The mirror., 1922-08-24
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday, August "a, 1922.

"hunkey" soon brought and the cigarettes,
l nearly took the count" However, from
then on l got along swimmingly with the
Engishman, who, seated himself at once
and prepared quite a lengthy statement for
me; that for clearness and preciseness was
a masterpiece l thought Judicious ques-
tioning and few good stories of the "tra
yelling man" type, that even an English
secured for me the balance of the details.
His odd excamatons when he caught the
point of a story were in themselves scream
ingly funny.
ooh! H l say now," or "Perfectly rip
ping what?" or, amusing, no end, old
chap" he would excaim, and l could
hardly contain my merrment. No use 10
describe the man. He ran true to type,
as the saying is. Monocle; tweeds;
peculiar drawl; soft RS; the liberal use of
HIS, and everything by which we know
the Englishman. Last but not least he
was gentleman and "stickler' for form
one could see. | wrote nearly column on
the interview and it was pronounced
good stuff" by Mr.. Hamilton and given
a prominent position with Slug" head.
Other incidents in which l was involved
during my connection with the Blade were
numerous and somewhat interesting, but l
am not sufficiently gifted with versatility
Of style to relieve the recounting of them
of the tedium of boredom that is bound 20
creep in work of soliloquy, so l will offer
them later an as separate stories witt: diff
ferent titles, devoting sufficient time to
their construction hoping to overshadow
these weak lines.
However, before closing l might intro
duce the reader to several other persons on
the Blade, in the hope that by so doing l
will make recognition of the characters in
future stories a possibility. Besides Mr..
Walsh, managing editor, of whom l do
not. care to write for various reasons, as
suredly good and wel-meaning ones, as
he was and is great man; there was a
good lady, whom we will call Miss Prim,
as the name accurately describes her, who
acted in the capacity of assistant city edi-
tor, society editor and writer of obituaries,
also special reportoral duties at times She
was very exacting and methodical
woman, somewhat austere and prone to
self-importance and superAuous dignity,
brought on no doubt by lengthy service for
the Blade. Presumed to be in spinsterhood
bespectacIed; clad in severe white shirt
waist and dark skirt; with becoming"
frown on her pale, melancholy face, she
was the Nemesis of fresh reporters, and
yours truly got his" on several occasions.
Miss Prim was capably assisted by
vision of loveliness hard to describe, whose
hphenated name we will initiate by
using, Etta-Maric Wolfe. Violet orbs,
peach blown complexion; ravishing hair
of curious light-dark quality; a low
musical, cultured voice; superb figure,
whose supple roundness graced all outdoor
athletics in which women take part, (boys,
size was easy on the eyes! is the best |
can do in visuaizing this charming young
lady. Attending the State university,
Etta-Marie, was employed on the Blade
only during vacation time. l best remem-
ber her for the many helpful hints and
words of encouragement during my pro-
bationary period, though ] nearly "went
out for the count" through sheer admira
ton whenever She spoke. also recall