Evening star., 1922-12-03

Well, If you want to take a chance.
we'll do the job. Have 1t all finished
before Mr.. Adshaw can hear it's
started"
HDo You know" says she. finger
ling her jade necklace nervously,
II believe ] will-that is. II you'll
send some one the first thing tomor-
row morning. 1 should want to tell
the man exactly what 1 want DONE
Certainly" l agrees.
| "And IL might stand around and
suggest changes after he got started"
she goes on. Would he mind that?"
Not a Bit" says l. That's the
usual thing. He will understand, and
| you can revise as much as you like
| at our usual terms, So an hour
! "Oh. thank you so much" gurgles
Mrs. Adshaw. "It will be such sat
Isfaction to direct some one once
more-to-to have a real say about
something"
! TIL send up my foreman, Andy
Millish," says I. Hes the mildest
hammered man on the force and you
may boss him as much as you like.
Make him jump through a hoop If you
care to-"
| She'd taken up q lot OF my time,
but it was worth it. just for the sake
of the chuckle I got as she tripped
! out I asked Millish about her after
, ward; II she was rough with him, and
II her ideas were at all practical.
why, Miss Dodge" says he. "she's
! a reg,ar person. that Mrs. Adshaw.
Knew just what she wanted, had it
all figured out. and treated me fine.
We got along great"
| So wasn't surprised when the lady
herself dropped into tho office the
next day to tell me what good
workman Millish was and how pleased
she had been with his work.
| Where did you ever pick up such
a competent odd job man?" she asked.
"Out Of Sd avenue gutter. almost,
says 1. And then I told her how 1t
| was Andy Millish and his clever work
in helping me f1 up the studio that
gave me the idea Of starting the
Handy Andy Shop.
Then you originated this busi-
ness?' she asked, her baby blue eyes
| wider than ever. "And you manage
It all by yourselfr
| nodded-modestly, hope.
! You find 1t rather interesting, don't
your she went on.
ITS one of the best indoor sports
I've ever tried" says I. I'm the big
boss Of a force of over thirty men and
one eighteen-year-old girl. I keep
'em hustling, too. But I pay them
| fairly we'll, and I'm making a good
income. So why shouldn't 1 like it?''
She sighs and beams at me admir-
ingly. How wonderful" says she.
Il used to feel something like that
when helped daddy in his business.
But now-well, I haven't a chance to
do much more than decide what dress
shall wear or what sort of roast we
shall have for dinner. Aside from
that simply dawdle around and kill
time. 1 spend hours shopping, and
buying almost nothing at all. It's
such a useless way to live and such
bore. I suppose If I had children
to look after it would be different.
But we have only koko, my little
| Pom"
\ \ X j.
IT, BOBS my head sympathetically.
L There are thousands of wives in
exactly the same position, Mrs. Ad-
shaw says ].
i, But I'm sure I could do some
thing" says she. Business is rather
fascinating. 1 could be a help to
Harold, 1 know, II he would only
allow me. But he'll not hear of it.
He even declines to discuss things
with ME, and hear only vaguely about
his having important conferences, and
about the new tariff. and that he must
mako 4 business trip. If could only
get into some little enterprise-well,