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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1905)
. , . I IMPRfSSING TIlE lA\I1UR \ [ I Bv CLAUA NOA2TbN ( Copyright / IIO ! , IIv 1"lIy BLur ) 1'1111. ( "I < j NOOI vl3 I was Il rattling \ good stenographer. I IUn very stylish , with Il swell 110m. Jlldollr ] , stud tho/'o / wits not Il girl \ In the olllce that cOllld put IIIJ as fllle a display of catchy toggery. 1\ly clothes were simply stunu lug. ( I Illn not IlHhnmed of lilY walk , fund my style Is something everybody / admlt'es. I sup ' pose because everybody appreciates a real lady \ ( when they see OliO. I was the real thlllg In the olllce , and whatever . ever 1 said , went Ills Nibs admired my work / , although ho called mo down sometime ! just , of course , to show who ho WIIS. I have great individuality 'dlvldllnlily In all thlllgs and while ho Intimated many times that my spelling differs front the dictionary IUlll that the plnces I found for com man IlIIII question marIa and capital letters were / decillellly InjudIcIous , I know that ho secretly admIred my jllllgment. I believe heartily In IlIdlvllluallly. I choono my hats to bring out my profile } , and 1 have my skirts ! cut to bring out the lines of my figure. I have a good figure / , and It Is much Ullmll'ell. When I go hy most everybody . hOlly tlll'lln anti looks after IlIO for hlocles. Sometimes , though , I am thought. less 1 suppose , because I have so many thlllgn Oil my mInd. OliO clay when I was called for dictation 1 left my gum Oil a chair instead of putting It. III \\'aHtehalwl. ! . And the hIgh Mogul , like the Stllllill creature ho Is , sat 011 It When ho got up the gum stuck (0 ( his trousers , and the chair stuck to the gum. realizing what coulll ho the mutter , I IUllghed. Along with being stylish , I have a sense of hllmor. Ile Is It puffy man allli not at all considerate for a real lally's I feelings. lie swore at l1Ie. Being a huly , I said nothing In return , because I coullln't think of anything to say. . If I had It to 110 over I would tell him It fow. lIe called 1110 to his office and sent for the cashier IUIII told him to pay 1110 mr weel < 's salary In advanco. lIe was very polllo. lie , was trying , you see , to fix It np for swearing lit me. I took the money Then ho told mo that ho did not need my services and , furthermore , that I need not expect a recommendation from him. lie knew ho couldn't get anything hut those dreadful , frowzy SlOllogl'llllu'I's that persist so In liv' lng , and ho wanted to lllaco mo In frro J ' 1' rlr ( + t _ I I' r . I am very stylish. such a position that I would bo compelled . polled to COl1l0 back and work for him. When ho saId gooll-llro ho fall' Iy smiled in hIs efforts to . make It up with mo. I bowed coldly to him and tucked the money away for the chiffon boa that I hud been planning on. I boarded with Mrs. Milling , who used to be a stenographer herself be- Lore she got married But she lost so much style that J guess she I couldn't get a position , so rite rents out a cOllplo of rooms In hem flat. I had one of th'l1I. She Is It woman without tact. 1\108t women have 11 lit' ! tie tact , hilt 1\lrs. ll11lng has none. s. 0 has a way of hurting her board ors' feelingH. Site asls them for her noney. And , mlllll you , not once or twice ai' three times , hut she keeps on asking until she gets It. Really she Is without shnnw. Although I wore my chiffon boa and 1IIIIIo quite ) a splash , there were , somehow , HO many of those sloppy creatures willing to work for half nothing that there was no place open for a lady. 'Veels passed , and I cOIIIII get nothing to do. Then Mrs Milling got on her car and got so insulting . sultlng that I decided to leave her rather than lose my tempoI' But , mind you , she wOllldn't let mo go unless I left my trunl , and she wouldn't let me slay with my trunk unless ! I paid hel' She threw signifi cant hints nt lite. She had her brazen nerve along with her allrlght , all' I'lghl. She snlll she thought a strong , healthy young lady that could cat the three square mellls she saw me put away coulll certainly help her with the housework and work out what I owed hm' I was UII against a fierce III'OposlLlon. She got out an old cotton . ton wrallller for mo and I was floored. I went Into the lellchen. It was my tragedy. It was dreadful. 