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Show MERELY A MATTER OF FORM Colored Maid Somewhat Late in Asking Ask-ing Permission of Mistress to Attend Ball. Cleopatra Belle was maid of all work in the home of the Bensons. One day she came to her mistress and asked: "Is yo' got any 'jections to me gwine-ter gwine-ter a ball?" "Not if you come home at a reasonable reason-able hour and get breakfast on time the next-morning," said Mrs. Benson. "When do you want to go?" "Law, ma'am, I is already went. 1 went las' night an' tuk it into my hald for to ax you could I 0 as a kind of a mattah of fo'm. Some ladies Is mighty partickler when it comes ter bem' axed by colored folks what kin they do, an' I reckoned mebbe yo' was dat kind, so I axed you." |