Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-03-29
THE Girl. WHO
HAD GOOD
MANNERS
TllE employees of the Golden
D.n.uatg Inc h,l a ,,,,, a,nan


Il tlon. Fast rs gossip run through
the different departments Of
large corporation, It exceeded the
speed limit when little Lousette Bon
heur went to work In the accounting
room,
"She can't be more than sixteen. |
thought they never considered anyone
under that"
"She must have some pull |" "Dld
you see the way she dresses? No
rouge. Not even llpstlck. And skirts
longer than my granny's."
"Ah-ha The little French girl.
Wish | knew her."
The last remark of course was mas
cullne, Which was part of the reason
for the chill in the air when LOuisette
tried to be friendly with the other
girls. For she was sociable to de.
gree and longed for a real girl friend,
such as these Americans joked about
in the daily journals which were her
only approaches to the life Of the
country that had been home so short
u time Though mother was mother,
stlll she was hardly more than name
ofter co many venrs IN tha convent
which wos to keen for her the little
lady Nine. Bonheur desired, rather
finn tbe overdressad hut underclothed
Hammer
And such good fortune had placed In
their way this chance of place with
the Golden Products. Inc. II hnd been
mil In n measure for n neiphbor of
tbe Ronheurs loving the lonely moth
or and fearing for the experiences
the daughter might bove I'm some busl.
moss office Ind nlooded with the
Golden chief to give LouIsethe employ
ment So the word had gone from the
priyate office on the ton floor of the
Golden building. and LouIsette began
the strange ordeal of earning a living.
And none too soon, for Mamma Bon
heur had used almost the last Of her
bit of money for that year OF extras
Mt the convent, when the mysteries of
stenography became one of the little
French girls assets.
But something else she had not
learned, 1IluI Wub INC IuSllnk cure
lessness of American business life.
A day was a day, to Lousette, and she
began II right. Each morning when
she entered the long room where the
accounting force Clattered typewrllers
and adding machines all day, she be-
gan with Mr.. Reuter-, Mt the nearest
desk, and all the way down the room
wished each one "Good morning" She
meant II, too. No one could doubt It
who glanced at the eager little face
and sparkling eyes. Too eager and too
sparkling, some thought. Miss De
Murle said so fatty.
"Thls Is no tea dance. Nor after
noon reception. Who does she think
she Is anyway Wasting time that
way. why doesn't Reuter- give her
calldown2 Let one Of us try that
racket HIM"
But no one reprOved Loulsette, That
Is, In words. Some of the girls barely
answered her. Mr.. Reuter- nodded
gravely and absent-mlndedly Miss
De Murle made 1t point not even
to glance up from her desk, whether
busy or not. Or II they met In the
hall she gave the newcomer one of
those singing stares that women only
can achieve.
LOulsette tried not to mind. She
told mamma that she cried at night
because her tooth ached. And the
kind neghbor who asked how she liked
her place was satisfied that she had
performed a whole years Boy Scout
deed.
"Wonderful chance women have In
If you were back in France Lousette
careful there too. Such n nice class