—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
Eve has
Trouble with
her Bills—but
Triumphs.
Eve has spent many sleepless nights brooding over her accumulated bills. You see, at the beginning of war time you will remember she developed—with ease and rapidity—an activity of shopping under the discredited banner of “Business as Usual”
The chill ferocity with which Adam received her “little” accounts has filled her with fear and trepidation. Her very independence was threatened—
—when an idea struck her— —and every morning she did her exercises with a fervid gusto—