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work for her board more especially as my 

 promised protegees, though needing a change 

 of climate, were represented as perfectly able 

 to do excellent work, besides being provided 

 with flaming credentials. The answers I 

 received ran somewhat in this wise : 



1 Well, to speak frankly, I hate to disturb 

 the peace of my family, and I have tried 

 having "ladies" to work for their board. 

 It's pretty hard doing all the work one's self, 

 but a tranquil life is worth paying something 

 for.' Or- 



1 You're still a "tenderfoot" as regards 

 Societies, I see. You will win your experi- 

 ence after awhile experience that you won't 

 forget, either.' 



No, I have not forgotten my experience ; 

 neither am I ever likely to do so. But let 

 me hasten to turn that bitter page. 



1 It's well enough here for the men,' ex- 

 claims the sympathetic masculine ; ' but it's 

 awful hard on delicate women.' 



Never was there a truer word spoken. 

 Let those who sit at home at ease, whose 

 ' housekeeping cares ' are by comparison 

 anywhere on this side of the ocean a mere 



