The times., 1897-05-02
"Juss look at this,"

The accent wlls oesisdiring and conveyed
the impression that whatever the thing
was, It was not fit to be looked at. The
speaker held up delicate, ruffled af
fair, trimmed with lace and sprin kiei
with flowers, and evidently intended TO
adornthe human form as shirt waist. On
the middle Of the hack was distinct brown
mark. of triangular shape. The lace was
pulled out OF all shape, frayed and torn.
The edges were still rough and wrinkled,
as If rough-dried.
The blae-eyed girl sat On the edge of the
bed and BOXED as syfupathizing as it beftts
a girl to look under the circumstances
Her own shirt waist was crisp and dainty,
and the ruffles over the shoulders glistened
like the petals OF white flower. The
other girls eyes rested on it envfously.
'Yen never seem to have any trouble
with your laundress,'' said she. Don't
you ever lose things or have them scorched
or torn"
NO said the blue-eyed girl, II must
say I've been fortunate in that
She did not give the name meofherIaundress.
however, for two or three reasons One
was that she knew her launiress did not
wish to attesd TO any more washing lust
had just been bewaiIing her ilI-luek with
laundresses had nobody but bersei ito thank
for it. tits with the washerwomen Just as
as it is with servants; when you find
woman who is always complaining of the
way her work is done. you may be pretty
sure that there is an incompetent mistress
somewhere not very far off.
II washerwomen and rvants ever get
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count their grievances. there will be a
grand airing OF skeletons. There is large
class Of people in this world who appear 70
think that machinery and horses and serv-
ants and working people in general are all
In very much the same class They expect
from ali of them as much work as they
can do, and no ideas or feelings outside
of that work They expect that their
servants viii initiate the higher and finer
manners of those whose opportunities are
larger than theirs, and leave the vamties
out of the question. They gossip about
their servants, but feel an instant resent
ment at the idea Of the servant gossipiDg
about them And while they put off pay
ing their laundress from week TO week, In
order that certain small expenses of
gloves and flowers may be met, they think
1t unbecoming il thatlanndress spends her
money for hat that rivals the rainbow,
instead OF wearing q cotton kerchief on
her head as her grandmother did before her
1t Is inconsistent, of course but human ma
ture Is sonewbatinconsistent thing.
The blue-eyed girl never has any trouble
with ber washerwoman, for two or three
reasons; or at least she thinks that these
are the reasons. In the first place, she
always has the money ready to pay her
little bill each week She pays. of her own
accord fifty per cent more during the
summer months than In the winter, on ac-
count of the extra work involved in summer
washing. She does not expect an ordinary
washerw oman to do. without extra charge,
the laundering Of gowns which properly
require whole day in the ironing. She
wears no white skirts except with hight
dresses, and her white Ehirt-waists are
simply made and almost ss easy to iron
as IL they were not starched. She takes
human interest In her laundIess, and
knows that the family are trying TO sayc