Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-23
THE
HOUSEHOLD
GUIDE

es when did you see Lucille and Et
Ie gar last?" asked Dick Wells one SUI
e day morning upon his return from
e. business trip, says the Chicago News
Last night" answered his sister
Alice, with a deep-drawn sigh.
y. Anything wrong in the dovecote?
" asked Dick, on the alert to hear abou
e his youngest sister, a bride of a fev
r. weeks.
o THE Soves were not cooling las
y night, Dick They didn't even twitter.'
"A family row already Edgar al
G ways appeared to be a decent sort Of
}. chap, but l suppose one can never tel
|. how a man will develop in domestic
J. life. There's one thing certain
e won't stand for any funny business
, on his part II he"
3 Now Dick, don't blame Edgar be.
[ fore you know anything about the
matter. Lucille is not the abused wife
you imagine"
when I went into their little libra.
ry last evening they were sitting in
frigid silence. Edgar was reading
and Lucille was trying to embrolder,
but her eyes were too full of tears
to see her stitches"
"The brute!" interposed Dick.
wait until l tell you the whole
story. OF course, saw Immediately
that something was wrong, and II was
only a minute or two before Lucille
motioned to me to follow her upstairs
I am disappointed woman, she sob.
bed, and Of course, the next moment
she was in my arms crying just the
way she did that day you threw her
doll down the we'll"
mo digesslons, IL you please. AL.
Ice"
Il got the whole story out of her
finally A heavy snow fell night be-
fore last, and, as Lucille was seeing
Edgar off yesterday morning he sug.
gested that she hire man to clear the
walk In front Of their house. She de.
cided that no man was to be had. and
that If the walk wasn't shoveled off i'm.
mediately Edgar would come home
and think she did not attend to his
wishes as dutlful wife should. She
told Molly, the cook, to go out and
sweep a path. OF course. you know
what happened then. Molly assured
her In forceful manner that she had
not been hired to do a mans work. and
added that even a child like Lucille
should know better than to ask her.
Lucille reprimanded her her for her
Impertinence, and Molly grew even
more insulting, according to Lucille
Then what do you think your sister
did? She retired with dignity to her
rooms and took down a volume Won :
gave her, The Housekeeper's Guide
Upon consulting that valuable worl,
5he learned that one should never 4
speak to servant when angry. The
more she thought of Molly's behavior
The angrier she grew, so, of course. she !
couldn't speak to her all day. and she 3
was so afraid she would and saw :
harsh that she did not dare
90 down stairs to lunch. Z
When Edgar came home in the af. I
ernoon, Lucille was watching for him
md she ran to meet him at the door 2
lie had the misfortune to inquire wbv
he snow had not been shoveled off the
Walk Lucille, who, of course. was nor 4
very amiable mood. took his in. I
.ulry as criticism and told him that I
ne dld her best TO run his house sat. :
sIactorily, hut that he did not apnra. Z
late his efforts Then she told him o
nat he must tell Molly that if she
.ere not respectful and obedient she
.ouId have to go. Edgar declined He 9
'ld Lucille that he managed his Of
&C. and that il was her place TO look
''er the anairs of the house. IucuIa Z
ept and told him that she couldn,t 3
'y a word to Molly because she was
nsry with her and she gave the z
ionsekeeper's Guide as her autbori.
r Edgar said the book was tom. 8
yrot Lucille then said he had In. 4
'''ed her brother Dick, who gave her 2
he book. So. as | toId ,o,, -
hen arrived they were not ON
'eaking terms
Well didn't YOU say somethingq
'oHI you talk TO Lucille and show
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Now. Dick. of cnmrsn dian.. ~.