CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 21, 25 January 1875, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

SERVANT-GALISM\ To the Editor of the 'Evening Mail. Sir— ln common with many of our neighbors my wife and I have to complain that servants are the plague of our lives. Ido not expect you to propose any remedy, but I like to tell my grievanoep. The amount of " servantgalisrn" in the colony bids fair to rival that in the old country. I will give you one inatance of my own experience One day a young lady friend called at our house, and, in^the absence of my wifo, the domestic became chatty. She b^can thua : — 'l suppose you know Miss as how lam a ieuvin." On being answered in the negative she appeared quite surprised that her mistress had been able to hiile her (jrief at her lojip, and continued "Yes, I'm a loaviu; you Bee Miffs I've been ao,(!Ußlom'd to very (For continuation see fourth page )

grand places; this place is not grand enough for me. I likes the mistress and all that, but I wants a bigger place; i I ueefl to be at (mentioning a very big name), bat. the mistress eaid I was lazy, and this wbb very unladylike I think, Miss; I don't think she could be a lady, for I waß hill, so hill, that I oould hardly move about. I waa only there a short time," and this last statement I don't at all wonder at, for until they lose a very great deal of their taonsense they are not likely to remain long anywhere. The girl was a newcomer, and had new-comer ideas, and, if it is true, as some of them assert, that, in -the case of domestic servants finding their places hard they can go back to the depot until an easier one is procured for them, it is very probable that a great number will always pronounce their places " hard." It is wrong that •uch ideas should be suggested to them. A place should be obtained for them, and, when fairly launched, they should be left to sail by themselves without the paternal care of the immigration officer, there being no difficulty in obtaining situations as domestic servants in this town. At present they fully believe that at aDy time they will be .welcomed back with open arms to the , _ „.„. I am, &c, Inpelix Nelßon Jan .21, 1874.