Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-08-14

AH1pt Dy the MCNluTe NnWH~
paper syndicate.)
Sylvia was a girl Of high ideals and
new thought" Her mind was always
struggling with beautiful thoughts
and philosophy, though 1t must be con-
fessed right here that although Sylvia's
tastes lay that way, her mind was not
equal to 1t. She Just understood such
things partly--not that Sylvia was
stupid. She was really one of the cley-
crest and most conscientious stenog-
rnphers In the employ of Ellis & Co.,
and vas fair to look upon but that Is
all that could be said of her offhand.
Madge was a very different type of
girl. New thought" was farthest from
her mind most Of the time, and as for
beautiful thoughts and the art Of liv-
Ing In perfect harmony with every
thing and everybody, well, she just
didn't think of life in that way. Get
all the enjoyment out Of everybody and
everything and give everybody and ev-
erything all the enjoyment of yourself
as far as it is within your power, was
the code that Madge lived up to I'm
consciously.
She was the life Of the Office and
popular with everybody but Sylvia,
Sylvia could not make out Madge at
all. At times she seemed good-heart-
ed, and, on unexpected occasions, came
out with real philosophy that astound-
ed the other girl, but whatever good
impression that made on Sylvia was
quickly banished by Madge's use Of
slang.
That was the bugbear of poor Syl'
Was life. She would just sit back and
gasp and hold her head when Madge
let loose some of her new versions OF
the English language. 81 should wor.
ry," "Have a heart" "T1l say that il
is" and such horrible expressions were
mild to some Of the crimes against
Webster that loated so easily from
Madge's pretty, laughing lips.
The others said Madge was original
but Sylvia could see no other interpre'
tation of such a manner Of speech but
commences and utter lack of propri'
ETY..
1t would not have been so bad, Syl'
via thought, If Madge had confined hel
slang to use among her associates, but
when she persisted in using 1t ever In
the presence of the manager and the
president of the firm, that about
capped the climax as far as Sylvia was
concerned. What did 1t matter II
Madge could express herself better
than any other girl In the Office just
by resorting to slang7 Even wher
Madge was the means Of securing ar
extra tw~enty-dollar bonus for the staff
Sylvia could find no excuse for her
The incident is worth relating.
For two weeks every st%enographel
In the employ Of Ellis & Co. worked
nights to finish some special work. OF
course q promised bonus was looked
forward to-anywhere from thirty to 6
hundred dollars was figured on by ev
cry girl. Picture their disappointment
when the bonus turned out to be {
paltry ten dollars each. Every CIR
(Sylvia ~included), excepting Madge
got angry and mumbled to them
selves about the unfairness of the
thing.
Not so Madge. The minute she dis
covered the extra ten dollars in hel
pay envelope she was back to the cash
Ter, and said, in a tone loud enuogh fol
the manager and president to hear:
swell, some people are SO mean they
would sing through their nose to say
the wear and tear on their false teeth
Now, MI. Ventilator," (the cashier
name was Vanslater, but Madge hat
persisted In nicknaming him from thu
frst), "do you think this a fair bon
US? Or" she added, perhaps the firm
is giving US our bonus. in installments.
Madge was never impudent. Slang
from her lips to the ears Of anybod!
but Sylvia sounded perfectly al
right. She was gifted with a personal
lty that could almost have put across
profanity.
Before Mr.. Vanslater could volunteer
an answer to her surprising question
the manager had come from his Office
"You are quite right, Miss Wilson,
he ~apologized. "There was a mistake
this week. An additional twenty dol
lars will be included in the envelope
next payday"
"How eucyliptis Of you" 1t was
senseless expression, but isn't all Sian,
senseless? And then the way Madg'
said it, it expressed a whole lot.
Sylvia just gasped, while the other
longed to applaud. Every one of then
knew that such an outburst from an.
one of them would have won instan
dismissal, but with the exception o
Sylvia they realized that Madge'
personality counted more with the firm
and somehow her slang seemed t
make up part Of that personality.
Poor Sylvia 1t was bad enough t
have to work with n girl that use'
slang in about every fifth sentenc
without having a man who used SLAM