Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-22
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stand me lmuCn DetJer tnan | could
them.
Interviewed His interviewer
"One particularly amusing case was
when two of the secretaries from the
Chinese legation paid me a call. Just
previously | had been sent to get the
views Of the Chinese minister on an i'm
portant matter. Mr. WI did not wish
to commit himself upon this subject,
but the business woman was new type
to- him, and so he proceeded to inter-
view me. ! wrote to the editor Of the
paper who had given me the order, fur
nishing him with the Information | had
| obtained and saying that MIR. Wus in
terView with me was much more Sue
cessfu than mine with him. In re-
sponse had a request for my version
of Mr. Wu's interview, which ] prompt
ly gave. The article was published and
/ widely commented on, and so one day
when / saw two Cinnamon in my office
1 did not know but that l had COM
mitted some breach Of Chinese decorum
and they had come to take me to task
therefor
"Ther errand was quite innocent,
however. They simply wanted to find
out the modus operandi of the mimeo-
graph | explained 1t the best | could
and they looked as wise as the pro-
NtIpldl ONl anu dShtu a. iluIluTGu uutS-
tions, but | am morally certain have
rot yet made those Chinese officials
understand one thing about it,
Another funny incident was that of
a German who was debating business
letter to a typewriter We got along
fairly well for several pages, and then
came this astonishing sentence: L haf
see Mr.. Brown an tink he will John
in the sheep ] looked up in surprise
and he repeated John i'm the sheep
At last he screamed the sentence at me.
but was still in the dark. Finally, in
despair, he said, embark in the sheep
i'll the enterprise, and then / had it.
He simply said In his figurative way
that Mr.. Brown had been seen and
that he would join the ship
Man Who Is Never Pleased
II have worked for all kinds of peo-
pie, without regard to sex, age or
previous condition of servitude and
have had an opportunity to study every
possible type.
There is the man who Is never
pleased. The right-hand margin is not
straight and after you have made six
copies and bound il he will insist upon
your taking it apart and correcting 1t,
because in writing rapidly two letters
had not spaced properly. 1t is the only
mistake, but he departs. after grudg-
irgly paying his bill, with the air of a
martyr.
There is the man who has five pages
to be written and thinks it an immense
amount and that he ought to have a
discount.
And the man who is afraid he will
be cheated; and the one who is sure he
won't be, because he does not intend to
pay at all.
There is the man who takes me into
his confidence and tells me all his do
mestic troubles. AID the one who is so
secretive that he can't give me data
enough to do the work intelligently. He
deals in authorizations and will never
believe what is a fact-that his busi-
ness has not the slightest possible in
terest to me. and that if he told me his
whole story l would forget before the
| day is out.
Wanted an Expurgated Edition
"Some people use me for policeman
and others for confesSor. And, oh!
the lies I've written and the deceptions
I have been a party to! Fortunately,
l feel that / am only a part of the
machine and no more accountable than
| the typewriter.
"One man wanted an expurgated
edition of his horoscope. An astrologer
had given him an ella borate reading
with careful warnings, and advice for
! every month in the year, and they all
cautioned him against his susceptibility
| to women and to beware of the fair sex
at certain times of the year. When he
and got through with our version of
| the horoscope 1t was perfectly safe to
send home to his wife, and, doubtless,
| saved her many sleepless nights.
I'm this way / come upon many
comedies, and, alas some tragedies.
would sometimes give a great deal to
know the last chapter, but, on the
whole, it is better that 1 should not
Then, there is the man who wishes
to be 'flirtatious.' He, however, is ham
less and quickly learns his lesson.
There is the man who forgets the
most important part of his letter and