The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-11-12
Thoae GIria at Golden'9.

December-how to secure competent
| help. A few girls stayed the month
| out, some only half a month, the ma
| jority a week or less and there had
been known cases where the girl left
| the day after she arrived. 1t must not
! be supposed from this that the Goldens
were hard people to get along with. Mr..
| and Mrs. Golden were nice, quiet peo-
pie Of an easy-going nature, and the
two daughters were just as affable ana
good natured as any two girls IN the
city. Young George Golden was rare
| ly at home except during sleeping
hours, and Willie, who attended school
daily, did not interfere with the servant
girls at all. The family always prov1d-
ed good table and paid fair wages for
| help, while the house was not so large
as to frighten girl accustomed TO
| reasonable amount of work.
| But inside of twelve months the Col
den family had had English, Welsh,
Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Swedes,
| Norwegians and colored girls. Those
that weren't lazy were dirty or cheeky.
The English girl was found by Mrs.
Golden stretched at full length on the
parlor lounge reading cheap novel,
while her work remained untouched
around her. The Scotch girl had such
a thick brogue that it impeded her Ut
terance and made it almost impossible
! for her to be understood. The Welsh
girl was addicted to drink. and the Irish
girl was decidedly too familiar and act
ed as if she was mistress of the house.
The Danish girl didn't speak English at
all The Swedes broke almost everything
| in the house, including few command
ments, and the two Norwegian girls
| were lacking in neatneSS of appearance
and general cleanliness. As for the in
Vulnerable colored girls that had been
employed by the Golden family, they
were In the aggregate lazy, dirty
| cheeky, parsimOniOuS in the matter or
the truth, and generous in the dispen-
sation of groceries and other eatables to
their relatives and friends.
The great cardinal virtue in the Col
den household was scrupulous cleanN-
ness, and had that been tie prominent
characteristic of any one of the girls
it is likely that her other shortcomings
would have been overlooked and that
she might have stayed in the position.
AS it was, however, the only two of the
entire bunch that kept the house even
paSsably clean were slow and always
behind with their work.
One day Mrs. Golden returned home
from the "Intellgence' office-by the
way. why on earth do they call these
headquarters of ignorance 'intelligence
offices?'-in quite a flutter of excite
ment.
81 do believe" she declared as she
took off her hat and wrap, and seated
herself in her favOrite armchair. Il do
believe that | have secured the right
girl at last
Eyes, we have heard that very often
before" remarked her husband, COM
placently; they are always the right
kind of girls until they get here, and
then they turn out wrong
But this one is really different from
all the Others" said Mrs. Golden.
different in what--appcarance,
manners or accomplishments: Is it i'm
possible for her to oversleep herself in
the morning. burn the toast. or tell a
lie? Doesn't she break crockery, give
cheek, or read novels? Is she fonder
Of work than of gossiping, or what
kind Of a freak is she?'
"ShC's just a plain, ordinary looking
| girl, but she's an American-firSt
American we have had yet remember,
Joseph, and she looks clean, moves
| quickly, and talks well. She wants 500
a month. which shows that she has a
| high appreciation of her own WORTH
"Oh, they all have that-none of them
are too modest in their claims Of what
they can do Twenty dollars is a mere
bagatellc if she is worth it. but we
have not had girl yet that was worth
/ half of it."
We'll, she's coming this afternoon,
and we Il see how she gets on. For my
! part l believe the girl will give COM
plete satisfaction to us all. | believe |
have captured a new gem at last"
whats her name?'
annie Rooney"
Good gracious"'
Sure enough Annie Rooney assumed
! her new duties in the Golden household
that afternoon, and somehow there
was that liz her appearance which in
spired confidence in every member of
the family as soon as they saw her.
At the table she was a jewel Little,
active, alert-swift TO see what was
wanted and quick to supply ii, she had
earned the admiration Of all before the
evening meal was over. She was up
early in the morning, lighted the fire
noiselcSsly, started breakfast on the
| way. and then commenced to clean the
kitchen and everything in it; as she eX
pressed it. the place wasn't fit to be
seen with dirt"
Joseph" said Mrs. Golden TO her
/ husband shortly after breakfast, An
ME has gone 10 do the upstairs work,
and just want you to come down and
look at her Kitchen
Mr.. Golden softly followed his wife
down stairs, and the pair quietly tip
toed into the kitchen. The greasy,
grimy look on the walls had disappear
ed. the paint looked fresh and clean.
The tin and agate ware shone bright
". as did all the metal work about the
/ stove and kitchen shelves. the crock
cry dresser glittered and glStened in
the morning sunlight. the lnOleum on
the floor was SpotleSsly clean.
There's her mornings work before
breakfast" said Mrs. Golden. Il Won
der how ever she did il in the time
Here's the answer" replied her hus-
band. sententiouSly. rs he pointed to
package that stood near the sink. The
girl is q gem. rs you said. my dear
she uses Sapolio.
Put | should think it would take
time
My dear. Annie Rooney evidently
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