Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-03
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Friend of
Errand Boys
Ry JANE OSBORN
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Sewspa-
per Syndicate

avn tt>loll tttltttl 10 Npt
q job for til" dur:tion OF her frs, long
vacation from college she also maHe
np her mind that that job should not
he of the sort that would coniin. her
within the four walls of an Office. She
wanted an outdoor JOB and. after hav-
Ing received stern parental OBJECTIONS
10 taking Il land array job where she
would he away from home for the VA
cation. she scanned the want ads" in
IN" daily papers several DAYS III vain.
Outdoor jobs for girls did not seem
plentiful. Then l!"r eyes fell u'nn
thai advertisement of Brown * Brown.
caiiin" for messenger girls. The wage
offered was not very tempting. but ms
III" advertisement stated. thc work
would be for the most part Going cr-
randS III the busy downtown business;
section.
Br"wn x Brown Is II very large con-
Germ. with branches in cities in vari-
Gus parts of Tie country. and when
YOU Join their fore" Of r,mp!oyrnS il il
like cnliSting in an army-vou have to
submit to considerable catc"hiSinc
concerning your previous experience
your parentaSe and your place of resi-
dcnce; and all This is written down on
formidable large white card that is
kept in fling case for future refer
cnCc
There is just one thing I'll have to
ask YOU, said the Young office mama
ger who employed Alison Preston. and
1 will ask you TO keep this confiden-
tinl. / don't want every one to know
mat we are taking on girls for or
randS-onc person in particular
mustn't know. That's our vice presi-
dent Mr.. Morgan Thnrnc. He's in
the Chicago office now and-wcll. TO
make Il long story short. he began as
messenger himself and he's nuts
about them. He makes Il hobby of
giving every messenger that is EN-
ployed what he calls Il chance.
THAT means n lot of fatherly adj
vice. which would he ali right If the
boys had sense enough 10 profit by
II. He has made up his mind that
the future executives Of the concern
must he drawn, as he was. from the
ranks OF those who began nj the hot
tom runG. :" whenever we get Il new
messenger he takes no end OF interest
in him. He it WAS who installed this
card SySteli-WantS 10 knew al about
the life history of every one that is
taken into dc concern. And now that
lie Is off in Chicago he has left word
10 send on records of any new mes
SengcrS. He wants to give them long
distance. advice hnr,, l., I,,t
going to ask yOu'' said the young
clerk. coming back Ia his point after
his long explanation you'll just let
me put your nanic down here so that
he won't know you're Il girl. Alison,
yon said il ia. May l put II down az
Alcc?"
why. ccrtainiy." fa'tcrcd Alison.
"Oniy. won't lac find out!"
HE won't lee back for months. and
you say y"u can't stay later than the
lniddle Of September. YouIl escape
him completely. Yuu see. we did our
hest t" get boys hut we couldn't get
any. He'd say we l,ndut tried hard
enough. And by ,ic way. don't saw
anything in that report about being in
college. II might interest him too
much and then he'd writ" to you and
the cat would hc out Of thr bag"
:" Alison rrn"rtch the next day for
work and. pr"vid"d with her I,i@sliin
wallet that SWING easily over her left
shoulder and rested on her RICH, hj,,
she starred nut on lhc rounds of the
da!, carrying SiUckS and bonds nb0;lt
I" various Offices. reporting al the bank
ana back 10 thr office of Grown &
Brown. If she attracted unv aitru-
iion it was because She WIS so much
better dressed for iu.r work than the
other girls who were beginning 70 take
Inc places az messengers and crrHnd
boys in The downtown section. She
wore neatly polished shoes that had
served for country hikes The previous
winter in college. Her suit wis plain
ana OF khaki-Sucl rs had been chosen
by wcii-i0-h" r"l!rgc cliums of hers
who had gone in" for motor nicSsci,-
ger SCrvir" in the vacation.
The coat cuilnr was u.uiIv tonpcd
by mans soft piuUe collar and n
;, 'rk blue four in-hnnd tie and Il band
,L nil"r az brown Completed the
pQuipln,
ys.c ~ {, nrS". Si" grow tired with
I,er ,r,,y ,,,.> us, hut TIA" fatigue was
repaired by Acf . ""IihN "Ip"'it" and
,r t,, v,,,,d,,.,.n > ia" S!"rp that nj
ways followed her dayS u. '"' "'c".
The first letter to Nee irrs,> WIS
like tLc better almost T.,
ways received Ivy crIsnd hnys from the !
Vie" vrcSid1nt M"tXan Thornr, when !
'""' $500 -,., '-0SAa.Snf Iht concern was ,
not present (" Interview 'u:nl 49,
oIlv. Mr. ThorHc assured h"'c hi
his interest and his ho,c that he waS
regarding his nrw position stepping ,
stone to higher things in the employ /!