The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-11
Daughter of the Ohio Senator Who Becomes Bride

strong language could be used, and
yet these women are to be found
among the best people, that is, it
should be added, that they live on the
best streets in town, but a woman who
will hire away her friends servants
cannot be strictly said to be entitled
to any position. This happens every
day, and can be accounted for to Ger
tain extent by the scarcity of servants
and the desperation of housekeepers
who will resort to almost any means to
obtain them. Not so long ago some
thing of this kind happened to a ST.
Paul woman, and in recounting the
affair to a friend she said she felt a
pardonable degree of pride for the
manner in which she handled the mat
ter. This woman lives in a fiat and
had just hired general homework
servant. About two days afterwards
the bell rang, and when Annie-as we
will call her-went to the door she no
tlced that the girl went out and
closed the door and stood talking to
someone in the hall. So the mistress
of the house suspected something and
went to the door and opened it. There
stood woman whom she knew by
sight, but had never met, and she was
evidently endeavoring to hire away
Annie, for the girl was very red in
the face, and the woman very white
when the door opened. The following
conversation ensued:
Mistress of the Housewife did you
come to see?
VISITOR came to see Annie; she is
a-friend of mine.
Mistress of the House-Annie, is
this woman a friend of yours?
Annie (feebly)-Yes'm, she is.
Mistress of the House-Well, Annie,
invite your friend into the kitchen to
sit down.
Dead silence! And presently the
woman departed, and when the mis-
tress Of the house interviewed Annie
she found she had never seen the Wom-
an before in her life, but did not like
to betray that fact when she called her
a friend. This was such a remarkable
state Of affairs to the housekeeper in
question that she was quite paralyzed,
and still more so when she found out
further that the woman offered Annie
so more month to come to her. Once
IN a While this woman goes to a tea
and meets the other woman who tried
to get Annie away from her. and thew
glare at each other and pass on, but
the woman who was guilty forgets her
part OF 1t ana only remembers that she
was invited to sit down in the other
Woman's kitchen. If a list Of those
who have stopped to this form of
crime were published, among them
would be found some of st. PauPs
smart set-women who pride them
selves upon their ancestry and blood.
Ana yet there are few things lower
than this very practice.
There was an article written by a
man the other day about fussy girls
which had in it more than a grain of
truth. He said he thought, of all spoil
sports, the fussy girl was the most eff
fect1ve. No matter what was done
for her, there was always something
wrong, and this spoiled the day for
her and for everyone near her. This is
sadly true. We all know those fussy
girls II they go to the theater there
IS sure to be someone near them who
talkS 100 loud, or the woman behind
them pr1cks them with her hat pin
something is sure to be wrong IF thew
go to circus, they are so afraid some
thlng will happen to the trapeze per-
former that they make everyone with
IN yard of them miserable. And 50
on through long list. Heaven HELM
a man with fussy wife! More di-
vorces have probably been caused by
BUSINESS than by intemperance
They fuss about their husbands.
their children, their servants, their
clothes, their friends and heaven
knows what they don't fuss about.
Nothing is ever just right, and if it
wasn't for thus and so, they would
be very happy. The wind is too
strong, or it ought to rain, or it should
stop raining, for the weather is a posi-
tive boon to the fussy ones, being
never, never just right The sort of
women men like-and all of us like for
the matter of that-are the restful
ones. The women who smooth out
difficulties, who make the best of
things, and who find something each
day that is just right. These are the
women who make life pleasant and