THE GIRL WHO HAD GOOD MANNERS {@®@ by D. J. Walsh.) HE employees of the Golden Products, Inc, had a new sensa- tion. Fast as gossip run through the different departments of a large corporation, it exceeded the speed limit when little Louisette Bon- heur went to work in the accounting room, “She can't be more than sixteen, 1 thought they never considered anyone under that.” “She must have some pull!” you sce the way rouge. Not even lipstick. longer than my granny's.” “Ah-ha! The little French Wish I knew her.” The last remark of course was mas- culine. Which was part of the reason for the chill in the air when Louisette tried to be friendly with the other girls, For she was iable to a de- gree and longed for a real girl friend, such as these Americans joked about in the daily journals which were her only approaches to the life of the country that had been home so short a time. Though mother was mother, still she was hardly more than a name after so many years in the convent which was to k for her little lady Mme. Bonheur rather than the overdressed but underclothed flapper. And such good fortune had placed in their way this chance of a place with the Golden Products, Ine, It had been pull, in a measure, for a neighbor of ‘the Bonheurs, loving the lopely moth er, and fearing for the experiences the daughter might have in some busi- ness office, had pleaded with the Golden chief to give Louisette employ- ment. So the word had gone from the private office on the top floor of the Golden building, and Louisette began the strange ordeal of earning a livir And mene too soon, for Mamma Bon- heur had used almost the last of her bit of money for that year of extras it the convent, when the mysteries of stenography became one of the little French girl's assets. Bot something learned. That lessness of Ameri A day was a day, began it right. Each morning when she entered the long room where the aceounting force clattered typewriters and adding machines all ddy, she be- gan with Mr. Reuter, at the nearest desk, and all the way down the room wished each one “Good morning!” She meant it, too. No one could doubt it who glanced at the eager little face and sparkling eyes. Too eager and too sparkling, some thought. Miss De Murie said so flatly. “This noon reception she Is “Did dresses? No Aud skirts she girl, |0C eep the desired, had hing Jing not care- life. vas the rus an bu to Louisett« siness , and she Nor she no tea dance Who Wasting Reuter gi of is does anyway? way. Why doesn’t calldown? Let racket . . . Bh'm But no one is, in words. answered her. gravely and absent De Maurie made to glance vp from her busy or not. if they met hall she gave the newcomer those stinging stares that women only can achieve, Louisette one reproved Some of the barely nodded Mixs not even whether in the of desk, Or one to mind, She told mamma that she cried at night because her tooth ached. And the kind neighber who asked how she liked her place was satisfied that she had performed a whole year's Boy Scout deed. “Wonderful! chance women in this country. Mrs. I'm sare if you were back in France Louisette would never get such a place careful there, too, Such a nice class of employees. Must be a real pleasure to go to business, eh?” Lonisettte longed heard the giris In American slang: “Yeah? How do you get that way? Write it on the ice, all the pleasure there is for me at the Golden Prod- ucts, Inc.” jut that wonldn’t do. A business woman, whether seventeen of twenty- sewen, must consider how hard it Is to get another job. And yet, the very next day the lit- tle French girl did that unheard of thing—quit without notice! It happened as most things de, when life seems a bit brig usual, Mr. Reuter actually smiled at her when she began her good mornings. Several of the girls added “Loulsette” to their greetings. And Miss DeMurie had not come, so there was no snub from her for a bit. She made up for it by sailing past the little French girl's desk with her nose in the alr, and a flip of her short skirt to punctu- ate her scorn, No one noticed just then though, for a boy brought a pack- nge to Mr. Reuter. A package from the private office, with a note at- tached which annoyed the managér. “Here, boy, this goes to the ware- house department. They have a re- pair section there, though I'm sure they can do nothing with this. Won- derful piece of work, but made abroad, this mosaic inlay. “Can't you read, boy? This note is to Rempell, in the Thirty-third street building. Wrap this up again, Miss De Maurie, you haven't started sour machine yet.” Miss De Murie was not only wiiling to wrap the little box—a lovely plece of inlaid work, but she passed It around to the girls near her to Inspect, not tried have onheur, So to reply as she that fascinating just thier than while Mr. Reuter answered an Impera- tive ringing of the telephone. It had not reached Louisette, who had left her desk to get a letter from the filing