Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-11-01

The ape Of the eye Of ]. T. Brad
son, junior partner of the arm Of
Bradson 4 Sons furniture store, was
q House Magnificent" This WAS To-
Gated on the fourth door of the estab-
lishmeHt and comprised about eight |
rooms, In which were clustered, In
what purported to be a well-furnished
mansion, q motley collection Of high
priced furniture. In the city where II
was lOcated}it was one Of the sights
FIX women Ssming from the country |
fora {AyB shopping. To very few
BredsOn's blouse Magnificent" was |
the by-word for all that was inhar
interiors.
But Bradson went on from year to
year with his enthusiasm for the
blouse Magnificent" but little dimmed
even when from reports from his
bookkeeping department he could see
that very few pieces in the place were
ever ordered 1t was still drawing
card. he reasoned to himself.
Then came Jenny Dorr. Jenny Dorr
was little, red-haired, freckled, snub
faced girl who was employed for SO
a week to copy sales records In the
grinly. dingy portion Of the fourth floor
just behind the blouse Magnificent"
Jenny was such an odd girl She
actually put each figure down in the
big books that stretched out before
her al III she had an interest In the
peqolv lance.
There is something nutty about that
rsd-haired girl there" commented the
head bookkeeper to his employer one
day.
"S'matter with her?
"Shes always looking at the books
as If they were story books, and at
lunch-time she sneaks into that House
Magnificent and walks around"
HIM" commented the junior part
ner. "Send her to my Office the first
thing in the morning"
Good morning, Mr.. ]. T. Bradson,
Junior" was the greeting of the snub-
faced. red-haired Jenny Dorr the next
morning 81 expect you want to let
me 60. 1 am sorry"
"Sit down-not In that chair by the
door. Here in the big chair opposite
nme, where / can look ut you. How old
-e your"
Eighteen come next summer"
How much do you get?"
Six dollars a week"
Well. just to show you that I am
firing you, will tell you that you
to get twelve from now on-may-
Alore later. You're a smart kid,
1t your
lie blue eyes looked at him to see
ither he were TESTING or speaking
.eriously. Discovering the latter to be
case, she answered frankly Yes
think / am smart-at least Pm smart
,er than I am anything else. am such
"a little, understood sort"
Tell me honestly what you think
OF the House Magnificent
"Honest-to-goodness, or just as q
working girl would naturally tell hel
boss what she thought he wanted hel
to tell himY'
"'Honest to goodness BradsoI
quoted smiling.
Jenny gaspsd joyOusly as If long
.dreamed-of opportunity had come
'"Goody." she began. This Is what
think think that House Magnificent
is the worst liability you have got. /
eats up money. takes up room ant
brings In nothing. Sure, 1t brings PEG
\ pie to the store, but those people Blu,
all their furniture at the Emporium"
"Well, what would you do abou
it," Brndson asked meekly.
I'D gradually put the pieces Il
stock, and then I'd start somethin
else. l planned 1t all In my mind--i
would be a set Of small fats or co,
Y tages-one for three rooms, one 70
four and one for six or seven room.
They wouldn't take up any more roor
: than the House Magnificent dOei
Everything In those dove-cotes-ths
Is what l would call them-would
chosen because 1t was inexpensive
and everything would be marke
plainly"
A quarter Of an hour later, whe
Jenny had finished describing he
scheme, Mr.. Bradson detained he
holding out his hand to her.
Suppose we make 1t twenty-five do
lars instead Of twelve dollars" he salt
And 30 the dovecotes were begu
and Jenny had charge Of them, an
daily demonstrated the possibilities {
inexpensive artistic home decoratio
to the hundreds Of housewives who VII
tied them.
For weeks Bradson had been to
busy to feel anything but the sens
that business had been booming, boon
Ing as no other mercantile enterpris
In the city had doomed for many
year.
One day he fingered at the six-rool
dovecOte with Jenny.
II am 50 busy nowadays | can't &,
home. It's long way to go, anywa
l WAS wondering If l could not ha,
one Of these dovecotes shut of fro
the others-and have II to live
right here when l am so busy. "
would make other dovecotes to mai