Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-02-28
Mr.. AND MRS. B0WSER.
MIR. BOWSER TAKES A TURN PLAY
ING HIRED GIRL.

evening, when Mr.. Bowser CON-
planned of the biscuit and the tea,
and called attention to the general
look of dllapldation which the ta-
ble presented, 1 felt called upon to
reply:
"WelI, as you know, | have been
feeling very miserable for three or
four days, aud this house. girl seems
to be the poorest one | ever had.
She his no order or system, no
taste or skill, and l won't keep
her a minute after l can get
sround.p
eff this is her style I'll go out
and discharge her,"
"Wait. If she was to go now
you'd have to cook your own
meals"
THAT wouldn't hurt NE any. I'll
go out and ask her what she means
by such conduct, any how"
"But l wish you wouldn't. She
may flare up and leave us in the
lurch.p
"Let her flare! When the time
comes that We can't boss our own
house we'll leave it,"
"Mr. Bowser, please Let the girl
alone for me to deal wIth," | en-
treated.
'I'll just speak a few words to
her, you know he replied, and as
| went into the sittlng.room he
went into the kitchen.
In about two minutes Il heard a
crash of crockery and the bang Of
a door, followed 10y the sound of
the girls feet on the back stairs,
and five minutes later she came
down with her bundle and skipped
out without word to me. MIR.
Bowser cane IN soon after that,
coat off, sleeves rolled up and a
roller towel tied around him, and
he explained:
81 simply asked her If she
thought this house was a saw.mlll,
and she called me a mastodon and
flew for her bundle. Is she a tair
specimen of the help you have tc
deal with ?"
"Yes.r
"Well, you and all other house
keepers have my deepest sympathy
| | used to think 1t was your faulI
that so many girls came and went
bat | want to apologize and take
it all back"
"But what shall we do Z"
"Do7 Why, III run the kitcher
until after breakfast and then ge
a girl"
After he had been at work for
few minutes l crawled out to SCI
how things were going. He wa
washing dishes. He had the teapot
milk pitcher, butter dish, napkin
rings, two pie tins and the crock
cry all heaped together in dish
pan, aud while he was washing
them with a towel he was wip
Ing them on one of the babys oil
skirts taken from the hamper i
the stairway. There were streak
of dlshwater clear down TO hI
heels, and a dozen new greaSe.spot
had appeared on floor and table
but he insisted that | go right bac'
and leave him alone, and had n
Instructions to give. lie bad ever
thing done up in half an hour an
. when he came in to sit down b
said:
, "Every thing out there is as slic
as a piu, and breakfast is all planT
ed for. That girl would have bee
! sloshing around until ten O'cloc
before she had her dishes done. L
like to be in your place about
4 month. I'd make some of 'em VOL
der why they were ever born y
"But every house has just sue
trouble"
"Then you women ought
league together to protect you
selyes."
"What are you going to hay
for break fast 7"
"Never you mind, Mrs. Bowse
If don't get you the best brea
fast you have seen in whole yei
I'll give up that don't know not
ing about a house,
About midnight | heard hl
), mutterlng in his sleep:
II "Take two eggs-Saler Atus-fN
;, minutes creased rag--one tab
p spoonful to each person."
n 1t usually takes me all of TIVE
4 ty minutes to get Mr.. Bo ser o
of be- in the morning. and q
task is never accomplished wit
Out resort to ficti n as TO the lal
+, ness OF the hour. On this part