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Show 1 Ml NEW USE FOR PHONOGRAPH Ingenious Housewife Devised Plan That Kept Maid In the Straight and Proper Path. I A Brooklyn clubwoman who was go- Ing out of town for a fov.' days was In a quandary oven the problem of her j husband's existence during her absence. ab-sence. Tho maid was Swedish and could neither read nor write English, yet she somehow must u.) told each ! day, as only thn mlstreati could tell her, what should be done about tho houso. A moment's thought solved (tho problem. A list of eaih day'B duties du-ties was made out. Next, a phono-' phono-' graph dealer was called up and In-1 In-1 structed to send up a halt dozen blank records. Tbo ingenious mistress then I sat down In front of her machine and dictated her orders, using ono record for each day's Instructions. The records rec-ords were then placed In their pasteboard paste-board cases, and the days on which they should be used wero Indicated on j the outsldo by one, two, thrco and four straight lines, making a mistake Impossible. A a result not only was everything In perfect order upon her return, but tho novelty had so appealed ap-pealed to the maid that sho bad "played" br orders over and ovor until un-til she cou'd repeat them word for word. " mm |