Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-12-18

~ A. Stokes Conn.rv

"hsH ,;rg known as Profits" and
DE HI~ ',nn- of figures under the head
de VOis as Loss" are so unevenly
nn oa that the wrong side of the
''Sn'' sops then to the listening
lFas sholders there comes the painful
slv'a 1bt that at the next regular meet
lnUu is perilously possible that the
ls NAV come under the heads
l'' Sssets and liabilities.
more he had been a meeting in the
~ If the T. A. Buck Featherloom
e ar,icoat company, New York. The
'' '..orv report had had a startlingly
sa'. .5od sound. After it was over
~, Emma McChesney, secretary of
%' company, followed T. A. Buck, it's
~ ..ident into the big, bright show
p = A. Bucks hands were thrust
1,.n into his pockets.
vi ge turned to face Emma McChes-
' WELL" he said, bitterly, "it hasn't
.,,on rs long, has it? Fathers been
I,.d little over a year In that
limo we've Just about run this great
,mcern. the pride of his life, into the
ground
Mrs. Emma McChesney, calm, cool,
nnaled scrutinized the harassed
man before her for long minute.
What rotten football material you
would have made, wouldn't you?" she
Observed
rOb don't know" answered T. A.
Bpck through his teeth. Il can stand
g stiff a scrimmage as the next one.
Bt this isn't a game. You take things
foo lightly. You're woman. l don't
think YOU know what this means"
Maybe | don't take myself serious
w. I'd have been dead ten years ago
if had. But | do take my job seri-
Ously Don't forget that for minute.
You talk the way man always talks
when his pride is hurt
Pride. 1t isn't that"
oh, yes, it is. | didn't sell T. A.
Bucks featherloom petticoats on the
road for almost ten years without
learning a little something about men
and business. When your father died,
and learned that he had shown his
appreciation Of my work and loyalty
BY making me secretary of this great
company, | didn't think of it as a
legaCy-a stroke of good fortune"
"No?"
No, 70 me it was sacred trust
something to be guarded, nursed, cher
shed And now you say we've run
this concern into the ground. Do you
honestly think that?"
7. A. shrugged impotent shoulders.
figures don't lie He plunged into
smother fathom of gloom. Another
year like this and we're done for"
Emma McChesney came over and
Iat one firm hand on 7. A. Bucks
cropping shoulder, 1t was strange
AIle act for woman-the sort of
Al1g man does when he would heart
En- another man.
Wake up she said, lightly. wake
up and listen to the brides sing.
mere isn't going to be another year
IKE this Not if the planning, and
seAemlng, and brain-racking that I've
OFen doing for the last two or three
aonths mean anything
l. A. Buck seated himself as one
WHO Is weary, body and mind
got another new one?"
Emma McChesney regarded him a
IVMent thoughtfully. Then she
stepped to the tall show case, pushed
gacA The sliding glass door, and point
81 10 the rows of brilliant-hued petit
"aIs that hung close-packed within.
LOOK at emf" she commanded, dis
SuS' IN her voice. Look at emf"
l A Buck raised heavy, lack luster
eyes and looked. What he saw did
cV' seem to interest him. Emma Nc
'aesney drew from the rack a skirt
hngs blue satin messaline and
lsid 1t at arms length.
ana they call that thing a petit
"a'' Why fifteen years ago the ma
~''di IN this skirt wouldn't have made
ell g fair-sized sleeve"
J. A Buck regarded the petticoat
aOOdlly Il don't see how they get
s.Vula IN the darned things. | hon.
' Wy, uoh see how they wear EN-"
mats Just 1t They don't wear
WIN rI' There YOU have the root of the
Whole trouble"
co., oa' NONSENSE" disputed T. A.
Con- ,uey certainly wear something-some
tell you they don't. Here. List
Inree years ago our taffeta skirts
va, from thirty-six to thirty eight
,is NUS TO the dozen. We paid from
CO.." cents TO one dollar and five
t, ,,'s yard. Now our skirts run from
ha sl'y'nYe to twenty-eight yards to
IL .; So1eh' The silk costs us from fifty
IA aNH cents yard. Silk skirts used
NJ. luxury, Now they're not even
b.on "ell' what's the answer? I've
lema ponoering some petticoat prob
tbra. myself. know we've got to sell
b.. skirts today to make the profit
Year, We used to make on one three