Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-09-17
MR. AND MRS. BOwsER.
The sERvANT-clRL PROBLEM m.
vAoEs THEIR HOME.
~. p. orapp'e. II with Bo,h tand. ana
nelseass. his wife to tho mack
Ground.

DO you know Of an intelligence
Office ia this ncighborhoodg asked Mrs.
B1weer, rs her licge lord came home to
dinner The other evening.
'Wbya' he cautiously querlcd in re.
ply.
Oh. nothing. Thought II you did
I'd run out this evening and---and'
"Mra. Bowser. has the cook lefir' he
hoareoly demanded
'Shc--shc has You SEQ she was so
obstinate and impu"--
Then you hnve deliberately driven
lint poor girl out Of The house, have
your he s,ernly interrupted.
II told her TO GO"
"Thon You may do without another
for ~. 900 600 yeafsl Druve her light
ont Of the house. perhaps 10 suicides
grave, aud oil because she couldn't be
ground TO dustl Mrs Bowser. II You
wcre the last woman on The face Of this
carih | wouldn't work In your kitchenr
Do you know tho facts in this cascY
sbc asked with considerable spirit.
do. haven the least doubt that
you wen. out into the kitchen with the
mir Of a Duchess and tried to make her
feel that she was only mud"
Il didn't do anything Of the kindi
No one could be more pleasant than
waa"
Mrs. Bowser know your waysl
They have driven fifty different girls
out OF our house before this one. The
fact is. aud l feel that | must saw 1t.
you don't know how to manage kitchen
help. You have neither TACT nor policy"
You have supposcl'
Certainly; every husband has. more
or less. Those traits we're born in him.
Mrs: Bowser, did you ever inquire IL
that girl read her Bble2'
mo. sir"
Didn't ask after her family. or ever
express any concern rs to her welfareY'
No"
Never sat down with her and sought
her confidence aud let her see that you
was her friendf'
'Of course notl'
Il sec how it is, Mrs. Bowser. and
the wonder is that the girl stayed two
hours. Well. it's no use TO get another
not under your style OF management
Perhaps your style would turn out
diffefentr' she reiorled
Mrs. Bowser no wife should talk
back to her husband As You have been
pleased TO doubt the success of nv
management | will prove to you that /
know more about servant girl nature in
three minutes than you ever will If you
i've to be thousand years oldr
"How2"
"Howf l will hire the next servant 4
girl, and start her on the way TO staying I
with us for ihe next twenty years. | /
Will send an ad. down to come out In /
the morning paper, and I'll stay homo
tomorrow ill we get girl
He sent OF his ad. and the subject
was dropped until the next morning. }
Breakfast was hardly over when the bell
rang and an applicant was announced.
She was ushered into the paroF. and Mr..
Bowser arose aud shook hands with her
and said:
''You have come 10 see about the
place. My wife. YOU know. doesn't uu-
derstand how to run the kitchen. aud so
p
'Tll have no bon-hussy of man pok.
ing around any kitchen work inr' in.
terrupted the girl. as she rose up.
But, you see. my wife is
IF your wife cant run the house
you'd bettor shut II upi" she said as she
walked out. Ike idea of making me a
Journey Of three miles TO fnd man
who Wani4 % 80 poking his nose into
kitchen nIaifa ~ telling girl how to
Nnhk ln hef .0islcloih Why. sir.
woaldnt work W you for thirty dollars
= month, nor for foriyr
who was iiT innocenily asked Mrs
Bowser, though she had been listening
az the door all ihe time
"a woman selling tickets for some
church festival he calmly answered.
When the second applicant came Mr..
Bowser also shook hands with her and
hoped all her folks were well, and ad-
ded:
III you take the place | shall do my
best to make you feel that you are in
your own home Not word will ever
be said TO make you feel that you are
not as good as anyone
"Hipl I'd like TO know why I'm
notf she exclaimed. Are YOU
widowerY
well, no; but my wife. you see has
no tact about her and
And that settles mer' interrupted the
girl, as che rose up to go. Il thought