The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-11

hhCuht INC one minute, MT. -, untll j Hhu uiap
gir- want her 10 see that the door has been left
open before you go out, and make her shut IL She
will then nc more careful in future"
She opened the dtning-room door, and Immediately
an exclamation was heard.
'oh, MT. -, believe that girls thief; just come
here and look at my silver closet"
Mr drew near and gazed on the dreful scene.
The dinng-roOm was Uttered with cups, saucers,
napkins, empty slver-baskets and household uten-
ss which had Deen taken from the closets and scat
tered around on tables, chairs, aud 6OOr pronis-
cuousy.
We hurried 10 the room OF the suspected Bridget
but no Bridget was there-only an old trunk which
was open and empty. We hurried down stairs as
fast AZ dignity would allow, intending to proceed to
the nearest police station and lodge Information;
hut on looking for our OvcrcOat which had been left
on the hat-raCk, beholdi IL was gone. IL was new
and valuable garment and its loss was lamcnted ex-
ceedingy. The lady OF the house was informed OF
the additional loss and she asked If she did not
require reference before engagaging domestic.
"Oh my! no. she calculated, "what's the good?
Anybody will give good reference TO get rid Of
girl There is in running after it."
"You surely, ma'am, would never give good ac-
count OF the person who has just left you in such
hurried manner 2"
"Surely not" she replied.
"Then be advised, and in the next attempt do not
aespise this important consideration suppose you
'Most certainly do i cannot be without help"
"Would it not be better if it was written by your
self?" inquired the gentleman.
"Oh,myd dear Mr.. -, you know cannot write such
things How can you be so unknd? IL is such a
little thing You might do it."
The power OF kindness is unlimited. on being ad-
dressed as 'my dear" we yielded Immediately, and
promised to do the very best The loss OF valuable
| overcoat was an additional incentive.
da1;h
| duced:-
"Wanted-A good girl for general hOusework,
must be strong and hearty. Good reference is I'M
| peratvely necessary. Apply etc.
'"That Will fix them,' was the consoling thought.
mo dishonest person will dare apply in the face OF
| such demand" Nor were we mistaken.
The lady wrote again the next day. saying that
she had had q considerable number of applicants,
| and walked herself almost to pieces hunting up
their references They all had good characters for
sobriety and honesty but when she came to engage
any one, she found that they all wanted such high
wages. They evidently valued their characters at
very high figure II had been put rather too strong
| she thought, though it did not appear to other
peoples eyes too strong for the overcOat
she was happy to state however, that selection
had been made at a comparatively low figure, though
an advance the former rate mad been necessary.
The present incumbent appeared TO give satisfaction,
was ready and willing, was healthy, was honest,
the stolen property the lady said that nothing had
been heard OF 1t, though she had left stone un-
turned to discover il. She sorry for loss,
il had happened her house. but she thought that
| we ought to be much more sorry for hers She had
| lost most OF her silver and about half OF her
wearing apparel. How the girl could have made of
with so much in SO short a time was wonder.
| In about a weeks time another note came to the
| Office with another request for advertisement.
The girl mad kept too much company, and had been
discharged Men and women had been running 10
the house TO see her from morning to night 1t
could not possibly be endured Girls had right to
keep company. The family OF the house ought to be
enough company for them. Some OF them were
perpetuay the kitchen. How could she be lonely?
Would another advertisement be written with this
| clause inserted, "No company allowed?
| We knew that if we refused to have anything more
| TO do with the matter, the dear argument
would be used which it would be impossible TO with
stand Therefore it was taken a matter OF course
and as she wished so it was done. We did not cx-
| pect however, Judging from former experiences,
that this would be the end OF the trouble and so it
| proved. Week after week notes continued to now
| in each time with the money for another insertion
| and also with request for another clause covering
another point in the case. 1t may be best state
| by the way, that each additional item an add-
| tional expense The later advertisements cost con-
| siderably more than the first
one girl had been discharged because she was too
| wasteful, another because she was ill-tempered
One had not been sufficiently cleanly in her way of
| doing things; another had been too particular and
put every one in the house TO inconvenience by her
| great exactness. Several had been detected in
| living, and one or two talked too much. Some would
| not condescend TO do certain things and others
again refused to attend to other things One could
wash and iron, but could not scrub another could
| scrub and wash and iron, but could not sweep. One
specimen could scrub, wash and iron, and sweep,
| but could not make a bed decenty. paragon
| who professed to excel in everything was found
| wouly deficient IN the art OF securing. Some girls
had learned certain ways Of doing things in certain
houses, and wished 10 do the same everywhere Some
had never learned any particular methods, and were
| too dumb to be Taught. One particular case was a
glutton and bid fair to eat the family out OF house
| and home.
| one was so careless or clumsy than when she left
there was hardly whole dish plate in the estah
| Iishment SO great had been the breakage.
| one objected to children, and left OF her own
| accord. Another TOO fashionable, spending all
| her time in devsing and concoctng some new
| article of dress. After her came soven who kent
herself so untidy that she could not be allowed 70
| attend to the door. The next a tatter who told
all the secrets OF the family, great and small to all
| the girls OF the neghborhood, who in turn men
toned them to their respective mistresses, from
| whom they came wandering back by circuitOus
routes to the adys ears
The next was prOselyting religious character OF
Irish descent, who took the children 10 the priest
| to be baptized. girl who had given pro-
mise of satisfaction had suddenly eloped with a
butcher One was addicted to getting up in the
middle of the night and crying fire, to the alarm of
| the household one was an escaped maniac and
| threw bricks at her mistress head
Az the time rolled on, the successive adVertise-