, 1875-07-18

] has invited company 10 6penu Waek. or mas
| hired dressmaser ut 90 day, just then is The
tima when the Cousin is introduced into the
foreground as havlng secured for tho Bedoun 8
| very desirable place With dollar or 30 more ot
weehly stipend, aud unlimited afternoons and
evenings and Sundays out. There never we're
s spoys sbe 1eceres t'' .ceo3 eSa'1
to he1 own account, $4.50 aud Is week fo
second work, hna one afternoon to herself every
week, all her evenings, and every Sunday; and
wleu she lived in The suburbs, her mistress gavs
/ a. weeks vacation every mouth and paid her fars
! financial affuence the mistress canuot a1waye
| command for herself, aud she Listens aghabr te
these demands. and the ond Of it is that Beaour
| No. rolls her worldly posseseiona in = news.
paper, and shuts the kltchen-door On harself for
sVer.
Ah then thrre is hurrying to End fro.
And gathering tears, aud tre.nbllnas Of d]strees;
and the wife betAkes herself to the disil-pan, and
tbs husband stops 1t an intelllEenca- office. on
| his way down town, and orders up second
| exultant. for the new comer is the bearer Of a
] note. scant in paper and blurred in pennan-
! shlp, but signed by the head OF the
! intelligence-otice. It opens With the
terse, inspiring declaration that, ''This is
Bridget" Then follows q brief description OF
her sccoapNshments and an allusioa to boz
many virtues. Bridget comes and essays to cook
the dinner. Under the pretext that the simple
range with its two hampers, defies her efforts 1T
fre-bnilding, she brings the weary housckcspor
down two flights Of stairs to see her empty the
ashes after "that other GIRL" Her predecessor Is
culinary efforts. as evidenced in the bread and
pies, seem to her below mediocrlty. and lead her
to utter the conjecture thai "lndadc, and it
must have becn cook in boarding-house she
Was atore she came to live with yez." Nothing
in: the house is suited 70 this critical ne9-oom-
er's .t4sle. The stove is too small, thu gas jets
are too high tha kitchen i8 too hot. the bed
blankets are too narrow; and when, the next
morning, she has breakfast at 6.instead OF the
required hour Of. half-past 7, she complains
that she has no clock in her room. Was she ao-
oustomed to clock in her bed-room7 Wen no ;
hut, who're eho's been living, ahe carried the
clock to hhr room at night and brought
it back to the kitchen in the morn
ing. Now, the new Housekeeper thought her
self lucky whsn after buying gas-tixtures. and
carpets, and beds. and bedding, and tables, and
chairs, and bureaus, and tubs and pails, aud
Stoves and crtc4ery, and tabte-linen, ETC., they
had, after q week or 90 OF economical saving, ac-
cumulated enough ahead to justify the purchase
OF modest clock that tickcd cheerly on the
wall And here was Bedouin No. 2 turning up
her nose at It, md demanding rerambulatory
tnepiece. After breakfast tue kitchen cavier
announces her determination OF going back to
the intelllgeuoe-ofice aud secut.ng another
place and the H0usekeeper awaits Bedouin No.
8, cherishin. faint suspicion that she may be
even triHe more ex4cting yet, and expect to be
provided with gold watch She puls in an ap-
pearAnce at noon. She seems pleasans-spoken-
neat, and capable; shs likes the terms, aud will
60 back for he1 clothes aud return to cook din
nor. She probably has very large wardrobe
for she never renppaaIs AdAv or two more,
during which the Head OF tho House ecnda girls
up in shoals to the little home every morning,
and they never come or else go after that bourne
whence no girl ever returns,-their clothes
and 1t last he comes home some night to find
his wife hitting, - il :-><c, Z c.To os gloom,
and to learn that the Joneses have coma to spaud
: feW days, and that the drasgmaker, being
necessarily left to her orn dsyices, has spoiled
the ne" walking-suit aud unads it an irredeem-
them
"a suFERIoR GIRL"
Sho comes-and what sense OF relief attends
her quiet ways. No more Is the household
awakened by the slamming Of doors md crashing
Of ironmonsery at s o'clock in the morning. She
is able to build fire without w1ging WAT with
all the gr1ddles and pots- She is not given to
musical TehearBals at the top of 4 etndeut-voice.
She waits on the table without her sleeves bsinS
rolled mp above her elbows, and has that sense
OF the eternal fitness OF things which enables
her to set table without giving it the appear
ance Of having been orertakeu by cyclone.
The theories OF a1lss Muloch and Gail Hamilton
in regard to tho treatment Of servants begin for
the fzat time 10 appear practicable. The mis-
Hess, finding that her now houschold-ac-
y Hu'e1.,od y 1Guu y. feau'ne, .aSes pasasnle
~ ~ suPHnI1ng Ht1a g11 nef T.sn % papeLs M aug gaznes
to,aa a.snd " o~e'si, ~" es".esses ~ ats
s;th -of.sa ~; : ~ tre no h1A tsa IT, H.
".s;a ".sn s.oao ~ p.o"n.vapas pA1cel '1otn tns
oeeln 10 accumulaee on me c,osot-
aa patso;e ~uiu tno oupsa.ol ~! W.
so o " .ueo ond id0 tv:eptacles
= - s suou a. ,n' sue coaa nna sane. hnon 1ne
tsne s0 11a ma.aiS n,nts tnaI sne cams a. ln1o tne
ns;l d; aisef @ uleaA'ss. anu '4ano Tue hanu
ma.a leauiog' sne IL INFORMED tnat mere vas
pise1 tnat tue feaoe. "iTnea a1 70 nnsn Perus
,x ~ 'na. nisn' paptf ne 81 !oea o. zoe suPc-
~ ~ u.', ~ 1 aeons ~ oe. .aas @ae nonse"Gra ~
- 'oT' ~. y. nsnt e@plo9mens Io1 ner leisure nonrs
: ~ uon cato %nas t1ne neals CONS soe re-
n"1as M aonenAlnty so soaR hs get Eme ior
y ao my sewing: nelne a1gueu WIN oy nef
nlst1eas TO taa e1ect toa1 sue palo 20 rnn 1ne
'unnAlJ ee9as.oent, "ne1net aus 5uos une 70
sS 'e% or POI Il. sne assumes oeeidealy reoelnous
ooh @ As .ne we. weeks M wear on, u becomes moro
'no nlo1o u'nca!! io1 Ine oetvety-men from the
na1Aess m ~ el..lce 'ne superior on4 from
'or Ioo"' "nere sue Always tetites
aee1 nei noon-wo1K - aone, anu en-
'Asss ~ epastoafy eHorts' 0! improves
e< Ate1ary saste Win popular petioalcals- "
e eems in9uman 20 cneck THESE lntellecsuai paf,
ults, ana yet the Sew aoasekeepes' anna AZ
Il.