Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-08-24
HOW ANTON SOLVED
THE SERVANT
GIRL PROBLEM

A NToN HEGNNMULLER sat In bin
~ ONCE. and the smile that began %
light his gray German eyes spread ou
IKE the rising sun oveg tho broad fex-
panse Of hia red .chealCs until, Il drew
the corners Of his mouth wide apart
and he laughed. He had an idea A
ehrewd admirer Of Kaiser Wilhelm was
Anton HegenmulIer. but be had lived
long enough In the Borough o. MAD
haitian, U. g. A., TO appreciate tho va1ue
Of ideas. THIS idea was great Easaly
a suectatur must have discovered that
II, unseen, he could have watched enc
vast and appreciative smile lllumine ths
countenance OF Anton HegenmulleT.
Anton believed he bad solved tho
servant girl problem. Not, however,
from the standpoint Of the troubled and
energetic lady who came at intervals
TO rest the burden OF her domestic cares
upon his broad and generous shoulders
mot that His idea ives purely phil
anthropiC. But It did not include the
universe. Anton was 70 be the center
Of 1.-THE circumference. Anton laughed
again. There was to be a limit 70 that.
Il might include the oppressed and
down-trodden servant girl, but the
weary, IL energetic, ladies who had been
Anton's patrons In the wide, cool spaces
Of Murray Hill? Welt, let us see!
A soft gurgle Of rubber tires on
the asphalt pavement the frou-fNou OF
silken skirts outside the Office, and AM
tons smile OF personal Joy relaxed into
temperate and mildly effusive wei
come as q lady appeared In the door
way.
Sara says She's eOtng!" exclaimed
the visitor, BY way Of an Introductory
remark. w N
Anton was not staggered; neither waH
he perturbed. His shoulders came up
and In about an inch: his eyebrows gen
tly did the same, Q little trick be had
brought from his neighbors In Alsace-
Lorraine, in the Fatherland-
SARA was most excellent girl" he
said, convinoingly, as Il to amend mat
ters.
"But she's guingl" repeated the lady.
lnsistently.
Anton had had much experience with
''Saras" Of various nationalities and OF
many names, and he did not share his
visitors alarm, He was not dtscom-
nted. The incident merely strengthened
his original philanthTopic plan.
Presently the guest departed, COM
forted with the assurance that Anton
himself would zee the divine Sara and
compel her to relinQuish the Idea Of for
Saking 80 kind and charming q mistress
Oh, Anton was tactfull
Then he resumed his broad and happy
smile and the consideration Of the phil
anthroplc idea. He reasoned thus;
For II years he had conducted an
employment agency In the tashion-
able residence district Of upper New
York, and scarcely house between For
tieth street and Lexington avenue and
Eighteenth street and Central Park West
not to include some cross-strsetS Of
eminent respectability--but which har-
bored 3 maid Of his selection. The num-
Der reached far into the three figures,
shrewd be was, and be knew the value
Of good servant girl True, HE recom-
mendation was not given gratis, butAn-
tons patrons had the greatest reliance
and faith in him. His girls were hx-
lures, like the brass faucets on the kitch-
en- sink; they seldom refused to work.
and they hardly ever wore out So good,
indeed. were Anton's girls that he had
no more business TO do. l-t,
In the main they were oontented,
Largely they looked upon him a. great
and true friend. Therefore, Anton felt
that they would have no objection TO
harkening to his counsel: Il would Do
them no harm. and a. for him-vslb
perhaps Anton's smile grew even broad
er and more expansive e. the idea a.
tered IL way again through bis tsrtiia
mind.
And that day Anton HegsnmullsFallt-
o. stenographsr-ona who had gradn-
ated from the ranks Of the Domestic
got buay. The result Of her iabors ap-
Dsared IN a small, characteristics mlnsive
reading Ike this: .FH I'LL
Dear Miss Brown; I have found you Z
Vary. very maok nicer piaca I have beeI
watching your WORK closely. and ne rcpu.
tatiou which You have made n your pre-
cot position has aarnsd thil fcr roa ] IN
rery, vury rlad 70 teli you atctl q, end !
know thar gou vin Ne J. 80 ~ lndl
rhsoh you are going with unl lao 9od
You are q eui your prul1nf ouri1Ti1eul
ucut from next Ihur11aI. rl4llT ga
weeks nou1a ana ccma . "a Au14
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