Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-07-10

mentioned. from her dish washing. She tells
her at what precise hour to put the meat in
the oven, and minute directions in all other
particulars. Up stairs she hurres She
makes her own bed She tosses the slouched
bonnet in the corner, steps out of the work
frock and-but we must not be to particular
in describing toilet arrangements. Suffice it
to say, that over damp hands the gloves are
with great difficulty, pulled,as the last touch.
Arranged in silks and satins, with card case
in hand, Mrs. Brown comes down, aud
pauses q moment in the pantry to call Brid-
get.
"Now mind,' she says, "thosc things l
charged You about
"Ycs ma am" says Bridget, but inwardly
VOWS rebellion, since she left with "the whole
| dinner to get"
Mrs. Brown step out into the street, Brid-
get looking after her with a grin as she sees
feather sticking to her skirt, CT some other
mark of hurry in costumery. Mrs Brown is
in no hurry now. She moves with show
dignity, like & lady of leisure. She meets
and recognizes Mr.. Jones. She is all smiles
and so is he. They pass with graceful recog
niton-she, poor soul little suspecting that
his is smile of wonder chow the dicHcns"
she could get dressed SO soon, when he is
sure he detected the "end of her nose" under
the starchcd bonnet already mentioned, as
he passed her house just twenty minutes. be-
fore
Mrs. Brown rings at Mrs. SIS door bell.
Betty !" cries Mrs. Smith, who is up to
her elbows in pastry-"see who that is
Tell 'em Pm not at home. No show 'eIn
in the parlor."
The countcrmands is made-not to serve
the truth,but because Mrs. Smith knows that
"not at home" will be interpreted to mean Sin
the kitchen"
Up stairs she hurries, and robes herself in
graceful morning dress, and sails down to
meet Mrs. Brown, as if she had only been
stringing pearls in her boudoir; and the ladies
sit fifteen minutes to discuss show difficult ii
is to find good servants" Mrs Brown goes.
Other ladies Of the same set come in, Mrs.
Smith dancing attendance between kitchen,
chamber and parlor, while the house is filed
with the smell Of things burning in the kitch-
Ell oven. So the morning passes with Mrs.
Smith.
Now let us follow Mrs. Brown home. 1t
is nearly time her husband was back to his
dinner Up stairs she hurries and metamor-
phoses herself as suddenly as Cinderella
changed from fine lady back to kitchen girl
in the fairy tale. An ominous odor saluted
her nostlils the moment she entered the
house. Alas poor Browns dinner it is
'done brown" and so is he, if he has deluded
himself with the hope Of anything fit to eat
Mrs. Brown scolds Bridget, and she gives her
warning. Mr.. Brown looks black at the
dinner, but makes peace between his wife
and the girl Of all work, for fear she would
go away, and he fare still worse with new
Bridget.
At Smiths there is little better entertain
ment, except that on this day she has the
bes. excuse, being the aggres>ed upon, not
the aggressor. Tomorrow she will retaliate
upon Mrs. Brown by ''returiing her CALL"
and 50 on till poor Brown and Smith como to
the conclusion that "good servants are scarce"
thereis no superabundance of good wives.
Now, we put it to the common sense of
our ,eaders-what is the Use of all this {?
by it q? Sensible womal who do not wish
their hu bands to toll on forever, must be
content to help them by manag ng in doors,
while the husbands labor without. Why
not go comfortably On, and dispose of the
days aVOcatloiiS ana then step out, II need
be and call in pleasant social way on 9th
ers, who like themselves, having finished
their domestic duties, have leisure to enter
tain guests? Why should people of mode
rate incomcs-wby should any Americans in
deed-ape foreign follies Why cannot we
have independence enough to be happy in
our own social relations, and good sense
sufficient to attend to our own comfort, and
that Of our families Never. till we do
never till wives save for their husbands-will
there cease to be periods of "two per cent
per month."-ArthM's Home Gazette: