The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-01-05
Miss Drake
Refuses
lss1. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
By JANE OSBORNE.

W1en Mrs. turner joined ner Dacne
lQr son at breakfast he was pretty surf
that she had come to ask him to &
pn some errand; or other for her dowr
town. Much as she dotted on Jimmy
and great as was the pride she felt In
his remarkable success In business, she
still held the same notion concerning
what business actually demanded Of
/ man that she had had during the
life Of James Turner, Sr. To her there
was always left time in the business
mans busiest day to write business
letters, telephone and 60 on shopping
expeditions for the woman at home.
Jimmy was right in the shopping Sec
tion-why shouldn't, he match the
silk7 He had a telephone right on his
desk-why shouldn't he telephone to
the plumber about the roof leaking?
He was so used to writing letters
why shouldn't he attend to the social
Correspondence
But on this particular morning Mrs.
Turner'S commission was a little un-
usual and she approached her son with
something Of cajolery.,
I'm giving that tea this afternoon,
Jimmy dear. and everything seemed to-
be coming OF splendidiy. You prom.
ised to get home, BY five, you know.
Mrs. Standish has been making such
4 splurser Of late that Z must have this
perfection. Now, of 'toufse;; there 10
Hannah In the kitchen. and Alice 10
lendins me her Violet to help In the
dining room. and there will be Benson
It the door. with Rita helping up
stairs, but Jane has Just told me she
Couldn't be here. It's her regular
Afternoon OF and she has made some
Gost Of date. She has given notice.
anyway, Or I -Ahould discharge her for
r. And she IL 70 indispensable In the
pantry. ! must have some one. with
taste to make the sandwich plates At
tractive and put the finishing touches
On things and keep the rest Of them
from losing their heads. That Is why
Jane was Indispensable"
$50 am to help In the pantry1'
Jimmy asked as soon as he could find
d chance to interrupt.
"Silly." said Mrs. Turner. still with
4 cajoling voice. II was only thinking
that one Of your girls could come and
help out. There seems to be such a
lot Of them and they never have much
to do" It was one Of Mrs. Turner'S
firm beliefs that any business man
could manage to get along with half
as many stenographers and clerks as
he did, but Jimmy did not dispute her.
"There is that nice looking girl that
seems to be your secretary or some
thing" went on Mrs. Turner, too In
tent on her own interests to notice the
look Of annoyance that came on
Jimmys face at hearing Alice Busby
spoken Of by his mother as she might
have spoken Of a bit Of office furni-
ture. ''''.' '--' -
"Your idea was to have Miss Busby |
come here and help out?" he asked,
then hesitated moment, giving time
for an idea to formulate, an idea that
changed his look Of annoyance to one
that showed real pleasure in anticipa-
ton. Perhaps she might. OF course
1t is most unusual to get a young wom-
an Of that sort to do that sort OF |
thing. She would only do 1t as q fav-
Or"
II don't see that at ALL" came back !
Mrs. Turner. "She is a working girl |
and you employ her to do what you
want her to do. There Is nothing dis.
graceful about this work. would |
give her a big apron to put over her
dress and she would just have to stand |
In the pantry seeing that things go
right: that none Of the servants get
excited and that the sandwiches don't
look as If they had been thrown on
the plates"
what time shall she be here?" was
Jimmy's only response.
"Oh, three. There'll be things to do
beforehand" Mrs. Turner called as
Jimmy made his exit from the break
last ROOM
Jimmy Turner was not a man Of
many theories and abstract ideas, but
he had formulated one theory that he
usually kept to himself-that was that
The girl In business usually made a
more congenial, all-around companion
Is wife than the girl whom men
'uch as Jimmy met in society. He
lad even made up his mind that II
le ever married It would be a girl who
worked In an Office. OF course such an
dea a. this would have been incom.
to Mrs. Turner. So Jimmy
lidn.t say anything abont It and 70
NAMED q bachelor. OF late. however,
70 had given Miss Busby, his secre.
ary. more than a second thought. He
ed found some little satisfaction in
he fact that his mother had called
er rather nice looking GIRL" Be.
xeen ,conceding that and thinking Of
or - 4 possible daughter-in-law there
a. q long way.
Jimmy preached the subject to Miss
usby: with all the tact hs could sum-.
on. Miss Busby's rejolnder left no
inability Of hope. And In the. cheap Z
IT Of hauteur that she affected In r.,
sing Jimmy Turner falt fhat M aaxv. I