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Eight THE MILL WHISTLE November22^,i?i^ RIGHT OFF THE FLOOR OTWS OF OUR NEW YORK OFFICES By A. S. Kramer Karastan; 295 Fifth Avenue Domestics; 82 Worth Street The Inside Story of “Late Box Kitty” Oh, Sahib, this is a tale of skuldug gery at Karastan as detected and ex posed by your faithfull reporter. Time: Any week day morning hard on nine A. M.—either a little to the left or a little to the right. Scene; The immediate environs of 295 Fif.h Avenue. Characters: The unholy Eleven—bet ter known as “Raventos’ Rascalo . As the curtain rises the Rascals are sU-eaking for the hideout like a P-47 after a Mitsubishi. Kair and hats flying, breathless and wild-eyed they bounce into- ■ the elevators and out, ripping through the great doorwayj, down the showroom and into the inner sanctum where they pear franlically at the elec tric clock. Seme few arrive scant seconds beiore nine. They grin, relax and thumb their ncce3* at an omnious black box with a ccin-slot in it. Seine aie cut down in stride by the blco y E.LJ-u that passes nine ere tney enter. Tne latecomers (even it by only a split second) are greeted with loud hoots and catcalls. Already cn their desks as they approach is the yawning box. Glumly they deposit the fines, an elaborately graded system ot extortion. Five cents (for arrivmg from nine to quarter after); ten cents (nine-fifteen to half past); twenty-five cents thereafter. This system, worked out by the Ras cals themselves, pays for all their parties. Punctuality (say they) has been improved. Says we, so have e parties! Toughest assignment m the set-up falls to Kara-girl Imbro, whose job it is to keep latecomer Ah Ben Raventos from sneaking into his office unnoticed through the little secret back doer. * Only figuratively of course. This thing must pass the censor- Happy Birthday to Mary Klimen. Miss Klimen was tendered a fiesta by the “Rascals” at the Karastan office on November twelfth, in celebration of her (censored) birthday. The proceed ings were liquified with beer rather than that stuff the very mention of whicli makes North Carolinians lick their arid chops. So Long, Mary, We’ll Miss You. Blond Bombshell and ex-WAAC, Mary Boyce, left the switchboard at 82 Worth street on November 15 to take up new v,’ork in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Probablp Outcome; Appreciable lack of local interest in “Topic A” plus a slowly heahng friendship between “WIG” and Bill Hoch. In New Mexico; An appreciable sprucing up on the part of the natives, plus an immediate re vitalizing of “Topic A’’. Welcome Ann. Mary’s duties here have been taken over by Miss Ann Ammond, who in herits also all our best wishes. Our Second Grandfather! Running a close second to Bill Pierce in the Worth Street Grandfather’s Derby, Law=on Ivis entered the run- r.ing on October 29th. with a sprightly granddaughter. Young father, Lawson, Jr., mother and newcomer, Judy Eliz abeth Ivie—who weighed in at eight pounds in Mooresvilie, North Carolina —are all well and happy. Dtesn’t That Stork Go Anywhere Else? Yep, it happened to Worth Street again! Over at the Marguerite Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City (adjacent to the United States) eight pound young stranger, John Barrett Hailey, came into the world on Novem ber 5. His mother. Nee Virginia Tay lor, premises to be back in Hoch's harness just as soon as she can. She, young John and daddy are all fine. Visitor at Miss Greene’s. Miss Eleanor’s sister, Mrs. James Barrow, is staying with her in New York. Guess Who? A certain recent native of New York, gx of walked into a wholesale shoe salesroom, believing that it was a shoe repair shop. A perfectly natural mistake too, what with the patched and decrepit merchandise they display in the windows these days. The young lady’s face was almost as red as her . But that would be telling! V . . . — New Bus Schedule (Continued From Page One) vertisement; A bus will leave Draper at 6;25 every morning for the convenience of these who work in the mills in Leaksville and Spray. Beginning Monday, November 15th, a bus will leave Draper at 2;25 every afternoon for the convenience of peo ple who work in Leaksville and Spray mills. A bus will leave the Bedspread Mill, Leaksville, at 11:30 p. m. and will go as far as Draper. V . . . — REAL BOOSTER “And you mean to tell me that in your section of California you have 365 days of sunshine a year?” “Exactly, sir, and that is a mighty conservative estimate, too.” If you know Ray Warner—and few of us do not—you need only one guess to know who these fine young fellows call Daddy. They are Richard and Ralph, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ray V/ar- ner. Ray, as you know, is our corres pondent at the Rayon Mill and he’s mighty proud of his boys. And say, Ray, does the letter “R” have any special significance to you? Ray, R ch ard, Ralph—all R’s. Buy, Sell, Swap FOR SALE—One Model A in A-1 con dition. ■ See Robert Wilmoth, Over look Ave., Leaksville, or Karastan Finishing Dept. WANTED—One wood saw. Will pay cash. See Troy Priddy, Karas'.an Weave Room. WANTER TO TRADE pre-war baby stroller used only four weeks for pre-war baby carriage. See Mrs. Dewey Burroughs at 13 Walnut St. FOR SALE—One 5-burner black and white oil stove in good condition. See Iris Nichols, home in front of now Woolen Mill. WANTED—Air rifle of any make. Just so it is in good condition. See Wood row Bailey, Draper. FOR SALE—One 1936 model Pontiac coach. In good condition and priced right. See J. M. Jeffries. FOR SALE—Boy’s bicycle in good con dition. Call 558-M, or write Box 24, Draper, or see Hazel Powell, Wool Card Room. LOST—Pockebook containing gas ra tion bocks A and B, and other papers of value. $2 reward for return to William Joyce, Bedspread Mill.
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