Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 87

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C.—GRAVURE SECTION—AUGUST 8 THE OFFICE BOY By W. E. Hill This boy is very competent. Everybody in the office likes him. In short, he does his job so well there seems to be no chance for promotion. This is a great trial to the family, who are very ambitious for him and keep urging: “Gor- don, why don’t you get Mr. Seltz to give you something better?” And Mr. Seltz stalls and tells Gordon he's too| young. | Meet the boss' son, who works as office boy during the holidays and hates 1t. Plenty of social life on the side, however. (Debu- tantes call up and leave word he must come right out for tennis and a swim., None too popular with the office force who complain that he thinks he owns the ~ A CHAMP RIDES THE FOAM. It's a trick to ride two water / 1 “Swellwor] s‘;:s behind a speedboat. One is enough for Miss Annette Webster 1 2 Swell work ! Lester, of Brigantine Beach, N. J., top-ranking aquaplane performer, who - o LR : the silk concern puts the finishing touch on this stunt by gracefully changing from =i / Eddle_s VO-IC.C.-IS 'ghal-lgmg. office factotum one ski to the other. Wide World . _Spmetlmes it's high sopra- pitches on the office no and then again it’s low bass. And when the ot fi e e girl operatolj went on vacanon.and hg too_k e aceball | over the switchboard for the time being, it Onlthe [day tollow. was annoying to hear some one on the other s B\ et o e s end say, “Yes, ma'am,” or, “No, ma'am.” ol — Milton is a dreamer by nature and loves to sit and think of Ginger Rog- ers or Myrna Loy Naturally he gets pretty bored with office routine, such as getting out office bulletins on the copying machine. Then there's the mail to be got out, and some one is| always wanting him to go uptown, or These two boys are very im- downtown, or crosstown on an errand. pressionable and develop a ~ terrific love interest when- ever a new blonde is hired. It takes about two weeks be- fore the interest dies down, and there is much rivalry as to who shall bring her in a ( 7 nut bar or a chocolate Al hard, tough!guyis — < s B milk shake at noon- Oscar. Reads all the \ e, sport pages and claims to be a great boxing authority. T o - g quposed to be a devil Mis: \:Is Elenrx of that quality for with the women out- ? ey e'hsfer in the faultless style - Sld.e the office, but t}}e - Charles, 9 the aquaplane performers office girls doubt it. : Wide World. Seldom around when Freddy is very ambi- wanted, but can usu- \ tious. His co-workers | ally be found across hate to interrupt him ¢ the street getting an when he is studying the Pitman or Gregg systems, but they have to now and then. the realtor’s office boy, smoking the old pipe out in the men’s washroom. Just had to get away from the office routine for awhile. AT THIRTY MILES AN HOUR. Balacing on the speeding board in a backbend is a trick few men can do CRACKING THE WHIP AT TOP SPEED. Taking a broadside bend at nearly a mile-a-minute pace, Miss in the faultless style of Miss Webster. Wide World. Webster holds her own with Herbert Welsh (left) and Fred Powell, two of the country’s best male performers X on the foaming board. c Wide World