The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

on like clockwork. Yod had q specimen
this morning Of my troubles"
"Idont see why your servants should
be any worse than ours; they are Of the
same country, and have the same amount
of education generally.
why, you keep your servants &c
long, they get into your way OF doing
things, Here I've changed our cool
three times in five months, and Bridget
the second waiter girl since the first O
May. Maria broke everything, and the
more 1 scolded the more careless abe was
Ididnot know then that il was customary
to stop all breakage out Of their wages
and when Mrs. Hamilton told me so,
found that Il could not be done without
the agreement wils made when the gir
was hired. The girl before Maria wa,
only nice about herself. She had superl
hair, and it was always dressed rs much
as mine Is for nm evening party. She
copied me in everything, and / could moi
stand that. Iadmirethe English fashion
Of servants wearing calico dresses and
caps; don't youin .a,i ssatr
!" My servants generally do dress plain
". No, j can't say / do like caps or
yoing girls; SO that their dress Is suitable
to their work, / don't know that we have
any right 10 interfere with it"
MNot II your Marianne Should under
take TO copy youp
~ dare say she does in some measure,
Il have never noticed particularly. All
ofus naturally copy those we arc asso-
ciated with constantly, II We think then
taste and Judgment superior TO ours.
"You take things very coolly, Cousin
Augusta" Miss Hyde said, pausing tc
pass her needle through an emory
cushion, signing, rs she did 50, that pc
culiar sigh that seems 10 give out the
impression Of much enduring, long-s1f-
fering patience under unavoidable ills.
81 wish / could. There's Jane; just see
what sewing she puts into papa's shirts,
and It's nv much as l dare do to tel
ller Of ii, she flies out 80; md the cook,
you must have noticed yesterday thai
there was no bread sauce with the game.
Papa would just rs lief not have II at nj
rs without. SHE knows perfectly well. We
had her sister Inst summer, and she wn,
the most wasteful creature you ever die
see. 'Tneyer should have known it; but
Aunt Lane paid me ayisit, and under
took 10 set things TO rights, She found
her lighting her fire with butter one
morning TO save trouble"
"Butteri"
eyes; she rolled up cone of paper,
and filed il full Of good pastry butter "a
make the wood kindle in hurry. Oh,
that's very common, I've heard since,
with lard. Ann carried things n little
farther than usual. She had very gen.
teel ideas. We left her in care Of the
house when 1 went to Newport, and
Mrs. Cushing, who lived opposite, you
know, said she used the parlors Just as
II I'd been at home, and lighted the gas
for her company. She must have en-
tertained them well, too, for there wasn't
thing in the store-foom when. we came
home. But that's nothing to the trouble
Mrs. Cushing Ind herself. Why, do yop
know, her waiter man, and cook, and
French nurse, all gave warning in one
dayl Mademoiselle Ind her dinner in
the nursery when this cook came; one Of
the children was sick. SO the cook Ind
the head OF the second table, aud re-
fused to give tup. John took Mariea
part, and wouldn't carve unless she sat
opposite 10 him. Did You ever hear
anything so ridiculousi"
'"High life below stairs, certainly, u
said Mrs. West. "Isnt Mrs. Gushing
that very fashionable lady who called
Thursday, and talked 80 much about
Paris bonnets and gaitersl Think she
said she sent out for all her gloves"
"Yes, tliat's Mrs. Cushing. She does
talk a little too much about when 1 was
in Paris Papa ridicules her for her
foreign airs. Marie was q most valuable
servant, she got up muslins SO beauf-
fully; and that's great deal nowadays.
She knew Mrs. Cushing could not re-
place her. Thats another thing; II You
get q really good servant, they presume
so. There's Bridget, would not keep
her a day, she has sucha habit Of an
swering back; but she's tidy, and i hate
to see q sloYen waiting at table, and
moves lightly and quickly; tive very
good things in waiter. The Irish are
generally so stout aud heavy" "
"Bridget ID very delicate looking. j
don't think she can be very strong"
Mrs. West said. "What wages do you
give heri"
"There's another thing about her
she asks such low wages. Why, Marin
had six dollars; but Bridget asked only
four when sle came, and that's all I've
given her. I'm afraid every day she'll
ask to have her wages raised. Papa
allows six yet, and / should have to give
1t to her. AS it Is, i can afford two pair
OF gloves o month out Of what save.
"How Is that !" asked Mrs. West. She
could not believe her young relative
guilty Of SO small o saving. Small To
her, but how much to servant, who had
nothing but her wages to depend upon
"W6y, papa allows six dollars, in the
house allowance, for waiter, and as
Bridget only asked four -
You make two dollars q month out
Of Bridgetfp
Eyes, said the young lady, piercing
an eyelet hole with agoldlheaded bodkini
and, rs she did not see Mrs. Vests ex-
precision, concluding her economy was
considered laudable. VI
g is abe Protestant or Catholic n in.
quired the other, after o moments