Audubon County journal., 1911-05-11


gin to understand how many yards of
red tape men need to be truly bust
nesslike They put UP an appearance
of great caution"
"And do the saddest things ever
heard Oft"
Exactly. Leases that everybody
breaks"
Checks that any one can cash"
Contracts that no one pays any at
tention to"
Deposit slips that you always
lose"
Passes for the bearer only-but
any one may be the bearer-and cards
not transferable"
adele. I'm SO glad to hear you
speak so, cried the hostess. i've al
ways believed that business was so
much pretense."
IA most cursory knowledge of busi-
ness methods-improperly so 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
businesslike, and I've always tried to
conceal my ignorance more or less. 1t
seemed such matter for scorn.'
"Scorn? My dear" said her friend
in tone Of finality, business Is IN
compatible with high thinking"
Adele said the girl suddenly, how
do you send money"
Seal it up," snapped her friend
How else?"
You darling! OF course how else!
But as long as 1 can remember, when
ever we sealed up money in an envel-
ope and father found 1t out he would
throw up his hands and implore the
fates to help us. Then he has gone
about for days after, uttering instruc-
tions about money orders and regis
tered letters! But neither Ethel nor
| had ever paid any attention to him
until last summer when l went to the
country. 1t was very funny.
Il had been away only short time
when Ethel wrote in rather superior
tone that she had sent me registered
letter for $40. Just as If she had been
in the habit of doing those things ev-
cry day of her life! 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
We'll, went down to the postoffice
every day for week, insisting that
there was a registered letter for me.
The postoffice there was poor excuse
of place, and it had 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
| condition. 1t was rumored that | was
expecting a lot of money that hadn't
come, so had to spend money lavish
ly to show that l didn't really need it.
was wrong. And | didn't hint that it
served her right.
Her next letter was suitably hum
BILE. She couldn't understand what
was the matter, but she inclosed a lit
tie paper, which, she said the man at
! the postoffice had given her as a re-
ceipt for her money. She said she had
given my name and address quite
plainly and she suggested that If l
showed the receipt they might be able
to trace the letter. So down / went to
the postotfice with the little paper.
Here's the receipt 1 said. Then,
| Adele. you never heard such noise as
those crazy men made. You'd have
| thought they had been saving up that
guffaw for the best part of their lives.
"As soon as they could frame words
they asked me in sort of chorus what
[ wanted. Naturally, told them, when
my sister had given my address and
paid her money she expected that 1t
would be sent to me. l can't tell you
all they said. They showed me all the
reading matter on that paper, which
was enough to drive any one insane.
But 1t seems, Adele, that after civ
ing your money to the clerk at the
postotfice you have to send on the lit
tie receipts yourself and put the per-
son that gets 1t to the trouble of hav-
Ing it made back into money again.
Could anything be more roundabout? ?''
Then you haven't seen the new
forms for money orders?"
| Don't tell me"
Il won't. Only they've added some
other kind of ticket-whick makes
three"
Goodness, Adele, what's the point ?
But tell me-if all that performance Is
only money order, what in the world
Is registered letter.