Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-11


SEEING A "LADY HELP
! thought would like to see a lady.
beIp' she came. She was severely
dressed IN black cashmere, and her
manners .lll were very good-much better
.llan mlne. She had been to u cooking
sehooli she knew the theory Of bread
making, but she did not consider hot
uLeau healthy; she supposed l wouldn't
oplect 70 her having her French teach
er one evening and her Gorma profess
sor the next She had nearly hired mel
was so frightened; but-what a blessing
Inothsrs ARMY maternal came in,
put me OIL in the corner, and, without
any regard Of the yonng woman's
knowledge OF theory Of bread. asked
her II she was going to try on me. 1t
seems that was her intention: but she
was ioiled, My parent doesn't regard
me IN the light Of dog, to use n little
theatrical slang, and she proposed that
no lady help work out theory with me
Tor the victim. The lady. help, how
ever, went away very politely, and, al
though she didn't say 1t, / know that
she trusted we would see the error OF
our ways.
MORE MIND THAN MATTER.
The last lady who appeared was
slender, had a sharp nose and an in-
clination to down everybody. Id back
her TO fight John L. Sullivan and win
every day. ] simply asked hor one
question: "Can YOU cook boiled din
ner.' SIS II boiled dinner you want:
a regular workingman's dinner? And
what sort of lady are you that has
that: 1t strikes me that its mighty
poor eating that you're going to give
me that can get at me brothers house
any time Then she went ON In
straight string. A woman know who
had come to help me fix the books be-
gan to cry, the little dog barked, the
birds sang at the top Of their voices,
voices aud for once my maternal
parent was frightened, but rose to the
occasion
hadn't been taught to play poker for
nothing, So after disappearing from
the room for a moment, I came back
and announced l have rung the call
for policeman; he win be here ia less
than five minutes, and il you're not out
by that time, III have him take YOU 10
the station house, She departed, but
for fully five minutes afterwards we
could hear her cursing as she went
down the street and expressing her
opinions Of anybody who had boiled
dinners. The woman l know said 10
me: "How brave you are' And my
parent knitted her brOws and asked,
when there is no call how could YOU
ring for n policeman And J said;
"That comes from going to the theatre;
] have seen it done there, and | bluiied
like the stage here
THE JANIToR ANDTHE sCRUB-woAiAN.
Now we are in the hands Of the scrub
woman. She is amiable placid, and
has large and interesting family we
take IN and do for. / think, though,
that the scrub-woman has missed her
vocation. She would have been a prize
in dime museum, for, although she
looks healthy, am sure she eats soap
She will start out 10 make pure and
sweet small closet, and before IL is
One-third done she wants her second
bar Of soap. Still this is small fail
ing. So far she and the janitOr have
got along amiably, and that means n
great deal in fiat. He is a rather dig
nifed gentleman, and when my things
were coming in he suggested that u
shawl be put around q small statue OF
venus ior rear u milshl ugPil .,L s0''ie
Since then. Venus has worn my storm
coat and sailor hat. aud looks exactly us
II She were starting out to paintthe town
red. He has criticised my furniture,
and heard him saw in semi-approv-
inc manner, "Yon might know she
came from the south-peoplc from down
there ALWAYS expects to have plenty Of
roomy beds and roomv graves. This
was true. but not altogether cheerful.
IIe has dined with us once or twice, and,
when i saw us. mean the scrub-woman
and her progeny, and has eaten a salad
dressed by me. simply saying that "it
wasn't as bad as IL might be, tho for his
mart he liked more seasoning
He doesn't approve of my size, and,
althongb am willing to ohlieo him In
many fbings. don't thinl, can posi-
bly Srow. He saws the lady who lived
tbers before was a fine looking woman,
tbat IMPRESSED. and he has made me
quite conscious that / would not i'm
press even the eat. Still, / think we
win be friendly. that is, my intentions
nre GOOD What his are will probably
depend ON his appreciation Of our cook
ing.
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