is knife-board:
but with Betty and Susan who wield the playful mop, and set on the
simmering kettle. Surely you have heard Mrs. Toddles talking to Mrs.
Doddles about their mutual maids. Miss Susan must have a silk gown, and
Miss Betty must wear flowers under her bonnet when she goes to church
if you please, and did you ever hear such impudence? The servant in many
small establishments is a constant and endless theme of talk. What small
wage, sleep, meal, what endless scouring, scolding, tramping on messages
fall to that poor Susan's lot; what indignation at the little kindly
passing word with the grocer's young man, the pot-boy, the chubby
butcher! Where such things will end, my dear Mrs. Toddles, I don't know.
What wages they will want next, my dear Mrs. Doddles, &c.

Here, dear ladies, is an advertisement which I cut out of The Times a
few days since, expressly for you:

"A lady is desirous of obtaining a SITUATION for a very respectable
young woman as HEAD KITCHEN-MAID under a man-cook. She has lived four
years under a very good cook and housekeeper. Can make ice, and is an
excellent baker. She will only take a place in a very good family, where
she can have the opportunity of improving herself, and, if possible,
staying for two years. Apply by letter to," &c. &c.

There, Mrs. Toddles, what do you think of that, and did you ever? Well,
no, Mrs. Doddles. Upon my word now, Mrs. T., I don't think I ever did.
A respectable young woman--as head kitchen-maid--under a man-cook, will
only take a place in a very good family, where she can improve, and
stay two years. Just note up the conditions, Mrs. Toddles, mum, if you
please, mum, and THEN let us see:--

1. This young woman is to be HEAD kitchen-maid, that is to say there is
to be a chorus of kitchen-maids, of which Y. W. is to be chief.

2. She will only be situated under a man-cook. (A) Ought he to be
a French cook; and (B), if so, would the lady desire him to be a
Protestant?

3. She will only take a place in a VERY GOOD FAMILY. How old ought the
family to be, and what do you call good? that is the question. How
long after the Conquest will do? Would a banker's family do, or is
a baronet's good enough? Best say what rank in the peerage would be
sufficiently high. But the lady does not say whether she would like a
High Church or a Low Church family. Ought there to be unmarried sons,
and may they follow a profession? and please say how many daughters; and
wou