Just One Day.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 934, 24 January 1890, Page 4

Just One Day.

THIS LIFE OF A FASHIONABLE WOMAN IN LONDON IN THESE TIMES. What is the life of a fashionable and emancipated lady ? Let us turn to tlie Nineteenth Century aqd 1 e*d what Lady Oatheiiue Milnts GUskell has to say, Here is a specimen of the day’s rqqtine. She play's with the children. i* ha giyeg orders to tho cook and other servants.' She arranges for the recaption of visitors (expected and unexpected). She takes a turn at Herbert Spencer, She settles a dispute between butler and gaedemer {tHe gardener had * given orders ! to tho butler), She q-.nfutes the French governess who complain- of the el.iest daughter (qu’elle otait d nne impartinenoe iucruyable). She so itb.es the Board sohoolmaster (the curate ha-1 been presuming). She pacifies a tenant who wants his rent reduced, and doesn’t like being bitten iu the leg by a pet mastiff. ■She goes for a drive with her husband. She opeus a music hall and makes a speech. She reads the Bible to a sick woman in the parish. She receives her guests. She explains to her husband why the fish isn’t up to the mark. And then, p rliapa, she writes an article for a monthly magaziue. Ns wonder that nervous exhaustion is becoming as frequent among hard-living vvomou as gout among hard-drinking men.