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Show Speck on Their Black 'Scutcheon. Mollie, a light-colored mulatto housemaid who has been in the employ em-ploy of a South Side family for a number of years, recently gave up her position to get married, relates the Kansas City Star. . A few days ago she. returned and asked to have her old place hack. The woman of the house was glad to have her return, but surprised that she came so soon after being married, and questioned her as to her reason for wanting to return. In reply the maid said: "My husband's folks is all jealous of me because I'm so light colored. Y.ou know my husband is very dark and all his folks is dark, too; and was mad because he married me. Why, one of his sisters told me, 'You's so bright you make a spot in our family.' " |