The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-19
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81 RUTH CAAfERol.

This b by way OF being q little plea
1or someone who seems to me an UNI
der-appreciated parsonage. For want
OF Q better title. I'll call her the '.er-
rand-doer."
The errand-doer. ~ you may sus-
pect, II that soft-hearted person, who
- always 20 weak mindedly amiable
ABOUT doing pyramids for other people.
That she II always doing them.
You sAy you're going to town to-
morrow. Do you think you viii be
anywhere near rs? Because II you are
wonder II Il would be too much both
or Tor you to get a yard OF Point We
Mise Tor mo to finish that dress want
to wear the day after tomorrow It
won't? You are such . dear. don't
believe IL win take you very long. Go
right to 70 lace counter. saw Just
about what want there tho other
DAY.
Ny dear. would you mind getting
me q pair OF gloves the next time you
go in town. I'll tell you the size and
the kind and you can 60 right to H's
10 1t won't be very much bother. I
hate to ask you, but you know I'm 80
tied down with the baby, that simply
can't get In town. and I'm really suf-
ter1ng for q pair Of gloves"
Such are the pleas that continually
come to the errand-doer, and she al
most always acedes to them with a
''there's-nothing-I-li better man
ner that naturally does not decrease
them.
I fancy the stay-at-home person
who proffers such requests as these,
instead Of receiving them. II bridling
Indignantly and thinking, well, I
don't $50 anything 80 terrible about
doing an GRAND now and then for a
friend. I'm sure I'd be glad enough
could get out, instead OF being tied
down at home"-or in the office. as
the case may be.
Quite %. my friend. I'm sure you
would-but I am not asking you to
dispense with the errand-doer's SER
not underrate what she does. and not
fail to fully show youragra tttudo and
not overload her. = =
Remember that the difficulty OF an
errand done for oneself IL multiplied
By three when you do it for someone
doing m errand for someone else. you
have her taste ~ we'll a. yours to con-
sult-which takes twice a. long, and
II an anxious task to both. Secondly,
II you are doing an errand for some
one else, you do not have the privilege
of elasticity Of price you would have
in buying for yourself. Third, you do
not have the privilege OF elasticfty
OF detail you would have in buying for
yourself.
rOf instance, the lady who wanted
the yard OF lace said, Il don't believe
It viii take you very long. 90 right
to Us lace COUNTER saw about what
wanted there the other day" But
she asked for . yard two inches widc
at one dollar and one-half They were
out OF that width at that price at RS.
# the errand-doer had been shopping
Tor herself. she would have paid the
next price, ono dollar and eiehtv-eeven
at once. But she knew her friend
had to count pennies ana 80 she didn't
like to go above the stipulated price.
Consequently, she visited four shops
before she found Just the right price
and quality.
Once in q while. an errand pans out
doesn't. OF course, there are two
sides to every situation. 1 believe that
the woman shut in by office or home
Of her less confined friend. But do
think she ought to appreciate how
much she IL getting. Don't you?