Correspondence.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3485, 15 April 1890, Page 2

Correspondence.

AKBOR DAY. [To lira Editor.] Sm.-Inyour issue of yesterday, I noticed that efforts are being made in Greytown to establish an Arbor Day on similar principles to those practiced in the United States The adoption of such a course would, I am satisfied, be productive of an incalculable amount of good, For is it not a lamentable faot, sir, that at, the present time the forests of this colony, upon whioh the populace will depend greatly for their, future comfort, are being demolished in a wholesale and careless manner? Should" not a Forest Conservation Bill (similar to that in vogue in Victoria) be introduced without delay in our New, Zealand Parliament, or a national Arbor Day bei instituted, though which alone a calamity to the colony can be averted ? Trusting that abler peiiß than mine will not overlook tho subject, lam,k • ■ I

Conservator, The Servant Girl Difficulty. (To the Editor.) ' Biß.—ln New Zealand at the 1 present time I think 1 am jußtiGed in 1 asserting that there is no greater ' difficulty confronting domestic circles 1 than that of 'procuring capable and energetic young women to act in the ; capacity of general servants. And 5 for an illustration of this faot it iB not j ' iieswsiry to proceed further than our | • own doors. In Mttßlerton at this very! hour it is almost an utter impossibility to procure tie services of a reliable, and trustworthy domestic. Either the young women of the district are competent only to sweep a floored make a bed, (and as for washing and cooking are entirely in tho aark), ' hlbb they are " wise in their own ■ conceits," and, like a young lady 1 ' heard of a couple of days ago, so ' assuming and officious that they wish ; to rule ibe whole household, and will ; net nuke an engagement with a mistress unless the latter guarantees 1 to allow them an hoar every afternoon for tuition on the piano, Now, i 1 ask, why is this ? Is not such a state of things a disgrace to the community) Tho mystery is easily solved. Here wh observe a young woman (or an individual who tenuß herself such) drossed in the latest Parisian fashions, and assuming greater dignity than might be expeotedfrom a " Duchess," simply because blib happens to be a milliner or a dressmaker, and is earning perhaps 2b Gd a week; whilst in tbe same house, under the same roof, dwell her.guardians, who have not so much as will decently cover-their backs, and are on tho very verge of starvation, Mothinks there is room for reformation. Is not this nufortunate reality the result of a false pride, of a wicked couceit, inculcated into the rising generation by-unscrupulous Bnd over-ambitious parents J Does not the fact stare us in tho face that the dressmaking, millinery, and othor similar labor markets for young women are glutted, to.the detriment of all, whilst mothers are groaning beneath the burdens of their household duties, and in many cases are , driven to a premature grave, because they cannot procure the services of-a ; general servant? The sooner parents j realise their position, and, instead of < placing tht'ir daughters in such offices ; as will fit them neither for a single or , married career, give them a more | honorable, (yes, I say more honorable) , And domesticating training, tbe hotter ( will it be for the community, Looking ( anxiously for a reform in this direc- j tion,—l utu, k, • ] MISIKEBS. ' (