MISCELLANEOUS.
Shuttlecock.—Your writing is unformed; but promises well, as your letters are neatly made, and your note is without blots and erasures.
Anxious.—In writing your letter to the Countess of So-and-So, you should begin “Madam ——,” and in your letter should refer to her as “your ladyship.” You would address to her as “The Right Honourable the Countess of So-and-So.” This is the proper form for business letters such as yours. In society you should not say, “your ladyship”; but, once in a way, “my lady,” or speak of her thus to a fellow guest, or one of the family, if an equal.
Helene.—The usual allowance for a girl’s pocket money, out of which she has to supply gloves, stamps and writing-paper, is about eight or ten shillings a month. But the parents’ purse must settle that question.
A. B. C.—If accustomed to cooking, dressmaking and housekeeping, why not look for a situation where, in one of these things, you can earn your living. If you have a minister or clergyman whom you know, you might get him to speak to your family; but going to law would be of no service at all to you, and we doubt whether you could recover any wages. A housekeeper’s place would suit you, we think. Be of good cheer, “the darkest cloud has a silver lining,” and we cannot think that everybody means to treat you badly. By your own account, your mother worked for you, when you could not work for yourself.
Sybil.—We do not know whether there be any value for the silver foil; but we heard of a lady who had made use of it by having it melted into a jug. Many people collect it, and when a large enough ball is obtained, use it for holding a door open.
Muriel.—The word in English that begins with “A” and ends with “V.” There is no word “in English” in which the “v” is not followed by an “e.” The name of the sea called “of Azov” is not English. Probably she has made this mistake. Your writing is fairly good and legible, but not pretty.
A Reader of the “G.O.P.”—The first thing in beginning a Servants’ Registry is to get an office and furnish it, and the next is to make a connection, if you have not made one before beginning. The best way to gain experience is to get a situation in a registry office as an assistant, and learn the routine of the office work—how to receive and manage the applicants, both servants and employers, and the amount of fees to be charged. Your writing is not very good, and your letter is of the vaguest. If you have a small shop already, you would find it easier to begin a registry.
Louise.—There is an excellent Training School in Liverpool, Royal Institution, Colquitt Street, Hon. Sec. Miss Fanny L. Calder, 49, Canning Street, where all domestic branches—including sewing, dressmaking, millinery, dairy and laundry work, and cooking—may be learnt. This is near you. There is also an excellent one in Edinburgh, 3, Athole Crescent, Hon. Sec. Miss Guthrie Wright. Boarders are received. You can write for prospectuses to both, as either would answer your purpose. The Leaton Colonial Training Home is at Wrockwardine, Wellington, Salop. Here girls are trained for all practical work, and the terms are moderate.
L. M. O.—We regret to state that neither of the books possesses any commercial value. A good bookseller would purchase them only if they happen to be in a very fine contemporary binding.
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