The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-27
Eoening Story
Ups and Downs.
BY r. RAY BAKER.

at must be wonderful observed
Jane Wriggs, ito be in a position to
dc the good this Roy Harris is doing
and to do it the way he is doing it,"
"Just who is he and what is he do
ing?" inquired her mother. dropping
the magazine she had been reading TO
her lap and peering over the top of
her glasses at the daughter.
Jane held up the newspaper she had
been perusing.
Hes writing a series of articles for
this paper. telling just how the work.
ing men in various lines of industry
and business are treated or mistreat-
ed, whatever the case may be. He
ought to know. because he comes in
actual contact with them as one of
them. SFor instance, in this issue he
tells or the life of a restaurant waiter
In order to obtain Instrumentation he
got job as a waiter, without letting
any one know about it. of course, and
worked at IL for a week. He goes into
every little detail, telling about the
wages, tips, insults from both the boss
and the patrons. what he was given to
eat-and everything. He reveals all
the good and all the bad, admitting
that all the places may not be the
same as the one where he was en-
ployed-,
one of the articles appears every
Saturday, and last week he dealt>Mith
work IN laundry. The week before
mat ne was g. grocery clerk. The ar
tlcles are intensely interesting and
Keep one wondering what the writer
VIII deal with next. I am surprised
to learn that very intelligent men are
found in mental positions. being per-
maps the victims of circumstances.
For instance, here is a college gradu-
ate washing dishes in a restaurant
surely you must have seen the arti.
cles, mother"
I have no time for such things
the mother replied. Seldom do /
look At a newspaper. AS for waters
laundry workers. etc. I am not inter
ested in them. No doubt thew are
| treated as they ought to be, and it's
none OF my affair. I am surprised
Zane, that you should be concerned
| ABOUT such matters"
But all these people are human ;,
Jane persisted, and some of them are
thinkers. Mother, I'd like to nut nv
sen IN the same position as this Mr.
! harris. think I'll get a job some
where, and learn something about the
Rubbish" her mother exclaimed
scornfuily and prepared to resume
her reading. You should nav a lit.
tie more attention to your own fu-
ture. Here's half dozen young fel
lows of your set falling over them
selves to marry you-rich young. mer
with social prestige. Better pick III
one or them, get married and stoI
worrying about the workers. ~
With which-she dismissed the sub
EJect and became absorbed in an articl.
concerning 'tThe Gay Mr.. West ant
His Six Divorces
Just the same" Jane rnurnaured
picking up the newspaper again, a..
think I'm going to try this thing out
And Jane did try it out, in spite O
strenuous opposition on thes part OF
her parents. J 1t was no time to stol
| having her own way, she argued aftel
she had been doing it SO long.
one Thursday morning Jane stepped
| out Other. twelve-cylindernaut
| at a downtown parking place ant
walked two block to Gordon Brothers
wholesale millinery establishment. II
her pocketbok was a newspaper clip
ping reading:
,"wanted-Severalg girls to learn mil
linery trade, Good wages and future
offered"
She experienced a queer sensation
as she stepped from the sidewalk II
the entrance of the building. She fell
much Ike a fish. must feel when HI
fiops out of water and lands on a dr.
1 plank. Jane was out of her element
the same as the fish is under the cir
| cumstances described. Her element
! d
| or the deck of yacht. This sordi6
world of working people was her drs
| plank
She found herself in a big vestibule
| Directly opposite her a man In a blue
uniform was shutting the door of ar
! elevator while he called, Going up
He waited while she found a place
/ in the elevator along with a crowd Of
several women, some old, some young
some with pale faces, some with coun-
| tenances well Redeemed some dressed
| neatly, others drssed shabbily. and g
| scattering of men. some with theiI
| hats off. others with them on.
The elevator man shut the door and
| pulled back a lever and up they went
Here was as good time as any to
start her Investigations. The elevator
4 man looked young and bright and had
| q cheerful smile.
How do you like this job7" she