Show THEIR MARRIED LIFE It I f t By MABEL HERBERT URNER ELEN kept glancing glancing- at the dining room clock as ns she cleared HELEN off the breakfast dishes It was quarter after 9 now and di I that girl had promised so faithfully to come at 9 What i if she should disappoint her after all Helen had a discouraging vision sion of another days day's hunt for a maid But as she folded up the table cloth the hell bell r rang ng I It was Nora with witha a snit suit cas case and bundle Good morning I was beginning to think you weren't erent coming e Oh no miss I wouldn't disappoint i r a you yon 1 says Bays Ill I'll come Ill I'll come come ome f t p standing awkwardly a in the haIl hall with her ber 1 r packages I I t 4 Well Vell to our room t you ou can ean go o right your l and put on your rOUt working dress and Helen f led led the tle way nay wa to the small but cheerful A maId maids maid's s room t D A foy Io fear minutes later Nora came into the Ji v kitchen in In a fresh blue gingham l dress and und white apron Now Nora well we'll just leave the dishes and Ill I'll show you how to do the front rooms i Helen o opened ened the broom cl closet ot and lookout took look out the carpet carnet sweeper m ep r. r brushes brusheR and dust cloths Now well we'll begin In to the tha library With With- painstaking details ehe he showed zD Nora how first to run the sweeper over oyer the rugs rags then turn them up and KO go over or the hardwood floors with t the Jon long han ban handled dIed brush and th thin n nUh with Uh the tho oiled floor mop You Toil we ue Nora If It you OU ro ItO over o the floors floor this UlSa way every morning yott you'll ou Il only have to get tet et down own on your knew knees and oil them with a cloth once a month That's That ene one thing thine Im I'm particular about I DO want ant the floors floor kept well Mu Must t I move everything mt miss glancing glanc- glanc In Ing doubtfully at the bookcase Oh no you ou need never move that Look you rau can c get t I t und under r It t with th the brush Oh I tor forgot ol the UtA windows throwing one on up You Yo must n never nf rr clean without all aU the That she nho could work and work ork fast tast Nora soon demonstrated Helen Helen had thought yesterday ester n that e Mhp ho he r looked capa capa- and sh sh quite of It It ble bic ant now UR vas sure And she was waa as so 80 cheerful looking and seemed so lIO eager to I learn a m Yh When n Bhe ehe had finished th the front room and the library Helen called her hr Into the bedroom b droom I II I Now t I want to show you about the I Ib bet bed b This Is Js Wednesday so we put on fresh linen I 1 keep the linen In this closet We change chance the bed er e every redne Wednesday dAY and Saturday But every e morning while were we're Rt at breakfast you jou ou I must put the bed to air take ore oft all aU the I clothes and IR lay lav them on this chair by bythe bythe the window And every other day you turn It th the acme Rama WR way on one time from the I head hud to the foot and the next time over sidewise Now you stand on that side and Ill I'll help you make It up this morn mom morn morn- In nu nuYe Ye re e always lv rs tuck the blanket well In at nt tho the bottom Mr Curtis Curtle particularly dislikes to have the bed had clothes pull up from th the foot toot There No we dont don't set set- the up Ju just t lay th them m down flat nat flat like that We dont don't have hae shams I think fresh clean elcan pillow cases look Jook better belter than any f hams II Will wm I answer it It ml miss as aa R a bell I from tho the kitchen rang shrilly tho the dumb waiter wailer I guess that's the Ice Walt Ill I'll show you 1 0 how to t put ut It In While Ue Nora Nora- lifted lined the Ice from the dumb waiter walter Helen pushed back the milk bottles and made room for tor It In the tho rc- rc I This ice box ought to be cI cleaned but Wo a wont won't have time for It today toda Now Nov Nora your sou can no go o back and finish up the b bedroom Helen was wal straightening up her own room when a little later Inter Nora carne came to the tho door Im nil Alt done In the th bedroom droom b mt miss Must I do tho the dishes now nowes now Yes Yea you ou can them next hurrying hur hur- hurrying out to tho kitchen w where ere lh the breakfast dishes were still sUII piled plied on th the table Now No this Is the solid FoUd silver You Ton cantell can cantell tell It because er c every piece Is engraved enas J B soon Boon as 08 you you wash wash wah It it I 1 want you always alway al- al ways way to put put It away In the sideboard Come Com In the dining room and Ill I'll show you OU Helen opened the felt lined drawer and took took a list from thA back This Is a n. lI list t of ot the silver wo we keep out but Ill I'll tell you about that later ter The table knives forks and the teaspoons teaspoons the pieces you use most arrange most arrange In the front like this And hack back hero are aro the dessert desErt knives and forks tho the Houp soup bullion and coffee coffee cortee cof cor- fee tee spoons and other pieces sow Now about the tho china going back ck Into the tho kitchen This Is la the tho Rood good china and nn must he b. kept In tho the china closet t. t Dont Don't leave Ita It In tho the kitchen and ond dont don't put It in the Ice box This Tills blue Is th the tho kitchens kitchenware are so If It you must brt break ak anything lC Helen smiled l. l let It tt be he the blue Ob ob j o. o miss I always ys tries trips to bo be very