The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-23
TWO CHRISTMAS LETTERS
Jolly Christmas Passages, Captured Tor The Tribune.

face to tell you about the COOKE Still
you could enjoy it.
My good Bridget, whom / had go
long that my ueighbors envied me
and said ! kept her by making her
shirt waists, insisted on getting married
Thanksgiving day. When j weakly
deplored the fact that she was leav-
ing me. she turned upon me sharply,
and said;
"Onyone wud think yc'd not been
happy, yourself, to hear ye talk; an
We with such a foine mon as him!
That was double .barrcllcd remark
exploding both ways at once, and what
could | do but give. her wedding
breakfast to make it right1
When she was Mrs. Flynn aud l had
seen her safely Off midst tears and
rice Of anything would mnke me weep,
losing a good maid would), | turned
To paper and poured my woe into tho
ear Of the advertising department.
After considerable trial | gave up
irving To get n regular servant. and
contented myself with a woman 20
come in by the day. Something about
her displeased me from the first,
of good English ] do not know, but it
irrirated me to hear her discourse upon
ethics by means Of the mixed terms ap-
parently so natural TO her. And slow,
Oh, me! And choice about what she
would do? You should have seen her
and heard her, She tore wildly about
each afternoon so that she could get
away on the stroke of . clock If
she had potato half peeled and her
knife poised for a particularly fine
stroke, at sound Of the , o'clock
whistle she d leave the knife in the
air and the potato in the water, and
HE her homeward with sweet good
night. 1t got on my nerves little,
but | tried te endure II, and Satur-
dav, after she ii been here four days.
I thought I'd ask her 10 dress the
chickens for our Sunday dinner.
recalled her choiceness, so said, very
carefully:
- Mabel. tiny Mabel, can YOU dress
a chicken?''
II have" she slowly made reply,
pausing in the monotonous movement
of grating cocoanut, "but We did
more desirable Jobs. -
| put away my nice hat and my
sweet gown that had planned 10 wear
down town and arraved myself for the
kitchen with zeal worthy n nohler
cause, and when she stood ready to fv
al . clock ] gently informed her that
] would try-at least ! would make
heroic effort-to get along without her,
She took violent offensc at nv lack
of appreciation, and almost literally
walked off on her ear.
But Betty, while this may amuse
YOU. il touches one cause Of the famous
servant question. They all want
good pay, and no work. 10 response
bihty. How You are going To adjust
that difficulty is beyond me- II begins
in the cradle. and deliver me from
having to raise n girl in order 10 have
her fit for anything once she is grown!
Since then I've n good cook. who
came unexpectedly. and is a treasure
/ almost believe she s n reward of
only my feeling about having
to give so many Christmas presents
rather bellies the virtue.
Do tell me what you did Christmas
[ know you II have a good time-you
always do. and with so little effort.
The children are stirring! Mercy
it s clock Ny eyes feel as though
they would never smut again.
Good night-or good moruing-vou
dear old faithful, and If we are not to-
gether at Christmas time, please know
that next 10 Phil and my babies | want
YOU most. Your loving. KATE.