The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-02-04
TWO WAYS OF LOOKING. AT
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MIS- JcniulI was III urSpIli.
The sheets III music lay untouched on
the unopened piano, the flowers in The
slender glass vases Were fading. the
poodle had not received his morning
bath. and the ebony cabinet was deco
rated with fine powdering of dust.
Everything about the ,.Ionquil man
sion betokened that SOME Screw or valve
Of the household machinery was out OF
joint.
oh dear. oh dsar' said Mrs jon
quill. Wiping her eyes on crushed
strawberry bordered handkerchief; II IA
sorry 1 ever went TO housekeeping, Why
couldn't | have been contented with
boarding at the hOtel?'
Don take on. DEAR" said Miss AL
thea Atkins. Don't. You'll make
Your nose red. :"
''Why should | care about my nosep'
sighed Mrs. .Jnn4uil
But nevertheless she glanced at the
looking-glass. and left oil wiping her
eyes SD ener@ctically.
''Shall | call Mary Ann to straighten
up the room littlea" said Miss Atkins.
''You can't" said Mrs. Jonquil; '.she
went away this morning"
Dear me-" said Miss Atkins: that
makes lnfte Wllin Inc month. don
it?''
..And no wonder" said Mrs. Jonquil;
''they are Mr.. Jonquil's girls. Not that
they belong to him. she added hurried
ly: ''but mean that he went down to
the office and engaged them for me. l
had company. and couldn't 90 myself
And Jonquil has theory that pretty
faced girls are better domestic servants
than those with wry mouths and ugly
faces"
just like man. snid Miss Althea,
shaking her head.
Now, isn't 1t ridiculousr' exclaimed
Mrs. Jonquil. He SAYS that the face is
the index to the characterr'
.'Fiddlesticksr" said Miss Althea.
1.-The first girl stole two of dear
mothers silver spoons and went away
in the dead of night said Mrs. JON
quill. The second one had such 4
dreadful temper that we couldn't live in
the house with her. We had to dis
charge her after she threw the carving
knife at the dustman. Just for spilling a
little ashes on the step, and the third
left me this morning. She said she had
always been accustomed to living with
ladies, and couldn't reconcile herself to
washing little dogs and cleaning poll
parrots cagcsr
What does Mr.. Jonquil say to
that?' said Miss Althea.
''ne says that the exception only
proves the rule. Hush! isn't that him
calIing?'
'.Oh. is he at home to-day?" said Miss
Althea.
with the neuralgia in his face" said
Mrs. Jonquil. And as cross as
bear"
She hurried away. but presently she
returned.
Would yon mind Just seeing to
things little, Althc:.' said she, ''for
an hour or twn. while | go down town.
l must get a girl to do the kitchen work,
and JonIuil says while am about it. l
may as Well engage 4 gardener and USE
fnl man fnr him lie thinks he took
cold in his face while .e was spading
up the lettuce beds yesterday. And he
says. added Mrs. Jnnquil; with curl
Gus twinkle in her eyes, THAT | am to
get a man With some backbone TO him
and plenty OF grir. V
oh. indeed, said the puzzled Miss
Atkins "Rut how are you to know?'
be able to suit him said Mrs. Jonquil.
hurriedly tying her boanet-strin2s and
drawing on her gloves. .And | really
think he would be easier in his mind if
he could see that the gardening was 60
ing on properly from his window. and
that the pony was being duly exercised
Men are so restless. YOU know
So Mrs. Jonquil haStened of, while
AL = h. - Of
and to feed the canaries.
is that your new girl?" said Mr..
Jonquil contemptuously, that afternoon,
as a gigantic Scotchwoman, with red
hair. and i face as hard AS if it had been
heWn out of HqHunl ritz, brought in the
dinner soup.
Yes, dear" said Mrs Jonquil.
''Humphr' growled her husband.
why didn't you get the Sphinx at once,
and done with it?"
'.She had tirst-class references, DEAR"
reasoned Mrs. Jonquil And this soup
is really excellent
Il do like TO see good-looking people
aronnd said Mr.. JOnquil. "Eh-who's
this coming up the path? You're not
expecting company, are you?"
That said Mrs. Jonquil. stretching
her neck 'Over the sOup-tureen-''Oh
that's the new man"
The new mani" almost shouted her
liege lord. With Il stove-hat, and kid
gloves!
.'Oh, he's quite the gentleman" said
Mrs. Jonquil Il selected him out of
the whole collection. because he was so
handsome"
..Handsomer'
Il do like to see good-looking people
around" maliciously quoted Mrs. jon
qml. "Our lawn will be quite picture
with him. in red flannel jacket. stand
ing in front of the laurels, with Nero at
his side.
But" remonstrased Mr.. Jonquil,
what can he do-that is the question:
''Well," responded his wife, ringing
the bell for Jane, the Scotchwoman, to
take away the soup, "he hasn't had
great deal of experience yet but he SAYS
he is quite willing to learn-and then he
has such Byron-like face!-the face,
You have always said, is an index to the
Flora" said Mr., Jonquil, 81 think
Tou must be crazyl Do l Keep q train
ing-school for great, lubberly, inefh-
Gent -"
That was just what l said when you
brought home that red-cheeEed maid
with the black eyes. who broke so many
OF the decorated dinner-dishes, said
Mrs. Jonquil. ''And you declared that
was lacking in charity and beneTolent
feeling. when l objected to ner reading
noTels il the back kitchen, instead CT
cleaning the front windows"
Please siE." said Jane, the giant