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“And by the way, Miss Brooke. 1
have observed a large aquarium in
the conservatory, in wnicn are a
number of goldfish. While these fi.sn
are also nonproduers and are of a
quie useless type, not being eu.ble,
what I chiefly criticize is me
that there is a steady r.ow in .... .. ,
through this taiiK n.gnt and nay.
“At an estimate of half a gallon i
per minute, this tank is consuming i
seven hundred and twenty gallons of I
water per day. Do you know that
this house pays for water according !
to the measurement of a meter.' |
That tank alone is consuming over |
two hundred and sixty thousand gal- ;
lons of water per year! It cannot be
permitted.”
“Indeed? And do you know what
my father will do if you attempt to i
get rid of it?”
Hedge shook his head indifferent
ly.
“He will probably kill you,” said
Constance calmly. “Those fire his
goldfish. They are his hobby. He
breeds them; he has developed sev
eral types. Why he has been offer
ed as high as a hundred dollars for a
single specimen!”
“He took it, of course.”
“Most certainly not. But he has
presented several specimens to the I
public aquarium and to scientific so
cities,”
“1 am glad you mentioned the
matter,” said Hedge, making a mem
orandum. “I shall at least feel justi
fied in disposing of a sufficient quan
tity to defray the cost of water and
food.”
“You try it!” said Constance sig-
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PROMOTION
CHICAGO. Sept. 2».—After a
ea 1 1 ful survev of the entire !abor
situation extending from office boy
to nresident, indications are that
portions showing increases in
ar’ s require experienced help.
consulting the president of one
of our largest industries, the writ
er inquired regarding the rapid
success of a certain young man who
had become general manager, and
who a few years ago was but office
b..v; his answer was, Brown start
ed at office boy, the lowest salaried
portion in our office, he was ain
l.tious and managed to purchase a
typewriter on small monthly pay
net ts and after tnrpe weeks of
practice at home he was promoted
to bill clerk, which position gave
h m knowledge of the selling price
of all merchandise. His next ad
vance was that of typist, which
taught him the numerous forms of
h tier-writing and enabled him to
bold a stenographic position, giv
ing him complete knowledge of let
ter-writing. He was then made sec
retary, bringing him into contact
wrth all business details and quali
ty d him for the general manager’s
office at ten thousand per year.
The same opportunity awaits ev
ery young man and woman. Educa
tion or age have nothing to do with
operating so simple a machine as
tin type writer. We are informed
tnat a great piece of benevolent
work is being carried on by a large
Chicago mail order house in fur
nishing typewriters to people w’or
thy of credit, by selling on small
monthly installments, so low as to
average about eight cents per daj
and actually teaching theL- custom
ers how to use and operate any tpe
writer in about three weeks’ time
You can get other information bj
writing the International Type
writer Exchange, 184 W. Lake St.,
Chicago, Illinois.—(adv.)
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“I’ll punch no clock I”
liticantly as she turned her back up
on him and waliced away with
Demosthenes.
Fifteen minutes later, behind the
locked door of her den, Constance
and Demosthenes were engaged in a
most curious rehearsal. At a given
signal Demosthenes, with ever in
creasing readiness would howl plain
tively, ne on one side, roll over on
ais back, indulge in a brief simula
tion of agony, and then become per
fectly still, counterfeiting excellent
ly a dead dog. The signal was a
.void "Hedge,” hissed sibilantly.
Yet Constance realized that the
rescue of Demosthenes and the gal
lant stand in behalf of her father's
goldfish were but a poor offset to
the assaults of 11. Hedge against
Household happiness. She unburden
ed her soul to Matilda.
“The wretch!” she cried. “He says
Demosthenes is not efficient. All he
talks is efficiency—or what he says
is efficiency! Think of it, Matilda!
he says he eliminated twenty-six
notions in laying a brick-pavement,’
“It’s improper,” said Matilda.
"And he says he showed a depart
nent-store how to save eighteen min
utes in delivering each parcel.”
“The—the rascal!”
“And he showed them how ‘to
serve coffee and cakes in some res
taurant sc that they saved nearly a
cent a cup.”
“It’s sinful.”
“And something about- carpet
acks—oh, dear I forget exactly
what. Something about saving thirty
fave and a fifth seconds in making
each tack.”
Matilda stiffened and became
rigid.
I “It’s immoral,” she affirmed
earnestly.
“And he says we do not co-oper
ate !”
“God forbid!” said Matilda.
"He—Oh, of! I can’t bear it!”
“What has h e done, deary?”
“He has stopped our charge ac
counts!”
, Matilda gasped. She did not fully
realize the enormity of the offense,
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I but it was something abhorrent to |
her mistress, and that was enough.
| “We can't charge anything any i
i more,” wailed Constance, “unless we
I go to him first and tell him what we I
| want, and have him make out a re- ;
I quisition. And if it costs very much ■
Iwe can’t have it a‘< all.”
“We shall perish,” said Matilda!
gloomily.
“He has been telephoning to all ■
the stores, telling them they won’t
be paid unless we fill out regular
forms. He calls it standardization.”
Down in the library, however,
Hedge was peacefully oblivious to
the commotffm in Constance’s bou
doir. He was studying a photograph.
