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Show . Maid Valets for Men i I J s "Ono of tho most sonslblo things about tho llfo of young bacholors of tho proaont day," remarked an old bncholor, "Is tho way thoy employ young womon to look nftor their rooms and vnlot thom. "When I was n young man no bncholor bnch-olor would drpam of employing a woman wom-an under fifty to 'do' his rooms for him, and as most of these womon drank protty hard It used to ho difficult diffi-cult to got along with thom. "Nowadays a bachelor thinks nothing noth-ing of having a servant in tho twon-ties twon-ties to look aftor his jooms, nnd no ono ovor.talks about it. olther. . It may be only a coincidence of course, but I .notlco most of thoao servants nro homely as sin, which reminds mo of a atory. "A 'young bncholor of my acquaint-nnco acquaint-nnco lived with his Blstqr for Bomo years In an apartment whore thoy had 4 an olderly married woman for a laun- j dress. Tho sister had to go to Enropo for sovoral months and tho brothor . . i oloctod to run tho npartmont himself. , j Ho naked tho fnundross to como in ovory morning, proparo his breakfast, look aftor tho clothes and clean up tho place. Whon sho said It would bo Impossible Im-possible ho asked hor to send ono of hor daughters. Tho laundress agreed to this. "Now it happened sho had two daughters, ono docidodly protty, tho othor docidodly homely. lie found hlmsolf wondering tho first morning nftor his slstor loft which ono of tho girls would bo sont Whon ho wont In to breakfast tho probloni was solved. 1 1 wns thehomoly ono. "Perhaps from this wo may do-duco," do-duco," said tho old baoholor, "that in y a homoly maid-servant may a young j bncholor And rqfugo from gossip." Now York PrqsB. 1 i a |