Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-18
oI1rINo ALONG wr4 one ssnvANr



tain SOME Friends on Wash Dn,.
Two friends were attempting 20 orange
uny al which some mutual uc.uaint
hnces' staying In tue city for 81 short time.
could w. Invited % tho home Of one Or III.
other Tor luncheon. There werc diniruitir.
owing 10 many other engagements The
only possible day was the next Monday
hut MIS- Crane who kept two or time
'crvautr said she mover dared ask rY,r
pany 90 her house Monday u che should
tell hor cook shu wanted something rxtra
tor The midday meal there would DO such
black looks aud grumbliur that she would
be glad to leave the Kitchen.
1 THAT settles Il, said Mrs. Jones M
once. Come 10 nv house"
OF course there were remembrance. na
Mrs. Crane knew her friend kept but one
girl, mud could not imagine how she could
even think OF such thing There seemed
to he no other alternative. however. 20
they separated after few more words
about the hour.
When the time arrived and Mrs. Crime
had rung her friends ioorbull. n neat
looking girl In the cleancst NJ white aprons
admitted her She was shown At once tn
nm up stairs sitting room, where Mrs
Jones looked as calm aud uufufied ~ "
there were no such things ns washngs
and washing days. She was with Mrs.
Clayton, who had already arrived
The luncheon was just splendid, not
elaborate, but consisting Of several nxed
| up dishes, which take time, Including
some very delicate hot mullins aud oyster
| pattira. The one lgifl waited on the table,
rs II she never did amy other kind OF work
Mrs. Crane RETAINED from making remark ,
| just MS long M she possibly could when
she leaned back la her chair with tho
questionsi allow do you coutrive, Mary, n
do so much with only one grit Do you
put out your washingW
Mary laughed at her friend'a intensity
then began'' "Our clothes are washed
dried aud spdnkled, all ready Tor ironing
~ fact, shouldn't be AZ all surprised H.
after the lunch dishes hre washed. Ellen
ironcd the handkerchief and napkins
| My domestic and mysclf are In pcffcc;
| harmony, almost ~ II We were sister
We like each othcf, the result IL we WORK
together You've no Idea how much
housowork can he thrown on when two 10
| telligcnt, well women ret about making Z
success Of whatever they have planned
| explained to Ellen the circumstances and
she entered heartily into all the arrange
mrnts OF course am very fortunate il
having such girl, but I do think that to,
many domcstics make work.
All were interested 10y this time to know
| where she obtained such Intelligent help
how much abe paid her and many othei
questions. IL SOM became evident thai
| the wnshinRs AZ the Jones house were vcry
small, due 70 many oontriyuuors Of IL Kim
hearted mistress. who wore icw frills nnt
nounors Them a. she said 10 Mrs
Crane. "you would not have been sstlsfct
with this old fashioned way Of having sal
ads, mullins, croqucttos and cold meats al
| placed on tho table ut once, changing plate
only for the desert, This makes It easy fo
one girl TO wait on the table My simpl,
notions Of hospitality are due doubtless 6,
my long residence In England. where uyci
the wealthy arc satisfied with far less ~
company fare than our middle class Amer
icans are"
II Is the old story Of the hard workc,
American country woman, who thinks an
must have six kinds Of cake for tea tn
night the minister Is ~ unfortunate rs q
be- present, and II Is Just this mistaken idci
Of hospitality, together with the week I
entails, including vulgar love Of display
which makes hou sekecping such dilicul
! problem. brooklyn Eagle