Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-02 | Page 12 | Once Enough

ONCE ENOUGH. A housewife acquired a colored maid just arrived from tho south, and showed show-ed her about the house, explaining her various duties. Arriving at the head of the back stairs, the mistress said: "Now, Jennie, you will go down this way always." At that moment the mistress tripped and fell down the whole stairway, with many painful bumps and thumps. "Lawsy, .ma'am!" cried the new maid, aghast, "I's 'fraid I won't suit you-all. I's shuah I couldn't go down stai's dat way ev'y time!"