The Topeka state journal., 1914-01-02
1M EVENING S1ORY

(By Jane Osborn.)


Tho COzEec&ness Of Genevteve.
(By Jane Osborn.)
Miss 0enevievo vAndevere eyed the
young 0ale8w0mAn uarr0Wly. 6no
hadn't any use for the kitchen dishes
she was buying; she was stmp1y buy
ing them in order that she might do
Just what she was doing-study the
aale6woman who sold Them to her.
your work must become exceed
ing1y wearioome.r 0enevieve said with
perfectly correct accents. Genovieve
was alwayss perfectly correct from her
severe headdre0 to her flat-heelsd
boots
The girl looked ct 0enevieve With
wide-open. fearless eyes NAV" she
said, mot unless you are ont late ~
night. I'd rather work In q store
where there's alWAysssome ono to talk
Sons.: t. aae !. Z sws'l folks 70 look = sh.n
Indeed. said Miss vandevers. II
never thought Of It that way. Stiu it
must be tedious"
The girl behind. tho counter smiled
resentfully at the woman opposite her.
Well" she said. IL you really want
to know what it's like you better try
it. Heres your change" Then - Miss
Vandevere passed she turned to her
companion. Imagine q prirn thing
like that plying me. She's not SO bad
looking. though-nice. long lashes and
a. that .Lir+ Thr.a vsrS. oroun1 -
leasf. and Z hat ffat T,d he a.hamed
to give to the Salvation Army, it's that
old fashioned. and I'll bet she's got NO
end OF money. too"
vere had had her insnirstion.
The verv excll,siva voman'a club to
which Cenevieve heloneed had cf1oaen
as its subject Of study THE Lot of the
Working Woman" and to Genevieve
department store emDIovee- With her
us,1aI correctnesa and thorourhness
Eenevfeve mad decided IN fake no aec-
ond-hand sources for her information.
but to study the subject herself. Hence
she had bought the kitchen dishes at
the largest department store she knew
! OF and had ventured to put some
searching questions to the saleswo-
man. "You have to try IT, the sales
woman had told her. well. why not ?''
(, Genevieve replied to herself, and %
began the transformation
| It was easy enough to explain at
home. She said she had gone to see
q friend for Z few weeks in another
city.
Genevieve was about thirty, but she
. had the complexion of her girlhood,
, its radiance unsoftened by rouge or
powder. Her alert brown eyes were
shaded by straight, heavy htack Iasnes.
to whose luxur1ant beauty Genevieve
hAd never given thought. Her brown
nair was unoecominT!y orueneo 20
vere!y back from z nien forenead ano
stuofoueiy ARRANGED 20 - not IN any
way to suggest the nlnouetse pros
erihed BY fashion. For IN Genevieve.s
training there was something especiat-
" banefuI In the prevAiilng mooe
whatever It might be. Horsewoman-
ship and golf and regular hours had
gwen Genevteve Figure tnat q Diana
' vrrfOtHf h0UA oNvy30A ~ Ia
told Genevieve %. In fact. no one
/ with sufficient perception combined
with enough bravery had ever come
into Genovieve's sphere.
So Genevieve ventured forth to buy
the wardrobe demanded by her new
| full of bundles, she engaged q small
room in q club home for working wo-
linen. When she ventured forth the
next morning in search of her first
position her transformation. at least 80
far as appearapce went, had been ac-
complished.
! She went straight to the department
store that had the reputation OF en-
ploying the greatest number OF youne
women. and with. bo"yance tnat the
knowledge Of her complete disguise
gave her she hastened to the en-
i Young Mr.. Marden. a SON of a mem.
ber OF the firm, who had lately taken
charge In the hone OF gaining needed
efficiency by 60 doing. looked up with
his perfunctory narrow-eyed scrutiny
las Genevieve. one Of a hundred or &c
: that dsfiy- flied past his desk. came
into his small office. Then when he
rnw the cIear radiant face the dark
hrtr1,t evea ana the Iuxurioua laahe1
he leaked aeain cnened his evas wids
view. He narrowly suppressed . vhis.
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