Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-06


much pretense."
A most cursory knowledge Of bust
ness methods--imnroperly go called
shows how shallow they are"
= I'm so glad you feel as | do, Adele
It's such a comfort to hear you ex-
press those convictions. Father has
always scolded US girls for not being
tbusinesslike, and I've always tried to
conceal nv Ignorance more or less II
seemed such a matter for scorn."
"Scorn? My dear" said her friend
in tone of flnality. business is in
compatible with high thinking"
rAdde," said the girl suddenly how
do you send money"
Seal it up" snapped her friend.
"How else?"
You darling! OF course how else!
Tf3ut as long as | can remember, when
ever we sealed up money in an envel-
ope and father found it out he would
threw up his hands and implore the
fates to help us Then he has gone
about for days after, uttering instruc-
tons about money orders and regis
sered letters, But neither Ethel nor
| had ever paid any attention to him
until last summer when / went to the
country. II was very funny.
Il had been away only a short time
when Ethel wrote in rather superior
tone that she had sent me registered
letter for $40 Just as II she had been
in the habit of doing those things ev-
cry day of her lifei The money didn't
surprise me, you know, because she
owed it to me. But registered letter
sounded entirely too ambitious for our
little Ethel
well, | went down to the postoffice
every day for week, insisting that
there was a registered letter for me.
The postofice there was poor excuse
, of a place, and 1t had a lot of suspi-
cious looking clerks. So when my let
. ter was overdue Just drew myself up
and insisted that the letter was there,
and so was the money. But they did
not seem greatly excited.
"The people of the town began to
Interest themselves in my financial
rendition. 1t was rumored that was
g.. expecting a lot of money that hadn't
come. so had to spend money lavish
ly to show that | didn't really need IT..
. Then / wrote Ethel that something
vas wrong. And / didn't hint that 1t
served her right.
Her next letter was suitably hum
BILE. She couldn't understand what
was the matter, but she inclosed lit
tie paper. which. she said, the man at
the postofhce had given her as re-
.ceipt for her money. She said she had
given my name and address quite
plainly and she suggested that II
allowed the receipt they might be able
Ito trace the letter. So down went tC
the postoffice with the little paper.
"Here's the receipt said. Then
Adele. you never heard such a noise al
those crazy men made. You'd have
thought they mad been saving up tha
,1uffaw for the best part OF their lives
"As soon as they could frame word
they asked me In sort OF chorus wha
wanted. Naturally, told them' whe
my sister had given my address an
maid her money she expected that
would be sent to me. i can't tell 20
all they said. They showed me all tn
reading matter on that paper. whic
was enough TO drive any one insane.
"But It seems. Adele. that after si'
Ans your money TO the clerk at III
aoostoffice you have to send on the II
lie receipts yourself and put the Pc
son that gets It to the trouble OF ha'
Ing II made back into money agaiI
Gould anything be more roundabout
..rhen you haven't seen the mo-
forms for money ordersr
Don't tell mo-"
II won't. Only they've added som