Douglas Island news., 1920-02-06

atme Non-Raung Nneo Broco .uoug department storo girls n chicago. Tho Stroller uas on Che ry East ond stopped for iow .yf vait m Inc windy city, itlc suspccuue at tbo ime chat ho wouId lecomo famous thatm nct his tmc would become household word as Che result Of that vla.t It Is tb's way
 By Che umc Che Stroller had bccn ia Chicago from Ave days to @ week he realized chat fully SO per cent ,f twenty thousand department tore girls employed iu chat city -oro mee-Fprung from long hours ot standing on their feet day after thy. ycar In and yoar out tho cury- ..ure at thc knees depending largely on Che length Of aov'ce short sra had not tbon become tho fashion. but just how Che Stroller acquired his information Is not por- .uent Go Che gentle reader It is maicient to say Chat he acquired .l and having acquired it. sc, about Go improve conditions as ho had found hom. Alter careful study of sey- c-m thousand pairs Of knees that were out Of Iue from one to four nchos. hn Inventive genius waa in- yokod and Che result was Che Woc b-acc above mentioned. That u hos proven mighty boon to tbc dc- Drtment store gIrls Of Chicago Is apparent from Che following lc.ter which Che Stroller received only tbs week and but for which he would .ago entirely forgotten thc near ape rroseh of che tenh anniversary Of che installation of his wonderful n- yenuon:
 Chicago January .f lFeI nrIrc Of Che Secretary of tne De-
 nrrtmeut Store Girls Union. OW Dearest Stroller.
 You should so0 our knees now. hafchn vou would not recognize chem rs Che curved and crooked pegs roI nw whom hore ten FHars ago. How .ouId'va when they don't look like Che same ncest TH'E about One pristine IovrIu..H of lamu'e knees Ours ar. thcm Hut why write about them when. io fully appreciate rnn. your wonderful Invention has done for us. vou WIIl hafu .a them for yourself and fH0 purpose nl II letter .s to Invite Eon fo am HnHi- varslrv dinner that WIG are planning m your honor provided ron can o. with ua Please wire V Fon o.n ao- .ont tb.s invitation Come 1T pose ..hic Lovingly.
 ANNETTE uE LEsSErps
 Secretary
 s. Tho majority 0f Che girls you fttcI witch your ha.e ton Ncnrs .-o arc married. fHr which they mnF thank you. as not orc o. .Hem would .vo over iass0od man u t1ou- sand years affor fhn short skirts came in 1T choir knees had h0.n dIn- ping forward IIko tHsr wore whom . r1l frsC oamc to our rescue.
 ANNETTE
 As evidence that what tho Stroller did for Che thousands Of oyervorkcd and ujorpad girls ot Chicago s deeply appreciated. he receives am invitation every year to tho annual Knee Brace Memorial Exercises He . very much regrets his inability to . bo present tbIs yoar and has written . 10 chat cGcct expressing his disap- poinmont at not being able to oc- any Che chair at thc right of thc president or Che union at thc annual hnouet Six years ago .he Stroller spent several days In Chicago and . .hc Improvement he noted In hc ] knees of department store girls re- .muur from the usc of his brace was nothing short of phenomenal The letter just received shows laat Che good work is rambling right uour and u,eres. u thc brace Is ] mst as keen now aa when drst inc roduccd.
 In looking over old correspondence ! the Stroller comc upon letter roe eoyed by him several years ago and . thrco years artor frt fuIur h.s brace to something lte 5fo na.u .or knees that were out Of plumb. .t Is only a sample Of what came . then and what has been coming every . rear since The letter received then was ss iollws
 Chicago ui Narch {. 1913. Our Dearest Stroller
 I'm compliance wlfl .euoUou from our Union. write fh.H '1 give rou brief arrour. nI fne er1ann- ti0n or rbc frt class into Che ranks of "eiraIeht icrlom after wearing r0ur celebrated n0nle.mant-stor. Girls Knee Brace for tIran years. Iusi think Of if Only tlroe ycnr lrre passed since you were hero and introduced your wonderful Invention into our ranEa Ihor many 0. ms stood Ikc rr honners. hn.nr nI Che way from throe t0 oIrhl Inches
 depending on One number oI yc1r In service -out of plumb You should see our legs now
 The drst graduating cIn oonr .- ed or 1.-Two hundred girls. an charter members Of Che brace brigade. which