The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-02-24
BY Charles RdtteI LOOMiS

interested in of the servant-b0arder as u
woman is and never go out anywhere where there
are some strangers present. but am asked to tell
about her. and that always starts the servant ques
ton; and l am generally asked to take the floor, be-
cause we have had such queer experiences.
| have time for only one more anecdote but l
must tell that. Summer before last mother got u
treasure of cook. She could cook, she respect
full and respectable, she didn't break and she was
honest, but -
Well, her "but" was that she would not 90 to the
mountains Now we take a furnished house in the
mountains every summer, but we can't get servant
up there, and Mad jezda (she's PoeJ could not be
induced to 60 So we went without her, and she
lived in city house half wages all summer
long and cooked for herself while mother went to the
mountains and cooked for herself. Still, it was a
sort of comfort to think that somewhere we had
capable cook cooking.
l sometimes wish that some of the incapable
could be cooking somewhere.
Are you fond of looking up your genealogyH
It's good thing to be fond Of believe me, only
don't let it stop at the mere getting of names and
You believe that Theodore and Dorothea ought to
study history at school, History is the account of
the doings of and it is very valuable But the
study of history in your own family cannot fail to be
If you learn that Great-grandfather Smith was
murderer or sheep stealer you can take great com
fort in the thought that neither Theodore Dor
OCnea SHOWS mcmahon 1OllOW III his
and your optimism receives impetus.
If, on the contrary, you find that Greatgrand
father Smith much beloved by his neighbors and
tried to do his duty the Lord gave him light why
there you have good reason why Theodore and Dor
Othea should strive to be worthy descendents of such
an ancestor.
1t will be interesting to learn that that peculiar
trick of holding her head side that Dorothea
has popularity of Greatgrandmother Robinson,
and that Theodore's onesidcd smile remarked in
Great-grandfather Brown as far back as 1903 in a
diary kept by his schoolmate, Darius Woodruff.
And If Cousin John bends his elbow too often you
may be less hard on him when you learn that Great
folk County, and that his father "threebottle
man."
If you are selfish and you read in letter written
Just before the battle of Lexington that your great
great-grandather noted for his unsefshness you
have an incentive to shape your life something like
his.
IT, on the other hand, you find out in some old
record that your maternal neutrality-suspicious.
was the most selfish man who ever rode farm wagon
into Boston it is surely high time that your family
stopped being selfish.
Oh, yes the minute study of family histories is
divertng, stimulating usefu-and shocking
An express system is the latest development of
municipal ownership in Manchester, England, where
the street car lines owned by the city, The local
express companies protested against the city going
into the business but to avail and the service is
becoming very popular, the charges being reasonable
and delivery is prompt The example of Manches
ter will undoubtedly be followed by other English
cities the plan of municipal ownership is gaining
much Roadway.
Fined 500 for contempt of court by Judge Cor
don of the Criminal Court of Tampa was the fate
of c. R. Hawk, editor of the Herald of that city.