The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-26
,ontrltIon, that it hasn't been very

with .s,ontrition, that 1t hasn't been very
Besides" she continued, even IL we
dld improve the quality, we couldn't afford
really to give her all she warts"
Ihe husband made some remark of a
hoh-commital character which had no
bearing on the subject and, indeed, was in
tended only to gain time.
will YOU mind getting the breakfast to-
morrow. she went on as she stroked his
you know, now for a whole week"
The husband showed his hands into his
pockets and stared gloomily ia front Of
I'm really glad she's going" the wife
said spitefully, and she recited a long list
or misdemeanors of which the girl had
peen guilty. But all the husband said was
So the master of the household was
moody and the mistress was depressed
when there game ring at the door.
rs the lady suited with girl YETI" the
VISITOR asked, and with those words the
perfect servant girl walked upon the scene.
-, Then began an existence which seemed
like dream. The girl was rich In golden
words as we'll as In golden deeds. Here
are some or the things she said.
by mind If | get up at o'clock in the
before breakfast. and If IT'S done the rest
OF the day viii seem easier"
Discharge the furnace man and let me
less about mouse the size of this, ana they
only waste the coal trying to make We
think they're earning their wages"
Give me my days out regular and
don't want no company round me nterfer-
ing with my work"
Haven't you something else for me TO
90 now? 1t Keeps a girl In good temper
II she's busy all the time when she should
be working"
III be feeling better"
Besides being hungry for work she had
extraordinary notions for a servant girl
On the very first afternoon she surprised
ner mistress by appearing before her with
Tray on which were tea and toast.
II thought you'd be liking something
IN the afternoon" she said.
IL would have been easy to invent an
incident more startling, but, as has been
insisted all along, this narrative is con-
hned to the plain prosaic facts of life
and people who have had experience with
servant ser girls have expressed the opinion
tnat they never heard of a more extraor-
binary action on the part of domestic.
me happiest nations are those that have
MOI no history; the lives Of the eleot flow on
ed another with nothing to mark II under
the benignant influence OF the perfect ser.
want girl until one came, long to be re-
membered, when the master of the house.
hold, upon returning home. found his wife
in abject despair.
She's goingP was all that she could
"Goinglr exclaimed the husband in
CONSERVATION. 50
Yes, her sweetheart is ready 10 begin
lOuSthttpiilEs anu SIG is going 10 De mar
ried next week"
The husband banged his fist on table.
1T is my fault!' he cried bitterly. II
ought to have known better. TO think OF
letting such a treasure escape uS | ought
to have married her myself and then
we could have kept her!"
So the perfect servant girl, ceasing to
be a servant girl. vanishes from history.
Perfection in wives Is, perhaps common,
and those who live under her kindly rule
often ask amid their domestic troubles
whether 1t was worth while to spoil so
perfect creature as a perfect servant
girl just to add another to the number of
possibly perfect wives