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VISITOR--"Why does your servant go about the house with her hat on?"
MISTRESS--"Oh, she's a new girl. She only came this morning, and
hasn't yet made up her mind whether she'll stay."--_Punch (London)_.
The new word for "servant" and the new hours have come, judging from
this advertisement:
Household assistants (two) wanted in private family; eight hours
daily; six days weekly; one from 8 to 5; another from 11 to 8; all off
for lunch; no meals; sleep home; wages, $10. Apply--, etc.
HUSBAND (at dinner)--"By George, this is a regular banquet. Finest
spread I've sat down to in an age. What's up? Do you expect company?"
WIFE--"No, but I think the cook does."
AGATHA-"Is your former cook happy since she inherited a fortune?"
AGNES-"No, she's all dressed up and no place to leave."
"Have you any cooks on hand?"
"Six in the anteroom."
"Ask 'em to look me over and see if there is anybody here I might
suit."
THE NEW MAID--"In my last place I always took things fairly easy."
COOK--"Well, it's different here. They keep everything locked up."
Mrs. X. had lost her cook and had telephoned in vain for another.
Dinner guests were expected and she was desperate.
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