Smyrna times., 1932-02-03
WEEKLY SOCIETY STORY FOR
EVENING ROUND THE LAMP.
READING TO WHILE AWAY
TIME AFTER DAYS CHORES
STATIONERY Sue" an Interesting
Short Story Written by Dor
Othy Douglas


shreds if she said mo" instead OF
Eyes"
There were plenty of seats be
cause it was just past the rush hour
Tom sat down beside perfect par
agOn of a girl in a delicate mauve
costume.
Apparently she was a business
girl, for she was reading over a
batch of letters with business head.
ings. And from the swift if def.
mite glances Tom was able to get al
them, he knew them to be orders.
Tom craned his neck a bit and
was rewarded with trif1e more in
formation. The firm name to whom
the letters were addressed was "Sue
Wentworth, Inc"
Arriving at his office he looked
up the telephone book and found
the name he sought. And after ii
was one word Stationery"
"Joyl" was Toms mental excla-
nation. This is where | start in
to buy stationery. Heretofore he
had left this line of office supplies
to the two girls who purchased type
writer ribbons, carbon paper, pen
ellis, blotters, etc, when they re
quired them.
No so now. He went outside to
public telephone booth and called
up Sue Wentworth Inc.
This is Tom Jacks, Inc.," said
Tom. Il want TO know how soon
can get some office supplies"
''Well-my calling days are Tues
day and Friday when I bring my
samples for selection
''But I'm in a desperate hurry
not sheet of letter paper in the
office" Tom said, and in his minds
eye saw his well-stocked shelves;
rs there no way l can get my order
in?"
Certainly, if you care to send
some one along to my offfce-I can
put your order straight through
then"
"Since it's most urgent, I'll just
pop along now" said Tom.
And if Sue Wentworth smiled it
was only because she had so very
many urgent orders - strangely
enough mostly from masculine buy
ers.
Tom might have known her office
would look like that 1t was apple
green enamel with black furniture,
and there were flowers about
flowers at which Tom gazed darkly
because he had a bunch from the
variety of them they were brought
by lot of stupid men who perhaps
came in when they didn't need sta
tfonery any more than they wanted
a glass of warm milk.
Sue was placing her samples OF
letter paper and her big albums of
envelopes before him and he started
a random selection.
I'll have some of that mauve pa-
per, with monograms put on" he
said. MY girls are both in need
of some private stationery. And we
want a dozen typewriter ribbons.
some billheads and a few thousand
envelopes. | don't remember all we
need. but I'll go through the stock
and come along again with the
ORDER
'I'll come along on my next call
ing day-ft will save you troubling
to come here" suggested Sue
sweetly. She had been taking down /
his orders in a most efficient way
with apparently not thought for
the personal side Of the situation. /
mo- wouldn't have you carry
these great albums about like that.
| can come here very easily-no
trouble at ALL"
Il must say, all the men are very
nice to me, but | can assure you
am quite used to it-carrying my
samples, l mean" She smiled more
or less directly at Tom. "You see,
I'm business woman, pure and
simple. and except to do these
things"
you are no doubt pure and bust
nesslike, but you're not simple-not
a bit of it," said the latest of Sues
admirers. And with that sort of
personal note he thought it best to
90 back TO his own office and break
The news about the new stationery
% the girls.
But Mr.. Jacks. we're completely
stocked up-you ordered everything
rom pens TO paper clips last
month";" expostulated Miss Smith.
"Ah, ha." laughed Tom; "but
hat was last month. Anyway. I've
iecided that distinctive stationery
n business is a great asset"
And Tom Jacks, Inc, certainl,
lid blossom forth In some pretty
inc specimens of the stationer's art
md printing. His associates began
o suspect that Tom was acquiring
and hoped for the
,est.
But Tom wasn't acquiring a scrap
more temperament than he had ever
possessed, which wasn't much-but
lie most certainly was bent on