Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-06
THE ENGLISH GIRLS.
DUTIES THAT DEvoLvE ON MOST
HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS.


There are tourists and tourists Some
vii come home and DC able 70 tell only
mat they have seen the Alps and been 70
Paris, while others will have dome" Rome
o. day, and as an English lady wonder
ingiy narrated OF one such American who
aad performed the Feat got wonderfully
clever IDEA OF u at That. Nevertneiess
the most persistent and observsnt tourist
would md Il q hercuiean task 70 penstrase
into the Engnsh nome unless iurnished
Win exeeptionai letters OF introouction or
Possessed OF exceptionally fascinating man
nefs ana exceptionally rare advantages Oh
meetinB people VINO are exceptionally IN
preJuoiceu.
An Engiisnmans house Ii ms castle ID
phrase Iamilhr 70 us al. put 20 tnose I'M
taminar Win tne sursivai OF ten6hi Ideas
the fuii force OF the saying - lost. From
the nonie iady VINO grhciousiy accepts
american hospitality on this side OF the
water and then forgets 70 extend an invita-
Ton Tor return visit 70 the sioveEiy wife
Oh the green grocsr who slams the door OF
ner BACK parlor when she enters the shop
70 serve customer, the privacy OF the
,ome u jealousy guarded.
Noveiists have introduced ms 70 the draw
hg rooms OF the great and the sitting rooms
ot the humble but discreet silence has
oesn maintained concerning the house
holds OF the shopkecpers, and IL may be re
memoered that England Is nation OF
snopkecpers. 90, AFTER All, the stranger
forms an idyiiic conception OF tine English
nome, whicn. while 1t may natter the Eng
iisn and satisfy these who never learn TO
tne contrary, " no means represents the
.rue state OF Affairs.
III may be we'll before entering further
upon the subject 70 explain exactly what Ii
meant py snopkeeper. Inc entire Dust
ness OF the country Is divided into three
classes and Is conducted In warehouses,
which Is the name given to buildings de
voted 10 wholesale trade; omces, where
goods are soid from samples, and shops,
which last Is synonymous with our retail
store. A man keeping either warehouse
Or an once IL tradesmsn, out ne - not
= snopkeeper' though shopkeeper IN
tradesman, petty" or otherwise A SHOP
kirl IN not factory nano, neither ~ sne q
saiesiady Her highest title Is that con
TERED upon her py act Oh parliament IN re-
cent enhctments, snop assistant
Ihese young persons lead very diner
snt lives from those In similar positions In
This country. IN the nrst place, Tor the
most part they leave home and live In the
house OF their employer. This Is OF course
. survival Oh the Old apprentice system.
Even IN warehouses u Is quite common for
tnose learning tine business 70 i've in
DOORS, and many prosperous sradesmen
nave their homes over their shops and Of
nces IN rooms ntted not Tor family com.
tort' out the ioea Oh accommodatinga small
army OF assistants
Inc kitchens ana larders OF such estab
nsnments resemble those OF our hotels
When II Is remembered that the trades
mans wne has TO snperintend such a house
uoia' tne hIe OF an American boarding
mouse keeper looms up ~ elegant leisure In
comparison Win her iot' not 10 mention
shat the American woman has the handling
Oh mohey. whereas tine tranesmans WIZ
receives no reward save the consciousness
Oh having done her duty. hen VINO hav'
incomes ranging as high az slo,ooo yea
40 not employ housekeepers' out impos'
nousehoids OF ~ or more strangers upor
| sneir wives IneSe young people nav
20 be lodged, fed and In many cases uni
formed, ana the mistress must see That NJ
waste taxes place In any direction; tha
the neaith ana morals OF her charges ar
sareIuhy guarueu, anu II conscientioul
Woman sne frequently performs the Quite
nurse IN serious Illness ior those VINO ar
.sf Irom nome OF VINO nave no nome saw
snAs OIL .neir employer
Az wOuiu seem iInpossioie Win tine stric
w, sslilanco W which hii .noso in respect
.oie mouse are subjected Ior serious evil u
sreep 10, ouh lhe.e airy saa lraGeuies con
nnuaily taxing piace IN tnose VAST mouse
NOUS wnlch only sno" tnat tne gentle, rex
snssAeu hnghsn siri y no stronger moral
snan hsr american SISTER, VINO mas NOR
,eeoon' put possibly no greater tempta
aon.
mucn mas oesn salu ano written aoou
i.leI ianiss kolns ineo srauo' Ano recen
nllSies an Tine Enehsh prSss oscs@re tina
she uausn.ers oi proiessional men are nov
sn.sns mess eha es.sunsnnienus an
AAns .neu places oenina .ne counters AM
sne soAoonis. Al .nis tens = sn'
s.ury ~ 1hoso VINO ,eao between the iines
WINE we admire the piucs anu energy Q
woman VINO puts pr,ae oenlnd her an
wofss bravery 70 earn ner hvihg. one car
nos out .eueniDe, tnat the entrance @
u.ieu mii1neis anu WESTMINSTER mas RUNE
uiany ieaPeSsaule snopNeeper whose moo
est nahk account would not pay Tor the al
1is.,c sikns anu expensive ntiinRa % ne
nooie sompeeieor. ANA ~ 10 the daugt
sets oi P1oiesssehai nssn going oehina Tn
sounser, "hat u 70 become Oh them VINE
.ne upward pressure bursts all bounds
lnat pressure IN increasing with ever
class tnAs leaves the Doafu scnoois- no
neip lnose VINO seem aoo,neu 70 De causn
oeAeeh the upper ana hether Hiiistonss.
We ~ Amerlcahs, must rejoice tina
Ehsaanu ~ last oeeohins uemocracl
NesertheiesA, tnoss OF US VINO know u
teaoai system oniy through poem ana n