Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-12
Mr.. AND MRS. RowsER.

ha0 suddenly packed her bundle, de-
manded her wages and fed.
-'How could you expect itP" 1 asked.
<'For fifty different reasons. I'm
glad she's gomez
weren't we paying her three dol
lars per week?"
Yes
:'Wasn't doing a good share of the
work to make an easier place for her?''
yes"
Ibid you ever hear me speak Grossly
TO her?"
NO"
-'Well, what more could dop"
|'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 the tact, policy
and management. / have no trouble
when hire man"
''But men are different"
t'Bosh! It's because we who en-
ploy know how to manage 'em. Ihave
talked and talked to you, but it does
no good"
|'How did you come out on the two
occasions you tried to hire. the girls
and run the kitchen?"
''Whatp Don't shrek at me, Mrs.
Bowser! Some folks make up lack of
argument by yelling as hard as they
can, but that won't work on me. 1
failed on two girls because was full
OF other business at that time. You
have failed on forty in a year"
$50 have all the other ladies around
here. None of 'em can get girl who
will stay over fortnight"
''An 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 troubled"
Thanks, Mrs. Bowser! That's the
first time you ever did nae justice. I
will try it. My 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:
NNJANTED-A GOOD, TIDY GIRL, WHO
w can cook plain food, will receive highest
wages and all the comforts of Q home ia q small
family, by applying to No "a WATERBURY,
AVE.
The first one came before noon. Mr..
BOwser was on hand to let her in. He
read her character at a glance. She
was a young lady whose father had
lost his millions in a bogus silver mine.
and, like true heroine, she had set
'Out to earn her own living. She was
ushered into the parlor with many
Scrapes and bows, and Mr.. Bowser OBJ
served:
my dear young lady, you called, I
presume to see about the situation. /
like your general appearance, and if
you come l think we shall get along
.splendidly together"
"'Do you boss the kitchen?" she sau-
ely inquired.
''Well, mo-, not as a rule, but on this
occasion 1 have set out to show Mrs.
Bowser how things should be man.
aged"
''Humphi Things have come to a
pretty pass when an old rooster like
You has got to come poking around the
kitchen! won't take the place."
heard it all from the next room,
and when Mr. Bowser came in 1 was
black in the face and choking for
breath.
I'll swallowed a BUTTON" I ex-
planned as 1 got my breath, but he gave
me a look full of fierce suspicion and
went off to answer a second ring at the
bell. It was another girl longing for
the comforts of home. Mr.. Bowser
had scarcely seen the tip of her nose
when he read her character. She was
"a poor orphan who wanted to make
some home happy by her good cooking
and extreme economy.
= you came to see about the placeP''
'queried Mr.. Bowser.
Eyes, sir. How many in the familyP"
-'Wife, self and child"
lis it a baby?"
YES
<'Then 1 won't come! I've just
showed two of my own into the Home,
and 1 won't work for any one else's
brats."
MY dear young la"
''Oh, come off, you old masher!' she
interrupted. ~ believe you are the
man who followed me on the street the
other night. If was certain of it I'd
pull out the rest of your hair. What
business have you hiring the girls,
anyhow"
1 was choking again when he came
out, and he looked very pale and un-
easy. The third girl was only Eve
minutes behind. She also had char
.acter to be read at a glance. She was
a person of great energy. and her face
showed that she loved to do kitchen
work at three dollars per week.
II suppose you have come to see
ABOUT the placer" blandly observed
Mr.. Bowser.