THE DAT A EVENING TELEGRAM. rniLADELPLTIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 186G.
and then ebe want? ft penny apiece and (he
nioney (loan, tnd I never have aoi the roppc-rs,
for 'tm hard to leeu three upon nothing!"
"Docs Mr. Jones live fur from hf-re!"
"No, mctn; in Oc next house bcyonst otir'n."
"How do you pay onr rontT"
Mrs. Tucker replied that the cottntre bdonircd
to them, aud Sukev had aereed to render to
days' work weekly to clear tbe rent, and home
timf'B lor a week or two together "hp had no
other employ, tbotmh she nlwas look homeiood
enough to lnt her three or lo ir iav".
"Suppose I allow Mrs. Jones lxpenee a week
for.akli)jt enre of jour children, could you gel
other woik ?"
"I dare say I could, men), for the children's a
grent hion-ninc."
"Well, then, I will see Mrs. Jones on our wav
hack, and 1 ln.pc to h-ar that you have not em
ployment. Voit may be thanklul that the b.ibe
is living intead ot drowned," were the parting
word; ol liertna, as we took our leave.
"My sixpence is very soon diipoxc l ol, M ll.y.''
"Hut this sum is not much to you, Bertha,
whether you hud sold the waite bread or not."
"Not o'ne Miigle sixpence, perhaps; bit how
fhall I have any to Give away it I alio wate iti
my kitchen 1 i do not intcriere wi'h the cook's
perquisites in this mater, as -l,c could not dis
pose of the bread, neither would I sull'cr It if
she could, lor that would be offering n direct
premium to waste, and it seems a sin to me to
throw bread away; so with odd cru-ts I have
given comlort to lour human being, not to say
bvc. First of ail, Hetty is pleased to pxchaniru
eegs for the bread, whereby she thinks herseli a
gainer; then Sukey must Do well t-atislnd. knrw
inn her ch Mren arc in safety; tnd tiio two In
fants must be bciter otf and happier, poor little
thines, under Mrs. .lone' care; and there Is Mrs.
Jones, ho cannot but be gratified to add six
pence a week to her income; so five pcrs'ins,
jou fee, ar the better off lor onr wa-'e crusts."
The reasoning was unanswerable. We soon
arrived at Sirs. Jones', whom we found sur
rounded bv a dozen children of all izes. from a
twelvo-moiith old to eight years. The old lady,
who was execeoingty neat and pleasinff looking,
was making no attempt at tcacDinir. She ba 1 a
young niece with her who attended chiefly to the
young creatures, who were trampling about and
playing without fear or care. Mrs. Jones ap
peared almo tseared atourent.rance; thechildrcn
looked at us in mute a-tonishment, and gro ied
away togeibr-r in threes and touis. Our busi
ness with the old lady was very soon set le i.
and she wlllincrly undertook the care ol the
children when payment was ins'ir?d to her,
though she asserted that Sukey Hievens did
owe her "a poiver o' coppers."
CHAPTER VI.
HOW TO MAKE I'tinniNOS UOW TO SAVK IN MAKING
THKM TRIFLCS 0O NOT EXIST IN HOUSEKKEl'INQ
MANAGEMENT A BKRVANT'8 ALLOWANCE BOW
TO KXI'KND TWENTY'S EVEN FHiLI.INGS A WEEK
THE ORDEK1NQ OF 8 K VYING-WORK NO BUITON3
OFF SHIRTS HOW TO WASH SMALL THINGS.
My stay was not greatly prolonged w'th
Bertha. I leturnci home, taking with me a
strone healthy sirl, about eiehteen, to w hom
my children hud been intrusted on my arrival
at her botibe. My husband bad spent the last
ten days with us, so tbat wc went back with
renovatad health and spirits, aud witn eome
considerable attainment of experienca in house
hold matters.
Tbo night b fore we left I was sitting with
Bertha a one. I remarked, "How diiicrent is
my income to yours !"
"You lorget bow much more we have to ac-conipln-h
with it. Yours is enough lor all
reasonable pui poses; you cannot a ress expen
sively, nor .keep company, nor command tbo
services of two domestics which is no erent
luxury alter all. A iiiead of mine has ten, aud,
not having a housekeeper to see tottiem, her
liie is perpetually worried w ith their contentions
ancl bickeribtrs. You can pass through lite very
happdy if you will only try, but to do so olen
sanlly you must be able to assist yourselt, and,
above all, the economy of little things nu be
scrupulously a'ibeied to. Nothing must be
wa-.ted. It would be quite impossible to give
you rules for every or any course ol action
to be a lopted your own judgment must
guide you. You arc more skilled in domestic
art airs than when you tirst married, but there
is a wide room lor improvement, little Milly.
You must ncq'iire a more compotciit know
ledge ot coi.kit g than you have, so m to enable
you to make tbe best use of everything. You
must be your own housekeeper, a I urn. You
havo spen me daily attend Elizabeth in the
kitchen, who, without any assistance and direc
tion, would be as incapable of sending up a
dinner properly cooked as the girl you take
back with you. 1 have given out to her every
day all the ingredients necessry for miking
puddiugs and pastry. If 1 had intrusted her to
help herselt to the sucar for tbe tarts, she
would have wasted by putting in too much,
aud even an ounce too much of this alone
would amount to twelve shillings a year; the
same by butter, egas, and milk, corn-flour, or
arrow-root. You must learn the right propor
tions of every ingrcdiont or material in coakmr,
or the waste will 0? prodigious, and the money
will insensibly melt away. When Kli.abetb
came first she told me she could make udmira
ble corn-Hour puddings.
" 'How much do you use?' I aske l.
" 'Ono packet will make two puddings,
ma'am.'
"I stored at tbe girl with astonishment.
' 'One packet will ruukc eitrht good pud linsrs;
each nuddms must have one egg and a pint aud
a half of milk,' said I.
" 'Why, that quantity would he lost in the
saucepan 1'
" 'Have no saucepan at all, then using one
Is a wasteiul way of inaktua your puddias.
