i;2 OBSERVATIONS OF A RANCHWOMAN 



Moral : If your family is large enough to 

 keep the industrious and methodical China- 

 man employed, get one. If his wages are 

 beyond the capacities of your purse, or your 

 family is too small, provide yourself with a 

 Mexican woman, and do the fine cooking 

 with your own hands. Best of all, if there 

 are two or three feminine members of your 

 household each able to take her share, divide 

 the work between you, and hire a native 

 occasionally to sweep and scrub. If, how- 

 ever, you are all delicate, and there is a ranch 

 to be looked after, you may find even this 

 arrangement somewhat wearing. But it is 

 the best you can do. 



Above all things, avoid American female 

 help, as she is grown in the Far West. With 

 apologies to the inevitable exceptions to the 

 rule, this tragic tale may close. 



