Smyrna times., 1925-07-08
The Sports
Suit
By WILLIS BRINDLEY

Moe Golden will sell an honest work
ing girl a sports suit that will make
her look and feel like Evelyn Wander
gould. Minnie Bowers knew this. Min
ME had ten dollars and enough over
for incidentals on her vacation at Lin
ger Longer, where she had been invit-
ed to be guest of rich Aunt Harriet.
But Minnie knew also that she could
not possibly squeeze an extra five dol
lars week from her pay envelope to
complete payment for the suit.
1t was Saturday morning she would
be off at one, with time to shop and
pack in the afternoon and catch the
night boat for Linger Longer. II she
only had that sports suit.
The telephone at her ear tangled.
Long distance from Berrydale for Miss
Bowers.
YES, Mr.. SimOnsOn, two dozen Gel
lar window bolts No. 1863, four dozen
light galvanized strap Ayrges No 647.
by auto freight today, sure. Business
must be good with you, Mr.. SimOnson.
Thank you very much. Today, sure"
the shipping clerk with it.
To-day, sure, Mike, for SimOnson at
Berrydale, and if you don't make that
auto freight I'll never speak to you
again"
"All right, Minnie, just for you wen
make It,"
She returned to find Adam GOss, her
employer, at her desk, with a tremen-
! dOus list of hardware items, In his own
handwriting.
To-day, sure" said GOss. Copy It
and get it in the mail, and don't lose
| 1t, and there's a letter goes with it
it's that big Job for the Central high
school we're figuring. l am going for
the day"
"Mr. Goss," she said, "Tm leaving
this afternoon for my vacation"
Yes. Well, get that estimate out
before you go. You got plenty of
time"
But that was not what she had come
to talk about.
"Mr. GOss, think I'm entitled to
more money. l want five dollars
week more"
He stared Such talkl
at is up to me to decide when a
person around here is entitled to more
money. Nobody should talk like that
unless he is Indispensable"
Minnie Bowers returned to her desk,
her face ahame. The Telephone
tangled in her ear. It was the Bon
Ton store at Cedar Rapids, all out Of
extension window screens No. SAB. She
wrote the order and made savage
threats to Mike of what she would do
If he did not ship today, sure.
Then she tackled the estimate. Adam
GOss had priced the list himself. with
special prices on most items. and she
must extend and total 1t, type the ac-
cOmpanying letter and put it in the
mail.
The telephone rang again. II was
the five and ten at Gardenvilla, suf-
fering for fly-swatters and pairing
knives. Came one o'clock and the Of
fee cleared-Of all but Minnie Bow
ers. At three o'clock she finished the
estimate-lunchless, tired, angry. She
mailed the thing herself, walked into
GOss' Office with, the carbOns and his
original, and then
Then she walked back with the pa
pers to her own desk and buried then
in the second drawer.
Minnie Bowers, vacation at Lingel
Longer over, returned to the whole
sale hardware business becomingl!
tanned and becOmingly arrayed in
sports suit that lacked seven payment
Of being legally her own. And th'
first thing she did was to look in tn
second drawer for that estimate.
r 1t was gone.
BOSS wants yuh," said a voice Il
her ear. She went to him.
I mice vacation, I hope. That
b gOOd."-(My, but wasn't he nicer
] "Well, you'll be glad to know we sol
that schOOlhOuse hardware. We foun
the estimate in your desk all right"
: She managed to look up at him. bu
found no words.
2 "Well, you done a good Job on thf
D estimate, but it amt that 1 called 20
!, In for. I guess from now on you
I have to lay off estimates and just al
d swer lOng-dstance and take care
g country trade. SimOnsOn of Berrydal
n he raised h-I when you weren't hel
/ last week and the BOn-TOn store ar
g the Gardenvilla FIVE and ten. they sH
+ only you can handle their orders an
; get 'em right. Now, 1 amt prepare
r to say that anybOdy's indispensab
n around here, bHt this country trade ],
IS is gOln' to be worth five dollars a we,
6 more to you, beginning this week"