Weigh tbe corn-flour, put it into tbe d .sh, grule
hi to it a li'tlc nutmcL', and then mix it with a
little cold milk, just as you would if you were
making starch. Make a pint ot rnilk boll, then
' pour it on the cold mixture, stir it up well, bent
up one egg and two ounces ot moist sugar with
the remainder ot tbe milk, then strain it to the
pudoinp, ml.ving it well ultogeiber, and bake it.'
"Lli.Hbeth t-uccveded. well utter this, una at
once sixneuce was saved Irom wasie
alone will snow you now waste is insensibly
made. A manutac:urcr m:tkes his esoerlmeuts,
and, if success croAii bis etlorts, ho en leavors
to produce an article at the lowest possible coat
consistent witn excellence, me same principle
should bo carried out in the kitchen. Wa-te
beneuts no one, but, on tue contrary, tbe ser
vant or mistress is; greatly demoralized by tue
habit of wasting; to su?h an one mere is rever
enough. You must not mistake me, Milly; a
half pound of butter would not be deliberately
thrown away; but I have known ninny servants
waste more' than an ounce at a tune either dv
mitkine melted butter badly, or through care
lessness burning it, or bv nviusr too much. Six
pence a week in loss soes thete twenty-six
shillings a year. Again, in the simple i.rtielo of
firewood, Bridiret was a famous waster of that
article; although in your nei&hoorbood it is
rather an executive item in housekeeping,
enough was always heaped on to light one tire
that would amply suffice lor three. You may
smile, Milly, but it ts in little thinas that money
melts. You would look at sixpence twice- be'ore
?rou threw it away, but this is constantly doue
n unail mutters a kind of waste whereby In
comes are silently diminished. You will learn
this in time."
"I shall learn many things iu time, Bertha,
but I stall never learn to be a uiggard."
"To be savins is not to be uignardly. If
you come home weary and wet footed, and will
take no proper stlmultiut, nor have a tire t
warm you, because of the expense, this is to be
'niggardly. It you will not allow your servants
proper lood, fire, and washing, on account of the
expense, or prevent them Irom having a proper
Are 10 cook bv, or necessary materials to me,
this is to be n'iegardly and wasteful at the sain
tiuto. But to take care tbat they have sufficient
lor their use, and no more, to see that the Are Is
lowered alter tbe nooning is over, that caudles
are not flared away, or gas lighted at Improper
times, that soap is not lett eoakiiu in the water,
or cinders thrown away, or wood wasteiully
burned, is no nigaardliness, but right and true
.economy, and by caring for which you do
jusfce to vourselt. and net rinhtly towards your
oei vnnts. It, is all very well for piopl wbo have
iuore Income than they need to permit waste 1f
it so pleases them, bnt it is not the lew sinful
towards their lellow-creatures Their servants
are influenced by their example, and tint ol
cinymg economy as a dower to their huibands,
briii? them haoii's of wastefulness. If iu lame
establishment a good housekeeper is an in
aluab1o treasure In tbo domestic department,
how much more must surh be in the person of
a wi e to a man w ith a small income 1"
"How serious you are about trltles, Bortha!"
"Thre are no such things as tnrte. 'irities
make the sum ol human tilings;' 'minutes the
hour, hours the day, and days tho year.' VViib
out the pence 1.0 pounds cnubo made.' A trifle,
if you wdl have it so, leads to death. Tbe
smallest theft makes the tbici; a sudden blow, a
murderer. Then w hat Bre tntles ?'
Here we were Interrupted by my husband,
who wished to know if we intended sitting up
all nigbt. The next day iound us at home,
wheroeverythli.fr at first seemed in confusl in.
Bridget was to stay a week to pet the fiirl into the
ways of the boufe; but, poor Bridget, she only
cot' us all into a muddle, ybehad bi'en her own
mistress or some timp, mid all discipline and
order had been forgotten. I was glad when she
went. It was days aud weeks betore I made
anv progress in housekeeping beyond my usual
habits. Mary was a helniul eirl. She at once
acked me tor her weekly allowance, a term I
did not understand.
"My usual butter and tea aud sugar, ma'am,"
was the ri ply, in answer to my inquiring look.
"W hat have you been accustomed to have ?"
said 1.
"A qunrter of a pound of tea, half a pound ol
but'er, und 1 have always bad a shilling a week
lor extra.''
"But yon can use from that which I give out,"
said I.
"Sometimes you may think I do not make it
go tar enough, an i I would rather you would
rfi.e me my own it it made no difference to yo.i,
ma'am."
I considered the matter over, and found Mary
was right; her suegisuon broueUt me comlort.
She had what she needed on a Monday morning,
and I had no further trouble with her require
ments all the week. As she bad no access to
my. stores, I could not but be satisfied. I gave
out each morning everything that wai required
for consumption during the day, and I saw that
everything was in its place. It was labor to
me at first, and most especially was it vexatious
to be obligt-d to give up playing with my chil
dien to attend t this most essential duty ; but
the habit soon grew into a pleasure, lor, no
matter how I might be occupied, or where I
might go, I had no tear but that the meals at
hoiue were lieht. (,'radually I loun l tnat, by
close attention to trijies. I was ultimately ena
bled to appear a very liberal housekeeper;
indeed, "extravagant'' was the gratuitous title 1
earned. By close attention to tbe trilles I once
despised 1 was enabled to make tweuty -seven
shillings a week go as lar as I once conli treble
that amount.
I need not say that I had no margin for
waste; indetd, lo purchase the needful require
ments ot wear sii i tear of lurniture and house
linen, aud nlso to puy tbe wu.Miimr bills, both
myseli and husband "were obliged tj give up a
poition of tbe nimey originally set by lor
clothes. The children 'bej;au to g'?t expensive,
p.nd still their requirement? had to be met. I
learned the urtot dre-sniuking irom one who
came to make up rhe children's dresses; it I had
not, I could not have manured to put out the
work. Ouce in two ears I got a silk dress, and
that well made; this was the extent of my
extravagance.
