New-York tribune., 1921-06-07
The Bus Takers


evening. I don't know why she is so
popular She didn't hardly speak all
the time was thers-just sat quiet
and didn't scarcely speak--you know
what mean-hardly talked none
barely spoke at adjust kind of smiled
and didn't say nothing ut all. I don't
think she said ten words all evening,
just kind Of watched the rest Of US, and
they seem to think she knows a lot and
don't know why they would think so,
as she don't never say nothing at all
for them to tell If she knows or if she
don't. must say it is good idea;
am going to try it some time-just sit
and not say nothing and look wise; she
seems to get away with it awful good
and don't know why couldn't get by
with it as good as her--she didn't say
nothing at all all evening and they was
talking about something awful deep.
l didn't scarcely know what it was they
was talking about and they kept turn
ing to Mabel and asking did she agree
with them and did she think that was
so or wasn't it and she didn't scarcely
answer at all--you know wnat mean
Just sat there and kept smiling-it
seems good idea when you think
about 1t because if you don't say moth
ing how can they tell if you know or
il you don't?
Yeah, that's so. LUCE.
Few are the plays produced, these
highly personal days, not under the
personal" direction of somebody:
matters having so-and-so's personal"
supervision are common. Yesterday,
on Broadway near 108th Street, we
observed that permanent waves would
have the personal attention of the
proprietor.
1t occurred to US to wonder whether
The Coming Tower public realized, or,
realizing, valued to the full, the deep
ly and intimately personal service that
is their daily privilege.
We personally rise every morning,
and personally turn on the bath water.
While the tub is filling do we have the
papers read to us? No. We ourself
go to the front door, bring in the milk.
the cream, and the papers, and inspect
personally the front, editorial, and
sporting pages of three papers. After
our personal bath, we tell Stella-tel!
her personally-that we are ready for
breakfast. From the first spoonful of
grapefruit to the ultimate swallow of
Coffee there is nothing impersonal
about our breakfast.
But it is only after breakfast that
personal service to the public begins.
Either we personally enter the subway
o. go to the garage; il the latter, we
personally start the car, personally
yell for the elevator nine times, per-
sonally put the car on it, and drive,
unchauffeured, downtown. Entering
the office, we personally look for julius,
the office boy who has not come in
yet. So we personally get our mail
out OF the box and open it, unassisted.
Also we personally retrieve ou- waste
basket, which has been stolen during
the night. Personally marking what
contributions we ere going to use
marking them, with a personally filled
fountain pen, CT min or monp--we
carry them to the composing room,
personally giving them to Mr.. Clinton
Ball, who generally gives them to Joe
to set. Then we go upstairs and write,
personally. what we think will be
enough stuff to fill. In an hour or
TWO, as timed by our personal watcn.
we go downstairs again and ask for
a proof. In ten minutes Al gives us
one. We go, ourself, to- find q column
rule, and measure up. If we are short,
we add enough to f., sometimes find
ing, personally, paragraph or two OF
the overset galley, which we person
ally exhume and carry to rhe banc.
For doing this, Mr.. Ball or some one
else hands US a personal remark.
Then we emerge into the warm, i'm.
personal sunshine. r. P. A,