Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
WOMAN CHOOSES JAIL FAMILY H0NORS COOK,
Will Stay Until She Rots Rather Half Century of Service CeIe
Than Pay Judgment brated With Feast.
IDEAS OF EQUAL RIGHTS SITS AT HEAD OF TABLET
Who Awarded Dances Step So of Irish
Damages for Injuries Listens Own Praises.
HUSBAND MUST NOT INTERFERE WOULD MAKE BUCKWHEATSl
Allow Him Wages of
Out of Lookup, and to and
Never for Inceas
Dances Step or So of Irish Jig and
Listens to Own Praises.
WOULD MAKE BUCKWHEATS
Accepted Wages of 500 Year
When She Came to Prices and
Never Asked for Increase.

NEW YORK, April Fifty years ago
today Mary Grogan began work in the
family of Abail Price of South River,
y. j.
Yesterday three generations Of Prices
and three generations of Grogans cele-
brated the anniversary because, wonderful
TO relate, Mary is still there as the
family cook.
In the beginning she asked for 800 a
year and got il. She never asked for
a raise vacation.
No wonder that -Abail Price sent to
New York for champagne with which he
and the relatives and friends might
drink 10 the health of such servant
No wonder that he engaged the River
side Orchestra of South River for the en-
tire day 10 play whenever the folk had
to stop praising Mary long enough to
get their breath.
The old breadmaking pans with which
Mary began her work for the Prices were
used In the decorations of the house.
All the old fashioned furniture was
brought down from the attic and ar
ranged, as nearly as they could remember,
just IL was on the day when she ar
rived at the farmhouse with her three
fatherless children and asked for work
Inc American flag was flying all day
above the roof, and two green flags with
golden harps were within the circle of
the NIFTY candles on the great cake. for II
there IS one place on earth to which Mary
Grogan IS as loyal as she is to the Price
acres II IS Ireland. where she was born.
Mary Made Buckwheat Cakes.
The days ceremonies began with the
making of the breakfast buckwheat cakes
for the reunited family by Mary her
an hot 10
first thing She did on the Price farm
April > 49,? was to make buckwheats
for breakfast
Although II had been planned that she
should not 10 stroke of work on the
plan. for nobody ever cooked buckwheat
dren and grandchildren and great-grand-
children who had come home for the
celebration all renewed their farm appe-
titles as the brown cakes were placed
before them. ready for the butter and
strip
The only difference between yesterday
and half century ago was that in the
beginning Abial Price raised his own
buckwheat. Vow il comes from the vii
After breakfast the family program
was carried out. The faithful old serv-
ant became the mistress Of the house
mold for The DAY. The children ran races
To get her slippers. and the srown-ups
triel 10 devise new ways of making her
comfortable in all the armchairs of the
old house
If Mary had not been occupied all day
IN admiring the presents that every mem
Der OF her own and the Price family had
brought her she might have had the
rare experience for servant of being
bored by too much ease and luxury
one Of these presents consisted of a
generous furd 10 which all had con
trIbuted and which went "A long way
toward making up for that s. week
for half century
At dinner Mrs Grocan sat beside the
head of the house. and there were SO
many things for the feast that nearly
everybody had a chance TO pass her some
thing. at least once There were toasts
and songs and speeches and an original
poem. THE Faithful Servant" by one OF
| the Price granddaughter.
And Mary Danced.
Mary danced a few steps of the ole
| Irish jig with which She used TO amuse
her entertainers when they were babies