The Ideal- "Girl" Realised.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1183, 26 September 1885, Page 6

The Ideal- "Girl" Realised.

It may be taken as a sign o£ the times and the beginning of a reaction in the cry for educating the masses, when a lady can advertise for a eervanfc woman and receive two replies from New England girls of excellent mental attainments. One of these girls frankly told this lady she longed for a qaiiet home, and was prepared to work hard to keep ; a roof over her head. She was refined and well educated, coming of an excellent family in Maine; ebe had tried to earn a living by teaching music and singing in church; but the Btriain on her nerves to live decently could not be Jborne longer, and now ehe determined to enter the service of a family, and do her duty there in a self-respecting manner. After some questioning as to the privileges to be expected, she replied that she desired employment, but as she could not associate with other servants aa friends, she claimed only the customary " day out," and to go to church on Sanday afternoon. The young lady was immediately engaged, and the good fortune of the bargain is mutual up to this date. A home rather than servitude has been secured, and the family already feels it possesses a trusty, c&nsoientnoas friend in the "household," who is a thorough lady, though she wears a white cap and apron, and works with perfect understanding of her many duties.— Boston Beacon.