Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-07-21
THE GAZETTE.
CEDAR FALLS. JULY al, 1871.


| Hunting . Servant. y q
My wife is a delicate little woman
She was esteemed . great beauty
when / married her. Her mother
told me IL I would preserve the rose.
on her cheeks, I must be very tender
of herAnd shield her from too much
care For that reason I havs always
advocated the dismissal OF servants
yho were not absolutely perfect. -
Zone morRing last week Jane omitted
70 put the large spoons on the table,
and the cruets were empty. I took
the matter In hand, as a good, kind
considerate. thoughtful husband
should, and spoke sharply to the girl.
She undertook to answer me back
and 1 sent her straight out or the
house. 9trt
"That is the way to do it,, / said.
"If one girl doesn't suit. try an.
other" ..... .ass3 .,fFa
rBut, my dear. Jane was a good
servant In most respects" #Af I
"That is what you say OF them all.
tell you, and have told you repeat,
edly, that 1t is just as easy to get
those who are right altogether. You
are too gentle mistress, and your
servants impose upon you. II I had
charge Of the house, they would
have to toe the mark. I am tired OF
seeing you overshadowed with house
hold affairs. Even now the wrinkles
are settling on your forehead, as II
you were forty.five instead of TWEEN
ty-seven. .ss r. .qa,
"Ah, the wrinkles date far back OF
James forgetfulness. am not sure
but they have been produced by the
frequency Of my visits to intelligence
offices. / thought that the last time
I went to one that my hair would
turn white before I got away" ,s " O
why don't you follow up some OF
these girls who advertise In the
UnionG My mother used to, and
was very successful" continued.
II have score of times. got
Della from an, advertisement-the
one who sat down en- the baby think
ing he was the rag-bag-and Alice,
who stole all my best towels; and
Julia who took her beaux into the
parlor every time we were out in the
evening; and / don't know how
many more, I have come to the
conclusion that when a servant is
neat and honest, it is best to overlook
trifiing shortcomings. If my hus-
band was just little patient, 1 think
1 could manage 1t very well. lam
worn out with servant-hunting."
"Servant-hunting? should think
it would be pleasure. 1 can't i'm
agine anything SO dreadful about it. A"
a~"SaPpose you try it. 1 really do
not feel we'll enough to make The eff
fort; l had rather do my own work
for a month" @\
My wife did not usually speak
with SO much earnestness, aud it sur.
prised me. Besides, she looked pale
and as 1 said before, I am q model OF
husbands.
1t was a pleasant morning. / had
enough to do, but then might as
well be hindered half an hour to
obiige my wife, as to waste so much
time smoking after lunch.
ST will, darling. Lie down and
rest yourself, or read the papers,
Take no thought about the matter
and now, good morning."
I kissed her, and went on my way.
I bought dsiiy paper at stand on
the corner. Glsncing at the list OF
"Situations Wanted" I smiled al
the absurd idea Of putting up with
incompetent servants when such an
army was In the field. / selected
two M mbers, which i thought would
suit. They each contained three fig.
ures, and Of course were some dis
tance across the avenues. Tt was
not an inviting looking neighbor.
hood, and the building which / en-
tered was far from prepossessing.
Knocked at the door on the first floor.
A fat, red.faced woman left the wash
tub and opened 1t. ire. r
"Did girl advertise from here fol
place this morning?" s ...- !.
mot I as knows on. May be It Is
In the back-room." @e. ro
knocked at the next door. II
was opened by little girl of nine OF
ten; barefooted and ragged, and hei
mouth full of baked potato. Four
other children of various sizes came
running to look at me.
"Is your mother In ?n inquired
"No.p i ~ c4A@1
"Is there girl here who wants a
p'aSs aSo.n T. be2be
"Do you know whether there IL
one in the house?p r.r~-.
"No.n y A-Rta ~ Y = a saE a..a
"Maybe it is up stairs" screamed
an old crone from a bedin the corner
of the room, as took the paper from
my pocket, to see If I had not made
o mistake in the number.
assembled a narrow staircase, and
passed along dark, gloomy corridor
knocked at door and repeated my
inquiries to yellow, sickly look ing
woman, with babe In her arms
She knew nothing of any such ad
vsrtisement, but il might be in the
next room. At the next room they
thought perhaps IL wss up stairs
So Twas handed along from one te
another, until / reached the fiftL
foor. ThereI gained the extraordi.
nary information that 1t was proba.
bly, in the back yard. Reaching the
ground door In safety, i proceeded Il
the rear, where there vasa three sto
~ house In the same lot. with spac,
Of only about ten feet between. Al
old man sat on the pavement smok
ing. 9g Y,84T
"Hov many families are there II
| the building ~ I;asled. gs
He cogitated q moment before b,
replied:
Twelve, SIR"
4 It was true. - The hall ran through
the center Of the building, makinl