New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
CHIV1LRY IN SUBURBS.
Modern Deiuery Wagon Bayards
Who Rescue Fair Ladies.

'ChivaIry will not die long ther. ars
grocery and butcher clerks, said a suburbanite a.
she watched the srocer's team out OF sight Il
simply couldn't keep house il it wasn't for those
men who call for the orders and afterward deliver
the goods. and. between you and me. they'r. a
bigger help than my husband. You sse he's in
town all day. and when something comes up during
the morning just wait cheerfuily for the zrocerv
man the butcher man. knowing they will help
me out of difficulties that need a mans strong
guiding hand They never refuse me, and they ali
seem to be Handy Andys-'
Now, that young man that just left has saved
my house from being flooded Just before he cam.
the water pipe sprany a leak. The plumber teIs-
phoned he couldn't come for two hours and I
didn't know how TO shut of the water. But ny
grocery man did. On. yes. indeed. he Just poked
down in the cellar few minutes, and. presto. the
water turned of. One day the butchers man
cams and found standing in chair. almost in
Mysteries No. it wasn't a mouse, but tiny green
harmless grass snake had erawled into the kitchen
and lay basking by the fresde- He killed IL and
saved me from having a convulsion-
You know how pesky 1t Is to open Well
don't try any more I put cans and can
opener on the table. and when the grocery man
comes he opens them all He takes the covers OF
tin boxes also for me. and more than he has
put a washer the faucet.
The butchers man saved mo from serious trouble
one day. A tramp had walked boldly into ny
kitchen and demanded food I ordered him out and
tried to frighten him. but he calmly down and
leered at me. I ready to faint with fright
when 1 heard welcome Any orders to-day.
ma'am?'
Yes said in a fash, throw this tramp out
And he did
Let tell you what happened last winter. Z
hired a man to shovel the OF the back roof,
for I was afraid the roof would break under rs
heavy burden He showed up all right but he
was drunk a lord. In spite Of my protests he
went clanbering out Of the window and commenced
to shovel At every shovelfuI he nearly fell OF.
and at every ehovelful I shrieked az him 10 cens
in. But, sir. he was going to do that Job or
bust so he said Just then my knight came, only
II wasn't the grocery the butcher this time.
but the fish man. I impIored him TO get that
drunken fellow of the roof. and he did. somehow.
although he got black eye in the process.
When my little dog had it's leg nearly cheved
off in a dog fight the butcher arrived in time
TO bind up the wounded leg and 10 save TIE little
animal from bleeding TO death. Ones one OF these
knights unlocked the pantry door for me. after
had been KEEP, in there for half hour by NY
baby boy. who had accidentally turned the key.
and. of course, did not know how TO turn 10 back
again. Those chivalrous men have scrapped with
disasreeabis ashes collectors for they have
pointed to why my fire WASH burning oet-
ter; they have taken a hand IN moving heavy flr-
niture for in housecleaning time and they have
consented to mail my letters. You can tax
about your knights OF old. but give ms these
twentieth century knights IN white sr1ccks VINO
come In my kitchen door every morning looking
for orders but ready to respond 70 almost any CAL
of mine for practical aid"