The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
Getting The Right Idel
BY wINIFRED BLACK

had q bad time the othW &a14
wanted something In the seo1
drawer OF my typewriter desk RuG
pull, shake, rattle--no. it would ~
bulge.
Let's try the key, maybe thak ~
do IL. No. ii won't go In the loq
at all Maybe what / want In n t1l
other drawer, anyhow. No. not th0EMv
Perhaps / can do without It. After
No use, I simply cannot remem6e
that woman's name.
Push, pull, tug, rattle, shake-
have to stop everything, saDUe4
and send for locksinith and h11
him bothering around an hour Or
There, that was good thump e.
you. you stubborn thing; but Co.
1t hurt nay knuckle. Where's the 60
cream1 Who'd think g. simple 9n1
ming could smart go
What's THAR Yeu have 70 1m(
the top drawer before the neae
will open. Is that all? Well. Of T.
things, shut, open, shut, open
simple. isn't II. when YOU get stAStM
right? Thank you SO much, SO atup4M
of me-. Shut, open, shut. op4E
works like a charm. I've gO9 r.
right idea, that's ell. That's n, tMl
right idea I'm going to try IT,
somewhere else.
The friend of mine who has bo11
acting SO queer OF 1ate---E0 naI
Of ofTish and strange. Maybs -
been acting queer myself. Ill Mn@i
met that friend tbs very ma
day. and I did see. I forgot al aheue
the queer" and acted Just ~ ! 6@y
before thought there was a0naef
thing odd about her attitude. and H.
frozen look went out OF h4r eyN4
and when she left me we had pT0za
ised to meet soon for long vi1les
like old times. I had forgotten tA
combination. that was all, and
thought 1t was all her fault
The faulty woman who is dntA~E
that piece OF work for me, aN4
bungies It so badIy--what In the w0r14
is the matter with herr She used 6
do 80 well. What, Was irrftA11m
the other day, and she grew A.
couraged and ncrvous7 Well. mayb1
/ was, Til try the other way tAig
time and see what that will do.
heard a man scoiding tTuge4N
employee. and the man was say1tt1
You are not getting results-w6n&
the matter?" And the trusted e1&
PlONG WAS 20 LCaA WA44S
matter was. but he didn't
The matter was he had WoE14
faithfully and competentiy q lot
long time. He had pulled the nam1
business up out OF the mire--had pWN
his very life blood into it--and In m
the years not word from the ch1M
And now, Mt the first half In &MM
march OF triumphant results. tl
was only criticism ana fauIt-An43
Some men there are who oa1n
stand success. Tell them they hE4
done 9 thing well. and they wank R.
take day off right then and th(
go as to tell the neighbors vlEn4
fellows they are with the ss6Aq%
Never mind them--theylI be- st.
soon. anyway. You can't save 4 e.
from n.s folly Praise, npprAt4a&a(
recognition-that's more than h4k1 II
battle TO any one worth his salt
Sialn--rattiei What's tho m1&1
down In the kitchen? Ths sroQ
hoy bangs the door. the cook n9
No wonder, with such face a
to greet him. what's tina trom1
cook? People late to iunchecn. r.
this your day out? To be surAs
he sure; and they could hare 49,
here on time just IS well az NOT, ol1
they didn't think. ss3
That's the whole trouble. We a.
think. Good for you. little stuhAl
desk You've taught me 4 leenQ2
one I needed. I'm going TO Ut (
right idea about some Of thee oS
fairs Of mine that get SO tanSied an1
times. I'll open the top drawer M
There, now, how simple IL "
open; shut, open--easy a. fA1Mu9
a log, as my mother used IL on1k @sS
She came from the ioExanG 61Q
eg;;15ss VII tssEet the. szasxsr ,rnS W9raGo
the rolling water st high mark 1l
just exactly how easy failing q
log really is--1ust as easy. Nss8
suppose there must have 6oom
easy way to stay on tho Lee. tee
you only studied Il t,tft. A&AA&
stay ON them. and ride them tx4g
phantiy at that down the run&
rivers to the very sea.
How does tho ODD lumber 60
song go. Roll out. roll on.
DOWN. There. now. I'm going 10 RI
the secret II can. and stay ~
log--hy learning how to do my r.