Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-02

!
 people will deny that he is profes-
 sional There could be no more deadly
 insult 10 an elevator boy than to stop
 hiu on the street and ask him if he Is out of '.tob.''
 If fbe profession of running an ele- vator ever comes to be looked upon ! with contempt and if the elevators themselves are ever remoyed from all 1 buildings and the tenants compelled to i walk the boys themselves will have
 been 10 bIame for if. Taking my own 1 experience and the investigations I have made during the last year, feel 1t duty to sound note of warning. ! What the average elevator boy has ] got to look out for and steel his heart against Is falling in love with the ste. nographer and the ypist. Every sky scraper holds from i've to twenty of them. and the first thing they do is to make friends with the young gentle man who runs the elevator They want his information. They want his advice. They want his candy and popcorn. was warned when I secured my first engagement to beware of the ste ! nographers and typists. l was told that they had soft, sleek and insidious ways. The boy whose place I took sat down with tears in his eyes and said to me:
 "Sammis. they will smile, they will giggle, they will firt, they will sigh, they will call you Bobby and pile on the soft soap, but their ways are the ways of the deceiver. When your for tune Is gone they will throw you away like an old shoe"
 Two weeks later. despite this warn ing, I was in love with the golden haired typist in room 24S. I was call 1 ing her "Goldie" and she was calling me "Ducky" I was an innocent heart ed boy, and how could tell her that her hair was bleached and that she was working me for lunches and thea ter tickets?
 wanted to die for Goldie. wanted to pour all my wealth into her lap.
 wanted to knock the head of old 1 Saunders for winking at her. She was in my thoughts by day and In my dreams by night
 bought her candy. paid for her 1 lunches. sent her bouquets I went hungry in order that she might have street car fare. We were as good as engaged for two weeks. and was wondering whether we should take in Florida or isiagara falls on our bridal tour when the blow fell The agent of the building had been keeping tab on me, and he had found me careless and indifferent to the lives of my. passen- gers
 -SamInis." said he. your elevator wabbies You bring up with jerk. laYou run past the sixth floor You come down with bang. You scare the old maid on ffe seventh floor. and you cause the fat man on fise eleventh 10 use cuss words. You are in love It I always acts this way. Choose betweer your engagement and Goidie."
 T scorn your engagement. sirF' was my heroic reply. and I went up to see Goldie and ask her if she wanted to
 live out at Bensonhurst when we were wed She looked me straight in the eyes and replied:
 Robbie, you have made mistake iD the room. The girl who Is dying to wed you is four doors farther down the haIl-
 Through 6 pull with an alderman I obtained another engagement. Ths agent of the building seemed favorablr impressed with me, but he thought fiji to say:
 ~7Ssag man. vo want no nonsenss here. Running m elevator is businese There arc no less than four trusts mak. ing their headquarters in this building and, knowing how much the people love them. they are tskiaS no chances Beware Of the typists Fec from the Etenograpbers If you find love bud ding in your young heart come to me and get good spanking" started la with heroic resolves, but was failure after the first week. A black eyed typist with much gold in her front teeth smiled at me as she went up. She laughed at me as she came down. She chucked me under the chin on her third trip and on her fourth she whispered:
 "Sammls. 1t Is q case of love at first sight can't live without you. Three days laser l got the bounce. Tie trust magnates were complaining