The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-06-20

cons and restaurant dinners, eagerly
asked that she be sent.
1T If no matter If we are all muir
dered in our beds or If the house is
looted" she reflected. We'll live a
couple of weeks anyway"
The new maid, Annie, arrived
neat, oldish person, with a slight
foreign accent. She had come from
Cleveland, she said reticently, in an
swer to her new mistress questions
Yes, she preferred doing all the work
In small family to working with 9th
er servants. She would change her
dress and get dinner at once
Mrs. Young hurried to the tele
phone to tell her husband that they
would dine at home.
Though favorably impressed that
evening with Annie's appearance and
put into good humor by the excellent
soup and well-cooked meat, Young
contained himself until he finished
his salad; that perfection of fruits,
vegetables and good Russian dress
ing was too much for him. Silently
he slipped around to his wifes chair,
gave her an ecstatic hug and was
back In his seat before Annie ap.
peared with the pudding.
If she was good at cooking she was
doubly good at serving, cleaning, an.
swering the telephone and the door.
bells. Mrs. Young pinched herself
every hour or SO to see If she were
really awake. No flaw could be found
In Annie. She went out Sunday
evenings ard Thursday afternoons,
returning in good season and ready
for work the next day.
One evening Mrs. Young threw open
the door before her husband was up
the stairs.
George" she exclaimed, II was up
in Annie's room! No, my dear" an
swering his gesture of surprise, mot
| spying around. 1t is her day out and
l went to her room to get parcel
that she wanted sent away. What do
| you suppose l found on her table?
1 Emerson's Conduct Of Life and Ste
| phen Phillips 'Marpessa!' Now what
do you think of that?"'
| Il refuse to think" he answered.
| Il only know that eat two delicious
meals at. home every day; that |
have goodtempered wife, that
things move smoothly. What care |
II We are entertaining woman jour
nalist or a lady professor in our
kitchen! Sufficient unto the day. Mrs.
Young"
So Mrs. Young retained her curios-
ity as best she could. AS they became
better acquainted Annie occasionally
dropped a philosophic remark. To her
mistress lament over the maids of
the present day, with herself as the
shining exception, Annie smiled quiet
ly and said:
"An American wishes in her kitch-
en- woman of intelligence, who has
mastered the profession of house
keeping, who never obtrudes her own
personality. who answers to the name
of servant, for board, room and Sc
a week."
Mrs. Young was speeches..
II know she is something in dis
guise, George she whispered. She
doesn't even have to stop and think
when she makes a remark like that.
1t seems to be the impartial result
of years of observation.
I. So the Youngs lived with perfect
Servant for month. Then Annie
gave two weeks notice. To Mrs.
Young's frantic questions she an
swered that she made it a rule not to
stay in any city more than six weeks.
"You have given me a comfortable
home" she said, land | have given
you the best service l could. In this
way | have Travelled through France
Germany, England and now through
America. | go to st. Louis for six
weeks; l shall try to be at my home
in Europe in three months, If all goes
we'll"
81 know now that she is writing q
book. I'm positive of it," said the
startled Mrs. Young to her husband
I'VE may expect to see ourselves IL
print any time after the next 81,
months. Fortunately. have been dis
Greet in my conversation, but you
George, you have sworn at least twic,
where she could have heard YOU"
Il care not for million 'swears,
nor If l appear in thousand books
| | only know that | shall have lived II
the same house with, perfect ser
want for six weeks!" declared George
Eyes, Annie couldn't be improved,
answered his wife, reflectively. "Bu
George, you are downtown all da
and am at home here alone with hel
It is hard to live up to a person lik
that all the time. ! am always afrai
/ shall shock her-her standards G