Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-23

Ar;yr the daughter Of Is has received
whom-oever She has invited to her "com-
ing-out" ball. the dG;y Of her iatacr !, TO
respond 10 al. demands for hrocaIe- and
bouquets. g,oy'S and sli,er-, and never t9
hint at tie difficulty Of making "both ends
meet. The mothers duty J. more COM
plicatci and Is of a negative nature. T.
might BE cencralizei into golden rule or
always being out of the way and ol never
asking any questions .-
|. II young gentleman comes 90 see
her daughter. She must incontiHcutly leave
the room after exchanging ciyili,ic> ab11t
the weather.
, If She happen, to enter ;ie room I'D
denly. and interrupts "A scene :gaa. Romeo
and Juliet. She must retire without being
discovered. il possible or, if recognized,
must busy herself in arranging the cIrtains
until the tw1 Young people have retired To
the respective extremites ot the sofa. ieay-
ing yirtaous waste Of green rep between
them.
3. fla Young and comparative s,na-cr
calls an a hired carriage t. take her daueh-
ter @, the pav. oiera or german. She must
not let her iasiidodSnc,s get the better Of
her good breeding and insult the escort by
suggesting caaperone for the young lady.
but On the contrary mu-t confite, with be-
coming aiacrity, her child, the proprieties
of life. and. II necessary, the night-kev, l.
the masuanimiiy OF the young man.
!. Il the chambermaid tells her, the
next morning, that the shoulder of Mr..
Fltzsimmons's swallow-tall coat was ''all
over white when they came from the
party. and that It looked lawful 'spicious. -
She must dismiss that scryant-girl without q
character :" she must not scold or up
braid her daughter, but mildly suggest 10
her the unbecomingness Of powdered hair
). Ii Il friend OF the family calls and
condoles with her on the report that the cham
Tague went TO rer daughter head at the
Jone>es' ball, ami everybody knew It that
Young Jones and her daughter were caught
flirting on the stairway, whence they re-
treated into the ayiary, and there might
have s;aid until the last guest had gone if
the parrot had not snapped at her diamond
earring aud halfswailOwed it, which caused
her to give "a scream that brought the SER
wants with lightsand exhibited her bracelet
inextrcably fastened to Young JONES' col
lar button. all Of which he explained very
uninteliigibly and to nobody's satisfaction
At this point, when this disinterested friend
stops to get breath, the mother must explain
that her daughter was sitting on the stair
way with young Jones because she was pas
sionately fond Of birds and to get whit
of fresh air that it was Friday, on which
day her daughter always tasted that wine
abhors an empty stomach as much a. nature
does vacuum, 80 the one glass of cham
payne her daughter took with yoang Jones
went straight 10 her head that ii might
have gone 10 ministers head under s!lni-
lar circumstances, in fact it frequently did
She must then affectiuHately kiss the friend
OF the family sood-by, inwarily yowing
never to forgive her for meddlesOmc busy
body, and let her daughter go, the next
night, to the german with the identica!
Jones.
6. If her daughter appears in dress
whose body almost ends where the skirt be-
gins, she mus: not allude to the fact that,
although the mother Of all of rs despised