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% ^ 12 * _?^a ?-3 \ X' L'IjIANA was soci- ants' rooms 1 ologlcally lnclin- rato that li; I Pd> That was artide. Nf I h?w it camo thought. I JttC I about that she new vlewp< I found herself one w,,(l Kuroiy s December after- 'ore her, ct J no?" Kitting for- ra? lightly lornly on her Pushed ope firT J J tru,lk and homo- came o a M sickly surveying Kat at the 1 /[ V an attic apart- a gpuerous /A y ment containing looked up a i a small hard bed, a ,arKo you j|Blx^9s? Y, a lopsided wash- raouth 1md IkIb^ ^ ^ ( Btand. and a mir- I ,nK>" he sai iSpP/^I ,J ror that assured 1 ain Mrs \ W \I jh. her with untruth- surveyed h. B^*eSi v 1 lu' persistency ?stedly ns 1 vy ^ l) that she was not ,nan let me ?Sk/H a Pleasure to fo"nd the st ?O^-T ~r ,ook at- not have t< Sr^V "Anyway, it t,u' family isn't a basement," until a rosp said Juliana, a*a,n and pi glancing about her. Three promis- of what htj lug Places?promising from her point ( of view-had she refused because uxitj cuuiu out cumiij<iiMi uit tuur> a> ago to the point of Bleeping downetalrs. In this house there was no basement bedroomB and the two tiny flattie rooms wero given up to the cook and the housemaid. She reviewed \ mentally the apartments on the lower yf JiJRvj floors through which her mistress had / conducted her and compared them with this in which she sat; after VsjJJpJvJj which Bhe got her notebook out of her bag and made a few hasty notes. jVK?; Juliana was going to do a Berles of J' WML' articles on the Domestic Service Prob- li Jrat* lem and she was getting her material 11 at first hand. t I She felt very pleased with her notes. H Vrtvi? They were lightly Batlrlcal. When she ',wj 1\'W i had done her hair over before the ' v[)li malicious mirror Bhe made some U?- f VVuK more notes. These were filled with a 11 Lf llfilL yearning co* of gloom She felt a rWr lj gratifying certainty that a half-column j\rh\ Jl\ of pathos could always be secured by ^.njlaH y'ljyjlj a few minutes spent before her trunk, pausing occasionally to add ; ? other heart-rending walla of a house- ^ maid cast away on a desert of lop- ?BUt i aided furniture, and when a final Clinging t urvey of herself reflected a crosseyed face under the exaggerated just the thii pompadour she had substituted for mented, "bi her usual rather classic coiffure, and saw." a lumpy and grotesque figure in a He had h cheap lace waist, she had really to who still st tear herself from the room, so filled door. "1 b< was she with gloomy and satrlcal lit- you," he ob erature. Juet outside the door Bhe met tremendous! Mrs. Went worth. fectly well t "Oh, Julia," said that lady, who was her, doubtft a pretty and smartly groomed young down at tha person, "I quite forgot to tell you that ing the coo I have ordered some new furniture for the cupboar your room. We have just moved to of filling in New York and l have not been able helped hims to get it attended to sooner. The new nuts and sa things will he up tomorrow." table. "Can Juliana did not write up her notes *>aid that evening on the sleeping accom- n< modations offered servants. But she antl began t made two notes on different subjects 'Oh! 1 sa and underscored them. They read hasn't Mrs as follows: "I atn doi "The cook has been called home 1 days, said am to do her work this week as well maid " The as my own?with a Christmas dinner ^he added. In prospect!" lie devote "Mrs. Went worth expects her after that i brother tomorrow, making?