Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-05-17
Tales Of the Town

We overheard well known bust T
ness man in this city make the state
ment recently that he could eat a 7
dozen eggs at sitting. He's evident
lv the fellow the hens have been lay
ing for.
Editors have their troubles a we'll |
as everybod else One who Presides
over the destinies of newspaper in
Wisconsin city not far away i |
mourning the loss Of two subscribers.
No. wrote asking how to raise his
twins safely, while the other wished
to know how he might rid his orchard
Of grasshoppers. The answers were
duly sent by next mail but by acct
dent the busy editor put them in the
wrong envelopes. The man with the
twins vas Mortified TO receive the FOL
lowing reply: Cover them care
fully with straw and set fire to it,
and then the little pests after Jump
ING in the flames for few minutes
will b. speedily settled" The man
with the grasshoppers was advised to
give castor oil and rub their gums
with a bone"
The servant girl problem is very
serious one in Lancaster today. Ser
want girls of any kind are at premi-
UNI. Servant girls Of the good sort
are way above par and have TO be
handled with the same consideration
as babe. You are obliged to throw
out unusual Inducements to get them,
in the way of bicycle and piano
for their own personal use and il they
are not treated Just as they desire,
they viii quit and their satisfaction
comes in knowing that their former
employer viii have a iig time getting
another one To take their place It's
matter most difficult TO get just the
sort Of Girl you think you VIII care
about Nearly every good domestic
in town has half-dozen women who
know her worth Juggling at her apron
strings, so to speak, in an effort to
induce her to enter her employ. Such
good girls are liable to be spoiled be-
cause a large head often falls to the
servant girl as well as people IN other
walks of life When the big head
comes the quality Of work ceases to
be satisfactory and then there's trou-
ble.
Salaries are cutting small figure in
the engagement of girls. It's a ques-
tion of their worth. Il don't care
how much she wants. is an express
sion frequently heard, ..if she is only
a good girl and will do the work
properly" It's hard matter to get
a good girl, and when you have one
it's a good plan to hold on to her-if
you cal.
There IS a huetuating element in
the servant Girl market, and that
element is usually OF an undesirable
sort It's the kind that works a few
months in one place and then goes to
another and So ON Letters oil refer
ence aud certificates OF worth are very
frequently overlooked ia the desire Ell
women t. get Girls TO do lie work.
'IIeayens they say. I'm 50 glad
today is over Tomorrow cur new
girl is coming and | won't have 10
kill myself with work any longer.
The servant girl's version IF the
matter is very interesting and the
truth Of their position in the matter
strikes very iorcibly. \ number OF
young women who become disguised
serving rs domestics and who reside
in a working girls home. were telling
one another of their experiences the
other night .Nhcn / worked for
Mrs last summer, she
said, II cot go5d and sick Of my Job.
1t was Mary this and Mary that until
| wished | was never born. She used
to yell down stairs Mary. there's
the door bell Tell them I'm not
home, went ont. am sick, ANYTHING.
And while | was wrestling with my
conscience she'd yell again. Mary
don't You hear me2 Hurry up; I'm
not at home tell them. And I'll open
the door to tell the lie and hear Mrs.
upstairs saying to herself
how stupid was. Ii was two min
utes late with dinner when they had
company she'd come into the kitchen /
and hurry me up. and although Size
didn't know anything about il would |
try II season food ami serve IL nicely. +
and nine times 0lt of tan shed l1tch /
the Job L was Mary. scraa the f
front stairs Mary. vou.ll have t3 be