Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1914 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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THE MODERN MAID.

It w&s getting laie at night when the servant girl returned from the shops with various domestic purchases. As she explained the transaction to her mistress she cried out suddenly: “There! If I haven’t forgotten the ’am an’ eggs for breakfast” “That’s a pity,” observed the mistreas, huLadded, with kindly philosophy: “Never mind. The shops will all be shut now. We shall have to manage in the morning with bread and butter and marmalade.” . • - The girl stared. “And what shall I have?’ she inquired. “Well, Ellen, I suppose you’ll have the same as we do,” replied the mistress. “Yes, Mrs. X,” responded Ellen, with some severity; “but let me tell you I can’t do my work unless I’m properly ted.” —Manchester Guardian.