The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-30

tering and hearing her dauglHer's
speech, said. That's right, my dear:
give madam the souvenir. and under
your name + will put mine" Years
afterward, when the governess taught
| the little American girl. she gave her
| this precious volume 10 remind her that
| although people might occupy high
| places they did not always have the
most love. the most money or the most
power The ink is faded that was used
TO write the name OF the gentle princess
| and her great mother. and the book is
filled with the names of the great on
| this earth. and oh. what lesson It is
TO look at them and remember them,
Here's the name of the great banker. a
Rothschild; his wealth could not keep
death from his door. Here's the name
OF the great cardinal, whose name is i'm
the Book of Life for all generations to
read Just as IL is here beside that OF
the gentle pope. Here's the name of
poor Carlctta. What a tragedy her life
was! And near by is that OF Louis Ma
| poleon. And then come great writer's.
great artists. witty men. famous wom-
en-. who all gladly gave their auto
graphs TO the pretty American child,
who won them by her sweetness and
trankness and who had fallen heir to
the autograph book of the Princess
Alice. Both OF them are at rest now.
the American girl and the English
princess. but the book is filled, and the
black and white stands after the
shrnes that held these two gentle
hearts have been shattered.
But my gentlewoman is not always
interested in the past. 1t was only re-
Gently she told me of the new way of
u
she. when one has fine silk stockings.
such as lady wears, one wishes TO
match them each time, and OF course
this is difficult TO do. A number isn't
pretty on stocking, but n French
marquise has written me that the new
stockings are each marked with tiny
mower, so that the pansy goes with the
pansy, the rose matches the rose. the
/ violet seeks its mate, the orchid finds
/ It's companion; indeed, every flower that
/ you can think OF is daintily embroid-
J cred near the top. each i'm it's turn. and
! so ones stockings are properly match
| ed and properly worn. All, my dear.
how true il is that the nouveau richie do
not appreciate the luxuries of life. II is
true they have everything, but not
| knowing the fineness. not realizing AL
| the time that IL took To make the per-
feet glove, to weave the rich cloth or to
create beautiful lace, they abuse il
whereas we who are ladies care for our
belongings and would count ourselves
vulgar II we did not show our appre-
citation i'm this way"
! / could but smile as thought NJ tbe
wealthy woman who. the other day.
gave my hairdresser a magnificent
evening dress that she had worn once
| OF course she could sell il. but that
| present explained to me the tinge of
| vulgarity that there had always been
| about this woman. My gentlewoman
| would either have given her money. If
! that were what she needed. or some
thing better suited to her station i'm life.
! Such present makes poor woman
| dissatisfied, and IL is foolish.
by the bye. speaking of a hairdress
| er. the American woman Is learning
! that a maid is no longer a luxury hut
a necessity. TO the woman whose in
come is good. but not extravagant rho
/ maid is an economy. She does NOT do
mand such wages as she did a few
\ years ago. for the supply is beginning
TO equal the demand; but / am contin-
ually surprised that more American
! girls do not become maids. Instead of
/ starving on the wages paid them as
| shopgirls, they might have easy. com
/ Portable lives and positions of trust. 4
maid is always respected by the other
! servants, can have If she wishes her
meals alone, and 1t rests with herself
! especially If her employer is an ell
derly lady-whether she is not in real
/ ity the beloved companion.
/ The English maid is desirable for the
| Englishwoman. but when she comes
ia ha 81,
son. She does her duty and is well be-
haved for "a while. but six months i'm
this enlightened country and her quiet
manners become insolent. she can't
dress you without referring to the
duchesses and countesses upon whom
she has waited before. She scorns your
wardrobe. reads your letters and knows
exactly how much money YOU have i'm
your pocketbook. If you should OBJ
iect TO any of her weaknesses and sum
mon up courage enough To discharge
her. you would better have her trunks
examined before she leaves, and il YOU
are wise YOU will tell your husband all
about her, for the chances are. If she
thinks you have a secret from him.
she will attempt the blaCkmailinE
scheme Immediately after she has left
The French maid usually stays inst
long enough TO become acquainted with
American habits. and then she leaves
in a hurry. either TO marry some chef
and open a small restaurant or 90 he
come hairdresser. The irish and
Scotch maids are usually honest. usu-
ally impertinent and usually ignorant
but they are as faithful as dogs. SO
that because OF this virtue YOU forgive
them the rest.
There are women in New York who
DO not dare discharee their maids. who
live I'm deadly terror as 10 wuat H. to
be done next, who have been foolish
enough 60 let them find out something.
IL may be a very little something. that
they do not want either mother or hus-
band to know. and SO the maid levies
tribute, gets frocks that have seen but
ne wearing. has her wages paid in ad-
vance and rs worse than any skeleton
AT a feast. because she rs with YOU near
~ all the time. Not long ago at very
smart luncheon served by a gorgeous
butler and three footmen. woman
said. -peakiug of A notorious uapcr