In Inct, I f'uind t lie only way to manntre was
to make my sell acquainted Willi every useful
household art; and amid all this cull upon my
time and energy, at every spare moment 1 as
siduously practised my music, w Inch was fast
slipping through my Aimers; 1 also cultivated
the talent I possessed lorsketc bine. Ho motive
short ol eoucatingmy chilrtien, which, of course,
I was obliged 1000, would have enabled me to
bear this extra stiain upon my time aud temper.
I should say bore that my hut-baud's health,
vhich had never been strong enough to follow
his prolession, gave way when my elde-t child
was cix years old. He became afflicted With a
tpinul complaint, which laid him nearly pros
trate for the space ol eieht years, and during
this sad time all our available resources were
needed.
Tbe eight shillings a week, resulting from tbe
SL'M per annum w hich we hud reserved as u luud
lor emergencies, was ull expended il what, was
absolutely required to meet his cae. T110 most
1-kilt ul economy alone enable me to keep out of
debt. Had I been Iu the c?uniry it would have
been altogether unoi her thing, but in Loudon all
eatables were expensive, though London had au
equivalent advantage in that w e were not jblieed
to know any one. lucre was 110 one that we cared
about to whom our servant could tell that wc
bad only potatoes and bacon tor dinner, or cold
meut more than to days following; though
certainly the latter circumstance did not happen
very oiteu, lor experience taught me that cold
meat was a heartless meal, exceptinsr now aud
then, when a salad or tried potatoes ma le it,
nerhaps, more aereeable than a hot dinner.
II wever, wc lived unknown and unsought ex
cept by our kind friends tbe (irays, who too
nenrly resembled ourselves lor them to bs criti
cal about our doings.
I educated my children myseli, aud in doing
so iound great delight. Each year my troubles
Bceincd to grow less, lor I became economical
n'.tonlyoi money and money s worth, but ol
time also, ns my husband needed tbe greatest
care and attention. We bad scrupulously kept
up tbe insurance upon his 1 1 to lor tbe X5iKi,
though each year the payment was increased.
As I ceuticne'd before, I iearned to 60 every
thing myself, so that 1 was, in a measure, inde
pendent ot skill in a servant. 1 changed often
tnis was unavoidable; each went ttwav "to
better hersclt,"tobe succeeded by iueouipetence
and, too frequently, idleness.
The changes came so frequently (servants had
altogeihei altered from those ol Bridget's days;
they tound it so dull, or thoy could not rise
early, or always wanted to bo ruuiiinrout), thai
I Insensibly made up my mind that these nnso
ries were la-t becoming uu estatilished order of
things, and resolved to bear ihein as unruffled
as I could. Kven Bertba CLupmaii co:nolained
that, since the death of poor Itooert, things in
her domestic metiage had altered. Two of her
most trusted servants had married, and she
could not replace them; several were tried, but
were not eqnut to tueir duties. J.nere is no
help for mis," she wrote, "out lor mistresses to
educate themselves so as to teach their helps."
I had long aso found this out, and for so long
as I had my health all went on well. But I felt
pity always ior every mother indelicate health,
a prey to htr servants in her uncomfortable
home. Theie were comfort and peace and love
in our dwelling, albeit the sic knebit of my be
loved husband greatly overshado ed our 'jovs.
ju.v experience 01 the Dust uus been, that had
I Bet out in liie with but a triile ot reliable prac
tice in domestic matters, such as I afterwards
taught myseli. and wi n moderate aspiring as to
any position which two hundred a year income
would warrant, and tuut hud 1, or had we both,
set out with sufficient moral courage to despise
shams, and not have endeavored to appear
otherwise than we were persons of very mode
rate income ve might havi.- been spared much
uiistry. Even had i neen brought up to have
know u tbe prices cf food before (entered upon
niairiage, we should not have made a false start
iu tbe world.
As to economy, if a raspina of bread or a
cold potato can be made available, lot it be
used, not Thrown away. To cook food nicely
docs not consist in the multitude or costliuess
ot the ingredients used, but in the proper dis
tribution ot actual requisites, in the knowledge
of the time necessaiv for tho cuokine, and iu
the temperature of the water or milk in which
tuch food is to be cooked.
An intimate acquuintunce with needle-work of
every description Is absolutely necessary to tho
mistress ot a limited income dress and frock
uiukmar especially which should either be
learned as an art or scquired Irom a dress
maker who may be called in to assist. A work
basket is a fruitful source of misery; its con
tents have a habit of accumulating, and causing
a depressing lufluui ce upon the temper and
tpiri s. 1
What i to be done ihovld be quickly dew.
' No garment with buttons or tapes olf, or with
rents or tatters, should bo placed away in a
drawer, but be mended the very first opportunity
row, if possible it Is a duty to be performed 1
be 1 ore pleasure. Stockings and socks should I
not lie allowed to conio into holes-thin places
are casiit mended. I hope 1 may not be con
sidered dictatorial in thus insisting upon this
very necessary observance, but I have suffered
from procrastination in these very matters, and
the obtaining of new articles of anv kind was,
in my early days, a matter of difficulty. The
looking out the linen on Mondays was at first a
woriyii g trouble to me, and I (rutted this mat
ter ir'eqiientlv to a servant, till the constant dis
putes wilb the laundress, and tbe lost ot several
articles, led me to perlorm this duty myself.
Kvery Monday morning, as soon as breakfast
war over, the servant brought tbe linen to the
kitchen, where she sorted it over iu my .resenco,
and I wrote it down, taking care to specify what
kind the articles were linen or cal to. The
e'ean tbtngs were then taken from the basket,
every button acd tape tied, and all put upon the
clothes-horse to air, be'ore putting them away
in the drawers. It took something less than
halt an hour to do this. Tho remainder of the
morning till one o'clock was spent in repairing
all fractures and other reeds. I never in my
lite mended dirty linen, no matter how much it
was torn.
