It is probable that many queens of the kitchen share the sentiment good-naturedly expressed by a Scandinavian servant, recently taken into the service of a young matron of Chicago.
The youthful assumer of household cares was disposed to be a trifle patronizing.
"Now, Lena," she asked earnestly, "are you a good cook?"
"Ya-as, 'm, I tank so," said the girl, with perfect naiveté, "if you vill not try to help me." - Elgin Burroughs.
"Have you a good cook now?"
"I don't know. I haven't been home since breakfast!"
