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Show SYSTEM DID NOT WORK WELL Englishwoman Found Some Disadvantages Disadvan-tages in Giving Instructions in the Sign Language. An English lady was talking about her cleverness in getting a Russian servant. ".She can't speak a word of English, and I can't speak Russian," she finished. "But how do you manage, man-age, then?" asked her friend. "OH. it's quite simple. I just wave my hands about and make faces, and if she doesn't quite understand, she goes off and does something else, so all the work gels done in time." Later on 11ip friend called, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Russian treasure, ami found the mistress in tears. "That dreadful Bolshevik" she wailed. "She came up to ask what she was to do next, and I made scrubbing motions, mo-tions, meaning the kilchen floor, of course, s a ml she did it on my lovely polished dining table instead, and it is absolutely ruined T And now she's sulking in the kit'chen, smoking my cigarettes, and I can't make her un-stand un-stand that she's net to hike Ihem!" |