses It,"
That so?' the writing man heard the male
voice Say in a tone of some surprise. uses
the machine himself, does her Is he in?"
dcSbub, Lc . III tio phCh ulh4l iODiieu,
and then the writing man went out into the
hall and found a garrulous, young man
standing at the door.
Good morning, SIR said the talkative
young man. your servant tells me that
you Use a machine-use it younelf.'
Sure replied the writing mani trying
to frame up words with which to dismiss
the visitor. yep, I Use a machine, but
u zot..aal -.AL A.. 49, Tl.-
| GOT
as it up to date?' inquired the loquaoious
young man with busineeslike ohirkiness.
'Up to date as / need, > said the writing
man in a hurried tone. And It's as up to
date as I'm going to get for some time to
come, considering that i only got through
paying for II the other day.
"Bobbinless?r inquired the young man.
The writing man looked puzzled. Bob
binless ?" he repeated. We'll, I don't know
just what you mean by that, but it has most
Of the new attachments and I guess 1t fits
all right with 'bobbinlees.'
Got tucking and Telling and quilting at
tachments to it?' pleasantly inquired the
young man in the hall.
Again the writing man looked bothered
by the technical nature Of the questions.
"0h, it's a bully manifolder-sure," he
replied, and then the u man in the
hall looked surprised. But he went ahead:
Has it got the embroidering attach
ments2"
"Oh, for the tabulating s~tunts-sure, It
has all those marks" said the writing man.
1T does any old thing that I need to do on
1t, any way"
Excuse me for asking the question"
said the young man then, but does your
wife like your machine, too?"
"Oh, she doesn't use il at ALL replied
the writing man. I'm the only one that
touches it. She never learned how to
operate it. Wish she would. It'd save me
a lot of grinding.
The young man In the hall looked bsfled.
well" no said after a pause, 1--WE been
selling ma chines now for nearly ten years,
and, dye know, you're the first man I
ever met up with that makes his wife's
clothesi"
The writing man came close to falling
down right there, but he pulled himself
together, dragged the garrulous young
man to his den, showed him the typewriting
machine, asked him IL he thought IL looked
anything like a sewing machine, and thus
Strengthened the thing out.
"Gosh!' he said to himself when the
laxative young mar had gone. sim glad
/ tagged that. I'd hate to have It get
around that I made my wifs's Clothes