The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-10-11
THE WASHER NUISANCE
AND OTHER NUIsANcEs WHICH
WOMEN NEEDLEssLY ENDURE.

MY DEAR LOUISE: Dullness with big d
pervades the city. 1t is felt everywhere, and
the burden is laid on the clerk OF the weather.
1t has always been Washington custom for
young girls-also old ones--to promenade on
the sidewalks during the warm summer even
fngs, unattended by escorts, and seldom does
anything disagreeable result Lately, girls
returning from the country have complained
OF having to endure the impertlnence of a.
would-be masher, who has appeared in diff
ferent sections of the northwest, and com
PEELED the evening promenaders to beat
hasty retreat to the shelter of home. Police
men are not ubiquitous, and this point is pre-
sumably taken into consideration by the
masher, for he usually makes his presence
known when there ia not man in sight. l
have been told that girl recognized him and
located his residence. What fine oppor-
tunity that girl has of rendering great SER
vice to her sex by making formal complaint to
the authorities AS rule, women shrink
from appearing at a police court, and very
natural is this feeling. But 1t acts to their
detriment, and is quickly taken advantage of
by servants. knew of case recently where
two domestics entered service to perform GER
tain duties at very excellent remuneration
the stipend to be paid monthly. AS soon as
they were settled in the house they COM
menced to do just as they pleased, regardless
OF what they had agreed to do at the end Of
week both were notified that they were not
needed and one weeks wages rendered them.
They insisted upon the full months pay and
positively refused to touch anything less, in
solently informing the lady of the house that
they would 'have it out'' in the Police
Court. This. the servants evidently expected,
would settle the matter-for what lady would
go to a police court? But this time they
reckoned without their host, for 80 righteously
indignant was the lady that she did appear,
and when the judge decided the case, the SER
wants found out that there are two sides to
bargain, both of which must be kept to make
the whole good, and as they were evidently
the delinquents, the mistress came off with
flying colors. Now, here l think a service
was rendered by this lady's pluck to the whole
army of housekeepers. So, if the girl who
recognized this man would only "giye him
away" she would be doing real service to
her sex.
September and October are the house.rent-
ing months of the year in this city. We do
not make changes as the New Workers do on
the lst OF May. But the continued heat of
September has had effect on this branch of
the real estate business. and numerous houses
still wear their signs "for rent" The nand-
somely furnished houses to let are usually not
gotten off until November, when the fashion
able and official elements settle down for the
winter. One always takes chances in letting
furnished house. have heard ssthe tale Of
woe" OF woman owning handsomely ap-
pointed house which she let last season to a
AasuioudUAc oIHcldi lanlly, now enjoying Une
pleasures of European life. Among the other
delinquences for which the house owner is
now suffering, is an unpaid gas bill for the
period of three months. The rule here is to
render gas bills every month"; and In default
of payment to turn the gas off. 1 cited this
rule, but was informed that it was only
strictly enforced for common everyday peo
pie, not for the big chiefs.
From Paris l have heard of new way of
reducing flesh, and think nothing interests
American beauties more, for, as rule, after
30, they have to slight fesh." Here is the
very simple plan-one that involves no great
amount of self denial: Satisfy the crav-
ings of hunger by eating only of one dish at
each meal, no matter what that dish may he
no SOUPS and no desserts are allowed. But
one may eat to safety of the one dish selected.
1t is said that in partaking of one article of
food for meal, the most ravenous appetite is
much more quickly satisfied than when the
taste is INDUCED for variety of dishes
suppose as 'variety is the spice of life SO it
is o Whether of the appetite At any rate, If
you desire slimness, give fair trial to this
new fad.
Have you noticed how much more grace
fully women are walking of late The pass
ing of the petticoat is said to account for it
and really it must be so How on earth did
women ever manage to walk in the day of tie
backs and voluminous petticoats? And what
will be the evolution of woman's dress by the
very last year of the fa, de steele? Ever
yours, ALICE.