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Show HOUSEWORK DONE Br SYSTEM. Once More Is Shown the Superiority of Man's Mind. There Is no doubt a great deal of truth in all the wise saws one might quote about human nature being the same the world over, but still there Is a difference. Who could imagine a Spanish Enoch Arden, or even a Frenchman or an Italian playing so self-sacrificing a part? There is an Italian laborer in a little town in New Jersey in whose family affairs the neighbors are somewhat interested, who does not let the idea of self-sacrifice enter largely into his principles of life. Life has gone rather badly with him, to be sure. Two years ago his wife ran away and left him with a family of little children to take care of. He has done this as well as possible pos-sible under the circumstances, and conducted his housekeeping in a thoroughly thor-oughly masculine way which is worth considering. During the week he is at work a good distance from his home, and, except what he can do for them mornings and evenings, the children look out for themselves during dur-ing the day. On Saturday he does his marketing, laying in a stock of provisions large enough to last through the week. On Sunday, with a nur.ber of friends as assistants, he corks. Ho has built something in the nature of an old fashioned brick oven, Iij which he can do a large amount of eooking at one time, and there he bakes innumerable loaves of black bread and other things which will keep until the next cooking day. Only a man would think of doing his housework house-work in this simple and systematic way, and it is a great success. However, How-ever, Tony has ound a long continuance continu-ance of even weekly housework tiresome, tire-some, and he is about to bring to his home another helpmeet. "But supposing your other wife should come home?" asked an over-curious over-curious neighbor one day. Evidently Tony had not thought of anything so unpleasant. He considered consid-ered the matter for a moment after it had been presented to him. Then he replied calmly: "She comma home? I killa her." |