The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-11-18

Slim as out OF aerial seas.
The elms and poDlars fair
Float like the dainty spirits Of trees
In the mellow dream-iike air.
silyery soft by the forest side
Wine-red, yellow, rose
The wizard Of Autumn. faint, biue-eyed-
Swinging his censor, goes.
Archibald Lampman in Scribner'a.
Those Girls at Golden's.
Everybody knew that the Goldens
couldn't get girl to stay, or one that
would suit them IL she would stay, That
was the family worry from January to
December-how to secure competent
help. A few girls stayed the month
out, some only half month, the ma.
1ority q week or less and there had
peen known cases where the girl LETT
the day after she arrived. It must not
be supposed from this that the Goidens
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 and
good natured as any two girls in the
city Young George Golden was rare
y at home except during sleeping
hours, and Willie. Who attended rehosI
daiIY. 1skn6t fneerfere With the servant
girls ataH. The family always provid-
q . good table and paid fair wages for
help, while the house was not SO large
as to frighten gid accustomed to a
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
parior lounge reading cheap novel,
| While her work remained untouched
around her. The Scotch girl had such
tnck brogue that 1t impeded her ut
teranceS and made it almost impossible
lor her to be understood. The Welsh
Girl was addicted to drink, and the Irish
girl was decidedly too familiar and act
ed as II she was mistress of the house.
Fhe 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 Of
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 cleani-
ness, and had that been the prominent
characteristic of any one of the girls
| 1t 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 Intelligence" ofhce-by the
way, why on earth do they call these
headquarters of ignorance intelligence
Offices pin quite a futter of excite
ment.
Il do believe" she declared, as she
took off her hat and wrap, and seated
herself in her favorite armchair, II 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-appearance,
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 freak is she?'
"She's just plain, ordinary looking
girl, but she's an American-frst
American we have had yet, remember,
Joseph, and she looks clean, moves
quickly, and talks we'll. She wants $40
month, which shows that she has a
high appreciation of her own WORTH
ooh, they all have that-none of them
are too modest in their claims of what
they can do. Twenty dollars is mere
bagatelle if she is worth it, but we
have not had girl yet that was worth
half of it,
well, she's coming this afternoon,
and We'll see how she gets on. For my
part I believe the girl will give COM
plete satisfaction to us all. believe
have captured new gem at lastr'
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 in her appearance which in
spired confidence in every member of
the family as soon as they saw her.
At the table she was jewel. Little.
active, alert-swift to see what was
wanted and quick to supply it, she had
earned the admiration Of all before the
evening meal was over. She was up
] early in the morning, lighted the FIRE
Inoiselessly, 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 tit to be
seen. with Dirt
Joseph said Mrs. Golden to her
husband, shortly after breakfast, "An-
ME has gone to 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 glistened In