Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-10
Those Girls at Goldcn's.

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helm few girls stayed the month
nut, some only half a month, the ma
| iority a week or less and there nau
been known cases where the girl lelt
| the day after she arrived. 1t must not
| be supposed from this that the Goldens
were hard people to get along with. MI
and Mrs. Golden were nice, quiet peo-
pie of an easy-going nature, and the
| two daughters were just as atfaDle anu
| good natured as any two girls III 'he
| 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 pfoFlu-
ed good table and paid fair wages 1or
| help, while the house was not SO large
as to brighten a girl accustomed 10
| 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. Ihose
| that weren't lazy were dirty or cheeky.
The English girl was found by MIS-.
| Golden stretched at full length on the
| parlor lounge reading a cheap mover,
| 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 Il few command
ments, and the two Norwegian girls
were lacking in neatness Of appearance
| and general cleanliness. AS for the III
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 cleanli-
| ness, and had that been the prominent
| chara cteristic 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 "Intelligence' office-by the
way, why on earth do they call these
headquarters of ignorance Intelligence
offices pin quite a futter of excite
| rnent.
81 do believe" she declared, as she
| took off her hat and wrap, and seated
| herself in her favorite armchair, Il do
believe that l 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 a freak is she?'
"She's just plain, looking
| girl, but she's an American-first
American we have had yet, remember,
Joseph, and she looks clean, moves
| quickly, and talks we'll. She wants $50
a 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 a mere
| bagatelle if she is worth it, but we
have not had a girl yet that was worth
half Of it."
"Well, she's coming this afternoon,
and We'll see how she gets OH. For my
part l believe the girl will give COM
plete satisfaction to us all. believe I
have captured a new gem at last!'
| whats her name?'
"Annie Rooney"
| "Good graciousw
Sure enough Annie Rooney assumed
her new duties in the Golden household
| that afterI Don, 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
noiselessly, 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, can
ME has gone to do the upstairs work,
| and 7 inst want Won fo como down aud