Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-27
THE NEW TYPEWRITER
 GIRL

The new typewriter girl, fiutters in with bright smile, and a, cheerful Good morning" pulls the hood from her machine and sets down with a chatter, and opens her mouth whence comes:
 There, that hood always bangs that way. I don't know what makes it. I'm sorry. o, if you don't mind, I'm sure I don't. I haven't any nerves; I never did have any; nerves, meant. My sister says she enyies me. She has nerves; she'll jump if you look at her. Doesn't make any difference whether you're pleasant or not. she jumps just the same. O, yes, I'm ready. Been ready ever so long! Wondered why you didn't begin.
 70, dear! Dear! Mm-mh! Therei No, nothing's exactly wrong, but I've spelled enthusiasm with an i, an 1, at the beginning don't you knowi 'Twould be all right if I'd only put it at the end. Would you mind begin ming again at the word enthusiasm? Therei There's that interrogation point again coming in where the com ma ought to be! It makes the copy look SO funny, don't you know. Tck! Tcki I do wish the thing hadn't any pauses at all.
 "Is that so? Did I spell crocodile c-r-o-ci-d-i--e? Well, there, I suppose was thinking. My mother ofter says that when I'm thinking I don't know a thing. Croci-dilei We'll, it does look funny! Why, yes, I'm all ready to go on. Did you say equatorial Af. rica? Please spell it! There, there's that interrogation point again; o. deari
 Did put a comma between south and South America Well, I thought that you were talking about the south. the southern states you know. l can't always tell when you want a comma. Yes, know you told me not to put in any punctuation marks but to leave it to you, but I get so used to putting them in that it seems as if I must. Don't you think that when you get used to doing anything you keep right on doing it? N-e-u or-n-e-w for pneu- monia? Why, yes. it does begin with a D. doesn't it? I forgot all about it. Spelling is funny, isn't it? Capital c for conchology? Well, I didn't know but I'm willing to learn Conchol-is the next letter O or a?' Did I spell ornithology. orinthology? Well, don't think you've given me the word be- fore I've learned it now. It ends fgy,' does 1t not? O, 'g-g-y.' Well, live and learni I shall know next time. Kane :? Kane? The one who killed Abel. don't want to know what he did but how you spell his name. o, Cain, the one in the garden of Eden? Well, per haps he wasn't exactly, but you al. ways think of him there, and the ser pent and everything.
 Please repeat. l couldn't hear you because I went back to correct. There's something the matter with this ribbon. Is sort of-kind of-well, l don't know what, but it just does, and I have to go back and do it all over again. Isn't it qseer how little things bother you sometimes? This ribbon nowl Do you pronounce Roosevelt with three syllables or two? soOAAS pSOpIc Ou4y uudhS t"O OA It, don't you know. think three is bet ter. E-v-e-I-d-t! No there isn't any d in 1t! I must have been thinking of the South African war There, that's right! Who's vice president now? No trouble about spelling his name, is there?
 Did begin attention with a capital A? We'll, l suppose that's because it's a iong word. Seems natural to begin long word with a capital, don't you think. Sion! Why, no! It's tion, isn't it. I was thinking about the capital and didn't think
 Do you put an apostrophe before phone? Some folks don't. Oh, yes, can put it there; I only wanted to know if you would. want to do just what you want me to do. My sister in-law says I always do what I am told. Why, yes, I'll keep still, but wanted you to know the reason"