When my babes were young, after they had
gone to bed I shook out and hung upon a
clothes-horse all the garments they were to put
on the next day, whether clean ones or other
wise; each little one's clothes bv Itself; and
manv a time have I washed out their little socks
in the hand-basin, in my own room, which saved
much accumulation ol these small affairs. My
collars ai.d culls I washed and ironed mysel',
and nlso many little matters ol lace and muslin
foi the children. Tbe process 1 adopted was a
somewhat rapid on. and involved but el'ght
labor. 1 'blew a little borax Into some cold
water, and when the loriner was dissolved I put
in over niubt tbo urticies I desienci to wash.
The next morning 1 kneaded thern well with my
hatidp, wiung them out. and soaped them into
tep:d water, In w inch also was a Hide borax,
not soda. The dirt eas lv came out: I rinse 1
them well in slightly blue water, in which
some iilum was dissolved to prevent accident
Irom lue (as ulum prevents name), and par
tially diied them; then made some thin starch,
by mix'ng two teaspooustui or one ot starch in
tw o tablespoonstul ot cold water; then poured
boilme water upon it, stirring it all tbe time,
till it was of the consistence ot well-mado nrrow-
rbot. While the starch was hot I put in the
articles to be stiffened, and let them stay in for
ten minutes, or even more, then wrung then as
dry as I could in my hand, and then each article
again iu a clean cloth, thus preveuting toe
starch from sticking to the iron, and rendering
the lace or collars clear instead ot muddy
looking. After squee.uur them hurd in the
cloth, each article was shaken out, and lal I
separately in a cloih, and tolded up tmht, ready
lor ironintr. it Is astonishing how much ex
ra nse I saved in niv laundress' bills, bv coir
tinning olen to wash some litt'.e thing, at a time
when 1 appeared to bo only wosliiug my hands
This little empioymeul never made me the
les? lit to be seen; in preparing for it I d d no
more than pin a towel betore me a jmr of hot
water and wbue curd soap (I never would de
stroy the color and skin of my hands bv usinz
other Kinds), aud with a very lnt'e borax, I
manntii d to have a grent deal ot comlort aud
(lean trilles in clothes, without the machinery
by which I obtained it being observed.
ClIAl'TER VII.
THE ART Ol' PRKHl ING IN 00011 TASTE ALICES
ACCOM rLlk'UlILNTS A Hl'SCAM) AND FATHEIt'3
death h!3 income pies with him the value
of an insurance fl'tcbk employment
Alice's and Edward's marriage.
Ihere i one thing which 1 should mention as
part ol my acquiied experience; tin- art uf
drexfwig in qocd tuvte.
ll 1 purchased au inexpensive materia1, I did
not call attention to the fact by overloading it
with trimmina and paltry lace, but it was well
shaped, mid well mode, and simply trimmed, so
that by this meats it escaped particular no
tice. I also avoided buying anything with other
wise than the niot siniplo pattern on it. I had
no desire to be known at any distance by my
dre-s. The pla'nesl, richest silk generally
black was my best dress; und the exquisite,
fine, solt, si Iky black alpaca my home and even
ing oress. There is no pretension anout the
latter material it is at once suitable and pleas
ing to tl.e eye, and may be worn by a duchess
witl out deteriorating irom her acknowledged
good taste. The same by bonnets of a good
material, but so simple anil plain, though al uy3
ol the best shape, that they were generally be
coming. I may oDserve that my style of oress,
which fiom its excessive plainness disarmed
criticism, was studiously acquired.
My Irequent change of servants from their
own choice, not nunc led mo to give up the
contentious point respecting exuberance in their
diess. Ho long as they were tidily clad while
attending upon my family, I permitted them to
"Haunt in gay attire" as much, ns they pleased
when absent from me. For some time I mourned
their lolly, and rea-oneilwith them upon the
bad tcLdt ucy of their excessive vanity, without
in nking otherwise than an ill impression upon
thtm, sulkiiiebs being generally the result.
However, they lost and I guined, for I became
almost severe in the pattern and style of my
own i-iess. An amplitude of fold, and a rich or
otherwise most simple material, marked in dress
tLe contrast between myseli and my servants.
To expatiate here on the lolly of servants dress
ing bo extravagantly is not to my present pur
pose, though I have often wished sumptuary
laws were in force to compel tliem to attire
themselves in a manner becoming to their sta
tion, or that tbtir wanes might be partially
demoted to the savings banks, as a little future
provision against sickness or other casualties.
My children giew up to be dutilul and loving.
Alice, belcre ncr lather's death, became my
right hand; :die was an excellent little conk, a
methodical housekeeper in lact, a domestic
treasure. I was determined that no self mado
thorny path stould be hers; hence she was care
fully instructed in every petty detail of house
keeping, even to the baiting of meat and the
baking ot bread; what the did at all was tho
roughly doue. This "thorowih-floinqnestP was
part of her nature; she did not inherit the
i'ltiat-,tl do" system, but shook it off with a de
termined effort, and kept ic at a distance.
Alice was a pleasing reader; she also played
with taste find expression, and she sketched
Ircm nature with a firm touch, which at one
time led me to thin!: might be turned to a
prolessional account; this, on its being broached,
she shrunk Irom with undisguised aversion,
but she nevertheh ss keptupihe prac'lce of all
hir acquirements with undiminished ardor,
which leu me to infer tbat she saw some neces
sity for it. Everv summer's morning tound her
tit u o'clock reading und studying tor an hour
aud a halt: then she went into the garden, aud
busied herself ior an hour, coming in with
glowing cheeks and the 1 brightest of sm.lcs.
bbe was the ministering angel iu our home. I
had accustomed her Irora her earliest y ears to
Muil unon herselt. and as much as possible
upon her lather and me also. The thouurht had
never entered my biain to gave her trouble;
therefore, year by jear, she more ana more
hlled my place in all domestic atl'a'rs, Hbe
learned to cut out and make- all her clothes,
and wi;h on aptitude of contrivance quile for
eign to my nature. 1 bad perfect rest aud peace
as to her future, should she ever be left uiouo
in the world; not that I could presuuio Bhe
would be exempt Mom trouble, sickness, or
privations, but I lelt she would be trepurcd to
meet them, and therefoto would suffer less thau
n she were an lsuorant. untaught mri.
