The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-27
MISS HARBAUGH
POLITE PERSON
Wins the $50 PoIiteness
Award from Chicago
Tribune Reporter.
Is DOCTORS ASSISTANT

It's marvellous what little incident
can do to city and it was little
incident that wrought change for the
better in Kenosha. Last Friday the
Politeness Reporter for the Chicago
Tribune was in Kenosha and already
everybody is being more polite.
The Politeness Reporter was the
guest of the Kenosha Evening News
while in Kenosha and worked out from
this office. The reporter is pleasant
faced young man with knack of ask
ing questions that are easily answered
but that are usually classified as "su-
perislous and irritable" The reporter
worked the town and called on the
Plaza Cafe, Gottlieb's, Greiner-Nash,
Becker's, American Railway Express,
where he was very pleasantly received.
Had Unpleasant Experience.
He expressed some little surprise at
the young fellows who stand around
in front of the Grosvenor Billiard
Parlors and make overload remarks
concerning every woman passerby.
'Darned poor way of being polite and
its poor training in courtesy to stand
around like bunch of street corner
buns and ogle each lady passerby,"
Kresges, Woolwort2as and the Majestic
theatre and the police station, but
here each time he was met with brisk
reply-those places place a premium
on time and are busy all the time.
Then he called upon Miss Harbaugh.
It pays to be polite. If you don't
believe it, just ask Miss Harbaugh
who reigns over the waiting room of
DR.. Pugh's Office in the Public Service
building. Politeness got Miss Har-
baugh fifty perfectly good American
dollars from the Chicago Tribune's
politeness reporter. Here is how it
happened:
| A muchly fustered young man rush
es into the Office of DR.. Pugh on the
second floor of the Public Service
building and is smiling met by Miss
Harbaugh He is very much out of
breath but is able to stammer few
questions after he regains his breath
partly.
"Where ean I find DR.. Jotley?" asked
the reporter.
"Dr. Jotley," unused Miss Harbaugh,
81 can't think of any doctor around
by that name, but just minute and
I'll ask next door" She did and re-
turned with the news that the folks
next door knew nothing of the where
abouts of DR.. Jotley. "If you will
wait just moment, however, I'll look
in the directory" she said. But it
wasn't listed. care you sure that it
is Jotley?" the reported was asked.
eyes," the reporter replied, "J-o-t-
Ley"
cit isn't DR.. Hanley, is it?' Miss
Harbaugh queried.
"Nope," the reporter returned. "It's
Jotley."
"Well, if he is a doctor and has an
office here in the building, the build
ing manager ought to know" Miss
Harbaugh reasoned and she called up
/ that parsonage.
"No offices rented to any DR.. Jotley,"
was the reply from her question.
"I'm in a hurry" says the reporter,
"and I just got to find DR.. Jotley"
"Just minute and I'll call informa-
ton at the telephone office" Miss
Harbaugh called information and in
formation said that she knew nothing
about any DR.. Jotley. cdr. Jotley
hasn't a telephone" Miss Harbaugh
said to the reporter, "but if you want
to come back in half, an hour, I'll see
if l can locate him for you"
81 gotta see DR.. Jotley." the reporter
insisted and he went out.
In half an hour he returned and
handed Miss Harbaugh little slip
She read it and gasped. 1t was check
for fifty dollars.
you're the most polite one that I
have run up against for a long time"
said the reporter. you're welcome
to the fifty"
And Miss Harbaugh has a perfectly
new $50 bill. AS we said at first: at
pays to be polite" Miss Harbaugh
agrees with US. Do you?