Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-13
an DEAR, sure am tired. went TO

OH DEAR, I sure am tired. went 10
~ the hop again last night with Rosie.
and 1t was e. m, before hit the nay,
Never mind. tomorrow's saturday. and
then ! will have sunday to get over II.
\ friend Of Rosie's asked me To take
Rosie with him and n girl he Knows TO
suburban dance hall ON Saturday, 50
We are all going down together. guess
wen have n good time Boston Is quite
a gay old town when you know tho
ropes II certainly ia a mystery 20 me
how Rosie can look aS chippcr as SHE
does, for she seems o. hv out nearly
every night one NJ the guys at the
store says her healthy color Is bought
by the box. But I don't believe 1t.
| spent all the morning dustug the
aluminium ware, That's ON counter
right next 10 the china dinner sets, and
! got t. talking with Wallace Rillcr
! Kind of feel sorry for that fellow. lie
seems so lonely So asked him to-
come with us to hop one night, but
hc said. "No, thanks; I don't care for
tho-" things"
"Why uot2" ! asked.
'Oh they don't appeal to me- IN
replied
"Whara the matter, don't you like .
4 good timc?'
"Ycs," he said. "but find 1T unnts
/ me for my work if burn up my energy
al night"
"Nou can't work all the time" said,
That's true enough" said he, but
We don't have to II always seems TO
me that We owe Il to our firm to Keep
ourselves physically NJ for our work,
and | don't think we can keep ourselves
| physically III II we spend night after
. night Ea'avartiur around town"
what on earth do you do with your
self 10 pass away the time"" | said.
"Wpli, I read a lot"
"WEut do you rcad?'
Il read the newspaper. That tells mo
/ briefly what has happened during the
| day, and 7 like it's editorials -- they're
fine. | think it was former president
/ of Harvard who said that If a person
/ reads the editorials Of a good newspaper
every day he would acquire the cquiva-
lent to a college education"
81 always thought editorials were
pretty dry" I remarked what else do
YOU rcad?" was getting rather in
tcrcstcd in Rllcr.
ooh, I read some English poets"
Poetry" / Easped. Good night"
and I looked across the department.
whats the matter?' he smiled.
! ON, lhllilnS wants mo 10 study III
the goods and find out how they work
and all that feel tired now, and
am just going to rest for a few minutes
If | get n chance. | can learn about
the goods by and by"
Through the gate of By-and-by We
get TO the land of Never" said Riler
whats that?" said.
81 beg your pardon" he said II was
Just thinking aloud, that's all"
That's a clever thing" | said. 9TH,
fellow who wrote that knew what hC
was talking about, didn't he? Who was
he?"
zone of the minor English poets" hc
smiled
rs that poetry then? 1t doesn'
rhyme"
"No; there's a difference between
rhyme and poetry" he replied.
lie had been working steadily all o.
the while he was talking and had now
finished his job. "l'll start on the mex
counter" he saia and, with pleasant
smile. left me.
I've thought about Killer quite a lo
ever since. | don't believe he's quit,
as young as | thought he was. Doesn'
it seem funny that fellow like him
who likes poetry and all that, should bt
satisfied to work in department store
I basement? quite decent fellow /
he only had more fun in him
I've got to admit that | didn't do 3
particularly good days work today, hu
/ am going to bed right away and Sc,
if can't make up some of that lost
sleep,