Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17

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heard Fifth avenue maiden say to her be-
loved pet parrot, "but I must have bird
with an English accent"
'I'm d'isy-T'm d'isv," the parrot re-
sponded, pronouncing daisy" in the way
that happens to be alike common to the Bow
cry and the Seven Dials.
''That is very good, but unfortunately you
are altogether New YOrky in everything
else you say"
"Polly wants a cracker"
"How often have I told you that they
don't have crackers nowadays in London.
Say Polly wants biscuit"
But the bird insisted that it was cracker
he wanted, and so he was doomed to Danish
ment from the boudoir, while the girl set
out to find parrot with an English accent.
NEW YORK NURSERY MAIDS.
Foremost among the inciters of new
Anglomania is Mrs. Kendall the actress
She made tremendous hit when she went
to school, one day in this city. A better
advertisement couldn't have been devised.
She is lovely lady-large and healthy,
queenly and wholesome, smart and sympa-
thetic, a delightful talker, and woman of
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when she went to Normal College, and if
in Asiatic Rnssa or British America she is
to have it. There were 1,76O girls in the
college the day she called with the ladies
of her company. She made a speech-the
best of her life so far as cash estimates go.
She asked the admiring principal where he
was going to get ,760 husbands, and the
very inquiry enslaved not only the 1,76O
palpitating collegiates, but captivated ,76O
papas, ], 760 mammas and at least 1, 760 big
brothers and sisters, each group an audi
ence in ITSELF The result was tremendous
rush for tickets, which neceSsitated an
extra matinee just to accommodate those
dear Normal College girls. And did they
come? Didn't they come? At 81 30 each,
and with them perfect avalanche of love
letters, as gushable as only a pupil in
rhetoric can write, a garden of roses
chrvsanthemums and violets, and jewelers.
stock of lace pins, hair ornaments. bonbon-
niers, vinaigrettes and the designing
lapidary only knows what else. Mrs.
Kendall will be back in February, and she
promises to call at the college again, and
bring her husband and the sweet girls have
nothing else to live for.
Among the swells it is singular to note
how teaching merges downward into menIal
employment. On pleasant afternoons, when
the sun warns the broad walk of Madison
Square, this and the other public breathing
spots present an appearance as different from
the business portions of the town as the
parade of the Coaching Club differs from
the daily procession Of Fifth avenue stages.
1t is picturesque and it Is pretty. Here the
New York nursery maid makes her PROM
enade. Here she is to be found in all her
glory, and it is glory of fresh complexion,
bright eyes and neat figure that is not to be
despised even in this big city of pretty
women. There are two kinds of nursery
maid, and the distinction between privacy
and rank in an army is not more pronounced.
One is the nursery maid simply, and the
other is the nursery governess. The differ
ence is not strongly marked in a financial
way, for the former receives from SIS to $40
a month and the latter only from $40 to $50.
But socially there is wide distinction. The
nursery maid washes and dresses her little
charges. She takes care of infants in arms.
She runs on errands. She is simply maid
servant. On the other hand, the nursery
governess would scorn to be called servant. |
Her charges are able to walk and talk. She
washes and dresses them, it is true, but she
does more, she teaches them.
1t depends largely upon circumstances as
to what lessons the governess gives. Some
times it is German, but far oftener 1t is
French. The governess is selected on ac-
count of her nationality. She is employed
to impart to her little pupils correct ac-
cent in the adopted tongue. In addition to
this, she teaches table manners, the letters
of the alphabet and those other various
juvenile accomplishments that fell to the
lot of mothers in more remote and less fash
ionable periods.
There is a stern rivalry between the
nurses and the governesses, and when both
are housed under the same roof, the latter
always take preference, She must be ad-
dressed as "Miss" while the former must
content herself with "Sarah. Marie" or
johanna" as the case may be. The gov
erness, too, like the butler, generally finds
her place through recommendations from
her former employer, while the nurse is
picked from an employment agency. Then
the governess has chance of advancement
If she be we'll educated she may become the
real governess of her charges when they at
tain age and importance. Several of the
best known private teachers in this city
began their professional work as nursery
governesses, and it was only the other day
that world-renowned millionaire married
the nursery governess, in the family OF
friend.
MUST HAVE AN ENGLISH ACCENT.
All the nursemaids and nursery govern
esses alike are enioined to use an English
accent, at least to the extent of broadening
and softening the voweIs, else they will meet
with the fate of the parrot. In the way of |
schools, among the thousand and odd ones |
in and around New York City, those that |
are regarded as fashionable" can be num-
bered by the fingers of two hands. With |
woman membership in the Four Hundred |
means the qualification of social ambition, |
but the recognition of a private school by |
society means not only that, but substan- |
tial fortune as well. 1t is hard to start J
private school, but if it has once gained the |
reputation of being fashionable" the pu-
pills flock in-day scholars from the city |
and boarders from all over the United |
States-ior the parents know that their
daughters have for companions young ladies
OF the most select society only, and that they
are taught by the most fashionable teachers
to be found in this country. Board and |
tuition in theseI schools cost from $500 to
s., 900 year. The lower price entities the
pupil only to instruction in the English |
branches and two languages, Latin and
French, which latter language is used in
during the day. All other
tuition is extra. Included in the so-called
extras are the charges for instruction in any
other languages and in music and singing.