The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-01-25
BOTH SIDES OF IT.

BOTH SIDES OF 1T,
An Ambitious Domestic Wanted to SEQ
How It Felt to he y Lady.
"Now, Henry, we can't possibly
get along without a girl. If it were
not for the children | would be glad
to be independent, as / haven t had a
! girl yet that can begin to do the
housework as | can, but the chill
dren must have my attention, and I
want you to stop off at lizabeth this
morning on your way to New York
and get a girl from the intelligence
office" If there is any family duty
thai a mar loves to perform other
than buy his own linen and under
wear that duty is to select and en-
gage a kitchen girl; SO Henry
reached the intelligence Office. There
were a dozen or more maids in wait
ing. Henry opened the conversation
thusly:
81 want a good reliable girl"
That was merely a cue for the girl
to begin. The beginning and the
ending was all in one breath and
grated harshly on his sensitive
nerves.
''How many are there in the fam
ily?"
What time doyou have breakfast?"
ssDoes the missus help make the
bedsg"
''Have you set tubs in the kitchen
or in the cellarw
els there hot and cold water on
every loor?"
'Do you eat breakfast together or
does the missus eat after you 60 to
business?"
''Do the children go to SCHOOL,"
"ls there any hired man about the
places"
s.Do have to chop kindling wood
and do / have to sift the ashes or fill
the tank"
Chow far is your house from the
depot"
''Do you have many v~isitors?g"
"Will you so Off for a few weeks
In the summer"
Il get SIS or I don't go-see? l
want a night key for the front door.
If | like | q have your shirts, col
lars and cuffs and the missus' skirts
done at the laundry. | don't want
any questions asked about my com
pany. If | go OF for two or three
days to r a sick friend I won't
stand any assertions that l have
been off on a spree, and
Woman. | guess you don't want a
soft snap very bad. We have a few
children for convenience and gener-
ally keep our girls until they get
married. l hire a nan to saw and
chop wood. sift the ashes, fill the
tank and cut the lawn. I don't ex-
pect a girl to do much of anything
other than cook plain, wash fair and
iron my shirt bosoms, so l won't
think they are Turkish towels. We
have every convenience for kitchen
company and you could, l think, rev.
ell in Oriental splendor, should you
condescend to get down to the fact
that | am trying to engage a kitchen
girl and not a g~overness. Naughty
woman, Westfield is too rich a place
for your blood, your health would be
impaired; seek employment from
Mr.. Vanderbilt, or Mr.. kean or Mr..
Maxwell Or some other wealthy ma
bob, they might need just such a
girl OF exalted ideas. and they have
so much help they might not notice
your little high notions and eccen-
tricities."
A Narrow Escape for the Townsman.
"Silas.' said Mrs. Begosh. .they's
a hull lot O mushrooms out in the
feld--or maybe they's toadstools."
''Well, they amt nc good to US
zlong's we don't know the difference.
The only way fur us to tell is to get
somebody to eat 'em.
''Will they keep"
"Not very long"
"Well ye might as well throw 'em
away. They won't be no summer
boarders here for a month yit."-
Washington Star.
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