The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31


three minutes.
People who inveigh against the unsatis-
factofy7f American servant. says the New
York Tribune and deplore the conditions
winch seem to prevent our having eXpe-
rienced and. tried retainers, may at least
be thankful for 1ue of the advantages Of
the constantly changing households. If
one mas not the comfort one is a least
spared the infictbon OF faithful Old family
seFvantss Certainly those who are vic
umized1 with one or more OF these treas
ures do not desire 90 have their blessings
Of this kind multiplied. An ignorant re-
tanner who has The best interests Of the
family at heart may be Invaluable, but he
or she is usually trying. and as time goes
on rs apt to become intolerable.
Iheh comes the question always diff
cult one to the conscientious and tender
heartedy of how % decenuy get rid of
them. TO pension them off means a drain
on ones Resources that many cannot af-
ford, while TO retain them in the house
ho-d IS equally impossible. To dismiss an
ola servant simply because her day Of use
luIness is over seems brutal, so the prob
lem OF how TO provide for her without in
curing much discomfort for ones self re-
mains unanswered.
Ihere Is a silver lining TO every cloud
however, so when ungrateful domestics de-
part ana leave one i'm the lurch just after
We had got them into our ways one
may at least take comfort in rejecting
that no particular consideration is owing
70 them, and that there is no danger of
thelr growing gray IN ones service.
''Irop de zele" is an announcement quail
ity in a servant ana is apt to be more
troublesome than a. lack Of energy in doing
their work. The Well-meanng maid or
man who tries to anticipate her or has mis-
Jress' wishes, and, Of course, does Just
what she did not want TO have done, is
peculiarly trying. one never knows in
what extraordinary and unpleasant way
TINS ardor will break out, the indiscrimi-
nate eleanihgs inaugurated after which
hothAng can be found for weeks the I'M
necessary Information given, the orders
twisted, etc, all done with the best in
tent, but in the most laundering fashion,
are only a small part Of the trials caused
by an overzealous servant.
An artistic woman who had an insu-
perable objection 10 vanished furniture
and whose beeswaNed chairs and tables
were th9 JOY Of her heart engaged a but
Ter on the strong recommendation of a
friend as the most invaluable man, my
dear, Just the kind don't you know that
goes ahead and does everything without
your having to tell him" Praise which
alas, for poor Mrs. S.! was fully earn
ed, for the new man, thinking to do her
a service, vanished all of her beautiful
Chippendale and Sheraton with a sticky
mixture of mis- own detection the receipt
Tor winch he proudly told her had been
taught him by furniture dealer.
'"Shure and L always study the inter
ests of the family [ works forW said a
new Biddy, just engaged by the newly
married young mistress of a pretty little
apartment; and so she did 10 a most an
convenient extent.
The trouble with Biddy" said her mas
ter, is that she has TOO much mind she
ought to have been a director on hospi-
tai committees, Supervisor on school
boards, a commissioner on street cleaning,
in fact, modern lady hustler of the most
pronounced description, since fate has con-
Cemned her to be domestic her ener-
gies must have an outlet, SO she feels a
vocation for managing us"
well" sighed his wife. 'all I know is
she keeps me on the rack al to what she
Will do next. What do you think was
her last peTfoBman 0e7 Last night when
the B--s We're dining with us. she filed
the soup plates so that there was one
short and evidently did not notice il I'M
til she came 10 Mr.. B., whom she helped
last. She stood for a moment, when she
discovered her mistake, in tragic thought
with her hand 10 her forehead. Then
darling TO my side. she whipped up the
plate which she had given me and car
ried It to Mr.. b.. who, of course, saw
the whole performance, and must have
surmsed the reason, but he had the good
manners 10 accept the plate of soup and
to eat it without apparently noticing that
mine had been taken away. l wish her
great mind, as you call it, had calculated
the number soup plates needed in the first
place or that she had simply left me out
without all that ridiculous performance"
Slipping Away
They are slipping away-these sweet, swift
years,
Like a leaf on the current cast;
With never a break in their rapid. flow,
We watch them as one by one they so
Into the beautiful past.
As silent and swift as the weaver's thread
Or an arrows flying CLEAN;
As soft as the languorous breezes hid,
That lift the willows golden lid
And ripple the CLASSY stream.
As light as the breath of the thistledown;
As fond as lovers dream;
As pure as the flush of the sea shells
throat,
As sweet as the birds cooling note,
So tender and sweet they seem.
One after another we see them pass
Down the dim-iighted stair;
We hear the sound of their steady tread,
dead
AS beautiful and as fair.
There are only a few years left to live;
Shall we waste them in idle strife?
SHAH we trample under our ruthless feet
Those beautiful blossoms fair and sweet,
BY the dusty ways of life?
There are only a few swift years-ah, let
No enVous taunts be heard;
Make ifes fair pattern of rare design,
And fill up the measure with loves sweet
wine,
But. never an angry word!
New York Tribune.
Although the secret Of eternal youth
says the New York Tribune, will never
be discovered, and one must grow old mol
ems vOlens, i is. mo. longer necessary to
conflne the season Of youthful looks and
feelings to within a certain term of years.
1t is chiefly a matter of temperament
and, it goes without saying, health as wen
AS 10, the length Of time an individual