Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-05-15
Artificial Flowers.

ArtlnCial Flowers.
Ladies who deck their, hair with mimic
bloom, have in general, little idea Of the
way in which these false flowers grow. They
wear them, light-heartcd, in the gaycst
scenes, and think not that they arc trans
planted from the saddest. They put forth
their leaves and delicate hues in sitting gar.
rcts, in fatid back kitchens, or in hot, over.
crowded factories, where the gas-burners arc
often without glass or shade, and gas stoves
are set on the table to heat the tools, while
a hundred women and girls from niue years
old and upward, bend over their hot-hou;o
plants Some hold the hand.stamp which
cuts through sixteen folds at u time Of the
muslin or elk that is to make the leaves
and flowers. Others vein the leaves by
pressing them between dies, or paint the
petals separately with brush when the
centre is to lie kft white. Most Of them
are busy with the finer work Of constructing
the flowers. The gum and wax, dust for
bloom with potato -four, Or with blown glass
powder for frost they twist paper or silk
threld for the stalk, and make the found.
alton on which the petals stick. Slender
wires are run through the blossoms, and
small gotfering iron gives them their curl.
Al! this is strange and fdgety work, espe-
cially by gas light with bli.tered fingers.
thumb nails worn to the quick, and the dust
Of paint and other material infsming the
eyes, and preparing patient, for the Opthal.
mic Hospital The blues and carn,;ncS try
the sigh. sadly, and the latter causes heavi.
ness in the head. Arsenic green and verdi.
g.is blue are seldom used; But enough is
left to poison the puor flower girls" exist
ence. She works in London fourteen OF
fifteen hours day, and sometimes longer.
After thirteen hours work, girls often take
home sufficient for two hours more.
WANTED, A "GURI. The following
burlesque is designed to ''set off, the rid
iculous aud insoent den aads from Irish
"help" in these days of liberal ideas and
equal rights" :"
WANTED "A "gurl" to dwell in my fam.
lily, assist my wife in doing the work, and
give directions generally.
One of the Irish. German.American de.
scent will answer, if she was born in Ire
land, aud knows Aar,iack FROM boot
jack.
We don't want her to spit in the soup to
ascertain whether it is hot, norto boil "aggs"
in the ''tay pot, and VIC rather prefer that
she would not wash her feet in the dish tub
We also expect that she will use some.
thing besides matches to get breakfast
with.
Wages not much object, il she will only
leave mo enough Of my income to pay for
the crockery ware that she breaks.
II she should not be satisfied with having
Eve evenings in 9 week, an effort will be
made to give her eight, she may decide what
we shall have to eat, and whether II shall be
o,erdone, uuderdouc, Or done at oil, and DO,
in fact as she pleases, except wear my wife's
gloves and shoes, (unless her hands and feet
arc within four sizes Of being as small.
P.S.-We always expect to give our h,lp
Christmas and New Year gifts, worh from
one dollar to one hundred, just as they pre-
fer.
N. B.-She can have the use Of piana
and guitar, and 60 to "marrs" uino times
week, il she is not absent moro than twen-
ty.six hours por day.
o. O.P.S.-Feathsr beds or mattresses, as
preferred.
A sister or old 'mithsr" will be no ohjsc-
ton, rs we have . spare chamber. and will
IL nscsnary, hire . ''nass'' TO take care Of
her.
end lth Of July.
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