ing
down in working-hours, they conclude that she is not earning her
wages, and hunt up some extra job for her. No matter if you can't
find anything undone, if she is found sitting about she _must_ be
lazy.

9. Some employers think that after the more violent work is done,
it is only a rest for the girl to look after the child awhile. They
don't seem to realize that if the mother finds it such a relief to
get rid of her own child for an hour or so, it is likely to be
still less interesting to take care of somebody else's child.

10. Many people think the position of a child's nurse is very light
work indeed,--mostly just sitting around; so they don't hesitate to
give her the care of one or two children all day, not even
arranging for her to get her meals without the oversight of them;
and then most likely put the baby to sleep with her at night. Any
one minute of such a day may not be heavy, but to have it for
twenty-four hours is enough to wear out the strongest human being
ever made.

11. I knew a school-teacher who thought more active occupation
would better suit her health; she took a place as child's nurse.
She loved children, and found no objection to the work; but soon
the employer concluded to put her in a _bonne's_ cap and apron. My
friend would have worn and liked a nurse's uniform, but she
objected to a family livery. On this question they parted; and her
employer hired an uncouth, ignorant woman to be her child's
companion and to give it its first impressions.

12. In most houses, however elegant, the girls have no home
privacy; they must sleep, not only in the same room, but most
frequently in the same bed; it is rarely thought necessary to make
that room pleasant or even warm for them to dress by or to sit in
to do their own sewing. The little tastes and notions of each
member of the family, down to the youngest, are provided for; but a
"girl" is not supposed to have any. She is just a "girl," as a
gridiron is a gridiron, an article bought for the convenience of
the family. If she suits, use her till she is worn out and then
throw her away.

13. To go into house service, even from the most wretched slop or
factory work, is to lose caste in our own world; it may be a very
narrow world, but it is all to us. A salesw