very careful careful I hope Ill I'll not break bri-ak Well cU now that's nil all Isn't It You know how to clean up the kitchen dont don't you I want to co go o In and write some notes and phone to tho the grocer Oh suro sure miss It wont won't take mo me long longto lon lonto to wash this handful of ot dishes and cleanup clean cleRIl cleanup up here here- When Helen eat Mt down at her desk she could riot not resist calling up Warren Hello Hello did aho ho turn up was tho the curt greeting cUn it f came I t k Oh Ohi Oh yes do de dear she came a n. few 4 after you left leCt And 1 Y really thinks think she's going to bo be wonderful She's Sho's s fo so fast fast- w why y she alto has bas the front room bedroom and library all done dono and now no noshes she's washing washIng wash- wash Ing In tho dishes Im I'm sure were we're going to like her better than wo we ever did Maggie for she sho doesn't look a a. bit sullen Bullen and and and- Well Nell that'll that'll keen till I get et home A Am Aman's Amans Amans m mans man's nR waiting waUn for tor mo me now and he rang off orr abruptly The things ye vo 0 come from the tho grocery miss announced Nora half hal half an hour later Do you want to see ce em em toro fore I put cm em away H Helen len went wont out to the kitchen and looked In tho the various paper bags tho delivery de delivery de- de livery man had just lust loft left the salad taking out a head of ot escarole and one onA of ot romaine Worn Were very vory particular about having the salad kept crisp Aa As soon as It comes wash It thoroughly and wrap It In this taking a apiece apicco apiece piece picco of ot hemmed cheesecloth from a line lino lineback back of at the range Then put It tt right righton on the Ice tee You must mut wash out this cloth every e few days and use it for tor nothing else Now No Now the tho potatoes go tO down here They didn't send very nice ones did the they They're too small to bake bako you'd better belter mash them for dinner r. r These tomatoes well we'll keep until tomorrow and Ill I'll show show you rou how wo we like them stuffed What What's ts t's s this this feeling a small hard package Oh tho Ro Roquefort You can put cut that t In the tho ice Ico box Just sh ak Ok it Is IR Wont It smell smell up up everything e miss sniffing at the package No not if It Is III well wrapped rapped Theres There's the th bread box un there then unwrapping and handing her hor two loaves of ot bread The rye rc broad bread Mr Curtis likes for dinner and this w we e use for tor toast In the morning Why h I thought tho I ordered string string beans Oh yes 8 here hero the they are ore Well We'll have these for dinner You know how to tomake tomake tomake make a 0 muo cream sauce with butter and flour dont don't you And hero here are the soup paul vegetables tits thA butcher will send a A. abone abone bone with IUt the meat I ordered steak I steak I thought that t would be caS easy for tor you ou the first night You Just want plain vegetable soup muss miss Yes leg and put In two of at these toma toma- t toes es And oh while I think of It taking taking tak tak- ing a Un tiny drawer from the spice box on the wall these are celery seeds va Al Always s put Plit a few tew of the these e In the soup the they flavor navor it so 80 nicely That must be the meat now now and Helen opened the dumbwaiter dumb dumbwaiter waiter niter and took off orr the tho brown paper parcel Nora got through tho the housework with I th ease Plainly she know how to clean dean By Bv 3 o'clock she had hall the whole shining and had harl even washed out the Ice icebox box But when she began to get et dinner she ahe was a 0 little nervous Although h Helen set net tho the table tabla and amI fixed I the salad still dinner was late and Warren Warren War War- ren was Irritated b by the tho ten minutes' minutes I wait He lie had not s seen Ifen en Nora until she he brought brought in the soup and then ho he gave her a n quick n appraising glance Dont you rou think she's nice nice looking looking- clean and wholesome looking looking- whispered Hel Relent ii as at- Nora ora went back to tho the kitchen Her looks are all nil rl right right but but ht-but but Is IA this lOUD COUP a sample of at her cooking Tastes Taste scorched scorched and tt 1 and ml too loo much pepper Dear dont don't fay tay anything pleaded t Helen This Is her first dinner and I Ikno know kno she's s 's nervous nut Hut unfortunate th steak was overdone over O done the mashed potatoes a 0 little soggy and the cream cram sauce in the beans lumpy lump with flour So she's the ono you ou were ere about bout and calling such a II wonder sneered arren Warren Why In th the 01 devil didn't you show ho her a few ff things thIns Turn a green girl lose JOM In the kitchen do you and le let lether lether her hr get et dinner Show Show her Indignantly Ive Ise done nothing but show shoo her all day lay long Ive I've talked till Im I'm hoar hoarse e. e I know she's thos Ine inexperienced In- In experienced e about the tho cooking but she's willing and quick to 1 learn It Its It's lust Just a question of ot breaking her In iii Well Well I Ill I'll 11 not have ha my m digestion ruined b by any such cuch meals as OK this If she Kho dont don't do better mighty quick shell quick shell she'll not sta stay here hare Youre You're so o infernally anxious lR to get geta et w a girl that looks clean and neat but neat but It Il Its It's a n darned sight more mora important to get et one that can ron COOK |