The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23

HAsANA 1879 49,
Philv. they ought 10 eat IL up III
wants me to be his secretary Gee.
Molly. What a chance
Molly was cagy
1t sounds ike fun she said
But Il I set the town from what
you've told me I don't think itll
work. The New Workers grand
because It's edited by a lot Of boys
who are both smart and ambitious.
You haven't rot en- Ike that here
II they're really poppy they clear
out And the New Workers cot =
readymade public Of all kinds Of
people Who have an awful ven -
be In the Know 1t kind ~
inferiority But I don't believe
Philadelphia gives > damn about
being In the Know L prefers not
10 he or u thinks its there a.
ready Why does your friend want
10 give II the needle. II I were
you Id lei Philly be like old Patty
shells. Leave II wag its tail on
the porch
shrewd gal. Molly. The last
thing she said when I saw her off
on the train WIS II I land = job
in Chicago you better come out
there and see what's doing
Wyn called up the first Of Sep
TENDER. I remember the date. IL
was Sunday. and Pop was srumb-
ling because he couldn't get
oysters TIL next dav Wyn had
taken floor in a little old house
on SAMSON street for an office
and bought furniture. and We
were 10 move in next day
was up most Of the night going
over my wardrobe My God. Wyn
never guessed how worried about
my clothes To work IN an office
with Wyn STAFFORD and help get
out a smart magazine. that means
some female overhead. Do laugh
on the wrong side when read
pieces in the papers about the
Working Girls Budget and how II
she lives home she should get
along on sl.o72.o 6 a year or some
thing like that.
Id like TO see some EMPLOYERS
60 blind before they read those
stories. I was practically million
aire because Wyn put me down for
$50 salary which was lot more
than l rated right out Of business
school, but even 50 and with all
the meals ne blew me had 10
skirmish 10 look the way the office
OF Philly needed me 10 look.
] was on the l. before s a. m
that Monday. All the way down
town ! could see the fresh painted
r signs in oyster saloons. Wyn
was on SAMSON Street already and
the furniture being put in. felt
very bashful because ! didn't know
Just what line 10 take. probably
Wyn had forgotten all about me.
While the men were busy heaving
big desk upstairs he suddenly
took me behind the door and kissed
me.
Today vel start opening our
oyster he said Il hope 1t won't
give rs ptomsine
Maybe well find pearl in II. E."
I've found one already"
After that everything was all
right The rooms were filthy 4
was sorry I'd worn a new dress
but II was worth IL for that first
look Nyn gave me. hurried over
10 Gimble's and bought a house
wife apron and some buster. and
took the broom away from WIN I
and got busy. No woman can re-
slst that combination Of office
work and housekeeping. It's abou,
the best feeling there IL. You
Know you're doing things men do. |
Just as well as they can, at the |
same time you're doing Wom.ns
KIND Of things that men are 40
lousy al. In between sweeping and |
settling filing cases Wyn would |
get an idea and say Take Letter
Down Al the bank they didn't even
trust him TO dictate 80 he was
crazy about seeing his own words
20 down IN 4 notebook. He'd bend
over and watch me 50 close Will.
ne vas talking that Id get
ratified
We certainly worked It's CONT !
cal 70 think back about Il. Those
three rooms we're msdhous.
ihey were Up one fight snd Ne
mad 70 Use the landing asa recsp-
-on Hyn's father said ned rlsk
zen grand up 70 the time ne could
Het out first issue i didn't take
ohg for ne news u get round thst
SAMSON street vas the place for
ianaout. All the broke czrtoonist.
ahd newspaper paragraph.rs in
hiiiy were round there bv IN.
-hird day. With Wyns pas IN and
ut the place sounded Ike an item
2 the Lsdgers social Columns
AIRY BerWyn and Bill Cynuvo
we're out IN the front office tr,1ng
o slave off buns and tinewast.rs
md Hy-n was fighting with print
'rs and paper merchants Ia the
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