Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-06-26
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By WILLIS BRlEDLEY
o. 1926. weatern Newspa per UnIOn.)

XXIHEN Esther Goetz came to work
w for the Great Western Lumber
company, she carried. in a little patent
leather-covered trunk, two powder
pufTs, three sticks Of chewing gum and
a complete set of little black caps to
go over typewriter keys.
Miss WINNER, strawboss OF typists
for the Great Western, assigned Miss
GOetz a typewriter and chair and
handed her cylinder to transcribe.
Miss Goetz, before beginning work.
first covered each little key with ita
little black cap, thus announcing to
the world and more especially to Miss
WINNER and any competitors. that
there, In person, was typist.
But alas and alack Miss Esther
Goetz knew not the language of mail
order lumber-thIs chap who had
talked into the debating machine used
strange words like number-tWo-com
mon, selected-common, slash grain-fin
ish. conk Esther, unable to find 1t in
a pocket dictionary, plunged and
spelled 1t conque); and jolsts, which
A1obhSA tidhbluNCu hOlSlb
Near the close then, of this first
days tipping, an Office boy collected
from Esther Goetz the letters she had
typed and delivered these to the die
tator. When he perused them and
came upon conque and hoist, ana The
other faux pas of the unfortunate
Esther, he proceeded to Miss WINNER,
upon whose desk he dumped the car
go, with maledictions. And Miss
WINNER promptly denoted Esther
Goetz from the proud post of tran
scriber to the humble job Of filler-in
OF form letters and helper on the
files.
During the weeks, however, Esther
Qoetz, being naturally an intelligent
person, learned the high spots of the
mail-order lumber business. She con-
WINGED herself that, given another
chance, she could type anything that
any person in that Office was compe-
tent to dictate, but convincing Miss
WINNER was a different matter.
II suppose" she would say, you'd
like to have me arrange for you to
take Mr.. Filker's cylinders. He'd take
one look and"
Esther GOetz. from her desk near
the incoming mail table, watched Mr..
Filker every morning as he stopped
for the mail.
And at night, again, she loved to
watch while he took quick look at
the outgoing mail, shaking his head in
disapproval Of a letter that was not
letter-perfect as to tipping, arrange
ment and absence Of error, and every
night, sending many letters back to
be done over. Here, said Esther
Goetz to Esther GOetz, was man
competent to appreciate fawless typ
ing. With heart full of misglving
she thought out letter to the It's
good Manufacturing company, six
four-six-two South Dubuque street,
and during the noon hour, she typed
1t on company stationery.
Il am an expert typlst," said the
letter, "and seek a change because
my present position gives me no
chance to show what can do. | will
work for you for $26 a week. My
present work pays me $1S and is
worth no more, but for expert typing
l would expect $25. l am willing to
make the change at any time"
Three mornings later Esther Goetz,
watching from her corner, saw the
great Mr.. Filker carry several pieces
Of mail into his cubby. A few min
utes later, Miss WINNER summoned
her into his presence. Filker waved
Miss WINNER out and gave full atten
ton to Esther A beautifully mani
cured finger pointed to an opened let
ter addressed, in the perfect tipping
OF Esther GoetZ, to the Itsgood Manu-
featuring company, atop which lay
an envelope bearing the discriminating
stamp Of the postofice: Return Il
sender; no such street and number"
"You write thisf demanded Mr.
Fllkers.
Yes" faltered Esther.
"Whyr"
Il wanted job tipping letters"
We'll, isn't this good enough place
Tor you to type lettersT
Yes, but they won't let me type.
tried once. before knew lumber
terms, and made some mistakes, ant
Miss WINNER put me on the files ant
the form letters and"
Listen, Miss GOetE. want some
body to do my own tipping that car
write letters that are perfect. Twen
ty-Ave dollars week will be all right
II you can hold the job"
"oh. thank you, Mr.. Filkers, I'll dc
my best" said Esther GOetz, anC
faded from the presence.
Half an hour later, Miss Winner
brought to her cylinder and showed
her new typewriter and desk.
"lt's all right with me, of course. ;
said Miss WINNER. Il like to ses
girls get on, but answer me this: VIII,
did you send phony letter of appll
cation to phony Arm at a phor.
address, II 1t wasn't with the hope
that 1t would come back and the hos,
see it,"
why, Miss WINNER said Esthe,
GOetz, why Miss WINNER, I'm SUP