Gilpin observer., 1909-11-11
CHANCE FOR CUPID
LITTLE GOD OF MISCHIEF QUICK
TO SEE 1T.
invention Of the Typewriter an oppor
tunity Not to Be Missed BY the
Sprite with the Bow
and Culver.

The typewriter was invented as
mere machine for printing the letters
of the alphabet faster and more leg1.
bly, than they could be transcribed by
hand. But as soon as he saw its pos
sibilities that frisky little sprite who
NEEDLES with the affairs of men in SO
many ways turned 1t into a machine
for making matches.
AS soon as woman found that q
pretty girl in a trim shirtwaist sitting
at typewriter was one of the most
attractive things in the whole exhibit
of humanity, she took to the machine
light on the stage. In season or two
the business world began to blossom
as the rose. The typist sprang up
everywhere. and the man who didn't
have one in the front office felt like
an old fogy on back street.
Pretty girls found this the best pas
ture in the business field and they
focked into it. They soon discovered
that as an aid to matrimony the type
writer was 40 laps ahead of the man
dolin. six bars in advance of the piano
and was only surpassed by the row.
boat and the moonlight walk. They
began to dress for the typewriter; and
the handsome young business men
who had managed to elude the snares
of the ballroom, the sociable and the
house party succumbed by thousands.
Old men of millions who guarded their
hearts with the steel door and port
hot h,l
invaded by Cupid, the typewriter, and
surrendered.
She is wonder, the typewriter girl,
and she has come to say-to stay. that
is, until she is ready to get married.
Here in Baltimore has recently oc-
CURED one of the most fascinating ro-
mances in the history of the invasion
young lady typist of good looks,
good sense and good heart graced the
migration. She was welded to her
profession and reveled in statistics
Everyone around her was devoted to
her, but she remained heartwhole and
fancy-free until there came into the
office a tall young Hollander. He
knew little English and had much to
learn.
Naturally, warm sympathy goes out
to the stranger in a strange land. He
found in the lady who presided over
the main typewriter friend and a
teacher. She found the aptest pupil
that ever landed on our shores. He
learned English; he learned stenog-
raphy; he learned business methods.
When he left here he weut to South
America and there found a chance to
develop and become a successful busi
ness man. He could not forget his
| teacher-for who can forget Balti.
more girl? The teacher was devoted
to her pupil. So Cupid reached across
10000 miles and tied them together in
the bonds that bind lovers in happi-
ness. The romance that budded In
Baltimore bloomed into matrimony in
far away Chile.
This is only one of thousands Of
such matches made with the many
keyed machine. The typewriter has
revolutionized a lot of things. The
development of the shirtwaist Is in no
small degree to be laid to it's credit. as
is the growth of the soda water traffic
and the enormous business in puffs,
rolls and back hair. 1t has caused
more bad spelling, family disturb
ances and marriages than any other
invention of modern times. 1t has
scattered millions of letters, love
stories. plays and husbands over our
fair land. And on it Cupid sits and
smiles. so willy. cute and debonair;
while the machine holds out to click
no pretty girly need despair. ."-Balti-
more Sun.