Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Their Married Life
Helen Is Made to Feel That She Is Too Exacting and
Expects Too Much of Maggie
By MABEL HERBERT URNER.

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burnt her finger which increased her
| resentment Hurriedly she mixed
| spoonful of butter, spread it thickly
4 on the toast and gGrnished each
| piece with the grated hard boiled
| egg.
| Fortunately the Thurstons were a
! few moments late, and Helen had the
dainty squares of anChovy toast at
/ each plate before the bell rang. But
! now she was flustered and nervous
/ and felt in no mood for guests. How
! ever, as Warren was in an especially
! genial humor, her silence and abstrac-
/ ton were not noticed.
What is this?" asked Mrs. Thurs
/ ton. "Anchovy toast, isn't it? I wish
, Jane would make things like this. A
| relish adds so much to the dinner"
| "S-s-sh," whispered Helen, with a
| glance toward the pantry. 81 had to
make 1t myself Oh, I've had a TIME
| with her this evening! | feel I'm lust
/ about through"
Why l thought Maggie was such a
good girl?" questioned Mrs. Thurston
! in surprise
Her Own Story.
"She is-if you let her do every
thing her own way. But there ARE
| times when you want things done
your own way. Just to keep peace
( I've let her dominate me more and
more. I'll never begin that with an
| other girl. It's always a mistake
| they always take advantage of it."
| We'll, l should advise you to hold
on to Maggie" was Mr. Thurston's
comment. We've had a devil of a
time for the last few weeks"
"Oh, didn't you like that Swedish
woman?" asked Helen.
Mrs. Thurston shrugged her shout
ders. We've had three since then"
But ! thought she was going to be
so good? She was a working house
| keeper, wasn't she?"
That's what she SAID she was"
grinned Mrs. Thurston. But she
wouldn't work. and she didn't know
anything about housekeeping! Then
we had a German girl. She was
| RICH! Tell about her, Minnie"
Mrs, Thurston laughed. We'll, we
forgot to lock the wine up one night,
and she drank half a bottle of cherry
: brandy The next morning / had tn
get breakfast"
J That's one fine thing about Mag
, gle announced Warren. we never
{ have to lock up the wine or anything
+ else. And our grocery and butcher
bills have been less since we've had
( her than they've ever been before"
Well that's Just what we're look
ing for" said Mr.. Thurston emphati-
| cally. In case you let her go, turn
her over to us, will you? By Jove,
the one We've got now is extravagant,
all right"
Yes, she's very wasteful," agreed
Mrs. ThuTSton. We've used five
pounds Of butter this week-just for
US two"
"Five!" exclaimed Helen. why.
Maggie rarely uses more than three"
Three? We've never used as little
as that since we've been housekeep-
ing. We've never had a girl that
didn't either take stuff home or feed a
lot of company in the kitchen. This
one has beau that comes two nights
a week, and she gets him a regular
supper. But what can we say? We
just have to put up with It,"
We'll, I'D say a good deal" War
ren's tone was emphatic.
Not if you'd been through what
We've been in the last two months"
declared Mr.. Thurston, grimly. You
don't know what a cinch you've got
in Maggie"
Helen Uncomfortable.
Helen had the uncomfortable feel
ing that all this was tending to make
her seem in the wrong. The infer
ence was that if she could not get
along with such paragon of virtues
as Maggie, she must be over-particu-
lar and very hard to please. The
injustice of this ranked keenly. They
only saw the best of Maggie; they did
not know how trying, sullen and i'm
pertinent she could be
The ThurstOns stayed late. and as
they were starting home Mrs. Thurs
ton happened to glance in the bed
room. As usual, Maggie had fixed the
| bed for the night, taken off the coun-
terpane and neatly turned down the
covers. On the table was a fresh
pitcher Of ice water, covered with
napkin.
We'll, I call that luxury" Mrs.
ThurstOn declared. Look, Henry"
calling to her husband, who was get
ting on his Overcoat in the hall
That's the way Maggie fixes their
bed every night. Do you suppose
We'll ever have the luck to get a girl
like that?"
Helen flushed, 1t was only an
added evidence of Maggie's perfection
and OF her own lack of appreciation.
Later, when Warren wound his
watch for the night he frowned over
it thOughtfully
See here, we HAVE got cfnch
in Maggie, but you don't seem to
know 1t. You expect too blamed
much Of girl Great Scott. if Won
can't get along with her, who CAN
you get along with? We've got a
good thing and were going to take
Thurston's advice and hold on to If
Now you can just make up your mind
to that"