The San Francisco call., 1913-09-13
rontinned From Yesterday
!. rTAI.TEiR V.-contsnued

-.s AAsaA1R - Onfanue0
-.sASld j have no wish to discuss. any
: t-lng:.'.<. Il MARY. returned evenly. 4 only
!. .-s5y. amt to+ :eiye. what YOU asked for
:f,acts.... n eaImt smile OF reminfscence
:. i. eJ5- I'd the gitrs lips. When they first
: ..loc.leelI me. up" she explained, without
!. 5lli8s. partielliaf. evidence Of emotion, 4
ID s. d. ia sit:-and hate you"
t.g.h... .o r ~o6utsee' came the caustie
:eKe}a ma tior. from Glider.
=. and then. thought that perhaps
:. 40 Il Cf6i: not understand" Mary con-
..tfr3ed s4flats If ! were TO tell you
..:EldsY 1}fings Geally are. it might be you
: .agoifld change them somehow
At 4hLs. Ingenious statement. the
!. o5yTfer Of the store gave forth gasp
of. Sheer sgfqpefaction.
+. .s,I.5s4 he..cSied. incredulously. u
:. t7fa5lg 70 my business policy because
5.l.u SHINE. to-"
!: :: J.iLere. WAS some thing imperturbable
s. iu..=t4e Quality Of the voice as the
..;eirl. y-rrlt .resolutely forward with
..:3e9 ezplsna tion. 1t was as if she
I. Spere dise74aTging duty not TO be
+. esaiIlkafd not to be thwarted by any
difleul&E. not even the realization
fliat al tle effort must be ultimately
{ala
I9o you know how We girls
l#tea9--Ist. of.-rourse. you don't Three
:. 1T rs III one. room, doing our own
!. .:.:.aaixine oyer the two burner gas
!: stQNe ard our own washing and iron
..:if}@ erehtngs, after being on our feet
=. for JfiJIe ko1ys.
:. :.:...:::T & enumeration Of the sordid de-
!; 4afls. Re # the employer absolutely un-
sEflcvesl. sl...siI3ce he. lacked the magma
+::t5lqrl mex. essary to sympathize actually
:. with. the sfEaining evil of q life such
+ as the girl: had known. Indeed, he
!. :.s poke with an air Of just remon
:..-etFarIce. z. as If the girls charges were
!. :.*ItlissllI llIevously faulty
,. -. =. Il have. provided chairs behind the
:.ed9inters.e he stated.
= ..flere was no especial change in
:; .t35e. girls. avoice as she answered his
-= Sfefense. It f'eontinued musically low,
3 bat. there. was in it the insistent note
of sincerity
But have you ever seen girl
sitting III one Of them? she ques-
gfomed cgfdIy Please answer me.
Have Nod2 OF course not" she said.
after a. little pause during which
the eSynersre zlaiued silent She shook
fter head in emphatic negation. And
5aa you understand why? It's simply
hec&use. every girl knows that the
manager. of her department would
i: Iiitnk he. could get along without her.
!. II he were TO see her sitting down
I6afhg, YOU know So. she would be
.dtschavged; All it amounts to is that,
" after being. on her feet for nine hours,
!. the girl .rs uaHy walks home. in order
: 10 save :carfare. Yes, she walks,
!. $rflefhar sick or well. Anyhow, you
gre generally so tired It don't make
: much difference which you are"
- Glider was fuming under these
S. ssrietIres, which seemed to him al
:. :tagetheE: ba'ssle attacks on himself
:. His eEasperatton steadily waxed
..sagaanst tfte girl, convicted felon.
Wsiia thus had the audacity to beard
hat Has all this to do with
fHe qlIesfi9n'. Of theft in the store?T
:: lle 5lnrhled. .huhily That was the
:. se.ee iSe for. your coming here. And
.4s4seesd Of telling me something. you
4ant aboQt gas stoves and carfare' =
+. THE fneSoEable voice went on in
:. laonQfone, as If he had not
:: :. nd, when you are really sick
.s sf]3 save to stop work. what are you
9s3igls to- do them DO you know
:. ..:s1aff. Glider that the first time a
:: stfaigl5t girl steals, It's often be-
{. "a srse SHE had toe have a doctor--or
s7rf4e llx1fy. like that? And some Of
S -st3aefl DO worse than steal Yes. they
dog gfI1s:~that- started straight, and
!. :. wanted, 10 stay that way. But. Of
!: : & ii1ias some. Of them get SO tired Of
= tire lQeiro1es grind that-that-
=. L 2, htS man who was the employer Of
s- filpdn dneas. cQncerning whom these
:. a'rff7. tgti fiis we're uttered, stirred un-
!: iaN In slfi; char. and there came a
= tsIis1.ii ef; 'coldr into the healthy brown
80. f*tI3S .ebeeks as le spoke his protest.
=. ::..ii .Ta.- not their guardian. I can't
1gi:tj.l :oter them after they leave the
:: Hscjrs. -*They.are paid the current rate
tfs " 'l5eis as much as any other store
= :. l S ~: s.:i AS he. spoke, the anger pro-
- IS 3kSi::by this unexpected assault on
.ffcn. :Dat:-of the mouth OF a convict
= fffiii,sd High. In virtuous repudiation-
:: :.ssW6g.., lie went on vehemently. mo
!: n ii's:ljj:ifsinsg does more for his employees
:. ffJ$ifi:I II. do. Who gave the girls their
:: 1y-iiis.' strooms upstairs2 I did, Who
:. iE'asea. them the cheap lunchrooms2 ]
=. dIdg".
! ..~3at you won't pay them enough TO
:: live. on The very fact that the
5. words were spoken without any trace
:: of .rancor merely made this statement
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