San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-11
Packages, and
Even There
Everybody
Stopped Working
to Look at Her
TODD, nice, pretty, little,
fifteen-year-old maiden of Law

tlfteen-year-old maiden OF Law
renee, Mass, went hopefully to he
first job one Monday morning. Nobod
had ever noticed that she was peculiar o
remarkable in any way, but that nigh
she came home in Mysteries, "fired" an
branded as public nuisance.
Between sobs, her father drew from he
the incredible story that his innocent an
inoffensive little daughter had caused sue
riot among the men-and finally eve
the women-at the five-and-ten-cent stor
where she had tried to work, that tn
manager had been forced to let her go o
be ruined.
"What did you do?" Mr. Todd asked.
81 didn't do anything"
came the fearful answer. 81
couldn't help it."
"But what did they say
was the matter with'you?" ~
persisted the parent.
"The manager said / had
too much sex-appeal."
"Did he talk like that to
you!" demanded Mr.. Todd
angrily.
mo; he only told me
was too good-Iooking, but
one of the girls heard him
talking to the assistant man.
ager in the private Office"
Papa Todd gently drew
small hand and small hand
kerchief out of the way so he
could get good look at his W
daughters tear-swollen face. "
1t did not seem reasonable.
He knew that she used to be
pretty little girl, and prob
ably would be again if she
ever stopped crying, but that
would not account for any
such spasm as evidently Oc-
Cured at the strictly bust
ness five-and-ten-cent store. So early tn
next morning Mr.. Todd, who is an eX
Alderman of Lawrence, called at the stor
to find out.
The manager told him from the YER
beginning. He had entered the store tn
previous morning a few minutes after
opened, and as he hurried through to hi
private office, noted with satisfaction tina
already there was quite a little crowd o
customers in the place. Most of thes
were gathered around the Christmas an
notions counter. A moment later hi
young assistant came in and hung up hi
coat and hat with the remark that Their
was regular mob at the Christina
counter.
"Yes," said the manager with pardon
able pride in his own good judgment.
thought the Christmas rush might begi
this Monday. That's why had you pu
that extra girl in there"
'1t's funny looking crowd, though,
replied the assistant manager. Look
more like the kind that jams around
beauty show or an accident than ban
gain rush"
The manager was too busy to discus
the appearances of crowds. All crowd
looked good to him as long as they wer
inside his store. But soon the floorwalke
stuck an anxious face in the office doc
Something's wrong at the Christina
counter, boss" he said.
"What! Somebody tainted"
"No, everybody is all right, / CUES
but l can't get near enough to find out.
"Well, what do you want to get nca
for?" demanded the manager. "Oh, Sc
you're right. We'd better give thel
another girl to run the cash register
business is going to keep up like this"
"There isn't any business" said tn
floorwalker.
WHAT cried the manager
"No, the cash register at the Christina
counter hasn't rung once in the last fiji
teen minutes. That crowd isn't buying
it's just hanging around and rubberin
and there isn't hardly anybody at any q
the other counters. We haven't taken
thirty cents since you came in"
The manager jumped out of his cha
and rushed across the empty aisles to tn
scene of the trouble, but he could not e
close enough to learn much. On the cute
edge of the crowd were three solid layer
of womanhood on tip-tOe, striving to loo
over the heads of six or eight circles q
men. The manager could see nothing es
cept that he was losing money. With tn
help of his assistant and the floorwalke
he might have fought his way in, bu
rather than do such violence to customer
the boss went to the music depaTtmeT
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