The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
lH, FOR AUTOMATIC SERVANTS
FIAT YOU COULD WIND UP or
pr> ny MEANS OF LEVERS!
.,rurr,e Between tho Literary Maid and
IN. Z nlntrlcc,ual CoOk--How n Wash.
wou,ap spoiled n New Giri VINO Had
,,,, over an Entire Household.

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wan over an Entire Household.
soh for the day Of automatic servants, I"
Va sighed. tho machine handmaidens
w., enc NAV wind up or start fire under
- cre.s a button or ad Just one lever marked
,ooLinr another marked dish washing,
nd co ON and then have no more bother. +"
Tic other women in the nearby ham,
,oc,s sighed in sympathy, An effort was
nade 10 dismiss he subject, since it would
.,.srt Il self al too soon and would not be
oYei Bt every one was too deeply
yts-es,ed TO 10, it pass. 30 the woman with
tomcchanical housenaid idea continued:
u read the other day that they have in
-ordon an apparatus that, cleans house
ar YOU. literally while you wait. You take
no family visiting in the morning and when
MI come back at night it is all over. Think
th They turn loose big blower of some
.,rt and clean the carpets, the rugs, the
hairs the mouldipgs and everything else
, the room in a few minutes After the
,,chine moves ON to the next room you
mn, find speck Of dust with micro scope.
so don't see why the servan, may not
"a suppaned in some way, some day.
No came 10 the shore this year full month
arlier than ever before simply because Of
he servant problem. Last January We
at A Jewel of a girl to do general house,
cork She was fresh from Ireland: a bright
,ss she was. She was we'll educated, too.
Her father is conductor on steam
slvay in Ireland and he gave her high
cbooI education. 1t was very nice, that
fuca,lon, SO We thought at the start, for the
dr was SO intelligent she could do all man
,er Of little things that you never think Of
nlstng TO tn" average servant.
But she was altogether too literary,
nd out Of literature came her downfall,
or rather ours. We take all the popular
magazines at our house, and OF course
chen they come we are interested in them.
There was trouble at once. for when my
husband would finish his dinner and light
1is cigar he would inquire for the new
magazine he brought the night before
nd it would be missing,
THE babies have way Of stripping the
overs oS all Magazines as soon as they
;et inside the house. All magazines look
like to the infants and they evidently
as they certainly do, with the covers gone,
20 there would be grand search and an
overhauling of old magazines to see il the
rev ones had got in among the old.
with the covers gone you have no idea
row hard it is to find the magazine you
want; it takes long time, for you have
dig your way through the first twenty
II thirty pages Of advertisements before
'ou come to the reading matter. If you
lon't strike tho first page of reading matter
'ou must go back and search for it, for
,ome magazines print the month only on
he cover and on the first page Of the maya
line proper.
with husband getting hotter every
minute it was a scene Of some excitement,
particularly il things had gone little
twry at the Office during che day. Once
n twice we had to give up the search alto
,ether, and then We would have a real nice,
1,,ist. sulky evening.
But after time / discovered where all
he new magazines were, hidden under q
title table in the kitchen. Our literary
Maid had them and apparently was gather.
10y together library OF periodicals for
itchen use. After that I had to make
survey OF the kitchen the last thing in
he afternoon before dinner.
Then there came trouble with the cook.
The Irish maid did not have enough to do
" at least it often happened that she was
lie when the cook was busy. The minute
no was not busy the girls head was in q
ook or magazine.
This broke the cooks heart. 1t was
ard enough she said, to have to toll over
, hot stove, but to do it with big husky
;rl sitting close by reading while she
: oiled was not agreeable. The cook fretted
nd fllmed and said sarcastic things, until
was case of lose the literary maid or the
'nntellect,Ial cook. OF course the maid
vent.
The next maid, and so far the last, was
little Polish girl She quite won the
= mole household She was pretty in a
way, and you could easily fancy her clump-
,Gg about the fields in sabots with a kerr
4 lief around her. throat, and 40 on.
She was a new importation, four months
Z yer, full Of physical strength and empty
Il all knowledge Of the English language
iut she was so demure and so willing, and
thankful for every little kindness, that
. 'e were delighted. Husband said very
arioCsly that that girl was worth cult
'aing, and although grandmother shook
er head wisely over the foolish indulgence
~ servants he persisted that this girl might
i'a made our devoted adherent.
He even drew very pretty picture Of
us girl abiding with us until tho children
iere grown up, their devoted slave. It
vas very nice, the way he put it, and / con-
/. SIS | got quite enthusiastic. too. / think
'e discussed the possibilities Of that girl
or full hour that night and we all went
I , bed feeling that we were on the eve of
! now era in our housekeeping; all except
randmother. who. looking down the
. ears, over long, long line OF domestic
Experiences, smiled and was sceptical.
But The next day even grandmother was
ION over, 1t seems she helped the girl
up her room a little, and the girl seized
er hand and kissed it. That settled the
ID lady She has been reading of royal
antilles all her life, and she dotes on a
ovel dealing with the real, ls-carat
ioolhty, with all the hand kissing and
bsisances, kow-towings and so on. She
'ad never had her hand kissed before. at
'ast nor for many years, since her court
Il days, and this little stroke Of the new
iris took her by storm.
The girl had never had room Of her
WI before, and she was more than charmed