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Show GHE HAD PLAN ALL HER OWN. Mrs. Schmidt's Method of Solving tho "Servant Question." "Well, Mrs. Rosenberg, you Bhould have seen mo," said one out-getting-the-alr womnn to another last evening even-ing on West Cnllowhlll street. "Thero was all my lovely dishes and my cut-glass cut-glass punch bowl broken, broken In a thousand pieces. She had dropped the whole tray. There sho was, looking look-ing at me, with all my lovely china on the floor. Ach, Gott, it was awful! I could hardly get my breath. I was so mad and so excited. I Just looked at her, and what do you think I said, Mrs. Rosenberg, what do you think I said to her?" "Oh, oh, oh, I can't Imagine, Mrs. Schmidt. What did you say? What did you say?" "Not one word. Not one single word. She thought I was going to scold her; but I novor opened my mouth. And I nover do, Mrs. Rosenberg, no matter what she breaks or what sho does. Why, she has broken more than S20 worth of china, cut glass and furniture furni-ture and burned up somo of my best underclothes when she irons. Every washday she lets some of my fine things blow off tho roof or forgets to bring thorn down and they are stolen; but I novor say one word to her. That Is tho way I keep lior. All my friends havo trouble with their maids and are always changing, but Minna Btays with us. If I let her see 1 was mad and scolded her all tho time, I would bo sitting on a chair In an employment employ-ment agency trying to get maids. No, ma'am, keep your mouth shut Is my plan, and you can keep your servants." serv-ants." "Ain't It tho truth?" said Mrs. Rosenberg, admiringly. Philadelphia Ledger. |