Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-30


VIII be grateful for little sliced. when oous-
In Patrick has not happened to be hungry
You will saynothing when You dnd Bridget
splitting ,Rindhng wood with tho ivory |
handled earying-kniie or putting out the |
ashes in the decorated pailor coal seuttlc.
You will bolt your meals in violent haste in |
order to allow She dishes to be washed |
''airly, and when your domestic chooses to |
stay out all night and come home ut three |
O'Clock An, you win unclcse the portal with |
a smile.
You will never ask what the little hlAck |
bottles which you discover everywhere may
contain, and you will never hurt the ieellncs
Of another Bridget as you did that Of the late
departed by wondering how the "sable score"
of very large Palm and fingers came to be
imprinted between tho shoulders Of your
lilac satin evening dress tho morning after
she attended the ball o. tAe "Blazlng Cote
rie."
You will mako no objections to the use OF
damnsk napkins foriron-holders or silk mul-
iers for dusting-cloths. You will not say
anything or do anything that can offend. u
only by this means yen can WOO sweet peace
to fold her wings in your back basement, east
oil upon the troubled waters and avoid the
rocks and shoals on which you have made
shipwreck.
Perhaps you can, you think. At all events
you will try to please this new domestic, who.
having had It out with the last lady and let
of the steam, arrives in an amiable n,e5d,
compliments you, the master" aud ,he "chi-
der"
! She tells you that she is ivan" to stay in
place and not be- forever gadding sho has
} lived with milllonaires az enormous wages
but plain as you live, she prefers to stay with
a "rale" lady, and she knows one when She
, "says" one She'll put up with what you
, have, little as Il lie, rather than change. As
} for Mrs. Smith, that she lived with last, she
, couldn't be dragged back to her. You have
= heard all this before, and at request you eS-
plain "the way you want things livery lady
1 has her own wuy."
q 1t is a farce, You know, for you will never
be permitted to have yours; but you play it
j out.
e You descend tho stairs twenty times to
j show which way you like the spoutof the tea
i kettle turned, and 70 say which is tho hot
t water faucet and where the gridiron should
e be put. and such other items, sin orther,
e mum, to phase you for the future"
e We all know that Bridgets first day is al
Q ways trial to the soul OF that boud-slayC
Il whom she calls mlssus but no matter, II she
% only stays, you think. Ten to one at six Of
G the clock YOU find her sitting on chail
10 against the wall with her baggage on hei
@ knee. and receive the information that she /,
d not satisfied and will 90. and Il You are
:. lady YOU will pay her fare--and again the in
% tellrenee Office a series OF 'nrst DAYS and de
in partures.
& But sometimes Bridget is satisfied. tn
e machinery begins to run smoothly, YOU real
d liz think that YOU have secured treasure
d hut in some uneunrded moment YOU forge
u YOUR caution. You civo an order, ute
at some mild reproof and 10. slamming q
doors gives warning of n rising temper. an
--friehtful symptom-B bridget is heard talk
inc M herself below stairs.
However. YOU need not DO even this mucl
Tba shoals Of injured dignity always Il
ready for YOU to wreck Yourself upon. an
tbsv vnrv so with each individual that 20
ha,,o NJ, nrecodent
In recalling a long line Of hnndnaidcr
who bove folded their tents like the Aral
nj the most inconyenient moment, l r.
,,ov,,,or pridoet Donovan who drew tho In
a. ,,oIishino no front door he'll and hnyir
doc,ored that mat was the "blael, boya worl
- 49,, at,,a,,s ,, ,,a,o ,,s a niece a, h,
r,,na and donartad refusipp 10 listen to Il
plea that we had no black boy and could n
aa,t, ,,,a', ono ON n n,omentis notice.
prid,,ot coonev ON the contrary. deyot,
h.rsolS T., amt hail She was always on n
- -, q so ,,ot ,.i,ttorod me m thi,