Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-01-19

ulUutI, II ever 81 pam, nay St-h'N h'a '
be well cooked and well arrugrd ami
however The servants Gail short, every
mistress has her own intelligent BRAIN, ,and
has, at the worst, her own pair Of active
hands. DID you ever consider that last
possibility, my good Mrs. Robinson !
Would Betty honor you the less #, every
morning, she saw you Gusta chair or two,
or hunt Out lurking ambushes OF spiders
$50 that she was shamed into knowledge
and industry by the conviction that what
she left undone, her mistress would GER
tainly do Would you be less amlabie ii
your husbands eyes by the discovery
that il was you yourself who cooked, and
then taught Betty to cook his comfortable
dinner Would he have less pleasure in
your dainty fingers for seeing on them q
few needlemarks, caused by the making
of tidy chair covers, or The mendiug Of
clean threadbare carpets, so as TO make
The best of his plain, quiet home, where
Heaven has at once denied the blessing
and responsibility Of children But you
may be as ignorant as Betty herself. am
afraid you are. Nevertheless, if she can
learn surely you can. Let me give YOU
golden rule---'Never expect servant to
do that which YOU cannot DO, or If neces-
sarv, will learn to do yourself.
Mrs. Johnson, now, will be very
good illustration of this. doubtir She l.
any richer than Mrs. Robinson and few
years after her marriage, know II was
very uphII-work indeed with the young
couple especially for the wife. who,mar-
ried at nineteen, was as ignorant as any
school girl. She and her cook are report
ed TO have studied Mrs. Glass together.
TO this day, fancy, the praise OF any sPe-
cial dinner would be mOdestIy received
as conjointIy due to 'Missis and me- So,
doubtless, would any grand effect III
| household arrangement, though where all
goes on so smoothly and orderly. mat the
most sudden visitor would only necesSi-
tate an extra knife aud fork, and 4 clean
pair of sheets in the spare room, there is
not much opportunity for any coup 4 efaf
in the household line. As for the nurse
ry staf---bu since her boys could walk a
! lone, Mrs. Johnson has abolished the nur-
sery altogether. If she has no more chill
dren, these two lads will have The infinite
blessing Of never being managed by any
womankind save their mother. OF course,
/ il is i busy, and often hard lie for her;
and her handmaidens know II. They
/ .. ,.o,,.aI,,a ,,o,lI bo .eLornoJ IN Ln law.
they would da anything in the world to
Tighten things to Mssis. If little delicate
Fred is aiIing, Jane will 81 up half the
night with him, and still get up al 6ve
next morning. Mary, the cook. does
no. grumble at any accidental waiting, if
Nli,sis, in her sowing, has the slightest
need of Jane. Both would work their
fingers TO The bone any day, TO save her
the least trouble or pam. Not cloud
comes across her path-not day OF al
|ucss--hrr own or her IHlIe ones '--sEld-
ows he. bright looks, but is felt as an 40.
solute grief IN the kitchen. James face
as she opens the front COor, Is sui'Irlcnt
indication TO ak friends As 10 how Ghlngs
ale viii The family ) and if you, being
very intimate, make any chance inquiry
Of Mary ia the street, ten 10 one she will
tell you everything Mrs. Johnson has
done, and exactly how she looked tor a
week past, ending with a grave, respectful
remark, venlured IN right ol her oNn Ten
years Of eIdership, that she IS afraid MIS-
sis is wearing herself obt, and would you
please to come and see her!
And Missis on her side returns The kind
Iy interest. She likes 10 hear anything
and everything that her damsels may have
lo tell, from the buying Of new gown TO
the birth of new nephew. Any rela-
tives OF theirs who may appear in the
kitchen, she generally goes TO speak to,
and welcomes always kindly. Love- al
so. She has not the smallest objection 10
let that young baker come in to tea on
Sundays, entering honestly at the front.
door, without need Of sneaklng behind
area-rsIings. And if, on such Sundays,
Jane is rather absent and awkward. with
tendency to forget he spoons, and put
hot plates where cold should be, her mis-
tress pardons all, and lempers masters IN
drgnation by reminding him Of certain
summer not ten years back, when--eic.
Upon which he kisses his hide wife, and
grows mild.
Thus tie family have no dread Of fol
lowers, no visions of burglarious sweet
hears introduced By the kitchen window,
or tribes of locust cousins creating fam
Inc in the lsrder. Having always wen
confidence, Mrs. Johnson has little fear OF
being deceived, When pretty Jane car
make up her mind. doubtless there Will
occur that most rreduatie e7eul in bolh
parues--rhe maid beI 9 married from her