e were one (lay conversing upon the different
uegrees ol happiness which women especially
experienced, even when thev set out Irom the
same poiut in liie. "I do not think it possible
to be very unhappy," said she, "it w make tue
best ol our means, whether they be li'tlo or
great." "But suppose you don't know how to
iuoke the best of everything?" "Why, in that
case there must be misery for the wife, the
children, ana the husband. I sometimes think
1 shull be Somebody' some day, mamma: and
mat is wny i practice so inucti every accom
plisbment 1 know. 1 should not like directly I
was married to give up my piano, my singing,
and my orawiug, ana so miry m yseir a wav
Giving no joy to my bright little home which
am sure I shall one day have." (
"Bui. Alice, darltnff. if oaDa should not live? it
Kvery day, my chi'd. Is one of fear with toe.
What is to be done then! I'apa hss only the
tse of our income for his lite." Tho child's
fuce blanched with terror. Hhe sat looklnir at
mf as cne stricken with horror. At last the
words ciitiic
"What do you mean, mamma? Papa has not
been worse lor some years, aud how dees he get
the money, then. i .
"My child, your papa's brain has been eradu
ally softening tor now two years; and Dr. Mil
ward assured me the otttfr dav tbat tbe ejd
could not be lar off. 'One month of sad suffer
ing jouwilljsee, and then 'was all he
Tittered; and n'ay (Jod'aive me strength to pass
tbrouph this, ihe worst of all my trials I Alice,
my deep Is disturbed, niy a'tentlm always on
1bo ruck. 11 tcnine to ihe incoherent sounds
which probably w ill come from jour dear father's
lips, be ore he is lost to us."
"Mamma, dear mamma, think not of this ; the
olid msy be far distant."
"Cod grant it I" was all I could then say.
' In cne short month from this, though nothing
had occntred to mark that approach which we
all dreaded eo much, i bad left my busl.and
apparently sweetly sL-eping; the doctor came
unexpectedly aud w atched him tor some minutes;
he then litied his evelids the eye was riuid,
tboueb bright. Dr. Mil ward called for a liirhtcd
an die, and held it close to the eye; no move
ment took place; and in twelve hours Irom this
time my buuband was no more, my children
weie fatherless, and myself a widow. These are
words soon spoken, but to realize tbetn in their
lull extent is the concentrated bltfernes of life.
My tale is drawine td a close. I had now no
two hundred a year to mnnage.-and how to
manage with it was all that I was requested to
write about, but my readers who have goue so
tar with me will perhaps be interested in know
ii.u something about our at.er lite. Mrs. Gray
came to us in tir dark hour ot sorrow, as did
my parents also. With the latter we removed
to my early home alas ! to me no home now.
My boy had been one year apprenticed to an old
friend" ol his iaiher'u when our great trouble
overt.hauowed us. Knoueh money was realised
by tbo sale of our lurnit-ire to pay our good
kind doctor, and with the five hundred pounds
obtained from 1hp insurance company an annuity
was purchased tor me. The house which tor
seventeen years I had but seldom seen sluce I
married from It, was not the hi me of my youth;
my sisters and brothers tilled it, and I felt myself
nn interloper. My Income would not suffice for
me to live nlone with Alice, neither would Alice
stay with my parents without me. My past ex
perience bad educated me for something better
than idleness, and I wished to ob'nin some useful
position, where some one at least might be
helped through my knowledge so dearly ob
tained. My sisters three ot them were just no better
than I hud been when I married. My mother
still toiled ior tbeni. still hoped to see them
many either men in their oau positiou or above
than. My remonstrances nay, entreaties to
them to render themselves seit-helpiul were in
; vain; ihey had never experienced a care or
thoueht tor the tuture a system ot education
too irequmtly adopted by parents, which leads
J noiuntrequeTitlytocriniein married file there-
lore my sut'ctstions were treated us out ot place,
und niv conduct us intertcring and dominant.
"Let them alone," my mother would say; "they
Mill learn time enough."
How bitterly I telt her words! My dower,
truly, had been to learn the ways of lite but at
v hat a cost 1 it was ot no use contesting the
maiter, so I gave it up iu despair. I seat an
adveitisement to the limes describing myseli as
a usetul housekeeper. In due time it was an
swered by a lady who bad the care ot lour
orphan nieces, bhe herself wus unmarried, but
had beet) called upon sudoenly to take possession
of her deceased brother's household, be havinsr
been a widower only a year. Miss Arkwright
had never kept house, and disliked all domestic
ties; nevertheless by her brother's will she was
lelt guardian to his children, with so much per
sonal income as long us she rest led in the house
with them. For herfell she was a kind of
missionary ladv, always begging money for
some scheme which was to assist regenerating
the heathen, while, fdus! thousands ol heathen
lsted w itbm wilting reach.
Mis9 Arkv.richt's letter explained all that she
needed of me to lnaiiuge tne servants, to see
that the children were uicely kept and watched,
and to have tho bouse alays cutntortuble ot au
tu ning wben she, arrived: ht r duties taking her
Irom it the wbo e onv.
My parents weie exceedingly niTrrv when thev
henid ot my determination. Alice, with teariul
eyes, inipio'red mo to renounce the idea of servi
tude, ns sue termea it; out to ench and all I
answered, "I can only loreet my trouble in
active t-xirtiou, in being obliged to think for
others;" and so I was allowed to have my own
way. To Alice I nointed out the advantages my
income would give herself and brother.
ISot to myselt, mamniH, w ill there be anv
advantage; lor Edward let your sacrifice be
niiiac."
'l.ut. AHce. I cannot let you live here without
paying ior your board. '
'Aiumnia. 1 intend to go luto a school, where
I iiif-.y obtain lessons tor my services."
