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Show lirllUh nafitlai. Vet.!. Sunnily ron.ume.1 by lb ".Worn." " children of Greet w."'.. laaefrtd b women. w,,'lrTrir aw,w "omen "" "Si.rlhV"ltl and ndlett "" iiiu7lhreeklngdom.. Whl "?S.! ' 0MtOKcl.IT at large, '" L.i. ih.raoler. good or bd, ""Ci "nd nVor.1., 'l'"lln " "!" ibi clVwr, church .ocHlleanJ """T.lriM never teem W havo "' tb"mlVA U,ut lb. latter, "ulrtil th0t llf of lb.i...l ten f..d orl"l"nltjr far freuueui J&Mf IhMoltrltWi barmaid.. Dor- "ill..! Ave rear., have been I.rWcnlM8 of my Ufa. At Jfflit, n..uy may regard then, 'v.rjlr miming letloil contldefa-l',5' contldefa-l',5' iiWitom. they ar.re.lly Jm o. ndltry are redolent 5 b. . Thrt. rare old fallow, who !,! or rather nli-t't, "In chamtieri" S.1I. BrtlM root! of lh. took, which uT.lu" uif down through lb. Uth Jftll hwotttrtw, nd own m nt.r Sfeir.w'r.iu! JSSt .bill t, Kngll.h lller.ture. &" ee.tr.1 .nd gnSJett on .th, .aYtb.eiplgoth.ve .vir known ckne wJSbrV And even If Utile tlrei rti to Ihe ."" of ' Ztl narkllag humor, Iho moil tbiravln iltullou, nd uo mean iuaUfofth.nio.t chute and ilhl klrflJenbi known lo UlUd lovtrjr and fldlotu Ihlf fa not attentive of UitUrmilJ. It merely hUtotlo of Lri!!rftcd irwenvn In literature. AdJ I li.ro e-fwii thought becaurn It it ie became Hi" I'Utllo bOUM of clil ad tot Urmald of old became Brlihli Inilltullou., unconwiouily tutugh uulttrtelly grounded 111 tin uutntti heart, they have turtlrod civ-Wutlon civ-Wutlon .lid decay, Uo tbl line, thrre .re two UiIuki lUut the llrllltli td which wo in Atortlc. utlfily fall to coinirliend. Until tli llrlton' Mlon.t loy.ltjr M inttliloE nncllonod by urmtlKo.ud undlUfl byprHtd'nt IntotbotUlu. !ilaitltutlon (IliltUb IntUtutlom iitl .11 tlm mur honor Ui him lt; for lun.tJmdf.ttntit) and 1 In . D4llvu't own r ried .11 (uA.1 .(bUK. If Ud onn liii'i" v remain, brr Is tbe nr.i;o Ilrltou, hhjti ,lllnj who will rtt.lu and In .11 "rlilitA," Kood or lad, b llttrtturt, lorlrty, ircvnltnt ;oTrrututut b.vt muktU out far with. itlnclly .nd brtvrry b Aitt to tt Krly th.iut Iho hi tureofmntlAtntrlc.il itoilo to itiotr rf Uorirument.l, moiiopol. iliI ttbrr ftiiiruiicliiutut. Ii our ictiii golnu . Iouk war for il nuimo. Hut It In undeiilabljr Urn Uoauin tbe barmaid nu tf titrated I rto HrllltU ln.lt i tbruiith KiiiIIkIi llltrature; In-cauH) In-cauH) Hit ol Jer .ujr atntluieut or thlujc, btrrloK tbe barmaid henelf. It in Ilriuin tbe more eudi-arlnily It Ii i lJ; and bxauti our Ilrltttb nulla. duo r workman win bay. hit wlno or Ulltj" from tbe hand of taii-ruoni iltlolljr, whtlbtr .11 tbe world like It ot not, )r;(ulyi of the Amnion "Urttndtt" It tier unknown, ami WW) wbutn itrte Su.uoo.uoo Urltlth 0le with thtlr brewa and aolrlU to. illy. Tlitrt are otbtr tlltxtt.tuch aa IIh rapid nation. I Incrtue In the con-unitlon con-unitlon of Ibiuort; the Incmtaln.-toatr Incmtaln.-toatr In tolllUa an I Irxl.htlun of the lliUirr InternU; and, worn, tb.u .11, ihetianllocliKiri'aM of, Uiuurilrlnk. In(ttll ulaun of lirlalu wouitn: Dii ni.li of wblcb Wtt.ud awl vol-umoiDli(htU vol-umoiDli(htU wrllU-u. lluttbuRreat bntoflimlih barmaid Ii what the Drltlih .e like and will hate) and, ttlntarcouiittdfor, It ouly rwaialua to i-ik of tlil particular olaai .a It InJI-tUutlly InJI-tUutlly aud collrvllrelr eililt. llural Eu.land la a tbloiof tbe tut: and Ibtrv narer waa a rural Hoot-land Hoot-land or rural Irelanl whrre the iwwt old luu.ndtbe awtet younj! Uruald wire bavtua aud obltoU of naurlal aud elhloej U.llKbt. Willi UetMoftbe coaching Uaya waa an e.doftbtlnoi, and Willi iheni, lonje ;nr the olJ iKinJon lyiie h.d rone, faWawauhe cherry-cheeked Iltbe or tb rural Imit.lry, Tu be aure, ".TOU are (rnulne traiup who "III twit old nooka of tirotlucl.l toUud and HoollauJ for tho