The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-29
FAILURE OF AN EXPERIMENT.
How Mr.. Bowser Undertook to Keep
House.


How Mr. Bowser Undertook to KeeI
House.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Gone, cha just as l expectedP shouted
Mr.. Bowser the other evening, when tolC
him that the hired girl had suddenly
packed her bundle, demanded her wages,
and fed.
"How could you expect it," l asked.
FOR fifty reasons. I'm glad she's gomez
Weren't we paying her So per weekp
"Yes.n
Wasn't doing good share Of the work
to make an easier place for herp
Eyes"
did you ever hear me speak Grossly tc
herr"
"No."
"Well, what more could dor
"Lots more. Mrs. Bowser, you and the
rest of 'em are all to blame that the hired
help of the present day is SO unreliable.
You lack in tact, policy, and manage
ment. have no trouble when l hire a
manl"
But men are far different"
"Boshl It's because we who employ
know how to manage 'em: l have talked
and talked to you, but it does no good"
''How did you come out when you tried
to hire the girls and run the kitchenP'
"Whata Don't shrek at me Mrs. Bow
ser! Some folks make up lack of argu-
ment by yelling as hard as they can, but
that won't work on me. l failed on two
girls because was full of other business at
that time. You have failed on forty ia a
year,.
$50 have all the other ladies around here.
None of 'em can get a girl who will stay
over fortnight"
"All in the management, Mrs. Bowser-
all in the management
Then you try it; you are so much smarter
than all the ladies in Detroit that you will
have no troublew
"Thanks, Mrs BowserI That's the first
time you ever did me justice. will try it.
NY mind is not occupied with business just
now, and will show you how to solve the
problem. It's all in the ADVERTISING in
the first place, and all in reading character
in the second"
The next day he inserted in all the daily
papers the following:
yXTANTED-A GOOD, TIDY GIRL WHO
w CAN COOK plain food; will receive high
est wages and all the comforts of home in a
small family by applying at "a Waterbury
avenue.
The first one came before noon. Mr..
Bowser was on hand to let her in. He read
her character at glance. She was O young
lady whose father had lost bis millions in
a bogus silver mine, and, like a true hero
ine, She bad set out to earn her own liv-
ing. She was ushered into the parlor with
many scrapes and bows, and Mr.. Bowser OBJ
served:
"My dear young lady, you called, pre-
sumo, to see about the situation. / like
your general appearance, and if you come,
think we shall get along splendidly to-
gether."
"Do you boss the kitchen9" she inquired.
"Well, no, not as a rule. but on this oc-
casion Ihave set out to show Mrs. Bowser
how things should be managed"
"Hump! Things have come to pretty
pass when an old rooster like you has got
TO come poking around the kitchenl l won't
take the place"
l heard it all from the next room, and
when Mr.. Bowser came in, | was black in
the face and choking for breath.
w-I swallowed button, 1 explained, as
I got my breath, but he gave me q look full
of fierce suspicion and went of to answer
a second ring at the bell. 1t was another
girl longing for the comforts of a home.
Mr.. Bowser had scarcely seen the tip of her
nose when he read her character. She was
n poor orphan who wanted to make some
home happy by her good cooking and ex-
treme economy.
~You came to see about the placed 'queried
Mr.. Bowser.
"Yes, sir. How many in the familyp
"Wife, self, aud child"
SIS it a babyp
YES"
"Then won't come! I've just showed
two Of my own into the Home, and / won't
work for any one else's brat"
Ia.--O
"Oh. come OFF, she interrupted. II be-
leve You are the man who followed me on
the street the other night. II was certain
of it I'd pull out the rest OF your bair.
What business have you hiring the girls,
anyhow
/ was choking again when he came out.
and he looked very pale and uneasy. The
third girl was only five minutes behind.
She also had q character to be read at a
glance. She was person of great energy.
and her face showed that she loved TO do
kitchen work at 50 per week.
~ suppose you have come to see about
the placer blandly observed Mr. Bow
ser. 80
"Well, yes. Is the work hardp
ION the contrary, 1t is very easy"
docs your wife help"
"a little"
"Does she hire the washing and ironing,
get supper when am out, help me on bake
DAYS. and wait on her own tablet"
''No ma'am."
tThen | won't come.
but the wages are 50 per week"
Three dollars Why, thought they
were IS. Good afternoon, sir"
The next girl walked by the house to
size II up before she ran the bell The mo-
ment Mr.. Bowser set eyes on her he know
he had found daisy, She was whole
prize package and chrome thrown in.
lie read timidity and bashfulness in her
character, and heard him chuckle as he
said
my girl, you came for the place pre-
sumep
~ don't know. This is far out"
"But there's street car Line past the
door"
apo YOU run the kitchenr
"l am about g. do 80"
ais your wife fool or a crazy womanP
Neither one.
s.sbe must he. and don't want the place.
I think Won are an old hen-huzzy and a
kicker. anyhow, and don't walt 30 work
IN "A Hgulnl