El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-22
Della Shirks the Extra
Work in the Apartment and
Finally Leaves
, HY, Della, you haven't
I cleaned the nickel in that
Bathroom

shelves, and got out the nickel polish
It was not often that Helen made
/ her stop one thing to do another il
: this way. But all during the moving
3 and for the two days they had been IN
! the new apartment. ella had been most
! suIIen She showed plainly that she
! the new apartment. Della had been mast
/ disapproYed Of this larger apart
ment and had made several grumbllng
/ remarks about the work being much
I harder here.
She had been in the bathroom now
hardly twenty minutes when Helen
heard her go back to the kitchen
Surely she was not through! she
1 could not have cleaned the nickel in
I that time!
When Helen went to look she found
the faucets had been rubbed up lit
q tie but the nickel pipes under the
washstand and the shower over the
tub had not been touched
Helen, now thoroughly angry, went
back to the kitchen. She had put up
with a good deal from Della in the
last few days, and her patience was
exhausted.
''DeIia, do you men to say you
call that nickel Polished?
Good as I can get 1t the tlrst time
That amt never been polished be-
But YOU didn't touch the pipes IN
der the stand nor the shower"
Couldn't reach that shower" sui
linen get the stepIadder. Now you'n
have to go back. Della and do that
right
Della muttered something under her
breath and went back to the bath
room in a furious temper. Helen
followed her in
And this tiling-yOu haven't
cleaned any Of this!
1Tf
Get a knife and scrape them off"
trying one with her thumb nail. Now
Della. I want you to get this bathroom
clean. We've been here three days
now, and it's almost as bad as Wnen
we came"
wei. I can't do no more than
can" muttered Della.
Q For the rest of the afternoon, Della
maintained a suTky, resentful silence
At dinner, even Warren noticed that
something was wrong
What's the matter with Delia?' he
asked.
sullen and grumpy ever since We've
moved. and today 7 had a perfectly
dreadful time making her polish the
nickel in the bathroom. She thinks
this apartment is too oig-tnat the
works going to be harder"
We'll, If she doesn't want to- do the
work here, fire her. Wen get some
body who does"
But oh I dread to think Of a new
girl. We've had Della so long"
Too long. maybe These girls get
spoiled when they feel you can't do
without them"
-'S-s-sh dear here she comes"
Della came in now with the vege-
tables
Della. how did you burn these?''
asked Helen. as she took a blackened
sweet potato on her plate.
That oven burns everything. Can't
bake nothing fit TO eat in that stove
Then why didn't you boil these?"
But Della swung through the pantry
door without answering.
Della" Warren called angrly-
Then. as she did not return, he put
his foot on the bell under the table
and kept it there.
Della" sternly. as she came to the
door again, why did you go out with
out answering2 Mrs Curtis asked
you knew the oven didn't bake well"
Didn't know you wanted them
boiled. sir was the eVaSiye answer.
We'll, if she's beginning to get in |
again swung after her, wen get rid !
of her so quick it'll make her head !
swim. You've spoiled her, that's the !
trouble. You've made her feel you /
couldn't get along without her. That /
spoils any girl They take advantage !
Of it every time"
But. dear Della has been so good /
in so many ways and she's so clean /
about the kitchen-that's every 1
thing
Lots Of other girls are clean. too. !
and a darn sight more economical"
1t was true that Della was a little
aXtravagant about the cooking But
every girl must have some fault. and
Helen had always felt that Delia's
many good traits Outweighed this one.
The next morning, right after
orea kfast. Helen said briskly;
Now. Della, I want you to clean
This range thoroughly today. You can
begin as soon as you get through
your dishes. Try to get all this rust |
off Take a little kerosene. There's /
some in that bottle in the lower part
IF the cupboard"
When Della was in one OF her dis
agreeable moods she had way Of not !
and Of even seeming not to |
lear when she was told to do a thing.
This always irritated Helen, and now
Is Della went on putting the dishes
nto the sink with unnecessary clatter
md without a sign that she had heard,
Helen added sharply:
when you get through the range I
want you to wash all these glass
ioOrs in the pantry. That should've
,een done before you put Oilcloth on
he shelves"
As she was talking Della turned on
uu the hot water in the sink, max
I
aise her voice. This added to her
irritation.
Had Della turned on that water pur-
osely? The incident ranked. Per- 1
APPS Warren was right-perhaps she I
ad spoiled her. At any rate, Helen
etermined that She would not put up I
With the sullen insOlence any longer. !
md she would let Della understand !
his at the first opportunity.
She had not long to wait. An hour
3ter she found Della in the pantry |
7ashing the glass doors. Helen knew /
hat to clean the range properly would !
ave taken much over an hour. And | {
OW. when she examined it, she found 4
'elia had simply washed it off, but
he rust was all there. &
The Break.
Della. I told you to take some ker- I
sene and get this rust off"
Cant get that rust off with kero-
enc. That store needs to be polished, i
lats what it wants"
But the gas company doesn't want
on to use polish on these ranges. You
lght to know that. Bring me the
erosene." I
Helen poured some in a saucer.
There" showing the rust on the
lg. You see, that takes il off. Now.
want you to do this before you do
lything else"
But Della was already back again l