cabinet, when the door suddenly opened and the chief himself, James Golden entered. Discipline was the one thing James Golden insisted upon. Old-fashioned discipline, too. Miss De Murfe snatched the box from Lily Camp and made a hasty retreat toward her own desk. Louisette stood her ground at the filing cabinet. She saw nothing to scurry around about, She looked at her desk, next to Miss De Murie's. It was in perfect order, as always, This stern gray man they all shivered before had, as the American girls said, “Nothing on her.” It seemed, though, that something was on her after all. As it is so often. “All right, Miss Demurie. You have the box wrapped? Here is Mr. Golden, who will take care of it himself.” No, Miss De Murie hadn't the box. She had been letting one of the girls —letting Miss Bonheur—examine jt. Sorry, but Miss Bonheur took it out of her hand. Lily Camp flushed and opened her mouth to say she had had it last when little tornado, Loulsette room to her desk, flung down the letters she had taken from the file, banged open the drawer where her purse was. She would walk out of that room and never enter it again. Oh, the awful, awful liar that girl was. Deny the accusation? But she would not speak to the pig! And then the poor child's hand was stayed. There on top of her purse, lay the mosaic box! It glittered hatefully. The girls near could all see it. Mr. Reuter, walking slowly down the room saw it, too. He could hardly bell Ag could not Louisette. She looked wildly about at the faces, What could she say? needs such proof mere words She put down her hand to take her purse, but drew it back. She could not touch that box, that terrible thing that lay there screaming “thief” at her, So she flung shut the drawer, pushed past the girls, rushed from the room. After she had gone a minute. And then the tones of Jams come to life “(io after her, Reuter, thief. The like a the crossed eve his eyes, grave, cold Innocence as cannot give, staring for curt no one spoke risk, them ail »% Gorden made She's not the next now, in the vou all were gap- : ss De Murie Same girl last year. She were at the Ir ¢ name She siippe {d the hox when Of course, Mi to stay desk, me. expect = at will not on was in some trouble upstairs little Ist »UL kept at looking to see w whirlwind. . . . work when all of you hat I was like, I need myself. Was what 1¢ box doesn’t matter, hearing about girl. We need main office, as business of her a new stenographer { came about. TI “Besides I've this ‘Good morning’ some mas well been t hes in thu 4 as attention to the the You fou with nd her? Miss “Ah, Reut “Just Morning.” Good me, “The old Man” Once Ruled Roost; Now Look at Him and an tribes of man.” What done itive the existence Ww as “the old ruled the What he wanted in later times this sriting and became law, explains laws, days when the suffering from his roost, y and Perhaps some They old man rheumat If may represent was to cross the old man he kept a handy and didn't hesitate to Most of the ords discovered of the people of that day are imperfect. Eventually the old man began to lose his strength and some day when he was dozing a younger man came along and put him out of business and became himself the new “ man.” The “old man” survives today. But how he has changed! Nobody listens to him. Nobody asks his advice, The only stick he wields is a fountain pen which he uses in signing his name slips of paper that oth- ers take to the bank, Where the fam. ily once feared him they now feel sor- ry for him. To his face they may call him “Dad.” but behind his back he is usually “Peor Father™ The “old man” is still interested in customs, but he has lost the knack of making others observe them. There is no longer need to hit him over the head. He helpless without that. Jecanse he imagines that customs are still important, he spends his time wondering what the neighbors will think. But most neighbors nowadays have stopped thinking. And so the “old man” who once wielded the power of life and death has become a sort of beast of bur- den, good for tying up parcels and buying postage stamps and running errands for the household. Is there any truth in evolution? Ask Dad. He knows. If he doesn't, he ought to. anyone dared stick use it. rec- old to the Ix Salt Once a Luxury The importance of salt In earlier times and among primitive peoples is accounted for by two causes, In the first place, the cereal and vegetable diet upon which they largely sub- sisted made salt necessary, and in the second place, the immense difficulties in procuring it made it searce and, therefore, costly and highly esteemed. At one time it was regarded as such a luxury that most governments levied a tax on It, which led unscrupulous dealers to mix It with earth, It was this practice that Inspired the fa- miliar phrase: “The salt hath lost its savor,” Printed Frocks in Favor foi Spring Small Patterns Are Much in “ Vogue; Added Fem- ininity