Show Servant Girls Girl's Girls New New- Work There was a sevet seret session of several servant girls girs in the rear part of the the home hom of a well known n family in Min Mm- Minneapolis neapolis not long ago and as each valiant valant maid grew enthusiastic in her taTe of joy or or woe woe woe the conversation wafted to th the thears ears rs of mistress the mistress Inthe inthe in inthe the adjoining room Why what do YO you want vat to to- tol l leave ve for for I thought o you had hada lovely lady who let you do just as you liked and never never tried to boss you 0 O yes the l lady la-dy y is all al right Well Wel go on on what Is Is' Is the dont don't t you have a decent roo room R Rooms oms om's good eno enough h 1 but lut Jt's ef theman the theman man r oh O O oh gasped gaped the listeners ners with renewed interest Has Mr r. r B B tried B-tried tried I tred to kiss you you II The girl looked ind indignant pt Well Wel said sid one of the party some of these dear der husbands seem to imag- imag the in ne that we we can do co twice as much work worl if the they remember us in this way occasionally occasionally occa occa- a a. sort df f reward of merit meri merit t. t like we used to get in school For myself I should prefer a quarter quate added ded to my wages But go ahead lary Mary t tell l' l lus us about it it it r r Well do you know what a a valet VeI is is' is I f Yes Yes you mean mean a valley vale that's what my lady calls it I. I f fI I I dont don't cae care what she he hb cal calls it I I saw it In the paper sp spelled val valet v-a-l-e v-a-l.-ei-t- v et t and that wouldn't wouldn t make it a valley would it I it But it its it's s French Mary and andi the French ne never sound the h last st t l letter in th their lr words but what's what s that got to do with you you That's a man mans man's s job job Sure Sur dont don't I know It it That's what makes me so mad Some women like to do men mens men's s work but this valet business busi busi- ness nes is the limit I Do o yo yot mean mea that that began one one of the girls In shocked tons tones Yes Ye interrupted Mary I have to polish his his' shoes brush crush his clothes tie te his ties tes yes and lace up his shoes too sometimes help him on with his overcOat overcoat overcoat over over- coat and h heaven ven knows knows' coat only what he hell he'll 11 ask me to do next Why why don dont don't t you kick W Wll will l I did I to told d him th that t it wasn't the wol of a r respectable s girl but he only smiled and said sad it wa the gener general l custom in Europe and and would in n time be adopted in this country country country coun coun- try and th then n he laughed and and asked me i if I didn't believe in woman womans woman's s ne right r I I suppose he can hire you cheaper than a man mn s suggested one of the listeners lis ls- ls te Well W l I dont don't want ant the the job at at any ny price I Its s altogether too Europ for my Ame American ican notions The girls were were loud in expressing their approval and as the mistress who overhead the converston conversation is well wel acquainted acquainted ac ac- acquainted with wih Marys Mary's employers the story of the Minneapolis man who em employs employs ploys a female valet has already been told in hushed accents at Sunday tete- tete a where the name was the most important part of of the gossip LELAH MOULTON |