When the housemaid is sent to order a cab, it by no means follows that she is to tell the cabman to drive her home by the shortest way.
If the master and mistress are medically attended by a Professor, it will not do to let the servants be treated by an ordinary doctor.
Stale bread will no longer be eaten.
When a serious misfortune is impending—e.g., a bankruptcy or the like—the servants ought always to be warned in time.
If the family have a box at the theatre or the opera, the servants should have the full use of it.
The family should not speak French at table while the maid is in the room, unless it has been previously ascertained that she understands that language.
Tips ought to be compounded for, just as much as tithes.
Uilenspiegel.
THE STORY OF A BOUQUET.
Alfred possessed two qualities common to many young men besides himself,—he was in love, and he had very little money.