Noted. In the early spring styles the print. frock represents the of chile, says a fashion writer in the New York Times. The printed stuffs of highest artistic merit are used either alone or in combination with plain colors. ed essence materials of many in patterns of al- most unlimited variety and in a wealth In these is seen a tendency toward fine quality and refinement in contrast to the bizarre effects of the last few seasons, The small patterns, in both natural and conventional How er desig much in vogue, al- though large This season ns, are attractive designs are Styles are seen In for Ts | : inciguae for spring in the outfits These costume In printed there are the frocks, ensembles and coats, designed this year with that added “femininity’ heard in fashion the southern type of First new sports suits, vance resorts, every materials, circles. In shown interpretative of early are They tIONSK, of the clothes of motif sports are nany patterns some distinctive, is a group Thest American char: amusing, decorat ight binn- i calor com come some histicates and ofl others shades. A silk nt of pus 3 blue and semi-fitted pri ki long the terial, waistline The 1 \ wii 1 ¥ aer panel, willie pias side form the neck cut In a narrow vest is embroide Made With Jumper | Blouse. A cardigan pittern of front is rest of fa 3 is aeepn of white eof wed 8 mono ense over | on hrown crepe is ger-tip length sible kirt, whis used perpendicular straig horiz il. The IS Worn over nished ed goods Crepe With Conventionalized Printed Pattern, in Chic Day Dress. in this the skirt is made of silk with a large crayon design of green, black The blouse, of plain green of a jabot covering the greater part of the front. A detached sear! with the same crayon print takes the place Among the gporta frocks that come from Paris a few designed for south ern playgrounds are made without sleeves. These have a tailored aspect, though the material is almost invari. ably silk, crepe or one of the synthetic gilklike materials. Jane Regny, an acknowledged authority on this type of dress, has made a clever little cos- tume of ivory silk gahardine, tallored even to a fan-shaped cluster of plaits, starting at one side of the neck and widening toward the bottom of the skirt. A little turn-over collar and fiat plaited girdle are also lusianed of the side. T he print te ms in “this Con tume consist of a Dezuville scarf with on Japanese pattern to as nn pro tection In rest Intervals and a ban dean of the same muterial for the head, . Cape With Daytime Frock. Capes, or small, worn a8 na separate or attached to the dress as a part of its design, are very smart in the new dresses. Dlas or clr- cular flounces, tiers, plaits and shir. rings all Introduced in new and ingenious ways. A costume for example, in with proper accessories of hat, and gloves, a woman would be able for informal daytime of crepe with small leaf- inteq Brerve large wrap are whieh, shoes sulit- any OCC sion, (de biscuit has a flar- girdle Jacket, yellow silk. ihles for of print. cont brown colored ground. wh cane pattern pr on a The skirt ich, In the attached to the Jonquil i of the lutest ensen 1 1 ing flounce flat and smal’ are piped wit! In some daytime, crepe iin m Co kt il gowng, meaning the sort formal many the b made nnd or skirt of dresses that » worn for more afternoon shown Of unre in naterinlg— wnsamasnsnd Sesmmssse Frock of Printed Georgette Combined With Plain, Yellow, Orange Shades. and sliows many effort wide and pris hasizing Another, cided Aare Capes frills odices remair mde with little tr tion being centered wl ve ffeta with Hose restos AB New peri gown in lifted and a little peplo | colored printed taffeta is used for a princess gown with flaring ruffies from belt to hem, and plain draped bodice Hfted Another model is made of green moire trimmed taffeta ruching green printed ta gm front in front, princess rows of of if with many in a lighter shade The more ‘polite, legs strenuous, | forms of winter re reation are pro | vided for with a assortment of | costumes, all of which are shown in | up-to-date and most engaging styles, Sports go seasons as to fashion, as dances for the last few years skiing has been In the lead. Tobog- ganing somehow is never quite out of the picture so long as there is a moun tain or a nearby hill, and for this | amusement all sorts of colorful, snap { py outfits are shown. Two Pariginn houses Ardanse, who fa well known In this country, and Yteh—have done exceedingly clever work this season In winter sports dress, Ardanse is particularly enam- ored of jersey, which she Iz using lavishly in one and two-piece suits, Her patterns are striking in both the model and the treatment of materials and color schemes, She combines black and white in a striking manner in one of her most important costumes, which has the appearance of a two-piece suit, but is really all in one. 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