Nothing To Eat

A man's fumily may consist of a wife and several daughters, for whorn he provides by arduous daily labor, and i yet bis comforts, the very necessities of his existence will be dependent on the capacity of ono general servant, who must wait upon and attend to the orders of her mistress and the " young ladies," as well as cook the meals, iron master'a shirt nicely, and do the drudgerv. If shu turns out an ignoramus, as is oiton tbc case, when changes are so frequent, theie is a chorus of lamentation frora the whole family. The new girl cannot vvash and iion, cannot broil properly, cannot make hot biseuit, or dress poultry, and the entire household must therefore be put on short and vile allowance, and submit to oth er inconveniencies, until a substitute is found better informed as to her duties. Such a thing as dividing up the ork of the house and poriorming for themselves some of the nicer culinary operations, so that tho regular machínory of the establishment shall not be interrupted, seeras never to enter the heads of the female members of the fnuiily. The " young ladies" exhibit their U-dressed hair and unbrushed nails at the late breakfast tablo, and complain loudly of the short comings of that unfortunate meal, but they would be amazed if even "papa" were to daro hint that they held the remedy in their own hands. This dependence upon "holp" is disgracelul to American women. There ïs no necessity for all doing vvhat ík tuchnically called " their own work," but every mistress of a house should understand how to praetioally opérate in every department, and be able and expect to instruct her daughters ro that health and comfort niay be quite independent of a servaut's ignotance or caprices. A man has a right to demand this as a return for his labor in providing for their wants ; and it is a great proof of forbearance on the part of men in general, that they submit to so much disoomlort, the result of laziness, ignorance and ialse pride, on the part oí their wives and daughters. - Nothing to eat, could be as often and as truthfully placed over the comparatively rioh rnan's dining-door as over the poor man's cellar, all for want, not of raw material, but of cooks. - Jenny June. The New York Express says hirge quantitiefi of goods continue to be reshipped back to Europe, the leading hot!8es having refused to buy them at the priees for wbich they are offered.