"Can't cook but doesn't bite." So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekeeper, sound morals, exceptional disposition" That draws the hungry attention of widower oliver milliron in the fall of 190..."Can't cook but doesn't bite." So begins the newspaper ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekeeper, sound morals, exceptional disposition" That draws the hungry attention of widower oliver milliron in the fall of 1909.