New-York tribune., 1913-05-18

(-Hf.f f-t latllti NIl' li''tttN 10 b +' W.
es-sFa3 Marie Markham stopped her
du.tng and looked around at her hus-
band The only view with point j.
that wc haven't got % cook and cX-
pect company o. dinner What at.
ti,udc If mind got o. 10 with that
~Much. Leaning against the man
tel. Tom laughed and ilickci the ashci
from lis cigarette on the hearth.
You're making % tragedy out Of q
transient situation. What YOU
But 10 isn't q transient situation.
We've been back two months and We
had six servants IN as many weeks,
and IN between times doing the work
myself ! told you IN the beginning
didn't know how 10 cook. Mother
has been married thirty years. and
shes never cooked meal IN her luc.
~You forget that your mother be-
longs 20 the days that are no more
Tom lighted q fresh cigarette. THAT
is one Of the troubles with the women
oftodav They keep dwelling on what
once was. Facts must bc faced, and
one D.
~That lady must bc her own cook;
Wei. this lady wasn't bonn for that
purpose. and shes never gong 10 learn
what She doesn't want o. know It's
mistake 20 know how 10 do too many
thing. I'm never, never going -
cook unless YOU get poor and III!
Mares voice broke and without
warning She burst into tears, and IN
shame al them buried her face IN the
dustcloth. "I don't know how
and
4Ul,., 90, ,...r,L ..rc Won CRYING for"
Tom stared 40 his wife; then, throwing
his cigarette away, picked her mp IN his
arms and putting her III big chair
placed her feet on the high brass lender
"Poor little duck, you're all tired out
and don't wonder he said, and kissed u
I'D like to consign every cook IN the coui
the fire dicth not. But IN the meantime
tears and see what can be done. Wha
with your fingers how did this happen,
Burned two and cut two. Marie "
with the end Of the dustcloth. 81 dldn t
silly. hate cricrS, But today IS Nlillicc
and week ago | asked her and John and
Stuart Graves TO dinner tonight, and |
tell them not to come. Twice before I've
an engagement with them because sonnet
matter with the cook, and I'm getting -'
"No need 10 break this one. Wen mana
Tom pattcd the burnt fingers comlortlngly
let anyone know this last kitchen lady "
cess"
"Havc l." Marie sat upright. "Ivc toll
human being I've seen since yesterday, ~
stcrcd at the employment agency MIR.
iscd % send up several today TO sclcc
there's no selection. They're all impossll
ever had discriminating powers, they're 8
The lack Of discrimination Is dcicc
Tom took up the newspaper and scanned
~ creature applies for a place, and yo'
when there isn't germ OF a chance that
satisfactory. You can't make a racchc
donkey, and still
I'VE don't take the kind We try from pr
from desperation" Marie voice was dcjcC
the use Of having pretty home without &
II makes one a slave to Things There ha
when if Mrs. Devil had applied | should
her in and given her the gucstroom il 81
You don't know anything about 1t. No
I'VE don'tt' Tom threw the paper on
began 10 walk up and down the length
I'VE know that most women make nine
trouble they have in housekeeping. II
face facts. Under present social and ccC
tionS. Elimination should be the watc
simply a matter Of management. You pc
~ matter Of management In Marie
nation took the place Of detection, and g
shook the dustcloth protcstingly in the
you'd try it for one day-juSt onci Chani
me. and if at its close you still think YOU II
think. III confess 10 mismanagcmcnt an
feet" Hands on her hips, she looked at