Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-10
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
tBy vINCENr G PERRY }

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I The yi.lsse Of Wstisy.lie was hardly la-s,
enough 20 support one newspaper anI hero
it wa with two Fred Burnett. pror-i .I-
managing editor. preaman and composite.
II the Wattsyils Advance walked up aut
down the little room in front OF his Plant
which be called the office aud biz 90
match furiolsy Wattsville bad been with.
out paper Tor a long time and the itrl Of
starting up weekly again was original,
his. lie was sure Of that lie hal come
from the city and looked over the piaut ol
the Echo. paper that had not been pub
lshed for ten years, and had decided 1t
wasn't in good enough shape to 1u; in
working order Not TO be beaten IN his Il
fort 10 make himself a recluse from hi.
friends. he bought out the plant Of me
Wainwright Advance and moved IL to watts.
Vile 10 the little building It now occupied
In the meantime the Echo office had been
sold BY real estate broker in the city, and
the purchaser, who had bought the plan;
without looking At H. Was coming TO Watts.
Vile TO publish paper To make matters
worse in the eyes Of Burnett the purchaser
was woman, the niece OF the Widow spur
Of the yisge
The idea Of the thing was preposterou,
he thot. Nobody could make the Echo plant
work, let alone a woman. woman WASH
much use around newspaper office, anyway.
There was only one whom he had ever known
that earned her salary. and she could do tho
work OF two men Like him, she had been
brought up in a Newspaper office and know
the business from A to T. But there WASH
another woman in the world like Norma
Cousins, he was convinced. Just the same.
1t bothered him
d" Poor thing-if she does know anythios
about newspaper work she will get shock
when she sees the Echo plant" he muttercd
lie was right Margaret Spur did ge.
severe shock when she saw the Echo plant
The real estate broker had told her il was
in splendid working order. and her aunt had
verified his statement. She was foolish to
take the word Of either she thot She should
have visited Wattsyille before making the
purchase, as she had intended to do. The
real estate man was trying to make a sale
and her aunt didn't know any more abort
newspapers than che did about automobile
mAnufaeturing-s should have known that
Then there was this opposition paper 1t
was just ike an unfeeling man to come nli
make things miserable for her, as If my
weren't miserable enough. Why couldnl he
stay QUIT But what good would IL have
done even II be hadn't come with a white
elephant like the Echo plant on her hands
She asked herself this question again and
again.
II Mar.Aret hAd belonged 10 another pro.
fession she would have wepi, but her news.
paper training had fortified her for just tuch
disappontments as this one Perhaps the
plant wasn't as bad as it appeared. she thot.
as she started to get things in better shape.
As she worked over the type cases her nind
went back 10 the city and the life she had
left
1t was TO find an occupation to take her
mind off the biggest disappointment of her
life that made her give up her position on
the Times In the city and invest her savings
In the country newspaper that proved to be
so unpromisng The winter before she had
been introduced to Tommy Mckay at the
ironworkers' convention lie was represent.
ing the Tribune and she was reporting the
convention for the Times. Tommy had a
pleasant and attractive way and as they
sat side by side, chatting gany she coulIn'
help thinking that perhaps all the girls ;hat
wrote to her advice to the Fair Sex col
umn were not as silly as she had thot The
next day she missed her car and was late
Tommy lent her his notes. so that sho wonl1
not miss the important points OF the mayors
speech. After that Kindness she couldn't very
well have refused his invitation to the theatsr
that evening After the theater they wsnt
TO cabaret lie was the brightest boy
she had ever known, and his sense OF humor
appealed to her
The next summer they had their vacation
az the same time They met again at a sea
side resort The moonlight nights helped
a lot, and before they had been there 2 fort.
night they had decided that they couldn't
very well get along without one another. |
Their happiness was brought to an abrupt
ending when Tommy was sent off to take a !
position he had applied for In the north. 1t