TOO PARTICULAR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 16 September 1880, Page 2

TOO PARTICULAR.

i Women servants (writes the San Francisco correspondent of the Auckland Herald) are a little worse than thoy aro in New Zealand, if possible. They aro dainty, exceedingly ; require to see their sleeping-room before engaging a place, and frequently -wanting the use of the parlor once a week for their friends. : A friend of mine told me a cook came one evening to engage heraolf. ; Her husband- happened to ,bo Bitting in the room, and was infinitely amused at the questions of the womaa such as "Is the dinner always over by seven?" "Can Igo out three times » week ?" " Can I attend church on Sunday?" " Can I see my bedroom V "I can only sleep in a room with a northern aspect," &c. " I will show you the badroom," said the gentleman, and rising, the " help" followed. Arrived at a largo handsome apartment, he flung open the door—- " This is the only room with the aspect yoa desire, it is mine, but I shall be but too happy to vacate it in your interest." That " help " turned and walked so quickly away that a lamplighter would scarcely have overtaken her. I have had a similar experience ; but then I have had also a Chinaman so "high-toned" that ho took the blankets off my bed to put on hisowo„ because, ha said, they were a "hoap> whiter " than his. But so far from Jioh' l ' going, it appears at present very like hisi being the conquering hero in a few-yflMk time.