The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-29
Double Trouble
sx PriseiIla MeYns :
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they seemed a Jolly. friendly
crew Of young people. Il vas quite
evident 70 Joan that Mary was the
manager from the way she fitted
around giving directions for ar
ranging the stock before she de-
parted on her trip uptown
Seems Bossy
She seemed to Be somewhat
bossy but Joan decided that she
knew her business from the snap
by way she appraised the needed
tasks and gave Instructions.
You'd think" girl called Clare
muttered to Joan. after Mary had
gone, that the rest Of Us didn't
even know where to hang I'D our
hats. she's 90 dictatoriaL The next
time she comes over and shows
me how to handle the cash req
lister when I handled one before
she was born. I'll tell her where
10 head in at"
why. what did she say" Joan
was seeking every bit Of informa-
ton she could get about cash
registers. She realized that she
would soon meet one Of them face
to face for the first time.
Why. you know the depart
ment keys, meat, bakery. produce
and 80 on. I always hit them just
as the goods come without paying
any attention To which comes first.
Well. she said I'd make fewer mis-
takes and could clear fast IL al
ways followed a certain order. As
II she could do any better."
Big Order
We'll. maybe she has something
at that. Let's get a big order to-
gether and you run it both ways
on the register and I'll check you"
Joan saw a good chance To pick I'D
some information.
So the two girls gathered a big
basket of assorted foods and
wheeled them 70 Clare's register.
There they dumped the packages
on the counter and Clare added
the amounts both ways.
Joan learned enough about CD
Grating a machine so that she was
about to turn in a creditable per-
formance later when a few early
buyers 20 m m enced to drift
through.
Acquires Speed
BY the time the afternoon rush
was on Joan had acquired suffi-
cient speed so that the line was
not held up unduly. Any time
she could get away from her post
she spent inspecting the stock and
memorizing price marks.
Closing time found Joan trium-
plant but more tired than any
days golfing or tennis had ever
made her.
Hurry, child" Jerry Radzeli
said that evening when Joan came
up TO the apartment, get your
self dressed while I put the dinner
on the table. I'd like to have you
go down to the theater with me
when I go. Tony telephoned to
say he'd be off earlier this even
ing"
20. k" Joan said, going into
the bathroom.
She lathed her face with hot
water, standing first on one foot
and then on the other. Never In
her life before had she been 50
thoroughly exhausted.
by four o'clock this afternoon.
she thought to herself, 'T wasn't
sure I ever had feet they were 20
dead from standing. This may
not be the bargain I thought it
would be-"
Real Adventure
But she did not even allow her
self thought of closing the bar
gain. The real adventure lay
ahead. Tony, the chap with the
direct, wide-apart gray eyes and
the crisp, blond curly hair got off
early this evening"
Joan's heart was pounding at
the very thought of meeting Tony.
And he had a future in singing.
He had the world by the tail, as
her gay companion Of the morning
had said. Well. they'd see.
Il got the minute steaks YOU
like so well, honey" her mother
called from the other room. Come
now. they're just off the broiler
and exactly right"
Life really began for Joan Rad
zeil some half a dozen hours later
when she turned a dark corridor
In the labyrinth of the theater that
led from one dressing room into
another, and ran headlong into the
very arms of the gray-eyed blond
giant by the name of Tony.
Ito Be Continued)