ttryloveofadtenlure, uu will now "tf then Mill (IndagontletwIiiKln rap and apron, whoae ter pnueuoe bahljd the on board-IIko Ur rfll. your n'nd with all manner of rhlvalrout Vndu, uutll the whole locality lakta ini . majical eremlng aa of tunthlue inlnjutn. Hut II you remain long ""ty )ou And tbat .Ten Ihia rural "I1 hi already tainted by modern uu. "," A farratr'a daughter, tho child of Km. cattle gamtkuepur, of a widow .ki,.k.w,?ror,,""o underling of i..! ? ..., d,lSl,li ho Jia. already ainbition niisj un iillnburgb, ih.W"t.Li"'l1001 or 'ot'don.or even ijtbrjhl, Winy railway rafrtahment-joojit, rafrtahment-joojit, , and a year thereafter, you will h. r'"utyndrert, ttraliht and .'.W'Wbllo-houwUrmaldJ, at l&n n bo1' ww,l found." 'ob'y .one-half of tile whole I !... ' '"ffom Uieetein.l oyer. i,hW,',u'r" """ '" without U.1 lTlB"orl tendeuclo.,hayeover. utft?1 lt .'" "nllmont and th. tJ. i. "l-c'"""... aprlnglog from iff!; i,lw", "T '"to thU manner of IT. and tmiloyintiit. on 2i! r""."1" ',u" liay.dayelopod. Jul. fni',ir'l,u? 1"1 cotlnd. A. ffi. I. .iff' w,n,1"Jl'i.. I have nought oitmT1, rc,"0f luu,for hou.lng: not only from motive, of tomforl, bill iu.iJLft,Il",.,ln v-"ouannd y.g.rl-"J y.g.rl-"J form, of character ttudyi lout on a Sur'I'J1"!'1' V "B ta compared.wlth tU,.F",,.'',I,l,oUI' ' h "wcoud EJhV ,l'". I have Tocured lala.,1 t""l",'l" "n'' confidence, at il,...?. '"',,m ' '"any luatance., .mil. KuJwlllou of '"on. of the hi v lV itllu luB'" ll0,t ' lion , ; i N.0.. ,?,"1f "" by tnolln.. b.i.1,,W.if?r.',ono,1l In front of lalQ.,!','' Vikl l ' Wway. found ii?I.rl'":t.,roll,,vwUioe ubo ex. "" within them. There, In tbl UndloM'. or landlady, chair of honor i - "'!.'' wnlto apparently reading niy mall, or .canning Iho paper-, I bar been favored at all hour, of (ho iW.f?'.' "'"'IdrturM of life In llrlll.hl "rul-. tbe Ur-rooint at. laohed to Inn. or rMtauranl. are hero unlvertally calledl and, during their momenta of rtU between cii-tomer.' demaod., I have received from Ilrltlh barmaid. themelve. Inuuratrable kindly, bont.t, and altogether woman. rt!.r,T,l,llon "a to their prevlou. cun. dlllon, with the mode and motive of their live.. OriaAf lheflr.1 .orlm of careful In-qulrle. In-qulrle. ml waa In reference, to the aource. of .uMily ol female, for tlil. vooilon. Who were thwo bright, h.ndom, gr.reful womeu7 Wiial manlier of aocl.l condition w. that out. ." wl'ldi they iimtl llow r-ould 2iW,000 women, apparently nl to grio retpecUble and re. nne boiiiea, nime .iicll inieillon.blo employment a. tbl. of thelt own voll-llont voll-llont Of what ttuir, In thekul.e of wom.il, Willi all of uom.n'a wll, wlf. l and wliuomoii' ' In phytlcl grace, could m vatt ami nuomalau. a claw be criatvd? Thee and many .Itnllar apecul.tlont abng with ceate. lewerMii.llnqulrl.re.ulted In the following fact, and rlgum being entered throughout my note hooka. I do not kuow whether Ibew averagm on about I TOO will hold true with i,-(WO. i,-(WO. They at It-net terve a. a but. fir repuleble conjecture; and bring the tuhjeot, In lu entirely, home tu nil who give thought tn Mclologlcal 'lueatlou. wild Unuiual llnpreatlvenrM. IMugMttnotfanntni, villager., and 0lirr,,ou" . nirloyea ou etlatu of lh. Urltlth nobility, 70o: il.ughter. of .mtll tr.dtim.u, :lt putdl-can.' putdl-can.' daughter., aliUr. aud other female relative., 1871 factory-girl., factory-girl., .11;' .tam.tre.ie. and milliners 6; dlvorcnl wlvea, II; n-himl-ml.. Irriwe, 72; drapera1 and other olerk., XI; telegraph operator anil ilal employee, em-ployee, (I) aotreanea, variety and other-wlte, other-wlte, ) rubier., S8 ranvt.Hrt, It; un.uccee.fut .Inger. and muilo teacher., teach-er., . I; ralulon worker., Hunday-nhool teachera and "Halvatloulibi," fit; photograph pho-tograph colorl.ta and "artltta" generally, gener-ally, 