-when Mr picked up tl N for the has \ \ for you," he \ \ \ of the scutt \\ I \ go her aide 5==T \ I \ "I do not 1 r l! Ii \ f (fiaspfe\\ - , would like I : ' I jr. to say anytl dliiifi ! I \ |\ lhat occur re 1 j ! J|IL> "Why six I fllrfl'l Quired ingei ~i "jgBl ||; j 1|| *b,e to 'ff "'t $ | ttt11 ' I VP- aSp- Now' wh,%n I I _ er?" he t< r ' ' 'axe<^ ~~ " -r~? rande, you - ^ "That is J y?u" "iNot at a Juliana Did Not Write Up Her Notes an Inst That Evening on the Sleeping Ac- then went commodation8 Offered Servants. softly to hi Mrs. We Wentworth arrives?four In the fain- her brothe lJy. It Is this uncertainty of the de- 'he breakfi mands on one s time and strength to myself t that makes household service so un- "before yoi popular." Kane's r "But perhaps the chief thing." entmlndet Juliana sharpened her pencil and took n?t called a fresh start, "Is the line drawn be- and a tween those who employ servants and worth cami those who serve; a line, apparently kindly: Impossible to cross, that lies between hie while ; the drawing room and the kitchen." | Julia. I'll i She glanced that over In the morn- And, latf ing before she went down to prepare ?' the hou breakfast. It comforted her for her proving, ai lost Inspiration on the subject of serw always too HKilttffeltafcik.. ' 'Si. 0, tjr.-T ,W vj \ THE LANCASTER : ? Juliana cA dhrisfma COPYRIGHT ^ , and she decided to elabo- carry, and the answering ] tie of thought for her first from Mr. kane Farnsworth. it that it was a now that she was under discussio iut all one needed was a went about her work with a olnt and a feeling Btyle, wrath within her and a pa he. with her experience be- seething in her brain about >uld count on these. She spectlng working girls being si down the back stairs, to the surreptitious and patron n the kitchen door and tentlons of supposedly well-bre standstill. A young man men. Not that she was able iltchen table partaking of cover anything either patron piece of apple pie. He surreptitious in Mr. Farnswoi t her and smiled. He was havior. He came out into the ng man with a handsome during the afternoon, cheerful nice eyes. "Good morn- ming various doors behind id. "Don't be frightened, that all the world might kno? Ventworth's brother." Ho he had gone, er reassuringly and inter- "Paring potatoes for dinner, le went on. "The furnaco he said with great good hur into the basement and 1 will help you." air door unlocked, so I did "It is quite unnecessary," r 3 choose between waking Juliana, looking very haughty, and walking the streets of the overpowering pompadi ectable hour." He smiled the lace waist, roceeded to make the most ' "Again you miss the point," le pie was left. "It isn't i "It is not a question of necest 1 ethics. Here am I idling, i doing tho work of two." Hi r ^^53) 1 largo apron and tied it c ' around his neck. Tken he got \ ? an(I seized a potato. "You f stand, Julia," he said, unlieed avertpft faeo nnd ntnnv Kilenei ami IhJ'MBm* I t companion, "that all the worl Jtiyi \m OuMii world could be done, and we s\ y ' \M /jSp-'gSi if each person devoted four 1: (r <v\ Authorities differ somewhi 7 - tho time, but four hours is tfc KtLrjl ] /' li mum. Now, you and I?" ; Mrs. Wentworth entered, f ^ waH "wished and her eyes were // I Juliana, to her great disgust, own face flushing. Her eyes, a SMI first glance, she kept on her ^arnHW?rth spoke up chi ?j llnlr I ' wa8 jU8t explaining to Ju li* Ml li e 0 PR'<*' "t*ial " we worked foi |jl ylHLl y,^? Mrs. Wentworth interruptei 111'*" v i voice was quiet, but it was tl M i lEfc l l that '8 achievement. "Are yo lllltffcS^^. *I1K ?' choosing housework t " 'Do the duty that lies neare _ quoted, not without an accent tue. He finished the potato Hired to Do It," Still lected another, to Her Side of the Pail. "I wanted you to help me hat pictures in the library," sal ig for breakiast, ho com- Wentworth Between fear ol it it was the first food 1 her COok and fear of losing he er she was really a pathetic is eyes again on Juliana, Juliana felt stirrings of sympa ood breathlessly by the ..,n R few mlnuteB? he Baid slieve i really frightened lnR t my hari(] tQ the p,ow> , .served, regretfully. "I'm words tQ th? potato_" > siiriy. Sht n? w p< r ?j WQUjd prpfer tQ do the i hat he was trying to place alone,? 