The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

travsgant seryaHt 70 contend with either.
! tell you Blossom. the tyranny of the
present day servant giri is frightful and
her complaints Of this being hard and
that being wearing. and small wages and
long hours-snd-its all tOmmyrot, ! tel
you. tomuyrot!n
For full % minutes Mr.. Justwed ex-
psnded, enlarged and amplihed bis views
on his new-found topic. in full enjoyment
Of bis after-dlnner cigar.
well" be exclaimed finally. pushing
back bis chair and rising. well not
worry about this servant problem III
help you every day and We viii get along
finely. I must attead 20 few Dstters
now brought home from the ofice with
ne-yOu'u not mind II ! don't taik 70
you for & hah-hoHF or 80. viii you.
| dearieT'
And be started for his easy chair and
crep:fght In The sitting-rOOu.
"why-vhy-Honsr. dear" cried Ms.
:. IN alarm, "yoa don't intend that ] shah
clear gp all these dishes by myself. do
your
Il Should say notr'
| Mr.. Justved wheeled about with alae-
rity. He FASTENED 10 explain: I beg
/ your pardoIi I forgot-5uSt fcrcs Of
/ Wen get these things washed UD IN
fny!'
II Is always easier to start trouble than
l Il Is 20 clear It up. And this Is especially
| true OF getting and clearing up a di1neF-
/ Mr. Justwed fo1nd II 50 with 4 ven
! gesncs. Handling greasy, sticky, messy
plates IN water hot enough % scald a
/ brass monkey is By no means ss pleasant
/ as adding I'D long. neat columns Of figures
| and striking a balance. And then, after
| few dishes. the towel becomes dresdfuliy
/ wet and Shiny and unsavoTy. 50 Mr. Just
/ wed discovered.
/ To cap the ciirnaI. he quite uEsvoidsbly
dropped one of Mrs. Us pet dinner plates
/ right on the HOOr-ker-plunki Mrs. J.
screamed Mr. :. picked up the pieces.
apologetically.
When everything was cleared sway
Mrs Justwed vas 50 tired that ste
sought heT couch Immediately. Mr. Just
wed passed a very unpleasant haif-hour
composing himself before be vas sble to
work.
Mr. ]. was twenty minutes late at the
cfiee the next mcFning-he fest couldn't
leave the breakfast for Mrs. J. q clear
| up alone. He wss irritable. toe, sad
! hungry. To 20 into e cold kitchen, hsh
around il the iee-box for things to eat
and then cook them in the cold. grey
dawn was bad enough, but 70 be COM
PEELED to wash greasy dishes sfterwsrd
Just about took ali the enjoyment out Of
| a breakfast
On the evening after the third dinner
and the fourth breakfast Mr- Justwed
was TObbly IN the knees
He dropped another much-priEed dinner
plate while performing with the dish
I tOwei.
Nov look ct you!' walled Mrs. j.;
'-the second one II three days. Why
don't you look what you're dOingf Aay
servant I ever saw is better than yOui
| You ars-,r
Mr. JUstwed tore his hair and said
things-not uEdsr bis breath, either.
He stormed ont Of the kitchen. HTid
with rage Then he Gained down and
looked the situation sq5areiy IN the face
An hour later Mrs. Justwed entered the
sittiag room and sternly faced her has-
band
ITS a wonder you wouldn't have
helped ne with those dishesI- she said.
sccusiagiy.
I'm sorry, Blossom, dear Mr. Just
wed replied, quietly. neekly, hut I've
been busy. There are q number of 'Situa-
tIons Wanted advertisements IN the paper
this evening. You'd better take the first
girl you can get IN the morning"