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Bridget O ’Ftannigan. If ycz onreasonable enough to want mow
worruk and guv less priviliges than Oi offer, mum, ycz may hunt till
ye7. finds such a. fool, inurn. [E xii Bridget in high dudgeon.j
Mss. G,— 'Well, mother, this is ' ceasing to be amusing, and is
getting discouraging. I am beginning to fear I cannot secure good
servants any longer, and we shall just have to board.
Mrs. L.— Then the difficulty will be to get a boarding-house where
they will take children.

M r s . G.— A h, yes ! The poor children will have to be boarded at
an orphan asylum or the poorhouse, I suppose. Eventually, we will
have to have in this country institutions for boarding children and call
them “ Homes for Unfortunates.”
Mrs. L.— Well, there 153 the bell again. Let us hope once more.
[iVancy ushers in a very much over-dressed girl, who walks in ivitk a
very supercilious air, helps herself to a chair tvilh considerable flourish,
and proceeds to inspect Ike room and the two ladies ivitk much sharpness
and arrogancc ,~\
M rs. G. (zvtth marked disapproval m her voice).— You have come to
apply for a place? What is your name ?
Maud [pertly).— My name is Maud Angelina Snigginson, and 1
came to inquire into the place you are offering.
M rs. G. {drily) ,— Yes. Well, there is not much to explain. I
want a good cook. Can you supply that need ?
Maud.— Just let me put a few questions at you, Mrs. G. {Maud
speaks only the initial letter.) That will be more business-like. Do
you keep a butler? How many maids have you? Do you keep a
carriage and a con eh man ? Is this the only house you have? I
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mean, have you a country place? Do you give your cook an
assistant— that is, to wash the dishes, do all the plain cooking, and
wait on the lady who is head cook? Have you a ball-room, a
billiard-room, a music-room, and sufficient bath-rooms for your
upper assistants? Do you evcv require a cook to be in evenings,
and how many days in the week and what part of the winter do
you require her assistance-? What is the salary per year? Have