The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07

derg"uld,' ! said, I don't crowd in
where I'm not wanted, but since you
say the party won't be a success unless
1 come, why. come 1 WILL and 1 did
The book agent seated himself on one
Of the yellow wooden chairs and laid
the oIcloth covered parcel that he had
carried under his arm upon his knee.
You see, Mrs. Smithers," lie said.
Mr. NandergOuld knew I was a man
of culture, although I did wear the
blue oVeralls of a plumber, just as 1
can see that under that blue calico
Wrapper-Which is very becoming to a
woman of your cOmplexiOn-is wO-
man of culture. And this" he said,
tapping the parcel on his knee, lis why
ne knew me to be a man Of culture. Ny
grandmother was n Van DOlsen of Van
Dolsenville, Long Island"
1 don't care who your grandmother
was" said Mrs. Smithers, nor your
grandfather, neither. But if you can
tell me why a lady like Mrs. Wander
gould was doing her own washing
you'll do more than I guess you can"
And you can say that when with
my own eyes l see Mrs. Smithers, the
president of the Curleyvill2 Culture
club, doing her own washing" said
Ehph Hewitt, blandy, "and if 7 ask
you why Mrs. SmitheTs, president Of
the Curleyville Culture club is doing
her own washing, l know what YOU will
say. You will say, Servants You
Will say, Servants are the baue nf a
woman's life You will say. Tell me
where I can get a good servant in these
awful days and you will no longer see
Mrs SmitherS. president If the CuTey-
vile Culture club. doing Ter own wash
ing And that was what Mrs. Wander
gould said to me. MIR. Hewitt she
said, servants That was what she
said. MI. Hewitt she said for six
weeks ] have not had 4 servant i'm the
house. and 1 must have tie table linen
done for this evenings grand sEaray
/ may have 2 bad temper she said
ard may speak harsh to the help when
l have any, she says, but the help a
person IS compelled to put up with i'm
these days is enough to give an angel
a bad temper. You are surprised, she
says, to see me. a perfect lady and the
boss of the so-called Four Hundred
doing my own washing. but i YOU don't
like it, please tell me where l can get
a servant I have tried she says, and
ReginaldO has tried she says. and We
have brought them home from the in
telligenCe offices by thousands. ard
they give one look at the six weeks
soiled linen piled up here she says,
and they go And you. Mrs. Smithers.
knowing your OWN sweet temper, can
temper of Mrs. Nandereould should be
doing her own washing, when servants
are what they are
They are UngTateful things" said
Mrs. Smithers. heartily. Tine last one
l had-her name was Maggie"
THAT was the name Of my ,lea~
grandmother iHterpOsed the little
man quickly. Maggie Van Dolsen.
and millionaire in her own right but
it all went i'm gold mine stock. but not
until she had bought a copy Of
L don't want to hear about your
grandmother" said Mrs. Smithers.
bluntly. All I ask you : how the
NandergOulds come Ia ask YOU To dill
ner?"
My grandmother. she bought''-said
Eliph' Hewitt. Well ma'am. I'll skin
my grandmother. There 1 was under
the wash tubs with a soldering iron
in one hand and a force pump in the
other, and all of me that Mr.. Wander
gould could see when he came into the
kitchen was the ends of my legs. He
came in hurriedly and stepped on one
of my feet 'Odelia,' he said to his wife.
there's the dickens to pay for YOU
know, ma'am," said Eliph', some of
the Four Hundred use strong language
when excited. What's up, Reginaldo?'