19: "literary" ieru-s of whom had written pvtini, t Immplilour, 4 tail-lada, tail-lada, and t book., all of which "had been publl. bed." the balance of whom might Unkutliled a. "hummi varlou." .T'J while 1.1 had been dometllce; 1$ eOullery ts.ld.: 7 governewet; and SI a. nurtery maid, vrrglnally hail the molding of thetulnd. and moral, of the llrllltli youth, t took Ditto figure, to a very noted Kngllih thinker, lender and writer, a manwhota name la a familiar one In every uew.paper and houx-hold throughout tho :ngllilirakltig world. He ei.mlned them carefully; teemed lott In rtllectlou far a time, aud gave hit view, regarding the tool, ologlcal etudy In rapidly proiauudod rtturuiutatlona,.fterourtrue V.nktti faahlon. "Vou have a great mauy women In America at the prewnt lime known aa 'agitator.' and 'reformer.,' have you not?" "Aud ha. not each one a lulmlon or theme, or a divine call, to gallop, plunge and cavort about, .hrleklug but all manner of tiotea of warning regarding regard-ing the eu.lavement of her tea; "Aud do not three female, eound tlmbrele. beat totndotut, and uvvrrlde everything ittaull.li.d, tender aud acred, In an effort to attract attention to themaelvie,. until. U.e. ivaud, true wlvea and mother, of your country are whipped Into partial endorsement, the Clergy bullied Into .Hence and your editor., through a forgivable chivalry, lullutnced Into lending them a qua.) uptvrt? 'Well, air, preclMly tbe aarae female, or rather unfruiale, qualltlet, which through three mental harridan, am aocomplltblug the gradual untexlug of American women and the revolutionizing revolu-tionizing and dealrucllou of the American Amer-ican home, are at the root ofourcur.nl barmaldayttem. It la .Imply a diner-ent diner-ent form of expreiialon of ihe Mine original evil a female viloii for tome manner of notoriety. Vour over-lred over-lred and uudar-piluclpled Amtrl-c.nfamale, Amtrl-c.nfamale, wholoaunoteudor.e homo-maklug, homo-maklug, through the pretemeof .omo lieaveu.endor.ed mU.lun,atunce enter, uopu a career of home.breaklug. Kite pof-ea aad potc, lilgglee and wrlgglo along a gamut of 'lama' aud 'lata' Irum female .uflmge pail a .core of reform, lo C'hrlillan rtclencc, thcoaorhy and .plrltu.ll.m Into the caiaclou. untom of tho Over-Soul lleelf, meantime pauilng anywhere lull to long ..the m.y continue a illalurblog element; evtr thrilled aud ecatatlo over any manner of notoriety oonduclug to what the by.tarlcally Imaglnea lia becomo a 'career.' Our Unntlda are Jutt that aort of male femalea; proud of tap-room publicity; eager for tawdry notoriety; conaumed wllh ambition far a public career. Hut we are the moat fortunate nation. Willi ua, rigid and healthful aoclal limitation, force thcau charaotera Into their proper place at once. Your female bird, of preydeflle and fatten upon your lendertet nod moat aacred aoclal and dumettlo In.tl-tutlon.. In.tl-tutlon.. Our., Impinge only upon our lowcat national weaknetMO." Mthy WincoMlder tbl. UlllUlioom-parlaou UlllUlioom-parlaou and eetlmate of our aulTerlug alaterhooU a. a very wvare one, Heme will be ung.ll.nl enough to regard It aa au unju.t claatlflcatTon of ilrlll.h barutalda themtelvea. Aa a rule, 1 have found them hard-worklng women. wo-men. Few ever know a holiday. They are on thtlr, fwt from 12 to 10 hour, tier day. Whatever their natural ton-il.ucle., ton-il.ucle., Uiey are perforce hount. The Urltlali baraytttm I. entirely dlOVrent from our., .nd .till retain, much of tho flavor of the old cu.tom of Iho publican and bit wife titling In their own private pri-vate room and .ervlng cuilomer. with liquor, through a little ehelf-oottomed window; while tbe publican, hlawlfr, or ami inember of the family, It never .Uent from the bar during builucta hour.. Tbl. It muck protection