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Show JUST CALL UPON 'UNIVERSAL AUNTS' TO DO ODD TASKS Mls s VI Hi 1 1 HIT. B) HXUTOy liuuNM.i:. ni Scnioe Staff Corruspondeat. LONDON, Nov. . Let the "Universal "Uni-versal Aunts" do It! It makes little difference what the job is--nn eting the children at tho railroad depot, caring for your pet animals or buying ;i trousseau for a bride they will see that It's done. It's their business. Organized by Miss Satara Fort, an pnterprlsing young woman from India In-dia this group of "Universal Aunts' n.iw ruiisi K .,(' I.',;, work'.rs who ar doing a flourishing business here helping others. i MNY REIiATH E6. It all developed from Miss Fort's having loo many relatives. When she camo to Ixindon her married sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts and uncles kept asking her to meet their sons, daughters and friends, take them to the 7.00 or out shopping and look after them generally. gen-erally. She was so fine a guide, that the) sent others. So Miss Fort said: "If 1 am constantly being of ser-vlce ser-vlce to my nieces und nephews when they come up to London why shouldn't I be a sort of universal aunt to anybody who pays me a fee for my work?" She took a small office, hung out a huge brown flag bearing In big white letters the legend: "Universal Aur.ts," and went to work. Her success was instantaneous. The organization or-ganization grew rapidly. RJ iV FOR VWTlllM. It would be hard to Cell what th "Universal Aunts" won t do. They announce themselves "ready at any moment for any undertaking." In tho courso of one week hero are some of the Jobs they performed: Met travelers at the stations and looked after them; furnished chape-rones chape-rones for young couples; conducted special shopping parlies; found, tented and furnished sumo houses, arranged a bazaar; gave bridge I03 -, sons; attended to the gardening on, pome estates; told fairy tales to children chil-dren at some birthday parties; sold; homo products; looked after visitors' laundry; arranged a wedding, andi placed some servants. And It wasn't a very busy week: |