"Have you counted the cost, Alice?" I asked.
"Cuii you submit to the discipline tbe monoto
nous duties ot school routine?"
"Maitniu, is this question asked with your
usual judgment?'' she reproachfully questioned.
"You hate all your hietimo been instilling into
n o that duty cannot be laid down at will unful
filled, or put aside for a future time; and now,
when the iirst real duty of life presents itself.
do you Ihink me u coward or incompetent, or
what Is 1', mamma ? '
"1 think no ill in c ol tbe kiud. Alice. 1 merely
think that, us you have tue choice of work or
piny, it were as' well to weigh the consequence--
ot each; and whichever you prefer, H is my
most earnest wish to see you happy m tbe choice
j on Hiuke."
"Aiammn, as you nave sncccedea in obtaining
a situation, will you kindly insert an advertise
meut lor me?" was all the nntwer 1 obtained.
Thus our destinies were fettled, we both dwelt
in other hemes, and Irom this time 1 cau date
my prosperity in liie. Both Alice and I were
Ctteu lor our positions; wo gave Tun satisiacuon
each iu cur several employments, and icccived
in return the most un'iouuded confidence and
esteem. Al ce, at twenty Six, married well; au
an. pie settlement was ma le upon her, subject
on lv to tnty pounds a ytur being taken from it,
and seemed to me during m v liie. Edwnrd
about tbe same time enteied in' o partnership
with the gentleman with whom he had been so
many years, and ti-uii that hour gave me a tlxeu'
yearly bum sufficient to have supported me, and
which to this day noih u cau iuuuca him to rs
nssume. although ho has married, and a young
lanuly have their claims upon Inm. I am livum
with the yonrgest of the family of the Ark
wriehts; all tbe rest are married; tho e.dest
niairied my boy. Miss Aikwrlght left me iluo
a year nil her income: and Dora, her youugest
pet, liec'aies that nothing shall induce her to
leave her own "Minnie." She insists upon It
tbnt. as Kuth followed Kaomi of old, so will she
never leave, never forsake me.
tSbo is but twenty wc shall see.
THE CONCLUSION.
WORK V0R EACH DAY IN THE WEEK.
I have pouderr d over the pages w hich I have
written, and certainly all my experiences are
tnere et down. The only margin in the exocu
diiure which could be allowed is in t'.ie articlo
ol insurance. Tne Jt 25 yearly to be taken tuto
tbo income, it a policy of insurance were not
(fleeted, would srivo something less than 10s. a
wvek extra. Thia sum, wben one Is bound to
live so ven economically, might be done with
out, to secure tne advantage w hieh would arise
iron it in after life. To mako hor own happi
ness, I would earnestly advise every girl to edu
cate herself tor a don' est ic life ns assiduously as
she does to play aud shil', and by no means,
when fhe hBB attained the latter acquirements,
to let them slip away out ot her grap for want
of practice, irom the mooient a bride takes
pob-ctbioii ol her house her chief duties In life
commence: it is hers to form htr machinery for
uctiou, to keep it in working gear, uud to so
oiiiiimeiit it by her own Vraces uud accomplish
ments that ibe wheels and Kiher motive, power
be hidden. A woman who means to play her
part v eil, in ever so .humble a home, must .be
rood rhsnster, so that every duty shnii have iU
allotted ttme-not onedulv to be huddled upon
another. Be also a good financier, so as to make
not only every penny do Its work, but occasion-
fill? Ihp WArlr nf Urn it H l,n in Hlnlnmt.
tist, for cor cord and comlort and a pleasant life
SDOuid De the result of her mauaaremont.
During the progress or this article throudh
the press It has been sii7csfed to me to give
definite rules for doing the work of a ho ise
each day. I could not see that this was posi
lle, any more than I could aive a mean calcula
tion of how much cloth it would tpke to make
boys' clothes in peneral, or how many bricks it
would take to build a hoii-e ot no definite size.
Unless 1 knew the circumstances ot each indi
vidual this would be useless. Tbe week's work
was tous divided and arranged in my own
bouse: -
Mondat. l.inen day and mending. "
Tdkhdat. Washing and ironing; kitchen and
scnllerv scrtibbiiiB.
Wednesday. Scouring bright tins and dish
covers. Thursday. Scrubbing out closets, cupboards,
BLd larder and kitchens.
Friday. I'ast ry makinsr; passnses and hall
cleaning: one sitting-room tborougnly.
Sattrday. The second stttiu.r-room tho
roughly; a general scrubbing and thirough
cleaning.
Ono bed-room was thorouehly cleaned on each
dav of the week, and others slichtly swept
with a solt brush aud duster every dav. Stairs
thoiouehly swept twice week, and sliahtly
every day.
By the.e nu ars the wnoie nruse wa cleaned
throuehoiit everv week. But without mistress
and maid are early risers, the latter being down
stairs at 6 o'clock and ue m stns at 7, nil this
work cannot be accomplished; and ono thine I
would Trention, that a servant should never be
k( pt up after 10 o'clock at night.
Of course 1 do not say that these I have enu
merated were all the nutios to be prtormed: but
they are the chief in every house. On Sunday I
hud as little work done as it was possible. ve
diued at 2 o'clock. AHer 3 I suffered the ser
vant to eo out till 8 o'clock. The tea I arranged
myseli, and I gave the girl, at every convenient
time, as much holiday as I possibly coull; not
that I was served belter by this arrangement,
but. on the contrarv. frequently worse; bat then
it was a duty 1 owed her, and, whether she were
grateful or not, it would not take Irom my im
perative doty towards eacn ana an oi my iciiow
cieatures, namely r
To do as J uwu'd be done by.
WATCHES, JEWELRY ETC.
T,1 'DOTITT
u :s
(UlASiOXD DV.Mii'.'.l
P. TVTiT TT
WATCIILs, JE'.li 1.KV . ;
:r.u: : win ,
vVTATCHi:3 and
D,
8T? Onsr.-in f
rv:' (..
