El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-21
Married Lies Troubles
Helen Breaks in the New Maid, but
Warren Finds Fault With
the Dinner.
-av Mabel Herberf TTPuer
BY Mabel Herbert Urner

81 10y Mabel Herbert Urner
TT Ellen kept glancing at the dining
| room clock as she cleared off
! the breakfast dishes. It was
quarter after nine now, and that girl
had promised so faithfully to come at
nine.
What if she should disapDoint her.
after all. Helen had a discouraging Wis
/ ion of another days hunt for maid.
| But as she folded up the tablecloth the
( bell rang. 1t was Nora with suitcase
! and a bundle
Good morning; I was beginning to
| think you weren't coming"
| 'Oh, no. miss, I wouldn't disappOint
you. When 1 say I'll come, III come
| standing awkwardly in the hall with
| wei, you can 90 right to your
/ room and put on your working dress"
| and Helen led the way to the small, but
| cheerful maids room
A few minutes later Nora came into
| the kitchen in a fresh blue bingham
| dress and white apron
Now. Nora. well Just leave the
/ dishes, and I'll show you how to do the
/ front rooms"
Helen opened the broom closet and
/ took out the carpet sweeper, brushes
and dust cloths.
Now wen begin in the library"
With painstaking details she showed
Nora how first to run the sweeper over
| the rugs, then turn them up and 90
over the hard wood floors with the
long handled brush, and then with the
oiled floor mop.
You see, Nora, If you go over the
floors this way every morning you'll
only have to get down on your knees
and oil them with a cloth once month
That's one thing I'm particular about
I do want the floors kept well"
Must I move everything, miss?"
glancing doubtfully at the bookcase
."Oh, no, you need never move that
Look, you can get under it with the
brush. Oh, 1 forgot the windows"
clean without opening all the win
dows-"
Nora Good Worker.
That she could work. and work fast,
Nora soon demonstrated
When she had finished the front room
and the library Helen called her into
the bedroom.
Now 1 want to show you about the
bed. I keep the linen in this closet
We change the bed every Wednesday
and Saturday. But every morning when
we are at breakfast you must put the
bed TO air. take off all the clothes and Z
And every other day YOU turn the mat
treSs. Don't always turn il the same
way, one time from the head to the /
loot and the next time over S1deWlSe- I
Now you stand on that side and I'll ]
help you make it up this morning"
viii answer it, miss2' as a bell |
LEOIp the Kitchen rang SnEllAE-
That's the dumbwaiter. 7 guess /
that's the ice; Wait, III show you how /
to put it in"
Mhile Nora lifted the ice from the t
dumbwaiter Helen pushed back the F.:
milk bottles and made room for it IN (
the refrigerator.
This icebox ought to be cleaned. but
we won't have time for it today Now,
Nora, you can go back and finish up
the bedroom"
Helen was Strengthening up her own
room, when, little later, Nora came
Finishes the Bedroom.
I'm all done in the bedroom, Miss.
Must I do the dishes now?r
Yes. you can wash them next" hur-
rying out to the kitchen, where the
breakfast dishes were still piled on the
table.
Now this is the solid silver You
can tell il because every piece is en-
SraVed- As soon as you wash 1t. want
you always to put it away in the side
board. Come in the dining room and
III show you.
Helen opened the feIt-lined drawer
and took a list from the back.
This is the list OF the silver we keep !
out. but III tell you about that later.
The tableknives. forks and teaspoons
the pieces you use mOst-arranse in the
front. like this. And back here are the
desert knives and forks, the SCUM.
bouillon and coffee spoons and other
pieces.
Now about the china" going back
into the kitchen. This is the good
china. and must be kept in the china
closet Don't leave it in the kitchen
and don't ever put it in the ice box,
This blue is the kitchenware so il you
must break anything" Helen smiled
let it be the blue"
oh, no. miss: I always tries to be
very careful I hope I'll not break
nothin-'"
Well now that's all isn't it? You
know how to clean up the kitchen.
4 ~, ]
some notes and phone to the grocer"
'Oh, sure, miss; it won't take me long
to wash this handful of dishes and clean
up here"
When Helen sat down at her desk
she could not resist calling up Warren.
Hello; did she turn up" was the i
curt greeting
''Oh. yes. dear; she came a few min Z
utes after you left And I really think
she's going to be wonderful She's so Z
fast-W ny, she has the front room. bed
room and library all done. and now
she's washing the dishes I'm sure
we're going to like her better than we
ever did Maggie. for she doesn't look !
q bit sullen and
well. thatn keep till I get home, 4 !
man waiting for me now" and he
rang off abruptly I
The things've come from the gro
Gerry. miss announced Nora, half an
hour later. do you want TO see 'em
fore put 'em away"
Helen went out to the kitchen and /
looked in the various paper bags the {
leliveryman had just left $
Here's the salad" taking out head
IF escarOle and one of romaine We're
very particular about having the salad 7
kept crisp. AS soon as it comes wash 5
{ thoroughly and wrap it in this" tax 5
ng a piece of hemmed cheeseeIoth from !
1 line back of the range {
Now. the potatoes 20 down here 7
they didn't send very nice ones did c
hey? They're too small to bake: you'd
letter mash them for dinner. These to-
ratoes Wen keep until tomorrow. and
III show YOU how we like them stuffed ( 5