Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-02-02

She il rather delicate and sentcr' look
ing, and ,nu MAY know lrom TIE arrange
mcnt of her hair what the last nl5Ae is of
disposing Of rats and waterfalls. She has
a lace hqnaet viii. rc seS, a .ilk martha, IA
; silk dress trinm,d w3tl velvet, d .hite
skirt with sixteen tuol j. and an enhloidcr-
ed edge, : pair =. cloth CATERS underneath
which are u I;,ir of stocklugs without feet
the only pair in her possession. She has
no nnder'iicn, and sleeps at night la the
working: clothes i. wears il. tie day She
never seems To have iu her outfit either
comb. brush. or toothbrush of her own
neither acedles. thread, scissors. nor pins ::
her money. when she has amy, is spent on
more important articles, such rs the lace
bonnet or sl'k mantilla, or the rats and
waterfall that glorify her head. Whe& size
wishes to sew, She it&rr0Ms what is nccdiul
of II convenient next nciShbor; and Il she
gets place II 4 family ~ s"cqnI gir!, she
expect, to sgbsst il these respects by bor-
rowing OF the better appointed servants, 5r
helping herself FROM tie tanily .tercs.
Size expects of course, the very highest
wages, il she condesccnls to live out, and
by help of Il trim outside appearance and
he manv vacancics that are constantly oc-
curing in lloasehelds. she gets places,
where her object is to do as little Of the
duty assigned as possible, to hurry through
with her performances, put or kcr fine
clothes and 20 a 6adGng. She is on free
and easy terms with all the men she meets
and ready atjests and rcpartce, sometimes
far from scemlv. Her time Of service in
any one place lagts irditerent,y .!rym =
tortni.ht to two or three moaths, whea she
takes ker wages. and buys her Il parasol in
the atelt style and goes back to the intel
igcncc office. lu the different families
where she has lived she has hecn iold
hundred Lnlcs the proprietes ~ household
life, how to make beds, arrange rooms.
wash china, glass. and silver, and set ia
bles; but her ha'itul rule is to try in
each place how smal! and how roor ser.
vices will he accented. When she finds
that less Will not DO she gives more
WheR the mistress follows her CONSTANTLY
and shows an energetic determinations to
be well served, she shows that she ran
serve well bat the nCmcrt such a.ten-
ton rclaxes, she slides back again Sheis
as destructive to house us FIRE; the
very spirit of wastelulness is in her; she
cracks the china, dents the silver, steps the
water pipe With rubbish and when She is
halt her wages to be expended in repair
ing tt effects Of her carclessress. End
yet there is ore thing to be said fsr her
she is quite as careful of her employers
things as of her own. The full amount ef
her t,ischiefs often does nat appear ~
ence, as she is glib of teuguc, adrot in
apologies, and lies wit, as much adroitres1
and as little thought Of conscience as IL
blackbirI chatters. 1t is difficult for pee
pie WHO lave heen trained from childhood
in TIE school of verities,-wh have been
lectured for even the shadow Of preyari
cation, ana sLut up ii disgrace fer lie,
till truth becomes s habit Of their souls
1t is very difficult for people so educated
to understand how to get on with these
Who lever speak the truth except by mere
accident, WIZ assert any and everything
that comes into their heads with all the as
surance and all the energy Of perfect veyi-
ty.
What becomes Of this sirlt She finds
means hy begging, borrowing, living out,
tc keep herself extremely trim and airy for
a certain length Of time, TIL rats and Ma
tertalls, the lace hat and parasol and the
glib tongue. Lave done their work in max
ing fool of sope honest yauus mechanic
who earns three dollars day She mar
rics him with no higher object than to
Lave somebody to earn money fer ker to
spend,
That is one ending Of her career; the
other is en- tie street, in the hauEts of
vice, in prison, in drunkenness. and death
Whence come these girls They are as
a. yellow butterflies in autumu
they tiutter up TO the city from the coun-
try !; they grow up from mothers who ran
the same sort of career before them; and
tie reasen why in the end they fall out of
all reputable employment and starve on
goeg wages is. that they become physically
and morally incapable of rem
dering any service which society will think
worth paying for