Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1917 — Long Grace Before Meats. [ARTICLE]

Long Grace Before Meats.

Partly owing to the demands for female help in various quarters, changes are occurring in domestic staffs, and now <and again a freshly arrived maid has difficulty in accustoming herself to the novel surroundings, unfamiliar* methods. A hospitable woman, who entertains parties of soldiers to tea, was explaining to her new maid that 20 had accepted invitations. “They are asked, Sarah,” she mentioned, “for half-past four, but I usually give them fifteen minutes’ grace.” “Ma’am,” said the new servant frankly, “I'm as greatly in favor of religion as anyone, but I certainly do think a quarter of an hour is somewhat overdoing it!”