1'he only things I can cook are po , tatoes. I flatter myself on having a ce'CWilY ! \ of cooking them. I boll them not until they arc done , hut tui tIl IJCOlllo are really for them. As ICOlllo were ready for them sometimes - times after I put them on the stove or half an hour after they had fallen to pIeces , my career In the ltchen I was really Interesting 1\lrs. Milling flllrly caved around allll what she dill to mo was n'lllenty. It was at this time I became Illter- estod In the janltOl' The janitor was Il1\mal'l'lell and young and as big as a trolley ( ' 01' . I met him in the lanrlllr ' . lIe were lovely ties , anll whGmt : ho was dressed UII and all the street he was a swell piece of furnitul'e. 110 had a dignified , lQr ullslvo way about him I ' and ho was just a dear. I knew from the way that he smashed lids on the garbage cans and shoveled old l'ag-mclI out of the base' mont and yelled at delivery boys and bossed the moving vans at the side entrance that ho was a man very much ahove his joh. lie seemed not only to own the \lerllllg flats hero on earth , but he intended to take them with him when ho died. Bo seemed to have a deeded right to the freight ; elevator and light : shaft. All the folks In the building foil all over themselves ' selves to prove that they not any respected . speclell hIm as friend ! and brother , but rovorell him as hIgh Mogul. The railroad clerk In the top flat was afraid of him and would have named the baby after him if It hadn't been a gIrl. A lady III the second flat named ! her dog after him. So when wo called 13111 , " it was the dog alone that usually responded. At this time I was going with Char- ley Tappcl' , the drug cIerI I never liked Charley. lIe had no money and ho was an all-round fourllusher. But ho put UI such : a swell front that we paired ! off nicely , and I rather enjoyed - joyed being seen with him. But the janitor had him sldnnod to death when It came to looles. I began to think that if the janitor and I could wall around the block together or out to the park in our Sunday togs wo woulll certainly make a hit. No one need know that ho was a janitor. You wOllld never guess it unless you : were told. You would have planked down your dollars lint ho was a trust mil- 1I0naire. He looked just like ono. The only difference was ho dIdn't have the monOj' The servants in the buildings were daffy about him. A big Swede girl made sley.bluo sofa pillows for him. A pUdgy German gIrl waited on him with needle and thread , sewed on his but' tons and hung around hIm like a little - tle poodle. , A small , lI1sQ"llced. Irish girl loaded him with snapshots 1 and tintypes .of herself. Besides , ho had the nrrectlc : ate ! merest of casual . uul washwomen and scrubwomen that Infested the butldlng. Everyone < : seemed to crowbar after him with brazen gall. Among other things , Jw ' was a cold jnnitom' lie had a strong sense of propriety and talked a great deal about the wcathor. lie never let one of them know l where she was at lie had them all guessing. Now I urn clever. 1 have been interested . torested in clothes as far hack liS 1 can remember , and I have good Ideas. - i _ i . t J II , ' - _ I\'n 1 L1i I 'j'ijrgii ' ' _ J ! . . 1 ? rii//Qd. ' I [ ( ! I f W The Janitor. Of course , not all the Lime , hut most generally , I ant awfully clover. I think the only way to win a man's affections is to mal\O hlt.1 walt on you a lot and be sort of girlishly thoughtless about asking him to do so. I did not make sofa pillows for him nor sew on his buttons nor bestow . stow my picture upon him. nut I had a regular method of keeping I him in. torested In me. I wOllld whistle for him through the speaking tube and ask him to cOllie UI ) . When he had climbed three flights of st.lrs to our kitchen : door I wOllld ask him for the correct time. Then I wOlllll set my watch at whatever time he said it was. And when I would tell him that was nil I wanted ho would smile in the queerest way and . anyone could see that he respected mo more and more By the time he reached the basement I would whistle down to find out If the Iceman had rome 'ot. 1'hen In a few minutes I would whistle down again to find out If he . please wouldn.t send up some more steam And after a while I would call him tip again and ask him if he would come tip and turn on one of the radiators. When he was around I would prattle to him. 1 am a good talker , and when I want to I can he very entert.alnlng I told him about my profession , how much of a lady I am and how I have my mother's Ideas and mJ' father's wall" And ho would slllile and be so Intel'ested I have a pleasant sense of humor , and the janItor got so he would joke with me. Tine pastJ'.facel1 Irish girl turned green. My refined ways are the despair of most everybody and I made those kitchen mechanics fairly hum. I was in the laundry one day when the Irish girl came In and disputed impertinently over my right to the clothesline at that particular hour on that particular dar. She stated that I she would take a fall ont of me. I am not a coward , and I stood IlIJ' ground I brnveh' In other