The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24

1@HY one December afternoon sit
1o ting forlornly on her trunk and
homesickly surveying an attic apartment
containing a small hard bed, lopsided
washstand, and mirror that assured
her with untruthful persistency that
she was not pleasure to look at,
anyway, it isn't basement" SAID
Juliana, glancing about her. Three
promising places-promislng from her
point of view-had she refused because
she could not command her courage 10
the point of sleeping downstairs. In
this old house of past period there
were no basement bedrooms and the two
tiny attic rooms were given up to the COOK
and the housemaid She reviewed men
tally the apartments on the lower noors
through which her mistress had conducted
her. and compared them with TINS IN
which she sat; after which she got her
notebook out of her bag and made lew
hasty notes. Juliana was going to do
series of articles on the Domestic Service
Problem and she was getting her material
at first hand.
She felt very pleased with her notes.
They were lightly satirical. When she
had done her hair over before the mall
cious mirror she made some more notes.
These were filled with yearnlng cry
of gloom. She felt a gratifying certainty
that half-column of pathos could always
be secured by few minutes spent before
her trunk, pausing occasionally to add
other heart-rending walls of a housemald
cast away on desert of lopsided fur.
niture, and when final survey OF herself
reflected a cross-eyed face under the ex-
agperated pompadour she had substituted
for her usual rather classic couture, and
lumpy and grotesque figure IN cheap
lace waist, she had really to tear herself
from the room, SO filled was she with
gloomy and satirical literature
Just outside the door she met Mrs
Wentworth.
ooh Julia" said that lady, who was
a pretty and smartly groomed young
person, al quite forgot to tell you that
have ordered some new furniture to1
vour room. We have Just moved to larry
town and have not been able to get y
attended to sooner. The new things vii
be I'D tomorrow"
Juliana did not write up her notes thai
evening on the sleeping accommodation
offered servants But she made two note
on different subjects and underscore'
them. They read as follows:
'rTbe cook has been called home,
am to do her work this week as well a
nv own-with dinner party IN pros
"Mrs. Wentworth expects her brothe
tomorrow, making-when Mr.. Wentwort
aTrives-four in the family, 1t is tn
uncertainty of the demands on one
time and strength that makes househol
service so unpopular"
"But perhaps the chief thing" Juliar
sbarpened her pencil and took a fresh star
ais the line drawn between those WI
employ servants and those whe serv
a line, apparently impossible to eros
that lies between the drawing room al
the kitchen" =,
She glanced that over in the mornll
before she went down to prepare brea
fast. 1t comforted her for her lost lnsI
ration on the subject of servants room
and she decided to elaborate that line
thought for her first article. Not that
was new thought, but all one need W
a new viewpoint and feeling style, a
surely She with her experience beit
her could count on these. She ran hgh'
down the back stairs, pushed open, !
Kitchen door and came to standst
Young man sat at the kitchen tai
nartaking of generous piece OF apple ?
He looked up at her and smiled. He
q large Young man with handsome moi
and nice eyes. GOOD morning." he 50
"Den't be frightened. l am Mrs. We