Judge — November 3, 1917 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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A FRIEND TO HER “y . that is true, and the more you do for them the less appreciative they are.” said Mrs. Terwillinger as she stood before the telephone with a worried expression of counte- nance I believe you are right about that,” came into the ear of Mrs, Terwillinger. “Lthink so. Now you take the one that has just gone from me—Ann her name was, and she was the fourth one I have had in as many months. One or two of the others | wouldn't have kept if they had wanted to stay, but TE liked this Ann and hoped she would stay, but away she went at a moment's notice.” “Thave had them do that.” “And if ever LT tried to be a friend to a servant girl [tried to be one to her. LE wanted her to see that 1 took an interest in her, but what good did itdo? [advised her all [could about her affairs and told her how a girl in her station in life should dress, and TE even went to the trouble of making a little schedule of what a girl getting seven dollars a week should spend and how much she should put in the bank and all that And [talked to her about the young man who kept coming to sce her two or three nights a week, for [didn’t like his looks very much. [tried to make her sce that it’ was a waste of money for them to go to the movies three nights a week even if they did pay but fifteen cents for their Yes, and [ tried to make her see that a girl inher position ought not to pay nine dollars for a hat and two dollars for a pair of gloves, and [told her that, working as hard as she did. she ought to be in bed by nine o'clock. Yes, and 1 seats Football coach—What a team! Every good man at the front! War is Hell! Pricate Quack:—That’s the trouble with these wrist watches! A fellow has to keep climbing out on the bank to see what time it is! told her that she ought to bathe at least three times a week and LT have gone into her room myself after she had gone to bed and scen to it that she had her window raised so that she could have the fresh air she ought to have had in her room, and, she didn’t appreciate a thing I did for her, Isn't it: discour- aging?” “dsn’t iv?" “Ttried to be a friend to her in every way T could and what good did it do? 1 even tricd to make her see that her shoes were not suitable for one in her position and that for the money she could get shoes that would last: twice as long, told her how unladylike it was to chew gum, and every id her 1 gave her advice in regard to her money and Leven ‘ed to put two dollars a week of her wages into the savings bank for her. I did try to be a friend to her and at the very minute I was talking to her about how vulgar it was to wear so much cheap lace and jewelry she said she was going,to leave! That’s what you get when you try to befriend them. Well, I have the satisfaction of knowing that I tricd to be a friend to her, but, as IT say, what good did it do?” Morris Wade. Nothing to Burn German officer (relating war ex- periences)—On this night that I speak of it was so dark that we couldn't sce a thing. Friend—Couldn’t you get some- thing to start a fire with? German officer—N 0 5 wasn’t a cathedral there within ten miles. just the proper w hen whisper, most politely— “ Répondez s'il vous plat! comicbooks.com