The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-14

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1--WE read this through a second
~ time. Basement hatsl Well,
they we're starting her at The bot
tom. literally. She had taken 1t for
granted that there would be a new
girl to fill the place made vacant
by her promotion.
A new girl to write relatively I'M
important bits of copy and do the
errands that could not be trusted
to Charles. the Office boy. But there
was no time to waste on injured
feelings. Two messenger boys en-
tered at that moment, both in great
haste.
Anything for the Times?" asked
one of them. Eve went into Barnes
Office 10 see. There was a MANILA
envelope on his desk marked,
"Times-C Classified"
The boy snatched it from her
hand and was off. Eve turned to
the other lad. Anybody here by
the name of Miss Eve Bayless?" he
inquired He carried a box from a
florists shop.
Flowers! Eve wondered If Earle
Barnes could have sent them in
honor Of her promotion. Perhaps
even Mr.. Bixby. There we're six
yellow rosebuds, long-stemmed with
glossy deep green leaves. The card
in the tiny envelope read, Love
from Dick"
Eve brushed one of the fragrant
buds with her lips and with a topaz
bar pin fastened it below the collar
of her frock. The other five buds
she arranged in a pottery vase that
she kept on her desk.
Arlene Smith and Marya Vlad
entered the Office together. Arlene
was modern. inclined to be slangy
She wore the extremes in fashion
and wore them well.
Her dark eyes were shaded by an
intriguing long black fringe and her
soft black hair was kept sleek
through weekly visits to the beauty
shop. Marya was a pretty young
Bohemian girl whose fair hair was
parted above a broad white fore
head and whose gentle dignity gave
evidence of the careful training to
which her old-worid mother held
firmly.
THE girls showered Eve with
l. questions about her trip to
New York and exclaimed raptur-
ously over the gifts she had brought
them-a dram of jasmine perfume
in a crystal bottle for Marya and a
new lipstick for Arlene.
Eve corrected the proofs and sent
them to the buyers of the depart
mentS represented for their APP
proval. Then she went to the base
ment hat shop to discuss tomor-
rows sale. She jotted down de-
scriptions and prices and selected
several hats for sketching. Please
send these up at once" she said
Miss Vlad wants them right away.
I'm sorry but haven't any one
to send now Janet McElroy replied
crisply. "All the girls on the floor
are busy and there isn't an errand
boy in sight. I'd bring them up
myself but I have to 60 to the re-
ceiving room TO look ever a new
shipment that just came in"
Eve stacked the hats into an I'M
wieldy pyramid and carried them to
the Office herself via the freight ele-
vator. She regarded this task as be-
meath the dignity of her position
and did not wish to be seen by any
one she knew.
The buyers. she suspected, did not
feel about this as she did. One of
them was likely to appear in the adj
vertising Office at any time with a
great armful of new merchandise
Even Mr.. Bixby could be seen at
times balancing stack of band
boxes or carrying an evening gown
over his arm. Mr.. Bixby believed
firmly in the dignity of any useful,
honest labor. At staff meetings he
frequently enlarged on that theme.
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1--WE entered the Office and
l. dropped the hats on a table
near Marya'S drawing board. A girl
she had never seen was sitting at
her deSk-the desk that had been
Alice Marshalls. A small. blond
girl with round. blue eyes.
This is Miss Allen. Miss Bay
less" Marya said. She's going to
have your old place"
Eve smiled and offered her hand.
How do you do. Miss Allen.
hope you will like it here as much
as the rest of us do"
Languidly. the young woman
withdrew limp hand from Ewes
friendly clasp. "Oh. I know I'm
going 10 adore it here" she drawled,
taking Ewes measure with a hos
tility that she scarcely took the
trouble to veil.
Eve brought a layout sheet, a
ruler. sharpened pencil and a piece