Show mail for milly a by MARY EDNA RITCHIE mcclure newspaper syndicate features A A RE you in doubt about your r self or another send a dime with a specimen of handwriting it t may change your whole future write cassandra mrs norton looked from the newspaper clipping to the girl cleaning the living room window but I 1 thought you liked housework milly oh yes mrs norton I 1 do its easy here after the farm water from a tap and milk in a bottle battle and all that but I 1 sometimes wonder how it would be to work in a factory the way pansy evans from home does mrs norton tucked a loose pin firmly into her carefully waved graying hair have you sent the dimp dime yet milly oh yes mrs norton last week when do you think ill hear any time now milly mrs norton moved the dresden vase aimlessly on the mantel and now ill finish up milly you have some work in the laundry hand me the brush for the venetian blind please according to the paper domestic problems which mrs norton was preparing for the next club meeting practical cooperation strengthened the bond between mistress and maid it was in the interest of this paper that she had been helping milly for several days while drawing her out the maid couch touch would point it up and milly in in a burst of confidence inspired by mrs nortons Nor tons sympathetic questions had shown her the handwriting advertisement there she had finished and now she must type domestic problems the postman was coming up the walk no mail except for milly new york postmark it would be from the handwriting person cassandra milly was still downstairs in the laundry so mrs norton put the letter on the hall table she set up the card table and opened her portable typewriter only an hour before leaving for a downtown luncheon date but billys letter bothered her suppose the analysis resulted in the girls yielding to the urge to try something different mrs norton simply could not manage who would get dinner on the afternoons she attended meetings and then mrs norton had an idea she brought the letter in and sat down in front of the typewriter the envelope flap was stuck just a tiny bit and only in one place it like tampering with personal mail mrs norton would never think of doing anything so terrible as that never she scanned the single sheet the heading was printed of course well shed have to type it but milly would think that was the way it should be two short paragraphs the first would do mrs norton hammered it out and then went on the letter d reveals that you are somewhat inclined to be unappreciative of the people about you the letters lull u v ir and w denote the truly domestic type of person who is at her best when catering to the comfort of others in the home persons of this type barez rara ly make good out in the world and should avoid club work office positions and factory jobs there it was donel done sealing the envelope mrs norton put it back on the hall table almost time for her to go she called down to milly that there was mail for her her and and to to remember about putting the roast in the oven at four thirty it was almost five when mrs norton found herself on the way home milly really had a good place no going out in all weathers as in factory work and one could never be sure about boarding houses either then mrs norton was not like some mistresses distresses mi stresses shed never put paper doilies dailies under tho the rugs to find out if the maid vacuumed them thema I 1 properly or stuff cleansing tissues at the foot of the bed to trap her in careless mean tricks those mrs norton opened the door of her house oh mrs norton im glad youve come I 1 want just to leave a note there was milly dressed for the street coming downstairs with a suitcase why milly what in the world is wrong I 1 its like this mrs norton the words tumbled out pansy evans phoned me that I 1 can get in where she works same shift too but ill have to start right away and I 1 can board where she does mrs nortons Nor tons world was coming to pieces but milly I 1 thought you liked it here yes mrs norton but I 1 stayed on partly because I 1 know if you could manage alone but youve been doing fine at the work since sinca last week and this makes me feel i different about you milly took the letter from her handbag mrs norton glanced over it how well she knew every word why milly dont you think you have things mixed it seems from this that you should be staying milly picked up the suitcase you see what it says about being at home what I 1 meant me why its you milly it was your handwriting oh n no a mrs norton what im trying to explain it was yours 1 I sent |