The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-27
BIDDY's,
BLUM DERS

/ van pWSlls Wtis EolHE iHiuHSH VI
city and would stop over for a shor
visit. When she had mentioned TIL
| circumstance to her maid that haught.
| individual had announced her own i'm
mediate departure. Hubby had had t
get breakfast that morning, the hous
appeared to have reached the china:
of chaos, and the guests were to al
rive at four o'clock.
Mrs. Youngwife had been at til,
telephone all the forenoon trying {,
get help. If only temporarily, but ever
that seemed impossible on such shor
notice. She would have to take thu
company to the hotel after all, anc
Dick would be so disappointed He
was proud Of his coy little home and
it's mistress.
The doofbell rang. Mrs. Youngwife
hastily dried her tears, showed the re.
mains of the Observation-Disclosures supper
under the davenport and scrambled
into becoming gown.
''Plaze. mum, the intillygince loidy
tould me as how you'd be wantln a
CURL" said the hearty voiced Irish
woman who was ushered in,
Il do want one badly. Can you
come right away"
Biddy could come at once, rid after
the usual nreliminaries, she was duly
installed. She did beautifully the first
day.. Though inexperienced, she was
honest, clean and willing, and Mrs.
Youngwife was beginning to congratu-.
late herself upon securing such a
treasure. Her complacency received
something of shock, however when
they all went down to breakfast the
next morning and found the melon
served on soup plates,
"Why, Biddy, | told you distinctly to-
put it ON the small fruit plates" she
said, reproachfully.
did ye2 Belize We did" replied the
girl. 4 jist mistook fruit plates fur
soup plates Sure. darlint, We wadn't
be blamin' pore niddy- fur O troitle
loike thot That's nawthin' to worrit
We at all Emmy wan en- ate fruit out
oy soup plate, but eft twas t,other
way about. an We had t. ate soup out
ov fruit plate ut might be bother
some, bein' they're mostly so smaller"
There was such laugh at this that
The young housekeeper decided to
throw formality to the winds and
make a feature Of Biddy. This was
lone. with 10 much success that when
The guests took their departure they
declared it 10 have been one of the
jolliest visits they ever had made.
Biddy's opinion Of her blunders may
oe gathered from her conversation
with the girl next door.
Its puzzlin, Maggie she said, -tlI,s
way they say wan thing whin they
name anither Whin they ask fur
haze We niver en- tell whittier they'll |
re after hayin' fish, flesh. err fowl. Ye
my en- be sartin it's not chaze they're |
Afore dinner the missus
ums into the kitchen an says to me,
avs she:
van JOu Hiuht q tplhtdiit DtuuJ
Sure, num- says l.
CHOW do you make 'em?' says she.
81 generally roasts 'em, says |,
hinkin she'd be mainin' SOON kind az
bird.
Cocktails aren't to eat. They're
0 drink, says she
20, it's a soup you'd be havin' me
lade wild EN-, is ut?' says l. Soon
oes like EN- best that way
"But wad we behave ut, Maggie.
cocktails is a kind av a poonch ye
lake wild gin an SOON Italyian Ticker
nat looks like lie nd tastes like var
ish. Now, who'd be thinkin' they d
iv ut tn name av a bird? II
AN along this afternoon tn missus
ays: 'Biddy, says she. 'whin ye sarye
he fiye-o'cloclx tay. bring in thin deft
ups without handles yen find in the
deboard | whit { tn sideboard an
seen SOON Guild cracked Rups like
lin me an Mike Civ Miss Dooligan
hin we cum t Ameriky. ''Sure,'
iluho IL SHc tuu bS luLlHulH VI
ialerty t. see thin ould things, and (
got out SOON cunnin little white
ups that sets up on standards like, II
4 took 'em inter tn parlor wild tn
y. Whin tn missns seen 'em she
iys: %, Biddy, those aren't fer tay.
hose are, aig Guns. Take em back II
4 bring in tn blue vans 5rai.,.
Faith, an how wad l be KNOWN a
ey wuz sig cups 2 They wus nawth- I
at alliike an aig. An bless We. the 6
company didn't know the diffurence T.
Iimselves. Wan ov thin whit e. tn
inder, suddint like list thin, an that
ok tn attinshAn ~ the ithers Eff ;
missus'd list kept still they'd
'unk their tay an niyer knowed
iwthin' WIZ wrong.
But what bates me, Maggie, is tn
nse OK Ut all What fur do they ate
ate fur twinty minits an thin salud
r tin? Why c'nt, they take a bit o,
ate an thin a bit o salud. an thin /.
t O. salud an thin a bit O mate
in. like ne. an Nike does7 IF tn
Gator Nv. intended thin. & be ct
purit he'd a-grosed first tn mate
d thin the sslud like strawberries an
ehes.
But there's many man in tn
alerty knows mere nor the Creator
III Creator nd. kuaWed as nueb ~