G. A. SALA'S OPINION ON BARMAIDS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2037, 28 July 1885, Page 4

G. A. SALA'S OPINION ON BARMAIDS.

" Pretty bai maids," remarked Mr Sala, when interviewed on the subject, "form, with us in England, a social institution. They arc reiy well conducted, uprightly girls, as a rule, and many of them gat good huslnnds, if they arc only sensible enough — and most ot them are — to keep vii tuous. Sj iers and Pond, the eminent refic-hment cateiers, and who own hotels in many pa>ts of England — are hotel millionaiieo, in fact — introduced the system of employing barmaids. Spiers anil Pond came from Australia. They were the rust to revolutionise the English system of the railway refreshment rooms. They established a service of pretty, cheerful barmaids at all the various buffets with which they are connected. Their barmaids arc not only renowned for their good looks, civility, and smart business abilities, but also for their very decorous demeanor and yirtuous reputations. At almost every lefreshment room in England the ordinary polite toast of travellers is, ' The Pretty Barmaid." At the Ludgate Hill Buffet, London, a large number or these barmaids are employed — all virtuous and pretty gills. It is a charming sight to see them marching, two and two, to the Temple Church, in charge of an appointed attendant, in the pretty uniforms provided by Spiers and Pond." " Then I understand that you approve of the employment of barmaids and lady waitresses ?" u Certainly. A pretty girl ia preferable to a man, because she lends a gentleness and charm to social amenities, which could never bo created by a man. A refinement, too, is added to tho snrronndings. She is a check, too, on the use of bad language, or to the indulgence of prankish boisterousness. A barmaid, too, does not bet and make books on the next horse race ; and, perhaps, lose more than she can afford, and then, perhaps, filch the difference out of her employtr's till — as many barmen have been known to do. She doesn't smoke and swear and hob-nob with drunken guests. "I know that the opposing argument is that pretty barmaids encourage immoderate drinking, and lure brainless young fops to frequent bars. I have seen some of this, but I have always noticed that such a brainless young fop didn't want much allurement. If the barmaid were not there, he, instead of sucking his cane and staring at her with stupid round sheep' 3 eyes, would be haunting the billiard rooms and ruining himself by fancy bets. "We liko 'The Pretty Barmaid' — ' The Little Barmaid ' — in England. Further, wo like 'The Buxom Landlady,' w horn we find here and there, and with respect to w horn there is always a comfort in her ehcery smile and her ready bustling activity in attending to our wants. B.u maids <ue tre.ited with universal respect and courtesy in England, and they deserve it."

Ik peas be dressed with paraffin oil, in the proportion of a tablespoonful of oil to a quart of peas, and sown wet, no mice will touch them. Ew ks ami Lambi should ha\c a good bite of sweet succulent herbage, rye, clover, and rye grass, or good aftergrass, kept over for that purpose, to enable the lambs to have a good supply of milk. If the lambs get stunted in growth now from poverty of keep no after care w ill restore them. Milch Cow* should have a moderate supply of roots, with hay, to keep them up to their full milking properties, if possible, until a supply of rye, winter \ etches, or lucern comes in. " There w.m an old ni.in .md ho had an old cow. But he had no fodder to gi'e her, So he took down hi* hddlo and played her a tune— Consider, pond cow, consider ; ThU U not the time of yu.n fur the gras-, to glow ; Con->idei good cow, consider " Ciivnu, the Chinese giant, who will be well i emembei ed in this colony , has man ied an Ameiican lady, who is reputed to be worth £40,000 He himself has a share in a valuable tea plantation in China. Mis Chang reaches the respect »ble altitude of Gft 3in, but says she will always look up to her husband. Condition of Dairy Cow-..— A cow giving milk should never be f.it. Either the milk is deficient in quantity or quality, often both. The best cows are never fine looking animals, except to the eye of (in expert, who can see behind tho rough and bony frame evidences of good milking qualities. Amkkkhx (Ikauei. —This term is not, as is often supposed, synonymons with cross breds. It is commonly understood in America to cover all animals resulting from a cross of common with pure-bred stock, where the cro^s bred is the produce of a cross between two pure.bredi. Jkr-fy Cows i\ Dunns.— A writer in the Country (Jentleman argues the advantage of having for tho butter dairy one Jeisey cow to two or throe other breeds in the herd, thegiound being that the mixed milk gives butter of a better colour and tirmcr texture. Dorsetshire dairymen used to bargain for at least one Jeisey to ten common cows. A SiV(.nr,Aii Fi.owm. — A flower has been discoveied in South America which is visible only when the wind is blowing. The shtub belongs to the cactus family, and is about three feet liiyli, witli a crook at the top, giving it the appearance of a black hickory cane. When the wind blows a number of beautiful flowers protrude from little lumps on the stalk. It is really time that our American cousins reformed the nomenclature of pome of the towns and cities of tlie United States. In a lecture recently de liveied before the American (jeogranhical Society, by Mr I). D. Field, he quoted the following names as occurring in the Gazetteer : — You lift, Popcorn, Dirt Town, Wild Cat, Cub Run, Cut .Shin, Bake Over, Big Coon, Burn Corn, Rawhide, Cat Creek, Doctor Town, Joy Tavern, Cut Off, Big John, and Fish Hook. O\E of Philadelphia's leading physicians, a specialist in diseases of the lungs, says that imperfect respiration is at the bottom of much trouble. In such cisc he shows the patient how to swell out the whole chest full and lound by a deep inspii at ion, elevating and throwing back the fchouldcrs ; and then, when he has got into his lungs the last atom of air possible, to hold it tightly for a little time, and then let it on slowly, blowing off cv/>ry atom of it if he possibly can I j forcible expiration, drawing the shoulders forward and pret-sing in the chest to the smallest possiblp tompass, thus throwing out al most nil of the residual air, and all this through the nose, witli mouth tightly closed. " Let him take a half do/en or more such forced respirations a do/en times a day," says the doctor, " and he will soon double his vital capacity and relieve himbclf of most of his chest trouble. Such forced respiration will compel eveiy air cell possible to freely admit wholesome air into tho little spaces and to expel it also, and some air cells wnich do not perform their functions properly will be compelled to do so."

A Great Business. The United States of America is the home of sonic very huge entei prises, but none pet haps greater than the business conducted by Mr G. G. Green, of Woodbury, New Jersey, U. S. A. He is the propiietor of the well-known Boichee's Omian Syrup, which was unequalled as a lemedy for Pulmonary and Bronchial affections. He manufactures also f i i ecu's August Fower for Dyspepsia and all disorders of the Liver. These preparations ore used throughout the civilised wot Id, and thousands testify to their valuable curative propettirs. Both these preparations have reached an immense sale solely on their merits. Sample bottles of each are aold at Od, or fullsized bottles at 3a 6d, All druggists keep them. I