The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-24
An Old Dutchman who Is Certainly
Entitled TO Riches n Chicago MIL
Iioraire Proposes to Set Aside.
SOCIETY wcMAN's HIGH CRIME
NORTH MERIDIAN HOUSEWIFE
STOLE FRIENDS COOK.
Sufficient Material I'm the Incident for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fam
lily Buncoed.

The Chicago millionaire who is looking
for a perfect servant whom he promises
to pension with riches galore. need not
journey any further away from the Windy
City than Indianapolis in making ms
search. for there is a perfect servant in
this city, but this individual so efficient IN
the accomplishment OF domestic work. Is
not a woman, which doubtless would
strengthen the conviction Of the Chicago
millionaire who declares emphaticaly that
there are no perfect servant girls nova
days. No. this perfect servant. right here
in our midst, is not a woman. but man
grown old in the pursuit of what the up-to-
date servant girl considers household
drudgery.'
There is a family living on Broadway
that has had in its employ for over thirty
years man who came 10 Indiana from a
little Dutch settlement in Pennsylvania
This man is working now for the second
generation of this family-that IS. OF
course, the second generation that he has
known-and is incidentally keeping his eye
on the third genera ton, which is at present
toddling about the house. for the faithful
fellow hopes TO continue his service with
this coming generation IL he lives long
enough. This perfect servant does all OF
the cooking. washing and ironing required
in the household and in addition takes care
of the youngsters when their mother Is
absent from the house. He never leaves
the place except TO go on errands for his
master or mistress; he is never i'll; he has
no company to sit in the kitchen at night,
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the little people of the family that he is
adored by the mother and father. who
would just as soon think of giving up their
happy little homestead as to think Of part
ing with this good old Dutchman.
NOT A FAIRY STORY.
Now all this may appear to be a fairy
story, but it isn't anything of the kind.
One might think, almost be led to believe.
that the good old Dutchman is in reality
some stray genii like the mysterious one
in THE Arabian Nights" who, when he
escaped form the bottle in which he had
been imprisoned for centuries. became the
lifelong obedient servant OF the poor
fisherman who had accidentally been the
cause of his deliverance. In this day when
the securing OF even mediocre servants has
become a most vexatious problem &C house
keepers. the presence OF the faithful old
fellow in this Broadway home seems almost
too good TO be true 1t was only short
time ago, when party OF indianapolis
women were exchanging condolences re-
garding the servant question, that this re-
markable truth about the Dutchman came
to light. OF course, the intimate friends
of the family had known all along of the
existence OF this perfect servant, but It.
was only these intimate friends who do
know 1t. and IL is little wonder that the
matter had been kept something OF a
secret People do not get up on the house,
tops and bawl out to the public that they
have treasures Of priceless value concealed
in their homes for fear that thieves would
break in and steal the cherished things.
Some housekeepers. who would be shocked
at the mere idea of taking anything else
that did not belong TO them. will not hest
tate to carry of servant from the house
hold of friend, and II the old Dutchman's
presence in the Broadway home were gen.
orally known, the chances are that the
good old chap would be tossed hither and
thither about Indianapolis like a shuttle
cock at the mercy of the battledores. Not
long ago a woman Of fashion living on
North Meridian street committed daring
robbery in broad daylight. She stole .
cook, And what makes the crime more
appalling. the cook belonged TO a good
friend of hers. That is. the woman who
employed the cook was a good friend Of
hers once. They don't speak now. Know
ing through her friend. of the accomplish
ments of this good cook (the cook is a COLI
ored Crib. the feminine Jack Shepard got
out of bed bright and early one spring
morning and. after sneaking through con-
venient alleys and byways TO her friends
back door. she so entreated and implored
the colored girl. who wss preparing a de-
licious breakfast, to desert her mistress
and fly with her TO the place-of-Detter-
wages that the cook. giving way TO the
irresistible temptation OF gold. donned her
hat threw her apron over her arm and
then and there fed TO the larger and hand
somer household with the temptress. leav-
ing the fragrant coffee and the broiling
lamb chops to their ruin on the stove IL
was all mean enough, goodness knows. but
the villainess OF this little melodrama Of
uptown life argued that cook in the hand
is worth two cooks who promise TO come
the next day sure" and she excused her
own act OF grand larceny as a theatrical.
manager pardons his own offcnse when he
steals away a money-making star from
rival manager-simply by saying that
there was nothing else TO do"
COOKS LEAVE SUDDENLY.
But cooks often leave just as suddenly
from other reasons One OF the teachers
In the public schools-a married woman
who keeps house-had a queer experience
a few weeks ago. She engaged girl for
general homework who seemed very anx-
ious TO accept the new position-an un-
heard-of thing. for. as an almost invariable
rule, the servant who answers advertise
ments seems bent upon avoiding Job IL
there Is any possible way of doing so. But
this girl had other peculiarities. she never
went away from the house night or day
after taking the situation. She had very
plain and very few clothes She never re-
ceived a letter or any other sort OF mall.
and not a single person came TO see her
during her stay in the school teachers
house. She was always remarkably quiet.
and she did her work in most admirable
style. Her mistress came 10 believe that
this strange specimen OF servant girl had
fallen down from heaven. and when. one
day at noon. she (the mistress) went into
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