The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
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A Brief Note from tho Household
Drudge"

A Brief Note from tho Household
Drudge"
Indeed the lot Of woman Is hard. Has 1t
not been dinned into our ears since we
were youngs
She il the slave and serf OF selfish man.
Hers IL the work that never ends. She Is
the one who, TO give ease and comfort TO
her worse half, the brute and let him
daily in the hap of ease and luxury, must
sacrifice her young life. her beautiful
hands, her everything else and carry one
on the altar OF work.
At the very hottest curl Of the hot wave
picked up letter in the street which
bore eloquent testimony TO these palmetto
facts. hate to print it because 1t bears
so heavily upon the laziness OF pater-
families and the ease and luxury with
which hesurrounds himself at the expense
Of his family. do not like to give my
own sex away, as it were, but stern
sense of duty nerves me on. So here goes;
BERKsHIREvILLE, Mass.
MY OwS DEAREST, DARLING HUBBY-fou
do not know how lonely we all are without
you. Why don't you Just drop your hateful
business and come up here for a week or twot
| am sure the old store would keep right on
running IL you were not in it.
Did you send the check for fifty dollars for
the board last week. II has not put in an APP
pearance.
Il seems dreadfully stupid here. There arc
only three or four nice young men in the place.
OF course / have no trouble in keeping them
out Of the hands Of the young girls, for they
know have 10 designs upon them and feel
correspondingly at ease in my society. Besides,
rather think they like me.
Those children Will be the death Of me yet.
Here am trying to economic and they all the
time making trouble and expense. have just
paid n sewing woman two dollars for mendlng
their stockings and putting new seats in their
pants. Last night Raphael knocked over one
Of the Etruscan ewors in my bedchamoer.
The landlord says he regrets exceedingly tho
accident, as the set was a very rare one and
he shall be forced to put down ten dollars IN
my bill for the broken pitcher.
II has been awfully hot bore and we have
suffered dreadfully. II Mother Eve had been
here last night verify believe she would have
slept without the fig leaf. envy you the big
cool house in the city all to yourself.
CALYPSO broke my bottle of hair bleacher last
night. Wish you would go to Nine. Rubens
and get another bottle and send it up by ex-
press. While you are about IL you might as
well have her put up the usual set OF toilet ne
cessities. the $3.50 set, as am nearly out. she
will understand.
We had a delightful excursion yesterday TO
Hornswoggle mountain, and picnicked IN the
glen A mosquito bit me just between the
shoulders where could not possibly reach it
to scratch, and suffered excruclatlng agonles
all niQht. | was just able TO reach it with my
sboeborn and that was all The man charged
sixteen dollars for the wagon, and as had so
many children / had 10 pay half. Isn't the
price rather hghf BY the way, am all out OF
money. and if you want me 10 do what is right
and proper by the collection plato you must
send me some right away.
There is going to be grand hop here next
Saturday night and have positively nothing
fit TO wear. ] wish you would get the pearl
colored slippers out of the second drawer In
the back room bureau. Take them to Blanks
and ask them to match the color with some OF
their grosgrain $3.50 silk and send to me at
once. There is a very nice and killingy cheap
dressmaker here, and | guess with prompt
work on your part that we will pull through.
have signed a subscription paper for five
dollars 10 put a new coat Of paint on the Epis-
copal church here. Please send check for the
amount 1t looks more respectable to give IN
that shape, and there is no mistake about the
donor Make check payable TO me SO can In
dorse it,
You poor. dear boy! Wlsn L hau tne lins
10 write YOU a nice long letter, but have been
/ invited by Jack Assford to take ride TO Blum
] tum mountain, and so for today you must put
/ mn with this hurried little scrawl. You must
be drcadfully forlorn keeping bachelors hal
without any servant, and yet | suppose we
must cconomize until you get rise OF salary
| almost died laughing at your description OF
how you sleep in an unmade bed and try tc
cook over that horrid little gas stove.
Elsie, my nursemaid, said this morning thai
| sho wanted to go back to the city. She seemed
| quite set on going, and had to bride her with
an offer of five dollars more month in order
| to keep her. 1t would be impossible to get q
| girl here.
Well. goodbY. There are several little com
missions wanted you 10 do for me, but Mr.
Assford is calling now and have not got the
time to think of them. Your lonely little wife
EvANGELINE.