Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-25

mems Of the edition, Just for show and nothing
more. He was one solid mass OF politeness.
That was every identical thing there was to
him."
II wish my Martha had q little Of IT," inter
posed the pessimist, "the most uncouth crsa-
turs. Sometimes am actually afraid she will
scare callers away with her iamentabe lack of
manners. But she really does work so we'll"
COULDN'T WORK WITH ONLY MANNERS.
"Whst possessed Andrew in the first place."
went on the narrator, evidently bent on pur-
suing her theme despite interruptions, ito at
tempt general Homework / cannot conceive,
but notwithstanding the fact that be knew next
to nothing about cooking and so little about
washing the table linen-which was one of his
duties-that after a few encounters with him
my damask napkins and table cloths looked as
ii they were made of uableached muslin
In spite OF these derelictions, SAY, why he
would have been working for US yet if be had
not voluntarily left"
''And he left, too did hep inquired the bride,
recognizing common point of sympathy.
III get to that presently" said Andrews
ex-employer.
For his manners were so fine." she went on,
that they somehow cast a halo round his
underdone beef and soggy pie crust till we ac-
tuaiiy thought they were good, while we drank
his muddy coffee and deemed it a sort OF nee
tar.
He even hoodwinked our guests with his
manners. for he had finished a fashion of
ushering them into the parlor. and SO polished
mode OF later serving them with his culinary
failures, that they you'd invariably say: what a
denshtfui servant You have. We never saw
such manners--so refined and respectful
Where in the world did you get him.?
Now and then, to be sure. would have a
vague consciousness that Andrew was conduc-
ing more to my pride than to my comfort-just
as does very stiff but ornamental ruff which
pricks your neck and keeps your head in q con-
strained position, but which Notwithstanding
You know to be becoming. But this feeling
would only last for few seconds, for il would
be almost Immediately OVERLAND by some fresh
exhibition Of Andrews polish. And so / went
on and on facilitating mysel, in the possession
OF such treasure until one day, a. I said be-
fore, Andrew left.
HOW HE LEFT.
"That, though, is too crude description Of
Andrews departure" corrected his historian,
'just as to say that he was colored is ine1pres-
sive Of his exact shade. He didn't leave. he
oozed away or evolved away. He told me that
his grandmother was ill and that for few days.
II were willing, he would put q substitute in
his place while he ministered to this aged rela-
tive. tried to put up with the substitute, who
was q friend of his and whose name was James,
as well as L might till Andrews hoped-for re-
turn. For James, though a professional cook
whose pies were poems, whose angels food
paDulum really worthy Of consumption by
celestial beings and whose entire dinners in
deed dreamy. was nevertheless disrasteful to
me- for he smelled of onions and tobacco and
had absolutely no manners.
We'll. time went by without sign Of An
drew s reappearance. and one day the suspicion
which had been growing me that Andrew
had taken this method of breaking the blow of
his final departure developed into positive
Ey1O-p ta.lfv Ix-h
position where politeness was the chief thing
demanded of him-that he had got a place a.
butler up on Connecticut avenue and was thus
in his true sphere. So | dismissed him from
my thoughts. James from nv service. nv hus-
bands theories as TO men servants as maids of
all work and got sensible old colored woman
who has been comfort to me this many a wear
and | trust will be for many more to come.
And yet she added. ANDREW remains a
pleasant memory to me. though have never
seen him since. for he is associated with my
happiness and my furniture when they were
both new"
THE ELDERLY NATIONS EXPERIENCE.
"Weu.' commented the elderly matron.
az myself, was at one time imbued with the
man-servant theory and procured a small col
ored boy with the view of bringing him up
quite to my mind and then always keeping
him."
well, you must have been trusting." inter-
posed the pessimist
His name was Markham-Ma Greg
ory-though he looked as if some native Hot
tentot appellaton would have been more fitting.
such veritable African was he.
II soon saw, though that Markham was
going to disappoint me. because he was too
deliberate. Ii l set him to picking q chicken
he would examine each feather and inspect its
plucked body from all points Of view as il il
were some orni biological specimen in
n hQ NIL 40
spread the tea towels out to dry on the grass
in the back yard Newton himself when he saw
that memorable apple fall that revealed to him
the workings Of the law of gravitation couldn't
have gazed more profoundly at the earth than
did Markham rs he studied the towel ALREADY
on the grass before laying another by the side
of it.
"The only time that he ever exhibited any
animation was when he sometimes gave a solo
dance in the alley after having finished one
or other of these duties. These dances were
very diverting to others well as himself as
his shoes we're twice the length of his feet and
he wore coat with tails fashioned something
after the style of George Wathington's dress
suit over in the National Museum. had in
tended to array him in something suitable to
his age and to this age if he proved worthy of
training. But, no. L really could not keen
Markham He did not possess the material /
was looking sor."
THE BRIDES ONLY ALTERNATIVE
"How does all this settle what am to do2,
inquired the bride. ''for just please tell me how
l am to get along without Sarah. 1 didn't
have to do thing. She did it all, End did it
we'll"
"Tn tell you." said the elderly matron.
"lou'll get another servant who probably will
not be as good"
"Of course" echoed the bride bitterly.
for servants as good as Sarah are rare
but the change, though seemingly for the worse
will in the end be better for YOU
81 fail to see how" moaned the bride
because you will be obliged to take more
responsibility" sand the elderly matron
And we shirk responsibility at our peril"
put In the optimist. ''for though we NAV avoid
drudging work without harm, We must not
forego responsibility Of some sort if we would
grow
That is very true" said the elderly matron,
"for If we never had any responsibility We
would be possessed of no more moral and men
tai stamina than lot of grown-up children"
"Oh, dear!r' sighed the bride despairinglv,
And she really did sound go foriorn as she
uttered the exclamation that that experience
hardened person, the elderly matron, and
that cold philosopher, the optimist, relapsei
with the rest Of US into sympathetic silence.
TWO FAST RIDES.
The Headlong Gallops Of Dick Turpin and