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Show IT DID NOT WORK. Mrs. Billings was installing the ncw cook, a maiden from Finland, to whom the kitchen contrivances of America were new and) wonderful. . "This, Ina," said the lady, indicating a perforated wooden board that hung against the kitchen wall, "is the order list. See, it says 'butter, eggs, sugar, coffee, tea, molasses' everything that j we need to eat. Whenever we are out 1 of any of these things, all you need to do is to place one of these little pegs in the hole opposite the name, and the things will be ordered." Mrs. Billings is not a methodical housekeeper There were several consecutive days when she completely complete-ly forgot the existence of the order list in the kitchen, but Ina labored with it faithfully. "Meesis," pleaded Ina, after struggling strug-gling with the order board for three days, "I tank dose board must bc.out -HH-M-H-HH-HHI-i of order. I pus.li dose peg in yust so far as I can, but notting will come no egg, no tbuttcr, no nottings." Companion, o |