Lower coast gazette., 1910-12-31
SuperAuous
Things
900 49,. .s-s.re.

See, ! have brought an advance
christmas present for myself" said
The solicitor, who stood in front OF
the office looking glass trying on q
new beaver hat.
The young woman s~tenographer
looked up coldly.
'pon't Won like it," asked the so
ilcltor IN an anxious tone.
Yes / like the hat. Also the nan
under 1t said the you woman
stenographer. But"
All. those kind words Of apprecia-
ton are
"A prefac" to some plain truths,
what did you do with your old hat"
ordered it sent here"
Just rs | Thought There is no Use
OF my tr%ing any longer. II is hope
less"
wait until | get a match and q
cigar. Th"r" 90 ahead. Tell me
your trouble"
Long ago snid the young woman
St"nograrher. the chief threw out
q strong mn thar Id b. a great com
fort TO him If | kept he vault in per
iert order. He said T. never had
been done. That was my cue for
working toward approval and Incl
uehIaIIy an increase In salary The
StenoSraph"r sighed. Well. every
Tune a salesman returns rom a trip
whether he has been TO New York
or to Kansas tity-h" rushes out,
buys q new hat and sends the old one
here.
THE first hat | wrapped up care
July and pnt into the vault. The
second | stuck into an old bandbox.
The seventh and eighth | jumbled
INTO a bag. 70" six months those
packages were moved from one side
OF the Vaui TO the other. Sometimes
they We're on the floor and sometimes
the shelf always In the way. But
] pictured to myself the gratitude
those men would show when
brought out their hats the next sea
son, scarcely used and as good as
new"
The collector grinned. Did they
wear them?" he asked.
mo; still. they wouldn't let me-
throw those hats away. Finally | put
Mr.. Wolcott's hat on Mr.. Bankers
desk. Mr., Barker had no %scruples
about getting rid Of it. A castoff
hat Of Mr.. Bankers I put on Mr.. Ham
mond's chair-I didn't nave to do it
twice. This method | pursued sys-
tematically until there wasn't a
superluous hat left"
You are a deep, designing woman"
The stenOgrapher shook her head.
and continued. Just your Mention
ing Christmas makes me shudder.
Last year, for weeks before Christ
mas, mysterious packages kept ar
and had to be stored in the
vault. My real trouble, however. be-
gan after Christmas. What do people
mean by giving such presents as they
do? Look at the cushions on ther
Regularly. ! have to zip OF
covers, take them 10 the clean
ers, bring them back and sew them
on again"
What would you have the chiefs
give him."
The s"tenographer scowled. II
wouldn't have them give him fancy
calendars that have to be adjusted
every morning"
Hang a monthly calendar in his
and stop fussing."
rs that a joke? Look at the walls
his office. Is there space on them
for even a postcard? had tho photo
graphs Of at least thirty OF those
men framed for him and the clerk in
he picture store acted just as II he
l was making a collection
II matinee idols. After the office was
'epapered the 1anitor and Lhd6g pic
:ures at the rate Of one a minute"
Il noticed that you put the three
ballet girls in the darkest corner and .
hat o had the picture OF the John
.'on-Jeffries prize fight framed In
Look at the chiefs DESK" said the
'oung woman stenographer with a
deepening sense Of injustice. THAT
portfolio holds two sheets of paper
md two one-cent stamps. The silver
i'm Of that fancy blotter has to be
nended weekly. No store in Chicago
the right-siZed leads for those
ancy pencils. I've tried 'em all.
The only thing that lavender note
,ook holds is dust. Who gave him
hat fountain pen? Every time he
'ses it | feel as if | ought to put on
rain coat and stuff my ears with
otton.
For eleven months a perfectly
God shelf in the vault has been used
or his misfit Christmas gifts. Yes
crday ne sent them TO his country
ONE and today when | looked at the
erfect order Of the vault | began to
ave hopes of more salary. but the
hief went Christmas shopping today
and here's the boy with your hat"
Development of PetroIogy.
Accurate chemical analyses of rocks
Of the component minerals OF
0cks have become increasingly i'm.
in the modern development OF
etrology. The discovery OF new rock
pes is continually providing fresh
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