St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-27

Mistress toilet. ......... $50 600
Care for pug. -. 500 Z:oO
Maids SUPPER. z:O0- 5;5O
Attend orders. Observation-Disclosures. T:3O-l2:OO
When ! first entered service Miss
Clara would let me retire to my room
for part of the day and ring when she
wanted me. One day maiden aunt
came to visit. She directed me to curl
her false front, lace her prunella shoes
and see that the pug and pet tabby cat
didn't eXterminate each other. L Sc
cretly wished that they would. Besides.
l objected to waiting upon an antlquat-
ed and ugly spinster, who spiced her
conversation with quotations from the
penitential Psalms. If Miss Clara has
the usual number of feminine failingS,
she at least looks like an exquisite pict-
ure when her toilet is completed. |
was painfully deferential to that aunt;
never came unless called, and was sure
not to perform any services without
special directions. My earnest endeav-
ors availed me nothing.
ON THE DAY AFTER A BALL
/ was reading aloud a harmless work of
fiction, to beguile the time, while Mi SIS
Clara lolled in her hammock, when that
dragon of an aunt entered. She is one
of the sanctimoniouS Christians, and L
suppose it grieved her to see us so
happy and INDECENT. Miss Clara has a
great deal of money in her own right.
That makes everybody. even her aunt,
behave quite deferentially to her.
Clara, my DEAR" said her aunt in
saw-fling tones, don't you think it
wicked to let that maid of yours have
so much idle time? You know that the
Lord will require an account of her
time from you. Dear niece, you are
er-so Indifferent, you know. Let me
show you how to dispose of that forward
young persons time in manner that
will be acceptable to the Lord and make
her more meek and humble of spirit
Miss Clara was too lazy to argue the
matter. l was dismissed from the room.
and in going out accidentally let my
heavy book fall on the aunt's pet corn.
This caused her to calculate so forcibly
that her false teeth fell out and the
plate was smashed in thousand pieces.
That sealed my fate. No more leisure
time. That programme was the result
of the aunt's ingenuity. l improved
that afternoon by letting Guy, the pug,
and Tabby quarrel to their hearts con-
tent, while finished the novel. When
they got through Tabby looked as if a
lawn mower had been run over her and
shaved the fur pretty close III some
spots.
So effectually is time distributed that
only about six and a half hours are
left for sleep. | wondered, when the
aunt was so solicitouS about my idle
moments, if it ever occurred to her that
an account might be required of her for
time spent in attending to other peoples
affairs, or in fictitious accounts OF the
number of opportunities she has had to
exchange her present state of solitary
blessedneSS for that OF conjugal infelic-
ity. That aunt departed next day, TAX
ing her tabby cat and thanking Provi-
dence that she didn't have maid to
prosecute her.
Since my pride had its fall, the house
maids haven't either respect or friend
ship for me. That habit of tattling, in
which servants are carefully encour-
aged. leads them to let Miss Clara know
when / don't rise punctually. The care
of that pug dog is weighty matter. l
reserve an account of his daily life for
another letter. At $50 every morning
the bottle of tepid water, perfumed
with rose. must be in readiness; also
the imported CASTLE soap. Turkish
towels and the soft white silk bathing
Sip. To wake Miss Clara without hav
ing her cap of chocolate ready would be
risking a whole day of irritation and
worry. Wien the chocolate is just
right, Miss q ara will be propped with
pillows and look over the morning mail.
Not any business letters. They wait
until afternoon; but the dainty per,
tuned missfves from her five hundred
dear friends, and the society columns of
the morning papers. After her bath,
her finger nails must be mani
cured, her golden hair lightly brushed
| with solution of hydrogen peroxide,
| to keep it that color. Twice week the
eyebrows and eyelashes are slightly
| darkened with some Oriental ointment,
which changes their color from faxen
| to golden-brown. The daily bath keeps
my iady's complexion quite clear. But
the face must be spOnged with hot