The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
"A Very Bad Moral.
By JANE OSBORN

~ he's some locker" common
Brunette IN the beauty parlor"
R66dls dry goods store 10 The rather
british, rather blondiBh young Wo
n Who Wa1 laying out her manlcur.
4 outfit q the table pOTt that OF the
hTunottO'S.
ChAFl6tto Day, The rather blonde,
der short youNg woman, made no
nmont.
Honest, he's stunning" went on her
mDaiOn. Il saw him when ] vent
. TIE stock room for nail filcs just
". Hes the real thing. I'll tell you
none Of your n0mbly pambly, pale
cod HloorWaikers, eithO! Hes never
Ofked % q store before. lie vas
lIloge professor or something ana
Ont n for this efficiency stuff. Hes
Ilng TO give some talks on selling and
leebss - noon. You doEt want 20
~ 'an. Tbs ono .oday . ea!Iei:
Know Your eIStGne7s.' You doa Z
ant 70 misa it-hSO certainly caad}
ooklng young nGh."
Charlotte HDOPtsd slightly a5 Ehor:
4 q OEp1o0S her lAaB Of intO'OSI in
. uoW OllleioBey man 10 genera aac
= god books 10 particular.
asay, I'm through with th!s eiflS
,ncv done she O1id. "E'sr since !
ne 10 Ills place two years ago I've
osn listening % nat tine o! thing
BE- nan they hGd be1OFO gave that
lule talk on Know Your Customer
vas taSt young enough and foolish
nouGh % take Z In, and ! read
Vlll talks n the paper at night on
oIEing your way 70 the front They
& glVe the same advice. They say
you tend to your little Job the best
~ you know how, why some day
oIHl be head Of your department, or
laybe make q hit with somebody and
q married TO someone who'll appre-
late bow hard you've worked and
weighing. Talk about knowing your
uIloNaFS-dOn't know every WaTt
. that at Mrs.. Peabody's old face?
ma don't know Just how many
OIble nhinS that Armstrong woman
as? And talk about being diplomatic
IOh, zee. indeed, Mrs. Armstrong, the
acial massage does make one dread
ally pale. Not at you would usually
ood a9y rouge, but after the massage
"a better put on . little. oh, I'm sure
'Ou don't usually need st.
"And tlIon this to Mrs. Peabody;
Just q little Of this tonic, Mrs. Pea
BODY. No, indeed. II isn't dye. But
IFS new electric treatment makes the
iaif look q little dull and you really
ICED q little Of this tonic to bring out
10 natural color Of the hair and OF
Hourse she Knows and know that It's
lraight walnut dye. And that's what
We been doing for two years, kidding
hom and studying them and saying
that they want me 10. Where has It
4 ne? Yes, they smile at me and
ISN for me when they make appoint
nents-but catch them doing nnr.
hing more. Why, to hear the eff
'eney men talk you'd think that thc'
we're Roing TO ask you home IN their
|imOalines and were going 70 intro
uce you 10 their families and get rich
ubbSnds for you. or that you were
ding 10 be buyer for the GC?a" '.t
br something. No, indeed" ccC,''i,i
Charlotte, rising and smoothing her
tninutiVe apron. I'm through I'm
sing 10 act Just the way | feel like
citing. have a feeling that It viii
q me further than the other way.
So Charlotte abandoned her efiicien.
y methods and proceeded TO try diff
erent tactics. When Mrs. Armstrong
ame she biuntly announced the pres.
nee Of an additional chin, and she re.
erred 10 Mrs. Peabady's hair Testora.
I've as dye IN q way that made that
ldy blink with surprise. She told one
lomaA frankly that she was running
er hair having Il waved 30 often and
mother that she would look far bette:
{ she didn't get the expensive trans.
5rmation" that she was thinking OF
Tying.
Then . ven dressed young man
ane 10 have his finger nails mani
uTsd, ana Charlotte performed her
1sk with none Of the customary play
small talk that was calculated to
iake customers return
How DO they look?" asked the man
ilef Charlotte had put on the final
lgh polish.
IL you really want 10 know" com
lonted Charlotte, thinking only Of her
eSolVe 10 be perfectly frank. Il think
beg look hkO fury on q man. The
~ they were when you came In Is
10 way Q man ought to have his nails
sDl Now they are shaped and point.
and polished till they look like a
lomah'G Somehow you're not the
BIT Of nan that looks a. II ne would
b N toF nat sort Of thing"
Charlotte noticed the young mans
~ stndying her faea
gtn," 10 said, ~ = rather bad
aces. q teens 10 me, for you to
~ that sort Of advice. Perhaps you
= right but your game Is TO get Is
nng onslOmers a. you can for your
oro isn't ltfS
you talk IKE one Of those efficI.
~ men," commented Charlotte, with
sigh, replaoinG her implements In
at array n top q a. table, and the
~ hurried away.
Charlotte ga not 9 b he noon.
nF tGlI although 3 Va ne first
ganlaGs q he SoTt ChAt she had
nbd Gineo h0 arrival n tie store
b tlaIs bolorG Instead, she took a
~ \ - secluded q neighborhood as
Z cold reach within walking dis.
pee % the store. She breathed ieer
deeper than usual? She really felt
thout knowing why, that she had
ten = stoD toward her own enamel.
iol wat 4 she ala lose her fob? /
loaSt q ne ia, something might
oPaa-theTO might b some adVen.
. connected with the next one, and
ne RIt IA hNh been keeOinS RDy