Smyrna times., 1872-03-27
Mary Ann Speaks for Herself.

NIFTY says |, to Kitty DeIanv-she's NV
Jjc?1nr3de-glr, j?1 and dacint, sinsble one as ever
tnI. ui1 her duty IN another mans Kitchen
HI'ty! says L, there's a great deal printed
aSlh the likes OF you and me; and 7 think 10
duf oIuae we had our say, and put forrad word in
defence OF our characters. ="
Ni'ty moderate-llKe in her wavs. and rovor
was known to give the word back to onv one
~ ,,;oE more than | can say for myself. being
90 ~ Liie temper ana sharp III the tongue
SO Say says she, as mild as milk
There bad anl good of us. Mary Ann
ana so body needn't be taking every word
fiat going to themselves Imperence and
ld"ineSS Is the trouble with thlm that's com
ll''leu ol mostly, AMI all you and me need
worry ABOUT Is that the same shan't be brought
agnuS. W 0io"s NJ
mat Kitty way; but mines not 50 aisv
l 20 90 take 1t Ill to hear us called Turks and
"'SiuGh$ and see pictures of us sailing off with
;,iy Iiuy el0thes ON our backs, and all sorts of
i>uiN"G UIG talk coming out Of our mouths
Inuie' I' never had a dud on me back that nv
u m"uu' Hi44 m work Tor in all my life. except a
sulaH nali worn collar that young lady who
was visiting Us gave me for doing nm her.
wild us. A' 'n"' sile ll'eu
near my way OF the story, and set it forainst
what you We heard on the other side. When y
oody knows both ways of anything. it's aisinr
10 come to conclusion; and so Iii lust tell Won
"hat we have agn our ladies', since they We
spoke so tree agin us
mere one thing to begin with that not one
Iauy IN thousand thinks of: poor hired girl
ndS no nome but the one she works in and
Iley calls us lmperent and bold if we asks
"ooII "nere were to sleep, or if there's
ahother girl for bit Of company. or casts onr
eyes around US to see if the place can he mode
Gheerlui or comfortable,like. The most of us
leaves all we have behind us when we comes
over TO Amerlky, and we often have lonely
IeellhgS come over US while we sarve them that
never gives us or our belongings a tbOncht
Ii body gets letter from home, it's a great
reiief 10 have some one that can fale for Won
whlle you wait till your evening out comes
rouhd so that you may get chance to take it
what s in it. anu N"o"'
A girl in the house with you NAV lave tho
buckets or brooms in your wav: She nav
empty the kettle, and you waiting far Lot
water ana set the ScuttIe on the stairs where
you IL break yer neck over it, Just for laziness
TO put 1t where it belongs but for all that
ana the nights and hard words you has together
you wouldn't be alone if you could helm #
with nothing but the mice and reaches far
company, and the rows Of bells and water
pipes to raise your spirits
Ladles has the run of the house They en-
give their orders, and go out or STAY in bnt If
one OF us puts her head out Of the window to
i9ck alta procession OF Faynians of fremen some
thing is sure to burn on the range. and then
you IL hear of it from the mistress.
As to diversion an company. that's whit
they re most down on. A girl cousins is held
up to her like disgrace; and as for having
little discourse with the mlkman or baker
you think you were running the family credit
II you re catched at it. Some girls is naturally
lively In their ways, and likes bit Of ribbon or
bow on their dress IF lady had a fancy
ior looking her best, no one would say word
agin 1t; but many the girl has lost place bv
sending tor charackter to her last lady. and
having ner tell that she was too fond of fixing
up and flirting with the slop-man.
Then ladies' is too apt to blame Ms for their
own Ignorance. Housework doesn't mean
honse|'eep"g; but halt of them that gets mar
RED expects us to do their duties for them. and
Presarve their want of knowledge a savcret.
Every gentleman that marries thinks he has
prize that will make his home next door IN
PARADISE; and almost every one of them finds
there S mistake somewhere, and blames moor
Blddy for 1t. Och what we girls has to
stand because we don't know how to manage
our mlstreSses and their houses. too. and SO
make up for what they should have larned
whin they were dancing and frizzinr the hair
off their heads to captivate the gintlemenl
Some of us is mighty green. I'm willing to
confess that them that's newly-over is often
sore trials in a misunderstanding nothing of
cooking beyant the billing of pOtaties, and break
ing and smashing all they lay hands on but.
sure, greenhOrns never set up for mncb-
they're willing to larn, and all they want is
teaching Let the ladies' of Ameriky give us
lessons and we'll do them credit; but the
trouble Is they don't know themselves, and
they blame us to hide their ignorance.
The feelings of the Irish is mighty tender
spake soft word to them and they'll do any,
thing to please you; but abuse them. and
trate them like slaves, and you rouse their
lmperence There's no use in life ia telling
poor girl that she's an ignorant bog-trotter, or
the all her people eat pOtaties like hogs.s Yon'H
get the wrong way of her if you do, and she'll
maybe give you some rough talk in return.
his Is what gets us the names of being bad
tempered when our tempers is just illigant. 1t
is them that prOvOkes us is to blame. though
they're sure to be the ones to raise the com
plaint. WIN
I've lived wild many lady-a girl must have
cAange, though she can't 90 beyant the base
ment Tor 1t. SOEe was bad, some good. and
some were just middling; but of all them that
ever gave me trouble, and put me to the bother
OF leaving them, the changeable ones is the
that's smiling one minute and
scowlIng the next; that tells you all about
their beaux before they were married, and the
compliments that was paid them, and then
nIes up and orders you around as if you were a
nagur! Them's the kind that gives us bad
runs to their husbands with stories |
ABOUT our dolngs, calling us bold and imperent |
and saying we tax liberties, and don't know |
our places 1t is our place to mind our lady's
word, and do as she bids us. If she makes us
her aiquil one minute, and gives us warning to
ave the next, it's her that's to blame, not us.
Then she's sure to tell every acquaintance she
has about us. and make us the subject of dis,
course wherever she goes.
Sometimes they call us tattlers; but Tn
lown on that myself. Saws |, let the ladies
ak agin us and about us-poor things half
Of them haint anything else to do-and we
,an nut I'M wid L. ;e Z. IL. - II - - |