The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-23
Married Life
the Fourth Year
eY MABEL HERBERT URNER

9Y MABEL
Helen kept glancing at the dining
breakfast dishes. 1t was quarter after
nine now. and that girl had promised
SO faithfully to come at nine.
What If she should disappoint her
after all. Helen had a discourag1ng
vision of another days hunt for a
maid. But as she folded up the table
cloth the bell rang. 1t was Nora with
a suit case and bundle.
Good morning. l was beginning to
think you weren't coming"
"Oh, no miss, wouldn't disappoint
you. When l says I'll come, I'll come, "
standing awkwardly in the hall with
her packages.
well, you can go 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 in
to the kitchen in a fresh blue ging-
ham dress and white apron.
Now, Nora, we'll 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 we'll begin in the library"
With painstaking details she show
ed Nora how first to run the sweeper
over the rugs. then turn them up and
60 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
Ill
month. That's one thing I'm particular
about. l DO want the floors kept
we'll"
Must I move everything, miss?'
glancing obviously at the bookcase
ooh, no, you need never move that.
Look, you can get under it with the
brush. Oh, I forgot the Windows
throwing one up. You must never
clean without opening all the win
dows."
That she could work. and work fast,
Nora soon demonstrated. Helen had
thought yesterday that she looked
capable. and now she was quite sure
of it. And she was so cheerful-looking,
and seemed so eager to learn.
When she had finished the front
room and the library Helen called her
in to the bedroom.
Nov I want to show you about the
bed. This is Wednesday, so we put
on fresh linen. keep the linen In this
closet. We change the bed every
Wednesday and Saturday. But every
morning while we're at breakfast you
must put the bed to air. take OF all
the clothes and lay them on this chair
by the window. And every other day
you turn the mattress. Don't always
turn it the same way, one time from
the head to the foot and the next time
over sidewise. Now you stand on that
side and I'll help you make it UP this
morning.
Yes, always tuck the blanket well
in at the bottom Mr.. Curtis particular
ly dislikes to have the bedclothes pull
up from the foot. There! No, we DOM
set the pollows up, just lay them down
flat-like that. We don't have shams
think fresh, clean pillow cases looh
better than any shams."
"Will l answer 1t, MISS" as a bel
from the kitchen rank shrilly.
That's the dumbwaiter, I guess
that's the ice. Wait, I'll show you how
to put it in
While Nora lifted the ice from the
dumbwaiter Helen pushed back the
milk bottles and made room for it in
| the refrigerator.
| This ice box 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 hel
| bed room, when little later Nora
came to the door.
I'm all done in the bedroom, Miss
Must l do the dishes now"
| Yes, you can wash them next, Nora
| hurrying out to the kitchen, where the
breakfast dishes were still piled uI
| on the table
Now this is the solid silver YOU
can tell it because every piece is en-
graved. AS soon as you wash 1t
want you always to put it away or
! the sideboard. Come in the dining
room and I'll show you"
Helen opened the felt-lined drawer
and took list from the back
This Is the list of silver we keer
out. but Ill tell you about that later
The table knives, forks and teaspoons
in the front like this And in here are
the desert knives and forks, the soup