The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-12

gain money by saving 1t as well as by
making 1t was we'll developed, accept.
% his clever young sisters PROPOSE.
lion, and within few weeks he agreed
with her that she had saved three
times her salary. When one of the
stenographers left she found that an.
other was not need to take her place,
simply by having the desks Of tho re.
naming stenographers separated
where so much time could not be vast.
ed each day in the exchange of gossip.
And Ann found that she could double
the efficiency and tighten the task Of
girl who spent her time folding cir.
I cular reports and sending them out
simply by providing her with a chair
that fitted the table before which she
worEed-beforc That she had always
balanced herself on an old dictionary
in order to reach the desk--giving her
a place in the daylight and providing
her with a few good tools 10 work
with.
at would be as II Tad expected Mar.
tina TO do the Fridays cleaning with a
thimbleful of water and an old.fash-
Toned broom instead OF vacuum
cleaner" Ann told Bert to justify the
change.
Then one day there Vas a terrific
rainstOrm. Bert was growing about
1t. THE girls will be soaked from 60
ing out to luncheon and they'll spend
half the afternoon drying up
Don't make them go out" was
AIMS suggestion. For % cents apiece
you can get luncheon brought in for
{ them. They will be glad not TO have TO
20 out, and they will not waste any
time drying up afterward."
Long head you've got, Ann" said
Bert. and Ann simply smiled and said:
Just a little good housekeeping. Any
woman would think of those things II
she was given free rein. by the way,
when is Tad coming back?"
Heaven knows" Bert was decid.
cdly detected. 1--WE asked her TO como
, home this week. Let alone being lone
some as Robinson Crusoe, I'm spend.
| ing a fortune keeping house without
her. OF course Martha doesn't know
how to manage, and she feeds all her
friends at my expense. Why, the meat
bill last week was fifteen dollars!"
How much was steak last week?"
Sister Ann was very solemn.
you can't catch me that way,
i.smarty." was the brotherly reply. 81
watch food prices in the paper. 1t was
forty.five cents pound"
"You must have had quite lot Of
steak" commented Ann quietly, "but
of course you are awfully busy, Is Tad
| coming back soon?"
I'm sure don't know" Bert was
peevish. Say, Ann" he said, looking
straight into her face, you might think
that Tad had gone away because she
"How must was steak last week?"
anxious to know all about 1t. But ]
guess l can get along all "ight without
your butting in! OF course didr't
mean just that, but do want you to
kac W that Tad went away Jus: becaus:
sue was in reed of rest and the
sooner she gets hack the better pleasei
I'll be. By the way, Ann, I've been doc
ing lot Of thinking lately, while Tad's
been away and you've been here. Wo-
men have a natural instinct at ecou-
omy, hayeL't they? They seem to do it
intu.tivcly, not logically. the way men
do. Wonder IL you'll take regular Job
here as economy expert at, say. thirty
five dollars week to begin with"
Perhaps" called back Sister Ann,
who was on her way to her desk TO
write the telegram that would bring
Tad back on the next tratn.