The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-01-05

ana lauSh at them. but when they
get started debating they like the
sound of their own voices!
why" and she gave her notebook
an angry fling, this thing here,
warrant, has about one page in ten
filed with business that needed to
be transacted! The rest is gush and
affectation! And yet the men pride
themselves on their quickness and
their lack of red tape and their abil-
ity to cope with big situations. And
you won't find one man in a dozen
who doesn't make supercilious re-
marks about detail and say that he
hasn't time to attend to that-that's
what he keeps clerks for!
81 heard Mr. Brown this morning
tell mis- wife over the phone that he
simply couldn't get home to her lun-
cheon, he was so busy-his desk was
simply piled with work. He was very
sorry, but business had to come be-
fore pleasure and she'd please make
his excuses to the guests and so on
all that rot.
well ! expected busy day when
4 heard that and so l prepared for
rapid dictation. Well, what did
get2 To one man he wrote that the
matter was on his desk and as soon
as he had time he'd look it over and
write him in detail, which he begged
leave to trust was satisfactory! And
to another he wrote that business, as
he very likely knew, wasn't what it
might be. and therefore he wouldn't
be able to go into the matter, but we
might in some months time-per-
haps---with which he trusted he might
sign himself very sincerely! And to
another that he was in doubt as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of taking out such
and such a paper, just at present, but
after due consideration he would
write him further, and he desired,
with great gusto, to subscribe him
self his obliged friend. And so on
through the whole lat! Why, there
wasn't letter that couldn't have
been done away with altogether, let
alone being put off until after his
wife's luncheon!
But all those letters made him
think he was very busy man and
I've no doubt that he thinks he's in
dispensable to the company!
Some day I'm going 10 run off a
lot Of form letters, saying that I'm
very sorry, but haven't yet had time
to look into the matter, but will write |
further when time permits. l think It |
makes the men feel good to tell peo-
pie they are too busy to think. Per-
haps 1t might be veil for me to offer
my services as thinker for them!
"They all know that they'll decide !
against whatever matter it is tina
keeps pending It's hypocritlcal at |
titude, to say the least. They pretend
to themselves that they're busy. They
pretend to the man to whom they |
write that the matter really interests |
them and that they're really going to |
discuss 1t. and think It over, when |
they know they aren't even going to
look at it again! And they pretend |
to the company that they're doing |
business eight hours a day! And then
they'll go home and pretend to their
wives that they've had a hard day!
ooh. I've known too much of them
ever to marry one of them! Marriage
Is purely confidence game, as see
It. and when you lose conadence-or
start in without any-marriage IL sure
to be a failure!
Yes, yes, I'm coming as fast as
cant" She moved toward the door.
Then she turned a smiling counteance
to the bookkeeper.
Here" she said, good naturally,
"just remember that what said was
all hasty. Perhaps those men dc a
lot of pretending, but II you listen
carefully you'll hear my own sweet
voice telling MFR. Jacobs. in one more
how extremely sorry | am
that was delayed and that 1t was I'M
avoidable! And, do you know. I'd be
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