The Republican journal., 1875-07-01
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
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death better than getting his life insured for an
amount the interest of which would scarcely
pay the house rent and buy the children's shoes.
1t can be done because it has been done. 1t is
to instruct his wife in some good business; if
his own is appropriate, so much the better.
There is now in this city female paper
hanger, who served her apprenticeship to her
husband. lie was skilled workman, and She
was tall strong woman, and in a short time
became equally as efficient as her tutor. Not
long ago her husband died, and she stepped
into his work and has since had all the orders
she could attend to-. She has fine circle OF
Beacon Street patrons, and other aristocratic
residents at Newport, Swampscott, Cambridge,
&c. She is credited with having woman's
taste welded to mans skill and strength.
There is still another example that | have in
mind of man and wife connected in business
relations. He had partner, and they were
doing n commission business in furniture.
They did not agree very we'll, and finally one,
who was German, proposed to his wife that
she should take his partners place. At first
she slemurred, and Piled her inability. bat he
was tbUlJtDI anu HtI>lSltni, tilt III liSI PEI
stlalel her to try. They formed legal part
nership. The wife has now her office here i'll
the city. and receives orders, makes purchases
at the wholesale houses, contracts for freight
by rail and water, keeps her books. and carries
on an extensive correspondence. The husband
travels in the middle states, attending to the
trade there. They consider that their success
dat DIV 4 tbA ,,av hin, The
wife, strange TO say. is the most economical of
the two, and her personal bank account tootS
up much greater than that of her husband. A.
81 side speculation" as Col Sellers says, she
has leased Il handsome house ut the South End
ut a rent Of $1,000, retained Il suite Of four of the
best rooms for her own use, and let the rest
for the whole amount of the rent 50 that her
own rooms cost her nothing. That is what a
smart little woman can do, and, by the way, |
ought to add that She carries on I'm occasional
correspondence with leading New England
journal, for amusement; hut here her ShrcWd-
ness may be cited, too, for it is I'm amusement
that pays instead Of being paid.
This is the season when tralnpS uic>t the
suburban districts. An out-o-toWn resident
last summer took il into his head to keep an ac-
count Of all the suspicious looking persons that
visited his premises, and Mt The close Of the
warm term he found that his list numbered two
hundred. That would hardly be Il good argyll
mcnt to sell even the most attractive rural c,-
tate upon. Just the other day. q most daring
incident occurred in a neighboring town. a
family started out TO drive To Chelsea beach in
A.. -
a servant girl She was quietly busy for some
little time in the cook room, but soon having
occasion to 60 TO the dinin" room She was
about to enter that apartment when she saw a
rough-looling man putting silver forks and
spoons into his pockets. lie had not heard the
footsteps Of the Girl, who Wore noi>ele~s Slip
pers, and She, with rare presence of mind, in
stanllv Withdrew and flew 10 the front of the
house. raised Il window and called ''policc'.
Strange to say there was one at hand, and he
came quickly to the house and searched it. But
he found 40 one, and the servant girl WAS con-
founded They both concluded that the thief
had been too sharp for them and had got AWAY
without being seen. About an hour after the
careful official had left the house the man again
suddenly appeared to the servant, he having in
the meantime been Secreted in coal bin. 'lhi,
time be held before the girl a pistol and threat
ened TO fire if she raised u cry And SO he e.
capped after all, bearing ''hi> sheaveo"-the par
Joined forks and SpoOns-Wlth him. Last week
another family were moving into the country
and the house was left several night, unocctl-
pied. Finally the lady proprietor Of the cottage
drive out with Il friend to show the latter about
the place. The house had been securely locked,
and yet She found a window III the china closet
open and a drawer close to it, which had been
full OF nice table linen, quite empty. The lady
declared that She was really grateful for the
warning by so comparatively small a loss, and 1T
once started to find a policeman TO watch the
housethat night. She thought the task An easy
one. but the nearest She came to its accomplish
ment was in finding the wife of Il man who was
IAN eXpressman by day and policeman by
night" But when doe, he Sleep" Wu> the
astonished inquiry. "Oh, he manages 10 Get
quite Il lot was the unSophistirtted rciomder.
As that was not the kind of watchin" required,
the lady applied elsewhere and secured u pri-
waite Waterman at last. In the course of her in
'tllIltS. however, SIG Nulltttl lIldi lllt low II
proper was guarded by just three police after
ten o'clock ut night, and that the outlying see
tons where her house was situated was rarely
visited by the yglant Officials 1T all. At present
she Is medltatmg setting up target ana taking
up pistol practice in order to be her own pro-
tector and defender. There is It great deal of
virtue in the reputation for bravery oW-l-day>
IA lnl ell went
recklessly into the folly of irving to convert
themselves into blondes bv the use of the ori-
entail golden hair dye, are repcnting now of
their indiscreton. A lady who has used the
golden fluid for two Years find, herself with
the most wretchcd lookin" .hair imaginable.
1t is the supcrlatiyc degree of 4 hidcous, un-
natural yellow. and is in sharp contrast With
her complexion, which, by high living, has
been getting unnatlnally forid size has
spent Il small fortune to bring about the trans
formation, for the stuff has cost her : a
bottle, and now she would gladly spend like
sum to turn her hair back to its once de>pl>cd
brown. But the lead comb which it was said
would work the miracle at any time when de
sired, seems to be powcrle,s in her case. Her
mcnt from society for season, but She is
haunted by the fear that if She gathers this
crop she may never grow another. Al present
her sleep is light and her DAYS are filled with
dire remorsc, and many hours spent before the
mirror dcyising ingenious contrlNancc~ to ultkc
herself look more attractive.
Tom Hill, the painter of California scenery ,
has recently come ON here from san Francisco.
and this week there will be an exhibition at
one of the art galleries of some dozen of his
pictures of scenes in Ia" Yosemite and other
picturesque regions on the Pacific slope. He
belongs to the scenic school of artists of which
Bierstadt is an example, and many Of his admir-
ers here prefer his works to those of the more
widely-knoWn painter. Hill paint, with great
yigor and facility; indeed he has The latter
power in such superabundance that it i oh
jected to, rs suggesting too prolhc production.
Artists lind it to their advantage to bc9ule
people into believing that they paint few pie
lures and spend Il great amount OF time on each