Eve Goes into the City and Relieves a Man for Active Service.

Eve, patriotically wishful to release an able-bodied Adam for active service, applies for and obtains a situation as clerk in the office of a susceptible merchant—

—who in due course introduces her to his staff, who are no less pleasantly affected by our charming little friend than their stern and businesslike employer

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The constant flow of Eve’s khaki-clad friends, perennially anxious as to her progress, causes the first rift in the lute between her employer and herself—

—which is distinctly widened by the monopoly she gradually obtains over the telephone for social purposes

Finally, every clerk being prostrate with heart weakness, and the clerical work in the office at a standstill, Eve’s business career is cut short by her unappreciative master. By a careless swing of the purse Eve is endeavouring to show you her extreme nonchalance in a difficult situation

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