Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-09-07
!; A Masculine Experiment

Blakey is a born housekeeper. What
he doesn't know about the care of the
kitchen sink isn't written in the books,
and a person who tries to teach him
how to make good coffee is simply con-
veying anthracite to a well filed bin.
It's grief to Blakey that he can't get
a proper substitute in his office, so that
he can stay at home all day and see to
things.
And yet, in spite of all these inter-
ests in common with them, Blakey
isn't popular with women. There are
days when he isn't even popular with
his wife, and she is one of the most
devoted spouses that ever made an eff
fort to keep up with the procession.
Some good friend ought to tell Blakey
how women feel about these things.
He ought to be informed that the man
who is a winner tells his wife now it
fills him with admiration to behold Ter
as if by magic creating feast from
the materials in the pantry. That's
the talk that sends Il woman into the
kitchen to fashion the puff paste with
her own hands in order to have it just
rs she" likes it, Blaley doesn't know
this, though. and there are more THINGS
that he ought to know-auu doeSn t.
Perhaps life will teach him some OF
them in time. 1t has looked just lit
tie that way Of late.
They had Loen dining cut. and on
the way home Elakey commented on
the serving of the dinner.
"Did you notice that Mrs. Gillespie
didn't issue one order to her maid! Ec
asked. "Shc had her stationed behind
that screen. where she could command
a view Of the table in the sideboaru
, mirror. and there was such perfect
understanding between them that MIS-.
Gillespie only had to raise her eyes to
that mirror and the thing she wanted
was done. That's the way I'd like to
see you have 1t. my dear This ring
ing a bell and telling what you want
rather mar dinner. Don't you think
so?'
Mrs. Blakey murmured weary
word to the effect that much depended
on having an expert waitress anu
thought the matter dropped. But next
morning she was reused by her hus-
bands voice.
81 have it all planned out" he said
"I've been lying awake for two hours
getting up code of signals for you to
use in calling Nora to serve the table
I'll write it down for you. This is the
idea: One pressure of your foot on the
electric button in the floor will mean
clear the table for next course two
pressures might call for repassing OF
the bread, three would indicate that
the glasses needed reflling, and SO
forth. think can make it cover the
whole ground"
"But, David. it is Nora's duty to
watch the glasses and keep them filled
without any telling her at ALL"
81 know, but does she do it? She
gets busy with something else and very
naturally forgets that. Now, by this
plan she won't have to tax her mem
DRY at all, and you can remind hcl
without anybody's knowing you've
done thing"
but she'd have to remember what
the signal stood for"
"Lcave that to me-" he answered. 81
shall make it very plain and easy. and
III take it down to the Office and have
two typewritten copies made-one fol
you and one for Nora"
w-hope Nora will like it," venturcL
Mrs. Blakey anxiously. "She's little
particular, you know"
"She's sure to like It! You womel
never seem to understand what a sense
of satisfaction it is to the employee,
when he feels a systematic hand OF
the helm. Why, the people who worl
for you would rather have things rul
pretty strict than not to feel system IL
the management. fhey want to know
there's a head planning things 70
them. I've found that out in business
I tell you, all that housekeeping needs
to make it run easy is the application
Of masculine brains and business meth
DDS! Nora will like it, all RICH
enough.
But Nora didn't. Loyal Mrs. Blake.
presented the plan as joyfully as If i
were her own pet project, but her eff
fort to catch and impart her husbands
enthusiasm about 1t was dead fail
ure. Nora looked very glum as sh
pinned the typewriter code Of signal
up by the kitchen clock, and Mrs
Blakey felt GUNNER still as she fas
tened her own copy on the edge Of he
mirror and stood mumbling over 1t
words.
"'One long ring and two short
finger bowls.'" she repeated. "'On
short and two long-repassing articl
last served two long rings-clea
table for next course Three shor