The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-23
A Very Bad
Moral
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Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa,
per Syndicate,
BY JANE OSBORN

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Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newsps
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"Say, there's u new efficiency man
and he's some locker" commented the
tall brunette In the beauty parlor' Of
Reeds dry goods store to the rather
shortish, rather blondish young woman
who was laying out her manicuring
outfit Mt the table next to the tall
brunette's.
Charlotte Day, the rather blonde,
rather short, young woman. made no
comment.
Honest. he's stunning" went on her
companion. ~ saw him when I went
up to the stock room for nail files Just
now. He's the real thing. I'll tell you
none Of your namby.pamby. pale-faced
floor walkers, either. He never worked
In q store before. He was a college
professor or something and went In
for this efficiency stun. He's going
to give some talks on selling and
success af noon hour. You don't want
to miss 'em. The one today Is called:
Know your customer You don't
want to miss ft-he's certainly Q
manipulating young man."
Charlotte snorted slightly as a short
cut to express her lack of interest in
the new efficiency man in general and
his good looks in particular.
"Say. I'm through with this efii-
cheney DOPE" she suid. "Ever since !
came to this place two years ago I've
been listening to that kind of thing.
The man they had before gave that
came Idea OF Know Your Customer
I was just young enough and foolish
enough to take II oil I'm, and ! read
uplift talks In the paper at night on
forging Your Way TO the Front They
oil give the same advice. They say
II you tend to your little Job the best
way you know how. why some dry
you'll be head Of your department. or
maybe make hit with somebody and
get married to someone who'll nppre-
ciate how hard you've worked aud
everything. Talk about knowing your
customers-don't know every wart on
that fat Mrs. Peabody's old facet And
don't I know just how many double
chlhs that Armstrong woman hnsf
And tnlk about being diplomatic-'oh,
yes. indeed. Mrs. Armstrong. the facial
massage does make one dreadfullyI
pale. Not that you would usually need
any rouge. but after the massage rd
better put on littlc. O.. In
You don't usually assd &C.
"And then this 70 nfra pro1~
Just little of the tonle, M
body. No. indeed. II tsut ~
this new electric treatmeat makoo =
hair look little dull and you real
need a little Of this tonic to bring q
the natural color of the hair And
course she knows and I know that - /
straight walnut dye. And that's WI |
I've been doing for two years. kiddlq1 4
them and studying them and say /
what they want me to. Where has y I
got met Yes they smile ut me -
ask for me when they make appoint.
catch them doing any
thing more. Why. to hear these Ell
cheney men Talk you'd think that they
we're going to ask You home In their
lImousines and were going TO Introduce
you to their families md get rich hus-
bands for you. or that you were going
10 be buyer for the department or
No. indeed concluded
rising and smoothing her
apron. "I'm through. I'm
going to act just the way feel like
acting. have feeling that II win
ret me further than the other way"
So Charlotte abandoned her eff
.cncy methods and proceeded 60 try
liffercnt tactics. When Mrs.. Arm
'trong came she bluntly announced the
presence of an additional chin. and she
'eferred to Mrs. Pcabody's hnir restor-
tive ms dye In n way that made That
ady blink with ruu'rise. She toidone
woman frankly that she was running
,er hair having IL waved - often. and
mother that she would look far better
Z she didn't get the expensive -trans-
ormation" that she WINS thinking Of .
,uying.
Then welldressed younG man ,
nme to have his finger nails mani
urcd. and Charlotte performed her
nsk with none OF the customary play !,
4 nnall talk that wns calculated To
make the customers return. ,
How do they lookr' asked the man
ftcr Charlotte had put ON the final
igh polish.
IT you really want 10 know com
rented Charlotte. thinking only OF her
esolvc TO be perfectly frank. Il think
hey look Ike fury on n man. The
ny they were when you came IN n the
'ay n man ought 90 have his nails