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Show A Lost Art. A Richmond housekeeper had occasion occa-sion many times to employ a certain odd character of the town known as Aunt Cecilia Cromwell. The old woman had not been seen in the vicinity of the house for a long time until recently, when the lady of the house asid tc her: "Good morning, Aunt Cecilia. Why aren't you washing nowadays?" "It's dis way. Miss Annie," replied Aunt Cecilia indulgently. "I's been out o' wuhk so long dat now, whin I can wuhk I finds I's lost mah 'taste fo' it." Lipplncott's. |