8aid Jullana. ?You pa V 7 ,T ;\? too thick.t hour, doubtful of her be- .. , , ? , k. He strolled across to , He looked at her accusingly d. evidently with the idea lectedtwo Pieces of peeling fi the period of uncertainty. pan" Exhibit One he said, elf to a couple of dough- re fved by Miss Julia- pa t down on a corner of a luirii.Kly. and getting no ans I oiler you anything?" he pratod *1,h a ? ??in? inflH,fti Miss Julia. Exhibit Two? >t answer. She went over "Kane!" said his sister shar] 0 lay the fire. gave her an innocent and ii y," he broke out. "Is?er i. Went worth got a cook?" "There is a great interest lr ng the cooking for a few Potatoes." he observed. "Nov Juliana. "1 am the house- thH way in whlch Ju,la ho,d n by a flash of inspiration J,lliana. uncomfortably aware "The cook has went." own ,ack of 8kin ,n the P?,at( d himself to his doughnuts ll,ne' gr"* scarM UIld" th" tv jntil. the fire laid, she ?f WatTcb,.n? 7?8- fhe knf >e coal scuttle and started ? PV " ? ! !jlt?rp#re' pirunt. Til get the coal 1'"lsh a"d bathed a sigh of r said. He seized the bale ^ j le, but Juliana did not let I i t? f \' ?f it. Ii || ; think Mrs. Wentworth |ll ? ill' s<c *' It." She was too startled ! . || ling except the first thing J i;Tt d to her I fv ? A. (H juld she object?" he in- 1 | J~j \V nuously "Surely I am bet- --JtijWIV | y ijf' Auw carry ~oal than a girl like jwlrfl y Wy h'?ed to do it." still cling .. T. ? ide of the pail. w '^*^" '7/ 1 down at her hand. "Hut he explained, "is that you (j?~ r have been hired to do it. - - t in the economic condition t / U/ I * such a thing possible. z At jn 'I .4*1 we reformers get into pow- ' ' h ] % /' >ok the pail from her re- uj jfc y j/. ?n > and disappeared Into the 7^'" Hi "Anything else I can do?" f'I ^ ^ cheerfully as he deposited \^s i bucket beside the stove. T^ifl 'r*Z. r doctrine is to helr? a com- 1 know." VIII all," very stiffly. "Thank U, iWWSx ill," amiably. He looked at ant from the doorway and Mrs Wentworth Entered. down the hall whistling Was Flushed and Her Ey mself. Bright. ntworth was beaming on r when Juliana carried In relief when Mr. Farnswortl ist. "And I'll have you all drew his athletic figure to a his week, Kane," Hho said. 1 position and followed his sis iir work begins." the room. eply was perhaps a little ah "j find It difficult to get st d. At any rate Juliana was my articles," wrote Juliana upon for any further serv- , notebook the next evening, fter breakfast Mrs Went- | dor If It is Socialism that in b into the kitchen and said. Karnsworth haunt the kltche ifon need not serve the ta- of the Socialists that I met al /ou are doing the cooking, tlement House were especia attend to that myself." ^ j isted in cooking." sr. Juliana hearing the lady "No material for articles, se discoursing in tones re- added the next evening. "I k rgnmentatlve, satirical, but Wentworth longs to bo rid o subdued for the words to abe can't get a cook. 1 woi NTKWS, DECEMBER 1 InS rs dome Jeanett< laughter her if she could, and guessed else. I must get my >n, ana ? * wuu i g?i uomo growing Mr. Farnsworth gets u .ragraph kitchen lire. Wouldn eelf-re- fine Item lu an artich ibjected ants Won't Stay?' I lzlng at- stop. Mrs. Wentwortl d young but she doesn't even i to dls- boil potatoes. She Is lzlng or and absolutely helple th'B bo- tic Science lessons co kitchen venlently Just now." ly slam- "Mrs. Wentworth 1 him so girls to dinner," she v where night. "They are hav] drawing-room now. I Julia?" Socialism Just inside nor. "I I came up. I've been but It doesm't explal eturned worth's building the In spite hasn't the appearanco Dur and much -read, either. A Heine dropped out of he said. "I really must go." dty, but day or two later, "evi and you ?? ? KOt a . I'rfjl'i rsss, | under- . 