Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-02-13
40 GOOD AS eRANDMoTHERs.
Office Boy Had Older Sisters Whs
Came In Handy.

TIL confess" said a Chicago man
the other day, that you can't get
ahead of the young American. About
three months ago had to hire new
Office boy, and thought I'd make sure
right at the start that there would
re no grandmother funerals to at
tend when the Giants were in town.
There were about 20 boys waiting
for me one morning that my adver-
tisement appeared, and called them
all into my Office, where I made them
stand up in row so that I could
look them over. After / had picked
out five or six Of the most likely look
ing little fellows l told the others
they could go. Then from the ones
who remained l began the work OF
making 3 choice. / wanted to do my
selecting in scientific manner. I
studied the countenance of each of
the boys, noting the shape of his head,
the formation Of his chin, the express
sion of his eyes, and so on. In that
way culled out all but two, who were
f1ne-looking youngsters and as bright
as they were handsome. They an.
sWered my questions with a quickness
and an intelligence that was highly
gratifying, and when / had finished
that part of the examination was
still undecided as to which Of them
should hire.
Then I told them to sit down at q
desk, where / tested their penman.
ship, their spelling and their knowl.
edge of English. They both exhibited
remarkable efficiency, and was I'm.
able to discover wherein one of them
had any advantage over the other.
But the great test was to come. If
one Of them had told Inc that his
mother was poor widow and the
other had confessed that his parents
we're both alive and capable of TAX
ing care OF him, would, of course,
have chosen the fatherless boy. They
both informed me, however, that their
fathers were well and strong, that
they had comfortable homes, and that
their own ambition was responsible
for the fact that they were seeking
work.
Nov, boys said at last, I want
to know about your grandmothers.'
II should have mentioned the fact
that one Of the boys was blonde and
The other brunette.
"The blonde boy replied that both
If his grandmothers had died before
le was born, but the other confessed
that he still had one grandmother
who lived in Massachusetts. Wen, I |
decided not to take any chances.
That grandmother might come out
here to visit and die while the Giants
Or the Pirates or the Clevelands or
some other team was, filing an en-
on the local grounds.
80 hired the blonde boy, and for
TWO weeks everything was lovely. I'll
couldn't help congratulating myself
every day on the wisdom had shown
In making my selection. Then the
blow fell. Three Of that boys grown.
up sisters have got married during the
last month, and heaven only knows
how many more weddings there may
Sc in his family before the basebalR
season closes" Chicago Record Her
aid.
A hearty CIrI.
A whaling captain invited an F.
kimo father and mother and daughter
to dine with him aboard his ship. The
daughter was only ten years old, and
vet she weighed 14O pounds.
When it came to eating and drink
ing she drank eight bottles Of beer
and ate the sane @--.1--. e r. =
was prepared for three men. She was
so fun when she got up from the table
that her father had to carry her to
his canoe, and she was hardly seated
in the craft when she cried out that
she was hungry and wanted more din
ner.
Her father said that she was con-
sidered a delicate child, and he was
afraid she would not live to be WON
an. but the whaling captain didn't look
al it that way. He was rejoiced that
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