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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
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"It
becomes
the
duty
of
ladies
of
influence
to
rise
above
the
silly
vanity
which,
I
fear,
affects
some
of
them,
of
seeing
their
ladies'-maids
as
smart
as
ladies,
and
to
oppose
innovations
on
the
decencies
of
society,
so
pernicious
to
the
class
upon
whom
much
of
our
comfort
depends.
In
setting
out
in
life,
a
young
married
lady
ought
to
be
more
than
ordinarily
strict
in
these
matters,
for
her
inexperience
will
certainly
be
taken
advantage
of
to
some
extent.
If
she
be
rich
enough
to
have
a
housekeeper,
let
her
endeavor
to
select
one
of
strict
religious
faith,
plain
in
attire,
grave,
but
kind,
and
of
good
sense,
and
even
intelligence;
for
cultivation
of
mind
will
never,
whatever
may
be
stated,
detract
from
the
utility
of
a
servant.
It
is
absurd
to
attribute
to
the
diffusion
of
knowledge
the
deterioration
of
servants;
it
is
rather
owing
to
the
scanty
amount
of
knowledge
among
them.
Most
superficial
is
the
education
about
which
so
much
is
said
and
written;
were
servants
more
thoroughly
grounded
in
many
branches
of
knowledge,
they
would
be
wiser,
less
rapacious,
more
systematic,
and
better
contented
than
they
are.
They
are
wretched
reasoners,
generally
losing
sight
of
their
own
true
interest,
and
grasping
at
that
which
is
unreal
and
visionary.
If
they
were
better
educated,
this
would
not
be
the
case;
they
would
be
less
vain,
less
credulous;
they
would
know
what
qualities
to
respect;
they
would
weigh
better
the
advantage
of
their
lot;
and
they
would
work
better
as
servants.
They
would
give
mind,
where
now
they
only
give
hands;
and
their
acquirements,
taken
from
school
as
they
are
in
very
early
youth,
are
not
ever
likely
to
be
such
as
to
make
the
routine
of
their
work
distasteful
to
them,
from
over
refinement
or
cultivation.
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