11.11 V* ling the liV'LjjfxTv e of his |/v \ ' of the IjL , 11 done. J.? ^ \ 11 lours to Ify "ki'M* ' W ; bright. felt her ~~ fter the ' potato. 1^|1 I V?))" A ^rtuWy. ? lia." he MV** Jfc ir hours -?=? V U ' d. Her ,/Ms >\ ie quiet /Mr^\ll, u think- ///' /~ is your / / st,'" he / of vlr" . <&$$> and se- ^ Kane Farnsworth Sau ig some Kitchen in the Mid( d Mrs noon to Tell Her A f losing utarves to death. I'm r broth- thing done, and in spl 8lRllt* forts and Mrs. \V? thy- FarnBworth continues *-* the greater part of 1 In other kitchen. She looked i today when Bhe found jotatoea the coal She will vis re them gt.nce offices tomorro\ This proved a true ] and so- Farnsworth sauntered rom the jQ middle of the 'Peeling jlor about It. "She wt used In- ju, eaid, "but 1 coinpro wer, re- llie ^ to that aristo on, by ery ij,, patronizes. I i to deciding from the ply. He whether she could c iquiring on the corner of the ta Juliana moving about i paring apron with her sleeve! v notice patch of flour on her s hers." not had time to ach! of her dour that morning, sa ) paring form, and her rather vo pairs hich was not, sti ?w how beauty at all, but the ting the fair skin and expressi jou un/I J! 1 * ? """ ?? uisguiseu. aim wa? j "1 make a cake, but with she found herself dolt relevant and unne "You won't need tha Inquired helpfully aa k the potato masher. A said, turning to hint ' dark and determined. go away. I am no( iSjpP? watched at my work. "You are doing w said soothingly. "Ne1 everybody devoted foi II "Have you dono y< ^ &2P* shurply. jt lie looked at her i W~fore he answered; Upr rather the effect of bf r?' - In looking at her to \Syr said: "No, I am golu pL "Then go and begli I. |) "Hut that la what ? He looked after her i dtanantlv awav. "W1 / do everything at on* "Now, if you would minute and let me up ?J pulled a chair forwan ter Face Btead of taklnK It. ee Were board and Razed at hi "I shall be greatl; t finally wl11 K? away," she standing "Imply hindering me ter from the kitchen doesn't thing and I don't b arted on socialist doctrines pr in her spent in trying to fllr "I won- "Oh, Juliana! How akeB Mr. ad. oyes dancing n. None softly, "1 am not try t the Set- the cook. The cool lly inter- know." He sat a min' ing the fluttering han yet," she a little red ear. The now Mrs to where she was bui f me, but Ignore him. "You tl aid leave , earnest," he said, "hi c \ 9. 1913. ervic< idvBv & Cooper I go somewhere Hke very much to mar facts this week 1' you would have me." for Christmas. Juliana dropped her i p and builds the hour sifter and the egg i't that make a which she was holdiiif > on 'Why Serv- Idea of how sho had in can't make him them. 1 is nearly wild, "Unless you go away i know how to she announced, a southern girl. He stood looking at h< bs. My Pomes- admiration and other t me in most con- not stop to analyze, in 1 J have much sweet unr had two pretty Juliaua," he Baid; and wrote the next other look ho went aw Ing music In the "Christmas tomorrow found a bqok on ana a few days later, " my door when here. I told Mrs. Went looking it over, must go and she unbent In Mr. Farns- implore me to stay Jus kitchen fire. It was. Mr. Wentworth of having been row. He was delayed i i love poem by business. Mrs. Farnsw< it." morning trying to m wrote Juliana a where I live, but I was >n if the family that they shall never k ???v Juliana had her