Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-16
An ABLE ASSISTANT,
By ApELAlpE p,,ra -,

Psncn IN the other. A man earr~,tv,,.
artlsts sketching materials was CON,
~ down the road. He STONED ara
leaned against the stone wan
asked the girl.
ut is.''
1ne old maids who owned n I
near, are dead, and it has passed int
the hands Of new owner They So
nes globe trotter and there's no mors
Snahee OF the place being kept up than
On the contrary, / am employed "a
lay out the grounds in an entirely new
scheme"
Your
lou seem surprised to see a girl do.
ing such work. have just been grad.
uated in the department of gardening
at - college"
HIN! Where are your assistantsi
You can't do the job alone"
Cant get any"
now would / do?" he asked after
apause.
hou seem to be an artist, not a tiller
Of the soil.''
Artists can't live on their artistic
productions; they must stop once in
aWnle 70 earn some money by work"
You couldn't earn much here-only
" a day and found"
could run ahead $40 week. IN
go to work right OF If you like"
Inc man was engaged, the head
gardener warning him that IL she
caught him dreaming over the sur
rounding scenery, which was very fine.
she would "dock" his wages. He must
also agree to give her a weeks notice
before quitting. All this being ar
ranged, she set him to work digging
up the sod for a new arrangement az
the walks. 1t was hard work, and he
didn't get on very well. AT evening
she told him he'd better give It up.
4 tell you what I'll do" he said.
you pay me what you are allowed
Tor assistants With that I'll agree to
employ two assistants and boss them.
Thafn give You all your time for plan
ming"
He succeeded In talking her into the
scheme, though she couldn't see where
he would get help or make anything
for himself. He went to the village
that evening and the next morning
had two lusty fellows at work. He sat
In the grounds sketching. giving his
men occasional instructions.
II declare" said the head gardener,
''h that isn't just like an artist. No
body can ever tell how they live.
Well, il he doesn't make any money
it's no concern Of mine. He's getting
the work done"
Finding too much time fore her plan
ming. she strolled out and took a look
at the picture he was making The
outline of a landscape was sketched
on the canvas.
II would like to know" she said,
''how you expect to gain any money
by paying your wages to others"
81 thought that was the only way
to make mOney-getting other people
to do the hard work and doing the
BkuleQ part yourself.
But you're not even doing the skill
ed part"
you're doing that"
while you are
Wasting my time. admit it. This
picture will never be good for any
thing. Let's go in and try the piano"
He seemed to have his own way
with her She followed him into the
house. and, sitting before the piano,
be struck several chords.
This won't do" he said snappishly.
1.-THE thing can't have been tuned in
years. These people can't expect you
to get on with tin pan. What's the
agents name|
Before she could stop him he had
rung I'D the agent on the telephone,
and she was Mortified to hear him say:
Miss Kissock, the head gardener,
wants to know what you mean by
leaving the piano in such condition?
She says If you don't have a man here
to tune 1t right OF she'll throw up her
job"
He flung down the receiver and re-
Joined her.
upon my wOrdr' she exclaimed.
'sWho authorized you to say thatf
IF he doesn't have a tuner here by
tomorrow morning you needn't pay me
any wages for myself or the two as
sistants. You women are not lifted
to get on as men are. You haven't
got any sand"
Where men have as much OF It as
you have there's none left for US
women
She consented to let the matter rest,
and sure enough the next morning the
piano was tuned. Then the first assist
ant gardener insisted on the head gar
dener spending the morning with him
IN the music room
Finally the grounds were laid OUT
ON the new plan. The men the assist
ant had hired kept at work and seemed
satisfied with their pay. How their
boss managed the finances to make
anything was a mystery.
When the work was ready 10 Turn
over to the agent the artist took hls
- :. n .-,...,G On II seemed 10 the