Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
ELLEN ADATR MEETS
AN AMUSING GIRL,
WHO ADVISES HER
She Learns to Typewrite,
and Takes Up a Temper
ary Position in a Large
City Office.


My second night in Philadelphia l felt
SO sad and then kindly thing occurred
to cheer me on my lonely, quiet way.
outside the moving picture house where
1had seen that lovely play called Hearts
Adrift," l was accosted by a CHEEKY girl
kh voice. Gee whiz. there, kid! Ain t
you the little English girl who didn't un-
derstand the working of the phone up in
our office?'
l turned around. and saw one of the
girls who had so laughed at me before.
l nodded, and lump came to my throat
1 felt just like the story-girl in Hearts
Adrft"-for l was drifting drifting all
alone, quite penniless, and with no friends
at ALL
81 know blundered dreadfully today"
sadly said
"Oh, Ish gebibble about that, my dear!"
Said she, after you left, we all did feel
real mean. The boss pitched into us just
right and left-saId YOU were a real lady.
and we all were NUTS! l know I'm
tough, but l should worry. Still, 1 did
feel sorry after I seen you run right
out like that. 1 chased right to the
elevator after you but you had gone
81 know l acted stupidly, and proved
quite inefficient. too l said. 1T was
the best thing l could do, to go!''
The girl seized both my hands in hers.
Say. kiddo, now she cried, maybe
you ain the sweetest most IOlElNlIS
little soul! Let me advise you about get
ting another job Can you typewriter
Il cannot-but I'd like to learn said 1,
She nodded sagely in reflective mood.
"I have a gen'Nman friend, real cutey
he is just the dandiest looliin' chap, that
works for a typewritng firm in town.
I'll tip this guy a wink, and then | guess
he'll fix it up SOS you can go and prac-
tice on his firms machines l reckon
you could learn within a week from now,
If you just practiced hard. Do you get
me, Steve?"
Her language did seem strange, but
still I saw she was kindly girl, and
accepted her kind offer then and there.
A FRIEND AT COURT.
IF you are stuck for money" she con-
tinued cheerfuly, Just take my tip, and
pawn a thing or two have another
genTman friend. jew he is. who does
a little business in that line. He has tn"
cutest little pawnshop on the street! No,
don't thank me, because ! always Ike
to put a bit of business in Abraham Ebe-
uezer Cohens way, I figure oNt that #
I work things we'll why some day l
may be-why, Mrs. Abe! I have a heavy
date with him tonight, so I'll be oft!
Meet me tomorrow right at Gimbel's
door at o'clock" and she was of.
I spent the following week in hardest
work I moved to a much cheaper lodg-
ing house and sold some little tritles of
my own to none other than the respect
ed Mr. Abraham Cohen. so that | could
have this one, clear week for Cultivating
the gentle art of typewriting. l prac-
ticed till my eyes and head and heart all
achcd together,
why, kiddo you can hit the worries
like streak now" said my new-found
champion cheerfully, at the end Of the
week.
c. sac,-a5 a +ap,Dorary most a. 'suh-
stitute" in big office close TO Market
street.
LIFE IN AN OFFICE.
In all my life I never shall forget that
week! The sun shone blazing hot until
the very pavements cracked, and human
heads seemed fated to emulate the
strange antics of the cracked pavement,
too, in sympathy.
I sat all day at a large, awe-tnspirins
desk, with a great typewriter in front Of
me, and by my side the assistant manager
sat all day, a little, dark, good-Iookins,
nervous man. We worked from early
cheney worried him! Those endless, end
less orders TO be entered!
II get so nervous, he explained 20
me, confdingly, while he dictated, FOR
all those Internal orders must 90 through
tonight, although the very heavens should
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