St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-13
LIFE OF A FAIR one,
Of Which Eva Gay Promises
Some Revelations Of
Interest. b
She Is Coached and Fitted for
the Delicate Duty OF
Lady's Maid.
A Minneapolis Beauty as She
Appears Before and After
q Ball.
Some Hints as to Nature and
Art--Installed in the
POudoiP.

ga lady'S waiting mad" nat post
ton filed hv Eva Gay has always
seemed an ambition too pleasing to I've
realized. The advantages of such pn-
sition always appealed forriblv to me.
$50 much easier" I reflected. than
working all day behind counter or in
a dusty factory. walking to and from
work and eating cold lunches besides
Accidentally hapnened to overhearl
one young lady saying to another: II
want real maid whe can talk French,
attend to my toilet, ambroider my
gowns. write letters and talk TO me
when Tn tired. It's easy enough to
ept maid in New York citv. hut |
havnn't hrpu ahle to find one ont here.
TTnnn reflection. thought that with
some training 7 might be able to fill the
aching void and also provide good
fund of amusement and information for
myself. have always lnneed to see
and know the inner life of those beaUti
fnl ard cultured Young women who
move i'm the inner circles OF the best
society and are Sanaratnd from the III
dustriol classes by a well-nigh imnassa
BILE on'f.
When the framerS of our constitution
dnFiarnn mar an mon are or" 'it-'t ttlif't'-
that they are oifted nv their Gre" tnrw,th
certain ino,innahla RIGHTS. they wisely
omitted saving five same of women: ',a-
cans" the women themselves would be
the fret rn renudiata such an inS'pna-
ton. Bnt nv experience as a Wnrkinr
girl has made me- meek and humble of
snirit. T don't care how far nv mistress
thinks her social n0sitiOn above mine,
prnvided she doesn't S"nld me often Enr
ask me to be in several places at the
same time.
CoArHrNG FOR THE PLACE.
Hannaning to know dear Old lady
who formerly mOvnd in court society in
Fnrland. hut is now frying to earn her
own livin~-T rnaXed her tn teach me- the
dnties and WAYS of lady's waiting
maid. She was afraid the knowledge
would lead me into m'SehievOuS WAYS.
7 promised to he good. So was put.
thronch an annrenticaship lastin" Sav-
er,, wenks and emerged anparentlv as
different from nv former self as is a
butterfly from a rhrySalis. The vnnng
lady who wanted maid was prevailed
mon to trv mo- She wanted to call me-
ssNaw-rp'' with the accent on the q. but
never could remember to answer when
she called mo that name. She is now
r"SieEed to calling me- Eva. hnt sig''s
and saws 'sit'S so nleheian. Won know"
I 10 know. hut don't caro- the least hit.
Nv mistress name is Clara. she is tall
and livinelv fair, at least that's the wav
she likes to he described. Her com
playinn is of a delicate ivorv tint. OK
cent faint color on the cheek. like
that IF wild rose. | haven't known
her long enough IN decide whe her that
cOmnleXion. and the golden hair which
4. Of or.f <>r.
nature. Rnt it won't take long to find
ont. Her eyes are of that rarA shade of
hlnish purple. ike the petals of a
heart'S-easp. Sometimes the long. mar
row lids omen wide, giving her cou'fte-
nance an expression of childishinno"enre
and wOndermant. At other times the
lids close until one can hardly see the
dark nnpils beneath. Then my lady
looks like
A WOMAN OF THE WORLD.
and a. designing one at that. But these
are only idle fancies. because Miss
Clara is member 'Of the church and
moves i'm the hest society. How confd
she be other than honest and candid?
Her eyebrows and lashes are golden
brown tint. inst few shades darker
than the golden: hut not that ugly. pur-
plish-hlack tint which some blondes af-
D.. u,
world calls remarkably handsome
ynnng lady. fancy that her face lacks
character. and there are faint lines heA
tween the brows and about the lovely
lips which betOken ill-temper. Society
doesn't say anything about that. and, of
course. it knows everything and tells
everything it knows. too.
Nv mistress would probably discharge
me if she knew that am much in doubt
as to her youth. She shall never know
nv doubt. When dressed for recep-
ton Pm quite certain she has not seen
twenty summers. Next morning after
ball. am eqnallv ready to aver that
the events of thirty years have left their
traces on her face. For that matter who
cares to know WON MS ago so long as
she appears pretty and fascinating?
Her sweetheart may be curious, but I'm
not.
The first day I came, Miss Clara
looked me over and commented: II
suppose you know the duties of a wait
ing maid.''
"Yes'm." demnrely replied.
'You're quite plain looking and not
very young. so You'll have no tempta-
ton to flirt with the cOachman,n she
unused. "Your complexion is so dark
that you won't be meddling with my
toilet bottles and trying to make a
blonde of Yourself. as my last maid did:
and you're sure YOU don't steal. nor tell
lies, nor gossip" she continued.
DULY INSTALLED.
It's my private opinion that there are
but few women in the world who don't
commit some of those same faults occa-
siOnally, though such errors are usu-
ally yelled under polite names. But /
managed to satisfy Miss Clara by as
surfing her that tried to be a Christian \
and quoting some flattering sen I
fences from my references. She
was pleased to be satisfied. {.
and concluded the interview by
saying: "NOw Eva. want maid for
a sort of confidential servant, and i
think you'll do. But you must not
mingle with the other servants. An
other thing, you must not ask questions 4
nor make comments about anything i
concerning nv affairs" l was silent
for few moments. calculating the /
amount of mental discipline and moral
fortitude which would be acquired
In