m< turbed. Mrs. Wentwo in keeping her brother i she triumphantly lundc v jiSy carriage to accompany \ small nephew to tbe sti ^ got her Christmas dinn last detail, taking the t fwf/ifr At lea8t Mr9, Wentwor i . W/jja/L Uze what a good cook \ Then she ran upstairs i xjnBqjfr got out a tailored line an emergency and did 1 ? Ti^^rlti broad gold brown braidi -jfUfij simplicity added piquant fjMM '//, R^//i in ui not iuci (jWi / Jlum1 pulled It all down agal / 'm\ Up 'n,? tremendou ' iM' J B'1R *lat^ effected since j'/' #1 i service, and she put ai W! ) 3l\ 'I po"io gown and donne * / oZfll A plentifully adorned wit y ' cost J3.98 ready-made. ^Wr to play fa'r wltl1 ^Irs jft 1 Even then she parted fi # il tion In the new mirror Wir/ if fll\ when she ran noli ? stairs Intent on the ilnl * 'L"ir f ^ the carriage had retur Went worth'8 door wa intered Into the voice came from It, a m lie of the After- ror and tears. Eviden' bout It. seeking the first opporl not getting any- ' her woes Into her hu Ito of all my ef- "And do you know," sh< ?ntworth's, Mr. tually wants to marry culmly to spend awful? He actual tils time In the marry her!" >OHltlvely aghast Very scarlet were Ju him bringing up when she reached the It all the Intelli- very dark and angry v, I am sure." shall go immediately prophecy. Kane said, "and I'll nev Into the kitchen them ftgftin. never, n? forenoon to tell She went Into the dinln mted me to go," t,,at everything was li noised by taking two Pretty girls.were cr cratic day nurs- &nd glanced in at "her didn't feel equal without speaking. The; looks of a lady fu,,y dressed and had ook." He sat ha,r- They went Into bio and watched roc>m. In her big blue "Oh, Mr. Farnsworth, i rolled up and a s'ng," she neartl one i chin. She had Redder grew Juliana', leve the pompa- stood a moment. Tlici vo In a modified swiftly for the back delicate beauty, was a limit to human c rictly speaking, one it seemed, was ab charm of a very real worth under a $ ve eyes, was un- he reached her room ... l.rmlnail 1? ... geuing reauy iu _ " " ' l his eyes on her lg all sorts of lrcessary things. VV ^ ^ t. will you?" he f -?/ she lifted down s \ !% "1 wish," she ( Y:*'\ , her eyes very ' jl " o( "that you would / ^ r ^ l used to being V y \ I could do bet- " ffr' > V; Iff ell enough," ho , 'jl ( // rer forget that if , \ j, ^ \ ir hours?" i jur four hours?" ' 1 i ii v i | ,-y ~ ^ n little while be-1 j * { ^ ting too absorbed ' , eak to you." He J, but Juliana, In- I ^Gl. seized the cake Mr,. Wentworth 8 im angrily across Try|nfl tQ Maka ^ . i. . I Live. y obliged If you said. "You are don the linen dress bi ? Your work In simple and ravlshin amount to any- home gown of soft Ind elieve that your Incredibly short time escribe any time Next the hair carno d t with the cook." up again In a hurrle crude!" he sigh- mass. Then Juliana, h ;. Then he added Hant as her cheeks, i ring to flirt with lessly to the kitchen J t has went, you hear the peremptory ute longer watch- Wentworth's table bell ids and the tip of Ike platter and with I n he went across pushed open the dining lily pretending to entered, link 1 am not In ^?r an Instant she c it 1 am. 1 should 'nan at the foot of the 0 $ ht*S It TJT you, Julia, Instant he did not see her. Then he looked up and their eyes met. And spoon and the Into the soft babble of voices and beater, all of laughter broke two cries. C without any "Juliana Favrllle!" cried the maatended to use ter delightedly. "Billy Wentworth!" cried the maid I am going," amazedly. As In a dream, Juliana saw the ;r. amusement, dazed faces of Mrs. Wentworth and hings she did her guests, i i,en Billy took the plates gaze. "You ter from her, only to place kt on the easonubleness, nearest chair, and