Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-21
AN IOWA GIRL WANTS TO
SELL HER KISSES AT IS PER

salutes are in such demand she is de
lerlnined to sell them. Sh. says she
Is convinced that there is a market for
Kisses in Denver. and has beSought the
Post to publish "a copy III This 'ad" in
Its personal olumn. Because of its
peculiar nature, the advertisement was
not accepted.
Men always want lo kiss me-" says
Miss McCheSney. When they want to
employ me to act as IA stenographcr
they always insist on receiving a
wealth of kisses. They do this to near
~ every young woman. My affection
is worth something if kisses can he
called affection-and as kisses seem to
be something much desired. | am ready
To sell AN unlimited number
Miss Maud McChesney is something
more than d prepossessing woman. She
is in her ed year, is ) feet sa4 inches
IN height. has an abundance of finely
Shaded brown hair. expressive eyes of
the same color. peaIly teeth, ana her
Observation-Disclosures de Milo's cheek
would have turned Il delicate green had
Miss Mcchesney appeared IN the same
era as her s%tatuesque predecessor.
Miss MtCheSneN WAS born i'm Rich
mond. Va. She is q stenographer by
occupation, and has held positions as
clerk. millincr. telephone operator and
actress. And she says that she is ron-
petent to judge of the "sterner sen"
This is what Miss ~McChesney says:
NV isi-s' 6,tN INV NNdiilS IIt "
sitfon OF virtually every se%lf-support-
ing woman. whether she be M
maid. waitress. saleswolnan. telephone
operator or stenographer. why not make
the much demanded salute the princi-
pal feature of all employmentS. cast
aside pretense and draw n salary or re-
ceive a cash consideration for the kiss
ITSELF"
Lacking the courage of her convic-
lions is not Il criticism which may in
Of. h. ,1; a., Nil. Az
She says that an unattractive woman
who must make her own way in the
world stands no chance whatever to
make a comfortable living. but that
her lot is enviable when compared TO
the girl who has q pleasing face, a
bright mind or a graceful figure.
The pretty girl who must make her
living is to be pitied,' says Miss Me
Chesney. It's a kiss here. a kiss
there. a kiss everywhere. If YOU don't
want to kiss your employer, you are
discharged. IL you don't want to kiss
some man who accosts YOU in a rail-
way car he thinks himself injured. If
you refuse to kiss a man who says YOU
are pretty he soon changes his opinion"
Miss McChesney says that her par
she could make her home with them.
but she feels that she must do some
thing for herself because of the COM
mercial education paid for her by her
father.
Give Me q Kiss. Little Girl"
Miss McChesney finished a course of
commercial training about five years
ago in Des Moines.
The first position offered her was that
of Stenographer for an insurance firm.
Going into the managers private Office
to take dictation the first morning. Miss
McChesney was greeted with Put
down your book and give inc a kiss. lit
tie girl "A nice way to begin the
morning. don't you hink?.' asks Miss
McChesney.
Whatever the sir. Of II said. or did.
the man evidently recognized the diff
ference of opinion, and she was allowed
TO have her way in the matter. Later.
the bookkeeper. a girl several Years
Miss McChesney', senior. advised her
to submit to an occasional kiss. adding,
1T don't really hurt you. YOU know.
and he is lawfully nice to us all"
Carefully "dndging," using tact and
thought worthy of ii better cause. the
situation was prevented from reaching
a climax for three months. AT the end
of this time. however. she was unable
longer to avert the inevitable. and re-
signed the place.
Wanted TO Hug and Kiss.
n next obtainel Il position as book
keeper for d medicine firm in Des
Moines." says Miss McChesney. and
before l had beer in the office an hour
the manager took hold of my arm in
what was supposed to be an accidental
way. | let ii pass. but u few days later
he put his arm around my waist. say
ing something about II being Il neat
little waist l told him l had Just left
"a position down the street to escape
that sort of unpleasant attention and
that i'm case | was again annoyed |
should leave his employ. 1t apparently
made him angry, as he informed me
with a sneer thai | was a foot. he
would not hurt me and thai ! need not
think l was The only pebble on the
beach
My next unpleasant cxperience.'
continued Miss Mcchesney. was in
Centerville. a small town in Iowa. |
was still in my I'm year. and looked
younger \ man who Travelled for II
large piano firm sent for me To call
al his hotel. laying he needed = stem
ugrapher and understood that was
looking for work.
She Locked So Nice.
Il called uporl him in the parlor OF
the hotel. and he told me tina while his
s~tenographic work was not usually so
hcavy. he was al that time sadly IN ar
rears and needed someone to go to
work at once. He was willing to pay
$40 IL week and all expenses. had not
understood that il was a travelling po-
sition. and said -. also saying that l
Was afraid that was not competent
to TAX such IL position, as | had had
very little experience outside of school.
You can MAX out reports. can't
you, and use the typewriter? oh. you'll
get along All rieht. There isn't much
to IT. If you'll stei, across the hall TO
m.' office. III sho@ YOU how simple ii
Il. l can get a girl down here at b.
he continued. 'sh.'s a cracker-jack stem
o%Srapher. but III ether nave YOU and
he turned TO clos he door. You look
swfully good to me-. Be nice. give me
a kiss. and lets be good friends.
He started toward me. evidently
sure of my acquicsoence. said If he