Telegram-herald., 1889-10-28

Lggzllz .lEn lleKceptlonal references
a. ~ e1aE4elsr ana Abilities. D-l sac
s4s . sl1os 1ng eoZldns cone unless
pera4ltsed 1e oring . elll1 ~ Llres years.
, -1l Der nFe E4s Almost her a. pll-a-e
lrisA a Derlczl. ssrlz4ngly handsome,
sltn "a Ls-Mon t1s-gla baby aud = -e--et
from aell-kloEn eieexgl Ran Ia
world. aad / - part of il. as hsra on
both " them L4ey co4l1n get , aces
beca4ss Iley co4l1at leave t1e-r IA
can 1ranees
Sumoes 81 brought sn interpreter
The interpreter sas . fat gngldy and
Jolly Yolng German woman. = 30 looked
az u she hS1 been saalehsd from
mardl gras procession. She wore
vide, Earring go ot sheap felt n4mlng
With primary colors, the tendency ot
her heels was Obliqus IN the extreme,
her easem bic was chaotic sad be1erO-
geneols. Nlth dress SKIRT u one color,
waist u a second 2nd ]4ckeb which
H0uL1n't button. OF third. Her hands
were large and Leg face wore q lazy,
good naIGred expression. Nith her
vas q small pale girl whose face ant
hair were all 0f q color and - no looked
Wild AMI shy This Was Mlnna ~ no
spoke no English, bat NhO coald, -
the Interpreter said. understand any re-
marks that 1 might address - her IA
that language A little experiment es-
tablished the fact that Minna was dazed
equally by my Engllsh and German,
and the antics OF small boy who ac-
comp2nied the party and informed ne
| that this Is the way 10 dance, with
/ appropriate illustrations. broke a 81
/ lence that was becoming painful. Minna
/ had lived some years with a GerI. an
/ family, vas paid sl1 4 month and guar
anteed expert in German cookery. she
| would take ELS II her linguistic dehcien-
| cIes could - borne With.
Mum ber seven was the servant girl Of
/ the newspapers, a bona fide but solitary
/ specimen. She vas broad d-shouldered,
| .nd her nose and chin expressed pug
| nacity Her hair was heavy and dark.
/ aud 10 needed only glance 10 tell me
/ that she possessed mOre-well, call IL
| resolution OF csaracter-than |. l had
/ latterly neglected 20 tremblo. but in this
| awful presence 4 breathed prayer that
/ might not be found worthy 10 be en-
! plOyed | Vas not. On the contrary
| l was treated with thinly yelled scorn.
The ogre-I hope / am doing an able
woman no injustice me that
she was q good plain cook" In an
| evil moment / asked her 10 define plain
|
| themselves on mine.
Don't ye know what is plain
cookin' ?"
l responded meekly that / did not
know Just where 70 draw th line.
| plain cOOkin' is meats an vegetables
an bread; l give satisfaction in them,
but never make no pastry. nor no pud-
dens, nor fxin's Of any kind Maybe
could If | tried, but | amt never ben
asked 10. No girl that goes out 20 gen
eral hOusework evereXpects TO. Tain
any part of her business"
The ogre expected frCn sl4 20 81 FOR
her plain cooking according TO the size
OF the family; but my ignorance had
sunk me so low in her esteem that she
did not insist on being engaged.
There was a Norwegian. TO. She did
not come 10 MahOmet, but MahOmet
went 10 the mountain. 1t was clear al
the top Of it that she lived up six
flights OF the darkest stairs that ever
mortal climb The tenement house
covered its entire lot and the one
which backed up against it did the
same. The staircase, therefore, was
unlighted. save by n alOdOrOus kerosene
lamps. though IL was midday. Slat
ternly figures peered out OF dOOrways
and IL was only spirit OF adventure,
not unmixed with something like
terror, which led me TO persevere. In
a dingy, but TO my surprise, perfectly
neat room under the sky, | found q
young oountrywoman OF Ibsen, whose
white teeth and fascinating name, she
was called Otilla, were sufficient reward
for the climb. She spoke a piquan'
broken English which would have made
the fortune OF a dialect story writer.
! 10 =.
could brew.
Otilla could broil a steak.
She could roast fowl.
She could make soups
She knew how 20 take care OF hard
wood floors.
Why was not Otilla the cominI
woman? Because a housewife wht
knew a good thing when she saw /
looked up the fascinating Norse's refer
ence in the brownstone front which sh,
had formerly graced with her presenc,
and hurried back 70 secure her before
arrived. She is doubtless distilling a
this hour a favor of Scandinavian re-
nance, s16 worth per month, in tn
, housewives kitchen.
For several days had an interesting
mail. There were several emplOymen
: agencies which kept on hand first-clas
and which noticing my advertisement
begged leave to scquaint me with thei
, facilities for supplying the same. Mos
. Of them appeared % act also as agent
OF the steamship lines. There was on
newspaper Of which | received marke,
, copy. from which l could observe tina
IL was trying 70 build up small ad
page and accordingly inserted wants
free. There were women in the coun
I try who would. IL thought they wOul,
| suit ne, come TO town and call. Their
!. ras young woman n town who wantel
a chance 70 hll vacancy tempOraril.
until she could earn enough 70 buv
gown IN which she would appear vel
enough % take a place which had bee
! offered her behind the glove counter o
dry goods store. and who. when pc
/ mitted 30 40 some sCrubbing and scOur
ing. came before breakfast and wa as fol
I lowed az short intervals By her mothe
! and small brother who also ate heartily
sent out 90 buy pickles with money al
, Z vanced them and par-Oos frequently o
: tea and pickles throughout the daT
The Young woman knew nothing O
securing and imported her mother I
snow her how. The mother knew les
/. apparently and they left behind ther
an uncleaned establishment and d.
|. pleted lsrder This slack-twisted sho
girl had a coifure shat was radiant wit
love-locks and apparel brilliant as
! -ascock somewhat bedrassled. Not
Professcd servant approached me vh
wss not plainly her superior.
This narrative is written down unval
nished Sufficient time has not elspse
for the application ~ any retouchin
aid IN spite % the failure % the ID
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