The Domestic Problem—Two Extremes.

"Wanted, Housemaid and Kitchenmaid; Paying Guests."

"Scullery or Between Maid required immediately for Derbyshire; wages £218."

Morning Post.


"On Wednesday evening a fire broke out in Mr. J. Elkin's scutch mill at Kilmore, near Omagh, which resulted in the complete destruction of the premises. It is surmised in the absence of anything which would indicate the origin of the outbreak that it resulted from a heated journal."—Belfast News Letter.

An unusual quantity of inflammatory matter has been observed recently in the Irish Press.


Past. The Artist and the Village Maid. Present. The Village Maid and the Artist.