The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-14

Things would just sort of cook them selves.
 The girl hated Club Meetings, but she was desperate.
 She'd do anything ONCE, and so she went!
 Labor Savings Kitchen Devices" was the subject of the Demopstrators Lecture, and before she'd gotten very far the he- roine of eur story said to her friend quietly:
 T wish shed tell us how to do without l a servant
 "she will. said the confident club mem. Der. Look at all those shining tin things on the platform You have all heard,e the lecturer be4 gan, and no doubt are using Vacuum Cleaner and Priceless Cooker in your homes."
 Most of the Club Members nodded and the rest looked encouragement.
 We're not" mumbled the heroine Of our story to her companion. Their merits are too well known" the lecturer went on, Ito need any comment or praise from me, but in addition te them l have brought several other little devices which will help to minimize greatly the drudgery of household work. T
 "Will they help us to keep a servant2e etohtd Oui iilllN ntiollitt
 They will not answered the Leetur- CT solve the old bugbear. the servant question: entirely. but they will largely diminish the necessity of keeping many servants who wrangle and fight and make things disagreeable when one maid can do all the work.
 The "tin things proved to be bread machine, a mixing spoon, and a wire 1fsai t-l1t ba lxar nf would make the tea towel which was "insanitary and usually reeking with germs" superfiuous
 The girl who had gone to the meeting under protest went home walking on air.
 She announced to her family:
 We are all behind the times we haven't Vacuum Cleaner, nor a Priceless Cooker that's the reason we can't keep a servant. We live in an age of martyr dom.'
 Her mothers face took on a pained ex- pression; she was the old fashioned kind and didn't believe in anything but good old stove that burned wood and a scrub bing brush and pail to get things clean.
 I'm afraid the fireless cooker wouldn't work said Mater gently.
 But the Lady Lecturer KNOWS" said our heroine.
 A few days later a small fireless cooker appeared in the kitchens Our heroine had arranged for 1t to be installed and there it was. The family looked askance at 1t.
 The new Cook Lady's'' lip curled as she viewed it.
 The girls Martyrdom had begun.
 For two or three days she stood 1t as best she could.
 Finally ii became so unpleasant that she decided to, spirit the thing away in the night time and get some junk dealer to buy it. or take it as a gracious gift. The next morning the Cook Lady came up missing.
 Mother had to go in the kitchen. That fireless cooker is great, said she, when the family assembled at break fast, not knowing that it was she who had cooked the food and that the cook had not put in an appearance "Why, Mater," said our heroine. what made you do such a thing?' Curiosity I think said Mater smil- ingly, and Pm wondering if we can't get q largersene,''
 To the giri.s astonishment that day her mother tried in turn the wire dish strain CT. the new filter, the improved mop, the hot water heater, the vacuum cleaner, and dish washing machine. that was a wonder.
 Our heroine's martvrdom didn't last long; it was awful when it was going on but with the improved installments in the kitchen. the Servant Question took on a brand new phase, in that household and she felt that instead of her being a mar tyr it was the whole household that had l been the dupe of old fashioned things and now We'll. the servant question was solved to a degree, at least