was holding both then with an- hands. ay. "I thought you were In England, f"" " oho anlrl >1 ?1 nlnnnl v wrote Jull- -"" >> ? ? ? and I am still "Just back," said Hilly. "Didn't let hworth that I any of my friends know. Wanted to sufficiently to surprise 'em?sort of Christmas Rift, t over Christ- you know- *vo heen Ave years away i comes totnor- from thi3 blessed country. Think of A t Bomewhere on ,l- Told thfi flrm 1 couldn,t stand it jrth spent the another minute. Not but what Kngake me tell ,and ,3 a1' r,Kbt, in its place. I met firm 1 Intend Marion over there, you know. She now'? was?by the way"?with a sudden jrniujr undis- *reat ,norease of astonishment?"how rth succeeded fa employed until ' id him in tho her and his /&? y~*?V^ ation. Juliana r-*- ">i i>' er ready to tho jreatest pains. ^ r5'5 ^ lngltng of hor- H yhouaht You Were In ?England? I lly she was * Billy" I mnlty to pour sband's ears. on earth did you and Marlon become b said, "he ae- acquainted?" her. Isn't It Juliana dropped her eyes to hide ly wants to thelr ghamed hilarity. "We are not exactly acquaintances," she said. "X liana's cheeks am?working here." kitchen, and Mr. Wentworth's happy face felL her eyes. "I }j|8 troubled voice Invited confidence, after dinner," "My dear, dear Juliana," he said, er see any of "what has happened?" ?ver, never!" Mr. Karnsworth arose from hia g room to Hee pjaco and came across where they \ order. The Btood. "Don't worry, Billy," he said, osslng the hall "Mia8 Favrille has been masqueradIndifferently inR it's up to you to make her give y were beautl- jjer reasons." holly in their Juliana avoided a glance in his dK tho drawing rectlon. Her answer was to Billy. ' "It was for articles," she said. "Mafr , do come and RZine articles on the Domestic Sere* of them say. jco problem. I didn't know this was s cheeks. She your house. Hilly." But Billy had i she startedj gone off into happy and continued stairs. There luughter. ndurance. No Mrs. Karnsworth spoke, chagrin, roll to read the sentment and relief?she knew who 3.98 exterior. uie pavrilles were?mingling in her out of breath voice. is too late to "Bring another chair, ICane," she v said. "If Miss Kavrllle?" / | "Miss Kavrllle will serve the rest , of this course." Bald Mr. Karnsworth. "Discipline must be maintained. I v v will help her." He openpd the door V Bfc i jj~~1 nnd waited for her to pass out befor* R?) -~__L ^ i Lj hint. _JX ._ "Kane insisted she wasn't a sep . ? - vant," came from Mrs. Wentworthll '( i. aggrieved, apologetic voice, v ?I "So, she's the Klrl!" exnloded jjWVjM Billy's jolly one. "Why, my denr, I . wanted to marry her myself when she t i'""' was eighteen." , Kane followed Juliana down the jSl ftii(1 closed the kitchen door boi >vVyhind them. / "Vflll you marry me, Juliana?" he j^j i^ said. Juliana succeeded in freeing one hand and took a step in the dlrectlop ^ ^ of the stove. j "Not until after dinner," she said. Christmas Tools. Mrs. B.?My liMe boy wants a toolt the Morning chest for Christmas, and I suppose I Tell Where I must get him one. Clerk?Yes, ma'am; here's our . .. Christmas special. It's Just the thing it there was a . stly becoming ,or you' i . . Mrs. B.?These tools appear to bo so an re . 11 an fljmgy though. Surely, they can't be sue was in it. own and went ""'l f 0"f , ,. ,d but utl.tlo 1 . m?1 Kiai,kJ,U'1 ,!' . hri, every one of em will break before the ey' eturned noised chlld can do much damft*e w,th emlust In time to tinkle of Mrs. A Perennial Present. I. She seized Mrs. Caller?You surely don't giv# lead held high yoor husband a necktie every Christ" room door and mas? Mrs. Alhome?Oh, yes, I do! And lid not see tho the poor dear never seems to know table. For an that it's the same ouel"'