Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-20
 Solution of Servant Difficulty.
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" AM going to found ans0rder of
 Domestic Servants. and callit the Order of St. Zita,n announced the en- terprising Mrs. Hartley -Dunne, when went to call upon her the other day.
 And will it be success, do you think?" asked I.
 Ut must be-" answered she with con- fdence. Good servants are the things above all others that the world is cry ing out for now, and my order, com ing just at the right moment, is quite certain to achieve a great success" :"
 During the winter Mrs. Hartley Dunne had already organized a course of lectures for soldiers wives, insti- tuted a Ladies' club in her country town, opened a vegetarian restaurant near Charing Cross, and subscribed half the funds towards a home for summer cats, so she felt entirely jus tified in speaking with decision about her present venture.
 But why name it Zita? ?" demanded, wondering.
 My dear, I don't suppose you've ever heard of St. Zita," she returned; and I confessed my total ignorance with shame
 +'Well, never mind, said Mrs. Hartley Dunne, encouragingly. sbetween our selves don't think anybody does know anything about her, although her life is published by the Truth society for a penny"
 ''It must have been very clever of them to have written it if they d o not know anything at all about her!" mar yeled I.
 "Oh, mol I don't mean that" ex- claimed my friend, precipitately; s'of course the Truth society always does know everything about everybody"
 ''Do they, really? How extremely awkwardi I shall have to be more careful for the future"
 stWhat I meant was that you and peo- pie in our set. as rule, are all in the dark where the Acta Sanctorum is concerned"
 ''Put me out of my misery quickly" pleaded I.
 ''If you care to know. St. Zita was an Italian peasant" Mrs. Hartley Dunne explained, ''born 1918, died 127s, who for nearly 50 years worked in the household of Fatinelli, at Lucca, and is the only domestic servant who has ever been canonized."
 "Reallyl Indeedl Exactly sol' said I. "I don't quite know which is the most appropriate comment to make, but I wish to convey to your mind that I am tremendously impressed by what you tell me-"
 And do you want to hear all about my order?"
 ''I am simply dying of curiosity" replied.
 ''To begin with" she began, "a cous- in of mine is going to lend me his country house in Hertfordshire for the Novitate house, and there Lady Abbess, and the Choir Zitines (called mothers of the congregation) will re- side, and train the lay Zitines for serv- ice"
 'But how to obtain the Postulants ?'' asked I.
 "Ihave thought of that; orphans and foundlings can be easily supplied for that purpose by the cardinal"
 'tOf course they can," said I.
 .And the rules are all drawn up."
 sOh! Let me hear the rules'
 ''1. A Zitine will be taught from the earliest years that she is the happiest and most fortunate of women.
 's2 She will take the greatest care of the property of others, while never de- string any property of her own.
 's3. She will dress in a simple man. ner, incapable of attracting the admira- tion of the opposite sex.
 A. She will only speak when char 5ty or necessity requires her to do so.
 "5. She will guard her eyes whilst talking to the milkman and the butch CT boy.
 ss6. She will not clean the sink out with dinner napkin.
 "7. She will not make coffee in beer-jug, should there already be two other coffee pots in the house.
 "s. She will never pour paraffine upon the kitchen fire.
 "9. She will never complain to any one except the lady abbess."
 Most comprehensive rules!" said I. "I shall have no hesitation in applying 90 you for all the domestic servants ] may ever require"
 s'You will have to subcribe to the or der, and become an oblate." said Mrs