New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-25
GEORGE ELIOT on SERTAN7S.
Liam TIE Pail Nal Gasette

Some eighteen years ago We published IN tins
journal an article by the late ueoisu d 10, h
name wOuld have received much more NORGE thah
that which was actually accorded IL MOI u ll'lliy
people know at the time that Tue %, ~ %
noyelists was among the contributors 10 ti,s Jul
| nal The article although, perhaps. NOT III Ue9rge
Eliot's best style, is nevertheless sulncenly clI
,,I,ns todav After describing the disnay with
which hostess discovers that ihc scailoPe'
with which she would fam i0ad Hlenu P'tt he
have been served with their boards on, ana the
troubles of n dyspeptic physol0glSl WIN u weak
ness for spinach, who has vanIy chdeiNoieu =" III
press on the cook the Importance oI .noIIIusHy
soueezinC green vegetables, the writer piocceuS'
AGAIN Won desire soup. hut tle-e il without iat nou
are perhaps genius; the world Is IN need Oh our
poem; you are evolving inolhcn'"u r,,ss iTUcd
mept Your mental activity l. icductu 10 ic
nv ti, I'm. voIi cgin To think YOU serve man
Kind only y leaving your body for dissection ~ lchb'n
H' AZ 'voir wife with hardly suppressed pceNisnnCss,
! UI u.s., c"inhoss ON my dear 10 inquire into the
%nSting of Inc soup Your wife, who is rather ingt-
nc ~ tc cnok tells her that Mr. Qucasy III spite oi his
or disccyUed fity particles in the soup Yesterday
MS thing impossible there can be ial' hn-IoI shli
ming aud everything-thcres nothing h9gIf,'Su ~ ng
nnyycr show me your cold stock I.Nlt .Sally' re
turning with vessel ~ one mana n', a., s fc nf
other There Is white nln Oh al Va i, ~" ,n,,
the stock see, now, sally there J. la ~ mum,
says sally, pungng her spoon IN ana 'e t np 'I
when he il digging for roots the cold dt Gctg uiHer
meath in the process, thai n3lhls "a i,i M ,'n,, ~
soup from under and take Tue lit OH WIN W
Thr snon itself studded ploutcously with fragments
nj cad Bu unless NOu WASH your 7l"'i 'dii
You dip IT, there VIII DC lnI, an" I1 ~ ~,
oueosv suffers from IT, Besides - tMT- u mere tAcIts
i! o 'o fr from lat" Sally smiles bitterly La
mum, do non think when was al Nuhenall- EAle' my
,iJ G.vc dive that satisfactiou-and Scotch people
Eoutiu,. things Won might think Christian nd touch
,,,, i,, n,y .oup and saving he never tasted better
But there's stonach- viii not stand soup ana tia'
Lcr wont when she f. seeing deeply into the causes or
things And I've said to Jane many and many the
wonder what comes. said 80 only YESTERDAY Whcn l
was draining the rice and The cat eating The WHITE sauce
all the while, aud me not knowing It's true what
speak-evcry word Here sally sets down TIE vessel oi
stock cnpatcally and tarpng the outside o, WIN hcr
fncor-.rl- looks hard of the window Mrs tue1-y
j. uunpluss,d. II she SAY more saly VIII Gllc NaIhhE
she draws her dress round her cIinoAnc and rs'lts up
servant arc rich in niui'ion- They have VAT mum
her OF c,tintics which aic d,rr 10y r,tson :" 'I,it
She Wa. sure hc woull--hc didn't know from whom 1t
1,ld come ana n you were 10 knock her down. SHE
~ bed and drew Up the blind aud tv Nuh blowing
,o i,r ,i,,t .lc seemed to scc me ro-tmrn coming
with tine letter in his hand. You make great mistake u
20" taA'' ,y',,ic, She reject, 1s low minded
shc should expect letter this morning more thlu any
other: tut - il wa--aud 10 WE Tie before
yf me-, dish cover c and got bruised: she hHd said 40
breakfast something would happen tAat dl} -lc Knew
But "a. 10 gOr ccra.utic Tor which yuu alirsc Irgu
mcuts the same Maria considers them offensive uucss
they are 10 De overcome by her assertion. II you viii not
believe that looking glass j. cloudy and spotty In spite
Of d,ily dlgcnt rubbing on that the steel of all your
vafiousy procured happens 10 Dc Of peculiar
0ulity that It Will not take polish, she thinks she
las right to feel offended H. however she happens 90
bc i'm good hunor she viii perhaps observe aprupoS Of
bright fender with sharp edge and the uurSc let the
child fall on II and herself and when she has given
Won an the circumstance attendant on this event the
name OF the doctor who called IN and what De said
she will feel that she has readustcd her position
I puli,hcE Of stoves.
TIE opinions OF gcutlcolks have any practical value
for them. Our remedies, methods our NliuatIon
are like the drapcIy and tailoring We paw 20 much ior
they correspond 10 the supposed scale OF income; but
servants Tor their part their stuff aud their Views
from other quarters. The cur" Tor gentleman tooth
ache II not likely suit sally molur well ~ the
recommended hy grOcgr- hoy the authority uf his
first cousin. who about With blue handkerchief
round his head weeks and weeks. And for the prob
abilities concerning the dryHcss OF the coming summer
or the guilt d! the last taken FOR murder the per
son TO consulted with the most Difference s. the aund
r.ss who very good families, and whose husband
| l. in the carry ing me.
TGe moral OF all this that wis, masters aud mis-
trc,scs will argue with their -eINHnta. VIII. give
them reasons. Will not consult them. mid yet Arm
authority which vigorously demands that certain things
be done without urging motives entering into XJana-
tons il both preferred hy the servant thcuscyc and T.
the best means educating them into any Improvement
OF their methods and hahit, Authority and tradition arc
the chief almost the only safe guides OF the uulu-truccd
! are The chief means Of developing the crude mind.
whether childish adult. Reason about everything
with your child. yOu make him monster without rover
cucp Wit huut frCtiOu- Il about things with yuur
servants consult thcni them the suffrage, ami
produce no other feet ia them than anarchy
In the house suspicion 81 lrr,uiutCups, Iu Eu The
CON alone enable them 10 MI tuelr place, well and
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