The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-28
MATILDA.
For the Nvilmingtonian.

Since we have been in our new abode we
have had variety of hired girls: white,
black, and gingerbread color; i'll natured,
lazy, dishonest and saucy. We have had
two or three in one week, and Tom says cal
tho we have changed SO often it has never
been for the better" and calls them "nying
snakes" on account of their singularity and
frequent and speedy changes Of situation.-
The terpitude Of many of the girls is owing
to the mismanagement of masters and mis-
tresses. They consider their hireling de-
graded, inferior class of beings, fit subjects
for the most laborious and mean duties.
doomed to perpetual labor and inscnsible of
the pleasures of liberty. Hence maids with
propriety complain Of the ill tempers of
their mstrcsses, for from such opinions no.
thing but the most reasonable violence can
be expected. but human nature is the same
in all the human family. 1t is aycrsc to
oppression. From the most ignorant meni
al to the most elevated parsonage, the love
of liberty prevails, and where persons can
exertions, they will chose to remove. The
magisterial language used by masters and
mistresscs towards their servants, is such as
cannot be resented or prevented; hence the
onlv source of consolation offered to the serv
ant is flight The frequency Of such chan
ges makes them indifferent about the want
of principle which is often manifested by
them. But tho it may appear morally wrong
for maid to suddenly leave her employer,
yet when the mistress wishes to, and actual
| ly does, lay such heavy burdens upon them
and curtail so much Of their unaiienabie
rights, the implied contract Of rcciproci-
ty is first broken by the mistress, and hence
the maid legally and jnstly declares herself
free, and acts accordingly.-But these chan
gcs are disadvantageous to masters, mis-
tresses and servants. So different are the
manners and habits of different families that
nothing less than time and experience will
make maid sclvicablc. Under existing
circumstances no maid can be a good one,
for her stay is so short that she requires all
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is to do and how it is to be done, and before
she has learned she becomes disgusted at
the slave-like treatment which she receives,
and departs. A nezo girl fills her place and
Hence accrues loss of time to the mistress
and want of knowledge to the maid-hence
work gets behind hand and maids lose their
characters, which to them is the only pas
port to employment. lfboth maids and mis-
tresses were more patient, and the latter
could divest themselves of pride, and the
former be more thoughtful, much good might
rebound to society, for depend upon it, real
happiness is to be found in regular quiet
domestic life. tWhat do you think Of Eco
nomiesO
There is an old lady calls to see us every
two or three days who Tom calls Nanny
Swift. She generally calls in about half
an hour before dinner, she has always been
out on some errand and she must hurry home.
But she like many others cannonnot with
stand the influence of invitation, and there
fore she is soon to be discovered with her
bonnet and shawl laid aside and sitting very
contentedly at dinner. Her hurry has be-
come lulled and forgotten and without any
inconvenience she can spend the greater
part of the day and often times stays to tea,
Generally when she is departing she speaks
in an explanatory tone, her little expccta-
ton Of eating from home and staying so long
out, and that it was n mere accident that she
had stopped with us.-There are many like
her in the world, but they receive uni
versally the dislike or redicule of those per-
SONS upon whom they palm themselves.
Tom says "those persons have the knack of
laundering into good dinner"
There, is a little girl lives near us who, If
she does not veil some of her charms or be-
dim the lustre of her eyes or distort her
graceful form she will pierce my heart with
love. Perhaps my heart is perforated al
ready, for often feel considerable ha.hita-
tion when l gaze upon Miss---. have
some notion to weave hera few stanzas, but