Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1915 — Presence of Mind. [ARTICLE]

Presence of Mind.

“What you learn at the school?” the boss asked the fair young applicant for the stenographer’s job: “I learned,” she replied, “that pelling is essential to a stenographer.” The boss chuckled. “Good. Now let me hear you spell essential.” The fair girl hesitated for the fraction of a second. “There are three ways," she replied. "Which do you prefer?” And she got the job.