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OVER THE TEACUPS
BY ANNIE S. SWAN

WILL some kind correspondent tell M. R. the name of the society which offers prizes for
long terms of service in the same household?
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I cannot advise J. L. to engage lady servants. The theory is good, but I have not yet heard of any case in which the practice was satisfactory.
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C. P. would like to make some extra pocket money, but with so many letters on my desk from women who have difficulty in getting bread to eat, I do not feel competent to deal with her case, or lake her seriously, though I don’t doubt that her little troubles are serious enough to herself.
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I doubt it would be difficult, if not indeed quite impossible, for E. A. 13. to find an opening in Germany such as she desires. There are few houses that would be willing to accommodate a companion help who brought along with her a chaperon in the shape of a cook. The idea is absurd no the face of it. I am sorry to be so blunt, but surely E. A. B. or her parents must see this. I don’t think it would be of the slightest use to try.
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I am interested in the letter of LASSIE from her lonely Indian home. Her bright, brave spirit is what makes sunshine in the place where she dwells. I am sorry her story is unsuitable and that I do not know how to help her with it. There are so many, one gets depressed.
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I don’t know how to help E. S. regarding he extreme nervousness and self-conscious It most be painful, but to me it is inexplicable, and would seem to indicate an exaggerated sense of one’s importance. in the world. If E. S. would try to remember that she is a very unimportant unit in the great scheme of creation, and that people are too busy und mostly too much interested in their own affairs to spare many thoughts for her, she might get cured. But perhaps the cure would be more painful than the disease.
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Among many appeals for help from various good causes at this time oise is pleased to mention the Homes for Motherless Children at Chiswick. Many a man left desolate, might be glad to hear of a place where his motherless little ones would be cared for. It is not a charity so far as he is concerned, as he is expected to pay according to his means. The benevolent public, however, are asked for support in order that the needy who cannot pay may be helped in their dire distress. Full particulars may be obtained from the Founder, Mr. R. T. Smith, 90, Thornton Avenue, Chiswick.