The Washington times., 1938-10-11

girl with black hair, SOU Dro"n
eyes and luscious mouth. Her
voice was low and harsh. She
moved with a grace that you
expect-and do not often find
in a magazine cover model
She had a quick, keen mind and
| it had been trained by two years
| in one of the city's best secreta'
rial schools and a bewildertng sue
cession of jobs that followed one
another in the two years after Sne
was graduated.
The Jobs were so frequent be.
cause her various bosses nelleVeo
what they saw. They saw q pretty
girl with a lot of sex appeal SIT
ting near them taking their dlcta'
ton.
The sight gave them ideas. They
acted upon them-and Jean mao
resigned from another good job
She came to recognize the preg
nant pause that Immediately pre-
ceded one of those passes"
It might come in the middle OF a
sentence. as you said in your
letter of the 21st instant. We are
shipping the piping today"
The long. significant pause. Jean
bending forward, her eyes on her
notebook. "Oh, for the love OF
MikeI Here goes another good
job" Her eyes would come up
slowly and reluctantly to the au'
thor of the pause.
THAT CERTAIN FEELING
She would see again the awful
sight of a man in the throes OF
that feeling which makes the
world go round. Big-eyed, dry.
| Tipped, trying to smile carelessly
and not doing very well. Perspira.
ton breaking out at the temples.
Miss Maccum, has anybody ever
told you that you are a mighty
pretty girl?" Tongue darting out
quickly to moisten the lips. "A girl
like you shouldn't be wasting her
time in a Stuffy office"
What followed this speech which
at least 10 men used almost word
for word, the next move varied,
1t might be a tentative laying on
of hands, a gesture in which
fingers touched her forearm or
dropped tentatively on her knee,
or sudden and direct attack. The
results were always the same.
I'D like to have that part Of
my salary which is coming to me,
Mr.. Blank"
But, my dear child!" Plenty
Of outraged uignity. II don't quite
understand. YoE mean you're leav
ing? Ridiculous! I'm sorry I for.
got myself for q moment.
You'll at least stay until I can
find another secretary. All right
Two more days Please go on with
the .dictatior, Where was I? we
are shipping the piping today and
it should reach you by Thurs
day.
At first, after she became en-
gagged to Tom Glennon, she used
to tell him Of these little expert.
ences because by then they were
funny. She had a real job now
with John Stere, a sensible 30
year-old man who was preSi-
dent of Shore Transportation
Company, gigantic trucking con,
Germ, and the passes" made at
her were merely ridiculous Incl
dents. But she stopped telling 6
them when she saw their effect
on Tom.
LATEST BOSS DECENT
"Ysh2 Well, how does this guy,
Stere act?" Iom would ask.
"He just doesn't appreciate me-
Jean would tell him. "I might be
a typewriter with brains or an
adding machine. Don't be silly.
Tom. Mr.. Stere is happily married
and he is vely much in love with
his wife"
Maybe" Tom would say Stiffly
81 was under the impression thai
he was one of those things wa.
taught to believe really existed, 6
decent man But now that you've
informed me that all men arr
alike, I'll keep my eyes open."
One word borrowing another. A
quarrel. So Jean gave up telling
Tom about sex in business, al
though secretly she often won
dered what it was in men that
made them believe any girl would
yield to any attack upon her made
by any man from eighteen tc
fifty. The conceit of the sex was
almost unbelievable.
Jean was telling the truth about
John Stere. He really didn't know
anything about Jean Maccum ex
cept that she was the best damn
secretary he had ever had.
You told her Something onct
and were through with the sub
ject for good. She always remem
bered and she often improved or
your thought. He was always
thankful that she was arounc
whenever he got sore at some o.
the company's clients.
When he did, he would caI1 he
into his office and dictate a bills
tering letter. It would be so no
it would burn Jeans fingers II
write it down. Jean would take i