words , she dllln't faze me a lilt , and I dared her to come on. She doubled tip her fists and made for me She landed an uppercut . per-cut on my jaw like a man. Most girls maIm for your hair with one hand and for your eyes with the 0th. er , so that I was not prepared for her unladylike attack. But I man' aged to get away without leaving more of myself wIth her than my neck ribbon and a few strands of my hair. The janitor had heard my screams , and ImQwlng my voice , of course , he came to the rescue But the Swede , girl and a scrubwoman butted in. When I started to faint in the jani- . . . . . , - - - . . tor's arms my dress caught on the scrubwoman's bucket and the Swede made a grab for me. But nevertheless I keeled l over against the man's blue' . jean d bosom and tied my breath up In knots and let them have a few gasps Ilt a Ume. . As I said , I am very clever. It took a long tune for me to be reo I stored. In the meantime , they car' Tied mo to the freight elevator In the C back part of the basement and they { laid me In It with a gunnysack under my head. I began to sob. Then they . I pulled the ropes and the elevator went tll Into such a cold draught or air that I began to sob in earneat. My earnest sobs do not sound nearly so pretty as my imItation sobs. I learned how to sob at the theater I learned a great deal about clothes and - . . . . . . - . . - " everything at the theator. When 1 hand out my imitation sobs 1 seem I somehow to he deliverIng the real I goods. uu _ _ _ , _ _ . . J 1 They pulled the rope again , and the " elevator went up and up. It shot - . + . . . I" f " past 1\11'8. MillIng's flat. It shot past 7 all other fiats and I was brought face . , to face with the skylight I was i' alone wIth the gunnysack , and It was 1 cold and dismal and lonesomo. I crIed and sobbed as If my heart would ( break. Back doors opened inquir ( ingly and closed heartlessly. Finally t they Jet It down a few feet. Just as .f s , I was growing hopeful they raIsed II again and left it midway between two fiats. Then they gave it a vi j cious jerk and brought It down IJ few feet more. It was droadful. They . let It down and then jerked it up and . . . . 1 let It down In a zlz-zag fashion. They \ were as deaf as posts to my crios. , s Just about the time the last breath was leaving mJ' body they returned - . mo to the hnsement. I rose and \ stepped from the elevator to wreak " 'jilt. ' vengeance upon my tormentors. The " principal object that I was after was , j of course , the Irish girl. I intended , to wipe the floor up with her. -1 j I found them all in the laundry " with the janItor standing guard. " - . . . 'rhey were all giggling Mrs. 1\111I . ing was there too. 1'0 all appearances site also had been laughing. A lady , . can never trust another of her own sex. She then told me that my ac , count with her was square and that I I could take my trunk whenever J . . ; lII\Od. I left them then and there. It - is best for a true lady to take no notice . , tice of such trash. I dressed up and . . started out with my chiffon boa to get anything I could find I have a ' courageous spirit. A gentleman at once saw , my worth , and I am now head lady in a restaurant I , taurant I have a date tonight with ' Charley 'I'apper. He Is such a manly 'I fellow and has such a quantity or sense. 'We are going to swell out in : .c our glad rags and go to It show. J Mme. Loubet's Simple Nature. The late 1\Imo. Loubet was 90 years - old One of M. 1..0ubel's first thoughts / ' on being named president of France . . . was to send her a photograph enlarged . larged to IIfsslze , In 11 handsome gilt frame , to lie hung up In her parlor- . . I this on learning that the old lady preferred to remain as she had lived , ; ; . . . . " , - . on her farm rather than to come and " r . . share the splendors of the ElYf'ee. Replying - f plying once to a friend who congratu- , hated her on her son's elevation , Mme. 1 Louhot raised her eyes , and , pointing m j to a portrait , remarked : "No' doubt you knew my husband. In my old ago J 1 have the happiness of thinking tha' j . ' ; my son resembles him."l. ) , , The Passing of Italics. . . . . . The great days of italics were In the ' 30s of last century , whQn , the Lon- don Figaro began its ! crItIcIsms of politics , the drama and socIety. Then every other word was itllllcised , and ' " the effect today is as though every . other word were a shrlel Until time 80s women retained the habit of un , 1 derllnlng all but the prepositions and , conjunctions in their letters , and there are still many women journal' , Ists who cannot get along without , . the stimulus of Italics. But in reality - ( a writer needs italics about as often as he needs a. Turkish bath
