Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1914 — CLERK DESERVED THE ROSE [ARTICLE]

CLERK DESERVED THE ROSE

His Process of Clever Reasoning Was Certainly Well Worth the Decoration. 0 When a telegram arrived at the Waldorf addressed to Mrs. S. Harkins Edward Glasheen, the information clerk looked through his big book and found no person by the name of Harkins was stopping In the hotel. It is a part of bis duties, according to the New York Times, to deliver telegrams that at first look undeliverable, and as ne studied the address on the telegram, knowing something about the Morse alphabet, he Remembered that ”h’ is four dots and a “p” is five, thereupon he looked into his big bqpk again afid .found that Mrs. S Parlfihs was stopping in the hotel. When Mrs. Perkins came to' the desk he handed her the telegram and asked if it was for her. She handed it back. “I am sure it is not for me," she said. ? “Would you mind opening and making sure?” asked Glasheen. Mrs. Parkins tore open the envelope and glanced at the slgntaure. “Why, it is for me!” she exclaimed. Then Glasheen picked up the ro&e somebody had just presented to John Woelfle, his assistant, and stuck it in his buttonhole.