Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-03-05
Miscellaneous.
Our Girls.
4 BLIND BOtRpER

\ BLIND BbAhpEks
Il; viii be time enough for Florence to
learn such things when she IS obliged h.
"Such things" had reference to affairs
purely domestic and uilarian. l. was no,
likely thei Florence Curtis. on,S daughter II
q VERY Wealthy and retired merchant would
ever be 'obiged" to do her own housewoTk.
or dam her owa stockings. When sac
rnarred-f Florence vas fifteen at this time
her husband would be in Il position to sup
port her in the stye to which She had al
Ways been accustomed AT least. this wa, the
way her mother always reasoned. Mrs.
Curtis had a maiden sister who If not liter
ely "a ihorn IN her flesh" was al least a
frequent dI,turb,r Of her mental peace She
vas constantly insisting that her niece
should be ia>truoie! in the practical details
OF ever, day life Her theor,-Mrs Curtis
called II "lnuisa'S hobby was that no cd
ucat!on WAS complete that did not include
thorough knosiedse of housekeeping in all
that the word implies. Ga thl> occasion Mrs.
Curtis seemed disposed to argue the case.
10 begin with" she went on. FLORENCE
has too much 10 DO 10 take up the mu>siEg
YOU a:e so fond Of Her French. German
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the hest bousekeeners are sometime. sick
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vnur nletbor;c pockrtrook you offen bsve
to wait hours No one is better ACQUAINTED
u;tb ,bes. disagresabl. fac,s than Won are
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nrefer to have yonr dsncb,sr iuef;cient than
aff;ciap,p , Inst tb;nk of The ba,ueep ,irnes i,
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II should not have prt it 90 baiJlv" Miss
Archer replied. While the smile deenened in
her ewes. but il is the truth Of course.
seem TO be set apart to look ont for the in.
terludes. bur what would become of the
audience if did not understand the organ ,
When cook sprained her wrist two hours be.
fore one of your state dinners Won were ,e.
| lieyed when YOU saw me lie IN NV a,ron
and 90 downstairs You knew von woula
not have TO apologize for your dinner and
that il would be on time and vou we're
pretty sure. also. tba, | should know what
to do for Clara's wrist. II would have been
disagreeabIe. would j, not. Sarah. if there
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