, He had found the picture in a drawer
of the big mahogany desk. The
serene, gray eyes of Constance look
ed out from it. Under it was writtep:
My little girl.
The efficiency man recognized the
bold handwritting of John W. Bro
oke. He studied the photograph for
some minutes, and finally slipped it
into his pocket.
“A rather good sentiment, succint
ly expressed,” he observed.
i But there are sentiment—-and sen
! timents.
H. Hedge came upon another one.
In a moment of inspiration that
morning, under the burden o.f a
thought that the Brooke children ’
failed to co-onerate in the scientific j
management ./ the domicile, he I
wrote on a sheet of paper:
A house divided against itself
shall surely fall. >
He had pinned the sheet of paper I
ligainst the wall, being eminently !
placed with the quotation. .
When he next looked at it another
line had been added, in a hand that 1
Was unfamiliar to him, yet distinctly
masculine The Inie read:
A house subtracted from its bank
roll has already fallen.
fie folded the sheet of paper and
placed it in his pocket, next to the
photograph.
Bill is trying to slip me a sar
castic remark,” he mused. “But I
I like the old man’s stuff better.”
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It was early morning in the living
room allotted to the servants of the
Brooke household. But the efficiency
man was there He was always early
He was viewing with all the fervor of
a crusader a strange engine that had
been affixed to the wall.
As he stood worshiping it Mary,
I the cook, and Elviar, her assistant’
, entered, on their way to the kitchen.
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Attention Farmers
Sowing Grain
The season is now favorable for the thor
ough preparation of land for grains. Plow and
harrow carefully, and then drill in the seed.
<J| The recent drouth has caused a shortage of
feed in this section, and the farmers should
realize the importance of planting more grain
than usual. There is no better time to insure a
crop than to plant now.
May we offer this suggestion?—Fertilize
your oats when you plant them, use two bush
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iOf Mary it is useful to know that
: she had been employed in the Brooke
I family for eighteen years. She was a
short sturdy spinster, bellicose on oc
’ casion. Elvira, being youthful, was
| less colorful.
, “Ah,” said H. Hedge. “I was wait-
i ing for you observe this each morn
|mg you will insert a key in this
I clock—so. It registers the tim e at
; which you assume your duties. Each
evening, when you hav# ceased work,
you will duplicate the operation.”
“Fur the love av—”
“No,” interrupted Hedge, “for the
purpose of recording the exact num
ber of hours'-and minutes you have
worked during the day. lu this way,
after possibly a week, I shall be able
to determine accurately just how
many hours are necessary in the per
formance of your duties. I shall then
fix a stated schedule of hours to
which you will closely adhere.”
Mary studied the clock with close
attention, and then made an equally
careful scrutiny of the efficiency
man.
“I’ll punch no clock,” she said.
“But I thin’k you will.”
“I‘m thinking’ ye’re wrong young
man,” she answered dispassionately.
‘Eighteen years I’ve worked for
Misther Brooke, and for the missus
before she died, God rest her 1
punched no clock for the missus and
I’ll punch none for yez I’ve no time
for foolishness or palaverin’. Why
should I be standing’ here ivery
marnning’, wastin’ me time on a
crazy clock, w'hen there’s wurrk
waitin' me in the kitchen?”
“It may very easily result in re
ducing your hours of work,” observ
ed Hedge.
“Am 1 complainin’ about me
hours? Whose business are me hours
excipt me own? Is anybody kept
waitin’ for breakfast?”
“That’s not the point? What I am
trying to get at—”
“Don’t thry,” interrupted Mary.
“’Tis useless. I’m a settled woman,
respectable an’ sober. Are ye taking’
me fur wan of thim foolish facthry
gurrls, with ivery spare penny goin’
on their backs, that I’d be punchin’
a clock inarmin', noon an’ night?
An’ you, Elviar —” Mary turned
upon her assistant with a baleful
look. "I'll have none av this nosense
from ye, ayther. There’ll be no clock
punchin’ for you nor me.”
Elvira was silent, but apprehen
sive.
“There are the keys,” said the if
ficiency man. laying them on the ta-
ble. “It’s punch the clock or no pay.”
“No pay!” echoed Mary, her voice
rising. “Listen, m e little man: I’m
paid be the month, on the first. I'll
be paid on the firrst av nixe month,
if God spares me. Mr. .Brooke
niver—”
“As Mr. Brooke is away,” broke
lin Hedge," and as I am the only per
son in this house authorized to pay
bills or wages—jn fact, the only per
son able to—you will see the neces
sity of obeying my orders. 1 have full
authority to pay, hire and fire.”
“Fire, is it?” Mary her chin
thrust forth. “You’ll be firn’ me,
thin? Fire away, for all the good
ye’ll git av it! There’s no man livin'
excipt Misther Brooke can fire me.
Mind thot, now!”
“If you mean that you cannot be
ejected from the house,” remarked
the efficiency man evenly, “You are
quite mistaken. I should regret the
necessity, of course. But I shall
insist on observance of rules.”
(To Be Continued)
GIBRALTAR PROHIBITS
ALIEN BABY BIRTH
GILBRALTAR, Nov. 7.—No babv
ol alient parentage maye be born on
the rock of Gibraltar, a state of one
and seven-eighths square miles that
has no public debt, no land capable
of cultivation, no railway and no
trams. When a birth is to take place
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