OwlDpto the decline oi Gold, bai made irreet re
Auction In price of idslarte ana we!i assorted utock
I Mmnomls,
Walehes,
Jewelry,
Silverware, ICto.
The public are respectfullj Invited to call and cxamiua
our stock before purcliailriR e.Kewhere. 2 ti
SILVER AND PLATED GOODS,
OF THU
MoBt Superior Workmanship,
at Tne
N K W K T O R K
Ko 704 ARCH STREET.
The urdrv!jced (tat t'ie famous Kogers II os
ti tnulf ciuiuiu C om wiiiT) rei-pect ully announce tlia
tin, 1 uvt out nu n in w nnd iHiiulllu. store ior ihe ea
ol till. VI 11 and J I.A1 1' D WAHK, at ho "M Aktl'O
Mrcu. Cur lent: mnniaice an niunu aciurcra wil
rniible us o kn p Drilling but llnt-cla-B t.oudn and
ilu eLODii .v patronize our a ore will lind ourp'ted
Mt'UMiai mrem r io any ever iniponra. anu our cua
ti iLcrti n uy telv on the (luodn being precisely what thoy
are rc,rcin'ou to ue.
'A BOWMAN & LEONARD.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c.
MUSICAL BOXES.
A mil Bfforloitiit ol aU've gooot coustautl? on
timid st nivdeiate price ihe lluaical Boxea playini
Irom 'i to 10 U auiitul All.
FAKE & BROTHER, Importers,
Ko. 624CUF..SNU1 BTULKT,
11 llemiLgrp He low fourth.
G. RUSSELL & CO
IS'o. J2 North SIXTH St.,
IHVITE ATTEM'IOX TO THLIK IVLh 8T0CK
or
FANCY AKI I'LAIN
SJLVEK W A 11 K,
01 tbe Finest Quality.
15 28 5
HIGH JE WEhin
JOHN BRENNAN,
DEALER IK
DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHE8, JEWELRY
Etc. rJtc. l.tc.
9 21$ No. IS S. EIGHTH 81 KAET, Philada.
INSTRUCTION.
rpilE LK11I0II UNIVERITY, BETHLEHEM
I l'KNNA.
Tli in new Institution, liberally endowed by the Hon
Ana I'aeker. oi Maueh I bunt mid dculxned to give i
iu'l practical idLC-ailon nulled to tbe reituirciienm ol
tie a.e will be open to receive atudent In th Flltvr
1 WO C'LASHl'.M on liie In1 or nepieuioer, isoti
Tbe locution la Leauniiil, and proverblnby bealtliy
and it Isaituatcd In Ihemiilit' ol varied industrial luie
renta, ail oi wblcb will be aubaldlzed for tne purpose ot
tiibtruc Ion. .,,
lie Course will conslut ot two parta. Hint. TWO
YKAhH l)K 1 KH'AUA IOKV l81UUTI0N iu Ma
tbeuiktlca ( hemixtiy, and Lanptiiitie (eaneoially tbe
lnoueru lanicueyeJ. sludiea wbicb every toung man
abou.d purxut, lor nti vei uroteemon tie ue intended
se,wind mil Al LiIilONAJ, YtAlt-4 in ono ol tin
fol owlny acboola In each of which un adcitional tpvclal
ueartetiH conifircu:
1. 'I be hcbool oi Ueneral Literature.
2. 'i be bell mi I al civil t UKluet riu.
3 Tbe K'bool ol Aiecbanlcal KiiMlncerlng.
4 ihelcbool of Ueiailuruv und V Inlim.
AppMcuiln for admission will be examined from tba
ISl IU Hie I -Mil Ul aukub- uii iwuiiiih lut'llinvivn. hi
iim PrAnidrnr. at lletlilelii iu or on the oin'iiinu dav.
C'lrculara tflvinir tonus, ec . may be bad by an J ring
to a essrs. I . II HU I !.. s u.,ito. Ml . ruum a
Street. Pblladeli.hia. or toll Ml cOl'ttE, Preident,
I'.etmeLieui. ra. i "
0
II E
U A K A Jf INSTITUTE,
EKGUHJI AND KUKSCII
Hoarding and day pupils. Nox. l,Vi7 and 1W ePKUCE
una a if rue: in.
Street, will reopen ou llinthllAV . Hiptember HO.
French is tbe luiiM'age ol Hie luiuily, and l uoustautlv
spukeii In the lliMtitl.tu.
J'rluiury 1 epartmeut. 96U per annum.
liav Bcboli.rs P-r annum 1U0.
Day iioardmn I'upi a i'iliU. .,,; .
. MADAME Ui.B VILLI ,
1 22 finw4ia 1'rloulpal.
ICE COMPANIES.
EASTERN ICE 00MPANi".-REA80NT OF
1H0C - Ibe. dull . Ml ceuta por vieek ei lbs d'JIv
15 cco's per week: lt lb dally, bO ceul per we-M
Iba dully 1 l'S per ncek. Depot. Mo fcllUUr.kN
street bjtow . jfe-.
i
4
FINANCIAL.
0,000.000
SfcYKN VU CKXT. MfWT-lMflV
First Slot-gage Bonds,
..i ;
I11K NOKTU MlrtaodBI RAILoOAU COMPANY
baa authorized ua to letl tholr first Mor gage Sersa Per
Cent Thirty year Bond. Tbe whole amount In 6 0,tt.
Coupons, payable on the first daya of JCN0AHT all
JULY ot each year, in New I or It.
tutors congesting to tbla Agency, we have made a
cantul exiinlra ion ot the tneiliaof thec Honda, by
endlBK m llliam M liner Kolxrts.and others, to report
open lb e,,noltl( n and preapec a ol the Railroad. Tholr
repert is on tlleatooroa.ee. and la bb satisfactory.
