The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-27

CHI @ss the dear little wren who austsssd into
the efaees Of the Bickenbecker Bond and Ac-
ceptanes Corporation one morning at tha
start Of the work day, to be indicted into her
duties as . humble sdding-msehine chauffeur.
The employees Of the welistntFenehsd financing
company took strangers with pinch Of ginger.
for it was a handzpieked family. Mest Of the
people, from office boys to departments menarchg.
had all their worldly wealth invested with the con-
Germ. There was q mems club; also wemens
auxiliary. Several times year there were social
functions out of Office hours " was pretty
fraternal bunch, altogether.
Changes in the personnel were Few and rare
Kitty Blanchard, who had run that adder for
several years, had jumped the reservation whsp
she eloped with some outsider and moved to far
off city. That left yaeaney, and there was eell-
siderable speculation as to how IL would be Alled.
Operating machine of this seFt with the
requisite speed and skill ia trained oecupatieni
therefore the usual process, pFemeting from bes
low, wouldn't answer. The chief Of the aeeepnts
.ing room, Sanderson Mac Wallace {bnewn to the
gang as Sandy Mac Walrls), went Ia person To-
the Offices of the outfit that manyfectured the ee-
traution interviewed with naetieussua exaetltpae
the instructors in the training sehepl eendneted
gagged little Mary Milliceit Wesley, whe had tee
sOmmendations from her minister high school praN-
icipal and matron of the Y. w. @. a. hoIaes where
1QS
Mary was the object of scrutiny out az the corr
tners Of all eyes all next day=a baby-faeed little
brunette slender, cherubic, nfty though properly
tdressed and with an air Of Distinction sclneHew,
that doubled the dramatic effect of the Ingenious,
innocent type she registered. She looked frankly
but not boldly into the stafee, hung up her big,
hoydenish hat and after that seemed concentrated
completely in the little round discs on the machine
land the specific. details impaired by Sandy Mac
Every day she brought fresh. flower With her
and kept it in small vase at her side, II was q
dainty touch and seemed TO cue the est4mata OF
<fhe entire atmosphere about her. Everyone Fecog-
.uized it-Mary Millicent had class; she h&d femi-
ninity; she was chic little cutie, and no mistake.
The girls mostly grouped up In little cliques,
luncheon companions, those who were neighbors
either Sin business or domestic geoeEap5iys those
who had been in commercial college together, etc.
Mary Millicent showed no disposition 70 commit
herself to any combination. She was aniable in
the women's restroom, where all the girls met,
and since she lunched nearby, she frequently ran
into Office colleagues, and was not Aloof or uppiA
but neither was she chuInmy, and never was she
confidential or even talkative.
She never got personal phone calls at the 0flee,
80 even Hilda, the lynx-eared switchboard sage,
who heard all and knew I'll and could piece to-
Rether or guess what she couldn't hear and didn't
know had no inside StuR about the little stranger;
not enough, even, to act mysterious and fealciary
over All that anyone seemed TO know was what
Sandy Mac Walrus Teportad-thRt shs had been