The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-18
CULTURE ~ MAINE.
Its Eject ON tho ~Iaundr, man. the House
maid aud the Cook.

The next time g. to Maine, said the
girl. pausing to hat while she unpark"d
her trunk. 4 take with me n complete
celluloid outfit. - a. 20 snap my fingers
At laundry agents and the like With
water. water everywhere on che coast Of
Maine. you'd think 1t would no easy to
get your washing done. hut II isn't.
-On the island where ! was STAYING the
frs, week all my things We're shipped OF
miles and miles away Ia Portland. or Bc~-
ton or Bath The laundry agent was a
most ohligtng and delightful boy. n son
Of an American Ambassador or something
equally imposing, and a true. thrifty
Yankee lie was putting himself through
some university by this cleanly summer
pursuit. And II was a pursuit. II pursuit
means hunting for lost thing.
Well. he took my things Monday. called
Al the cottage Ia person, DISCUSSED affably
the social news ~ the island. partOok Of
IN. ginger ale our host brought oui and
then went Oh with our bundles under his
arm. Saturday hc brought hack what
there was. II was n very meagrc display
A lot 81 my things didn't turn up at all.
and all the hooks had hs-'n ripped IN one
Of my waists. I'm an excs-s OF zeal. for fear
they would rust The agent was very
sympathetic. | described the things l
was shy On II did seem funny. but he
never cracked n smile. he Just iotted down
descriptions Of the missing thing In his
little memorandum book and promised To
look them az.
You So. he went everywhere and met
him at every tack and turn. ] ignored
his laundry career at dances and clam
hakes and such places, but ! am told there
wer, girls who tackled him boldly curing
the psuSes 81 the Boston dip. or when they
were tipped up on the edge Of a cathoat
with him. or ~anvwherr. about things trim
med Nth Hamburg and others rufhed and
edged with torchon.
4 used To a~~ail him on the wharf when
,b. express boat came In. He Was really
such a very nice bov and took no end 81
pains. Ono nv one INV things trickled back
lie would come up to mo pa the wharf,
~har-headed. his eyes bcamins and his teeth
gles ming
Good morning there's a p%eiticuat Just
In, looks like yours. he would SAY or, I've
had n letter about that stock, it, been
found. II will IT, along IN sday or two
sOnce he came up very confidently IN
know II | had pink ribbon run In ANYTHING.
a. there was n corset cover seeking an
owner and he thought | might 10 she. al
though he remembered ! never sent things
without taking IA" ribbons out Nice as
he was though. ! ouldn patronize his
Old laundry. 50 ! tried various other evils.
Speaking 81 the polite little laundry
agent makes Inc think of the lot Of peopl"
down In Maine who work al anything dur
ing the summer To- go to college during tho
other nine months The man who ran
the TRUNK delivery business was a senior
at some university. a terror in Latin and
Grrek. suppose. and he certainly was
a wizard With the trunks. lie didn't
look at the checks until he got TO your
house.. and thea he generally would md
he had MIXED things. u-d Ca moraliDe
Co myself sometimes A. tn whether educated
service y a. good a. the pain straight
kin
'For instance. the houscmhid az tho
cottage wh"rr ! stayed knew n lot YOU didnt
expect her Ia know, hut from on" or two
things my hos'e~- let drop. ] fancy Ida
fell short IN IA" things she was cxpcctrd
To- know. On- dav At dinner one 81 the
children a-kNi her father the frel,ch foT
crumb. He ~uuldn't tell her. although
he Wa educated ahrusd W" all tnsd
bu, non" of u. could r'Sollcct III" wort.
After dinner Alicr. "a" lttk girl. cam~
out and asked her father n nicis Wa no,
the fr.nrh for crumh.
That tho Nuri | was irving to thiug
Of b. said VIII old YOU
1t --m- u Wa Ida who knew, She got
hold " Aic- sitter dinu-r and sid 4 Wani-d
D. tell wa a. he tshis, Mis- Ahcc, hut,
81 cuur--. ! oouidut -f-aA th-n Ida had
-tudi~l fr-nch Tor iuut wan ant German
cor thr- IN -pmr Ncs England high -rhool
and had s-inauot'- 60 teach mo-irn lam
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