W e oo not htaiiatc to tecomn end thcae Honda a beiair
a first class aeouilty, and a moat aafe and ludlctoua In
vestment. ,
Ibeproccedaoffheseboudfiwiilbeased meatendiug
Hoad (alread.1 compltt no mtcs Into North Mlsaoarl)
to tbe Ion a Hate line, when It la to connect with the
railroads oi Iowai and to also extend It weatwrd to U
June i Ion with the l'aclllc Railroad fat Leavcowni th.
and other roads leading no he Missouri River, eo Uat
tbistncrttage of 6 feo 000 will ootft a completed and
neU'Mcckcd Road of 399 miles la length, coating at
least H6,n,n,iO0 with a net annual revenue after the
first yea , ot over ai.MWO 0. or a anm ncarlvfonr time
tcyond tbe amount needed to pay tbe Intetest oa those
Honda. Ihe It come of the Road will, of course, increase
every year.
The Batlrond connect the great city offit. Louta with
lta two Lunered thousand Inhabitants, not only with
tbe richest port Ions ol Ml lourt, but with the States, of
Kansas ai.d lew a, and the treat Pacific Kal.roula. '
To the tirst applicant we art prepared to sell F1VK.
IlL'MiKFD THOUS AND DCLI.AE3, at the lor rate
of KICH1Y deslrlngto obtain a bettor ptlea
for the rcmalnuer. 'Ihls will yield about 9 percent
Income, and add 20 per cent, to principal at maturity.
Anv lurtbcr inquires will be answered at our offle.
JAY COOKE & CO.,
hilin BANKUUH,
No. HI South Til 1 511) Street.
JAY COOKE & O O.
No. 114 South THIRD Street.
A N K HUH
AND
DEALERS IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
V. b. b Of! 1881.
5 20s, OLD AND HKW,
1040s;(KR'miCATKS Oi' INDEBrEDNKHS,
7 Ul i-OiEfci, 1st, 2d, and 3(1 borieg.
VOMPOUmt INTEBKfiT NOTES WANT Eli.
imRi.ST ALLOWED ON DEi'OSIl'S.
ollccticna maiio. stocks r.ouht ac l Sold oa
Conmuuion.
isjiccml I ui-ire accuiiiinodatluus rtviorfed for
LA1UKS. 8T 2ra
if. S . S t (J I IU 1 1 Kg".
A SPECIALTY,
SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS & BROKERS,
It S. THIRD ST. 3 NASSAU ST.
rmi-ADKLIMilA. i NEW XOKK.
STOCKS AND GOLD
Hough 'i aad toil) on commission
UEltK AND IN NEW YORK. II
I A. A-liliS JiliOTlUaRS,
Ko. 25 BOCK STEEET,
UANKKRS AND liUOKKHS.
aCT AND (-ELL
L'MThD BTATF.S HON DM. l8la, -2Ca, III Wa
UMTHi SI ATtS 7S-1Q, ALL lfbfJKtj,
CKKllUCAltS OK HiDtBTEDNKSS
&.ercanti f apcr and Loans on Co lattraie aecotiaCed
Htoike I'.oukl.t ai-d fcold on Commihfioti. 111
rllK FIKbT K ATI OKA L IiANK
LIAS KEMOVEU'
Durnip tbe erertiou ol the Dew ianlc buildinr,
To 1 17 Ip
No. iJo.- .CIIKSNI.'T STHHET
5'20t. - I' I v i: - T W E N T I B S.
7"2Cs -SEVEN-THI TIES
WANTED.
DE 1IAVEN & BROTHER,
1 7 No. 40 H. Til t ed Si Bur.
INSURANCE COMPANIES"
1 jltOVIDENT LI FK AND TUUST COMPANY
J OF flllL AUe'.i PHI l,
No. Ul South r Ol KTll Street
INC'OK KiiK itlS" MOM H. iid.. UiS. .
AI'ITAL. H0 f All) I S.
Inmirancn on Liven by Yearlr Preiulauia ; or by S, 14,
or Ji rear Premiums hon-:orieiture.
hndownientH, uayubea' mure ae. or o a prior
de eae, by Yearly I'reniiuiua, or 10 year Premium
both e a tes Non-io'tclture
Annuities K muted on tuvorahlo term
Term I o i, lea Cbll 'ren'a i ndowuiunta
'II.Ih Con piiiiv. Hbile Klv'ntr tbe Inaurwl tbe security
ot apiiidup C'a. Ha'.wlH divide tb entire pruiltf of tbe
Li e buaintui among lta Policy bolder.
Monet s rccelr. d at Interext, an I paid on demand.
Authorized bv charter to execute i rusts, and io act as
Fxecuior or Adniliilsirator Aanitttieo or (iuirdtati, aud
In other fldui laiy capuculra unnet appointment o any
( curt el' lliin t oniiiiouwealib or of anv person ur per
aeua, or bodies politic or corporate.
PIUKCTORe,
SA.MI'FL R.MIIPLM", HI 'HART) f'ADRUJtY,
J I Rr MIA II HM Kr K, HKNltl' I1AIM .
JOSHU A H. MOKttlS, ,f WISTAK M Kt) "VW.
11K I1AHD WOOD, I WM. I '. LiJ.NCiHIKElU,
i CABLES (Mtl'FIN
SAAlUEL B. SHIPLKT. UO V LAND PABRT.
President. Actuary.
TI OMA8 WISTAK. M. I)., J. B. T0WN9K 1.
7 21 S Medica Kauiiiier. Leual Advlsar.
T ANDSCAl'E DRAWING CAUDS, A BKAU-.
J J t it ul Frili s ot vlewa, tifteen In number doslgnel
tor the instruction ot Juvenile artists trice, 16 cenis a
parkaue Bf-llh ibe LVl MMi TKLKOKCPH. SEW
YOl-K t'LITl EK etc . will ba Iound on Kale at the
2U1 NK WS STANn.
p. W. corner BKVESTU and CHESNUT Street.
OACi SO nil STREKT.
J. DANCX)VA
Ladia and
e )H pay tbe bluhest pile
lentn' CHiloil ClotbiiMf. bo. ''-! cJl fj blcvai oelow
Kourtb.