to the peraonaltly of the barmaid. Though you way regal d her aa lott to all moral tenets, and the algnlrUnce ot word., through, the endleu repetition of lufamoua uuguage In hei imtenou bydrunktu brutet, uraluleta t.d. .ml clever rouet, lu the main the rem.lua incuurvably free from rough trial num. The modern Urltlth bar It practically w.lled intention of the anoleut Urltlah bar-window. Thero la no acceaa to it from the pnlillo room. It la at high a. your chin. The Ur-maid Ur-maid bereelf, behind her allver beer and ale pumpo, atand. two frat above you, a (harming aludy In black, white and carnation a black, perfacl-ntllug gown, a dainty whit apron, the glory of tho rote lu, or ou, her cheokt anil llpa. She It, lu fad, J u.t a. mnit men love to aee womau; auggettlve of do-mettlclty do-mettlclty lu her ralmeut, aud etiarmlug lu her figure and face. Hut .Iter a day aud evening of banter and wile., through which .core, of pocketfhave bun emptied, brain, be-iloudtd be-iloudtd and her luattar further tu- rlcbod, tho lilghmt aud Ihe lowiet are romortelrwly thiil from tight of hr nulling faeo. II I. a .til, weitltd, llreil face now, Hlie la ptactloally u prltoiier Iherr. Kba live, with Itie liublkan'a family, he got. lo a room not fit for a dog', keeping, tuatt lira a faw hourt'tleeiiaud I. again at hor wl behind the bar lo, cheer , aud wheedle the Iremlillng iliuukatdt of Ihe early morning lioun. Her mtala are matched between faroolou ruihe. pf ctMioniera at the bar. Hlie mutt know everybody; Le conlitnt of Mimrlhlug aliml everyllilmi; hate a nothing) ord for rum be devllnl tern- Kor; placidly .liteti to dl-utlona of trtolf like Ihote iiu an animal; accept direct and Infamou. I mull with Invitation In her eye. and honeyed word, upon her tlJ ymiolhellcally receive coufldemee ol tbe niotl tHcreif nud damual.le character; charac-ter; lu brief, lo the end of her day., n main a tutible Venui far the woithlp aud tlaviry et lltcihui' crawl aud maddened victim.. Kor all thl. the recelvm from alx lo twenty .hilling, p.r wetk and "keep." Homo matter, provide gown, mid apron.. The lucouvelvable degradn. Hon of bur calling can only bo hinted at lu the tUtemonl of fmt thai there I. but one .lace In Uteil llrluln-.t the refrmhnient bar. of Indlng rail, way italloiit where refur.1 tn terve one who Intuit, htr would not lead to htr tmuieillale dltcharge wltlioul "a ihar.iler." Theloivntgr.de In her vocation It among the tillort "l'ul," In tlmM'iniior SUrylebone, Liverpool, and l:l llnd, trillion; the hlghett, In the girieunt l.oi. n Witt I'.u.l car. What I ecu lira I hem? Mai.y llu at an tally age of bi-n dlteate. the retultof their foul environment. Kew drill Into the utinamealile iliwea, I.ver KYlug the wont tide of men, thty nru armvl, though roughly, agalntl bmplatleu. Home te-onie te-onie managerniMHi of hint, "l'ul," of railway refiMbment noma and cafe, with a bevy of younger bur-lualda bur-lualda under them, uf thenn raueeiimt, and all manner nf enlerprltea at tea tide resort. Many mirry reputable men, but drift lock Into thtlr old llvit. i:ngllih nobility', rank, have hem recruited from their number; aud re-tently re-tently a wealthy young American of llalllmorewaduuucf the mottbenutl. ful and good of their kind In the three klnodorat an Irlth barmaid at Colt,. No honett man ran tiak of them un-kludlya.acl.it. un-kludlya.acl.it. The rower behind them It mi-ontlble for Ihu evil they .ccompllih. That It Incalculable. He. cute of thtlr pretence, countlctt HrittMi women find It e.iy to become drunk. nit. Jlerauto of their agree. ability, aymthetlo klndllnem and oulrlcht bland Ithmenta, all grade, and condition, of man aro more and more enrlcblug the Urltlth drauithopwlth all that thould preterve and .anctlfy the Hrlllih home. l.l.MR I.. Wakeiian. |