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Show The Servant Problem. A Washington man wns telling somo ono of tho trials of his wife, nn ex-" I-lent I-lent housekeeper, with referent to tho servant problem. Just a1) a. ho tlmo tho mistress would get a i.ew , girl broken to the ways of tho household house-hold nnd ho would. bid fair to become a model servant, sho would decamp or enter tho service of a neighbor. Ono of these, a Mrs. 11., had Incurred In-curred tho especial enmity of tho first woman, ror sue had lately taken two servants front Mrs. Brown. Ono night In tho winter Brown was aroused from his slumbers by queer sounds In tho kitchen, "Burglars!" ho hoarsely whispered In tho ear of his spouse, ns ho prepared pre-pared to tumblo out of bed and proceed pro-ceed downstairs. "Edward," calmly observed iho wife, "I'd glvo anything to pobbcss your optimistic op-timistic nature Always looking on the bright sldo. I'll wagor anything It's that odious Mrs. B womnn try-Ing try-Ing to get Mary away from mo!" |