Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19

Mrs Frazer in a tone of exaspersation,
after all I've talked to her, a-trouncin' in
mere that way before people! A woman
might as we'll be crazy at onct, as to keep
a hired girl. They're that Notifying.
Now, that makes me think" said Mrs
Hostetter. Il was sayin the same thing
to Mis- Graham the other day, an what d
you s'pose she says? She says she thinks
hired girls have an offul hard life. She
feels sorry fer EN-. She keeps rockin
chair II the kitchen fer her'n an lets her
go out ten times a week, if she wants
Says she thinks it's offul hard fer girl
to have to ask every time she wants to
go anywheres. She says she gets cross
sometimes an let's her temper go at her
girl. an then she always goes back an
apologies. She amt got any sech word as
servant in her vocabulary"
Such Stiffness" said Mrs. Frazer scorn-
fully. "A-ruinin' hired girls that way!''
well. must say admitted Mrs. Dean
reluctantly, that Mis- Graham's hired
girl is an exception to the gen raj run OF
EN-. She worships the ground Mis- Graham
sets foot to, an would run her legs off for
her"
The worst thing she said,' put in Mrs.
Hostetter, was that she didn't think wo-
men had ought to get together an talk
over girls faults Says she'd just as soon
anybody would ask her how she liked her
husband as to ask her how she liked her
hired girl. Says she's been guilty of such
things herself, but she amt goin' to again.
oh, l never hear such goin' ons!'
Il guess she's crazyr
Il guess she is. She says if we caught
girls a-crfticiZin our faults we'd have a
compton fit
There goes that express wag'n back
again empty Interrupted Mrs. Frazer, in
a perplexed tone 4 can't imagine where
that trunk went to. Mr.. Brown told me
yeste'day that Mis- Brown want comm
home Ter week, but mebbe she just tele-
grated an come right on
But when you want reel scandal said
Mrs Hostetter, in low tone, you have
to GO on piece furder n Mr.. Davenport"
Mr.. FraZers pillow-sham sank ruStling
into her lap.
rs there anything worse?' asked Mrs.
Dean. breathiessy.
A little smile wrinkled Mrs. Hostetter's
face. Yes" she said, briefly, there's
somethin' worse"
What is it," asked both women at once.
Mrs. Hostetter was tautalizingiy slow /
replying. She looked out the window with
an air of mystery glooming over her. Il
don't know as l ought to tell you-if you
amt noticed.
Il amt noticed a thing"
Il amt, either. 1t can't be in this neigh
borhood"
It's in this neighborhood. IT'S within
an airy of two blocks. I've see it a-goin'
on for three months. I've see 1t with my
own eyes"
The other two women sat silent. crushed.
You can both o. you look out o this
window without ever a-ieaving your seats,
di see lHe front GOof o the woman II =
about. It's as innocent lookn' a front
door as you'd find a-goin from one end o
the street to the other. It's a little you can
tell about people by their front DOORS
The other two women had started and
looked out the window. The glance of each
went jumping along from one door to an
other There yellow door, and a
glass door. and grained door. and dove
colored door. Their eyes stopped at the
dOve-colored door. They locked at each
other, then at Mrs. Hostetter. Mis- May
hewI" they exclaimed. as one woman.
Mrs. Hostetter half closed her eyes.
''Unh-hunh." she said
The silence was intense. The two wo-
mems faces We're working with startled
conjecture.
"A scandal about herr breathed out
Mrs. Frazer at last.
wy, you'd think sugar wouldn't melt
in her mouth said Mrs. Dean.
She sings in the choir"
ans on the liberty board
AN the executive committee o the CO.
operative society"
She's the treasurer o. the Red Cross
An secretary o the ISOLATED chart
ties
Used to be- put in Mrs. Hostetter.
amiably triumphant. "Ain't you noticed
she dropped everything about three months
ago."
LAS l live an breathe.' said Mrs. Fra
ger $50 she did
1T hadn't made an impression on me-
said Mrs. Dean