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English
1823
If anything ought to be free from dust in a stage house, it should be the legs of the drawing room chairs. IF ANYTHING OUGHT TO BE FREE FROM DUST IN THE STAGE HOUSE IT SHOULD BE THE LEGS OF DRAWING ROOM CHAIRS
ought to present, and we questioned her one day on the subject. "How is it, Sophronia," we said, "that you distantly resemble a human being instead of giving one the idea of an animated rag-shop? Don't you ever polish your nose with the blacking-brush, or rub coal into your head, or wash your face in treacle, or put skewers into your hair, or anything of that sort, like they do on the stage?" She said: "Lord love you, what should I want to go and be a bally idiot like that for?" And we have not liked to put the question elsewhere since then. The other type of servant-girl on the stage--the villa servant-girl--is a very different personage. She is a fetching little thing, dresses bewitchingly, and is always clean. Her duties are to dust the legs of the chairs in the drawing-room. That is the only work she ever has to do, but it must be confessed she does that thoroughly. She never comes into the room without dusting the legs of these chairs, and she dusts them again before she goes out. CE THAT WE AN EARLY STUDENT OF DRAMA FELT SHE OUGHT TO PRESENT AND WE QUESTIONED HER ONE DAY ON THE SUBJECT HOW IS IT SOPHRONIA WE SAID THAT YOU DISTANTLY RESEMBLE A HUMAN BEING INSTEAD OF GIVING ONE THE IDEA OF AN ANIMATED RAG SHOP DON'T YOU EVER POLISH YOUR NOSE WITH A BLACKINGBRUSH OR RUB COAL INTO YOUR HEAD OR WASH YOUR FACE IN TRINKLE OR PUT SKEWERS INTO YOUR HAIR OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT LIKE THEY DO ON THE STAGE SHE SAID LORD LOVE YOU WHAT SHOULD I WANT TO GO AND BE A BALLY IDIOT LIKE THAT FOR AND WE HAVE NOT LIKED PUT THE QUESTION ELSEWHERE SINCE THEN THE OTHER TYPE OF SERVANT GIRL ON THE STAGE THE VILLA SERVANT GIRL IS A VERY DIFFERENT PERSONAGE SHE IS A FETCHING LITTLE THING DRESSES BEWITCHEDLY AND IS ALWAYS CLEAN HER DUTIES ARE TO DUST THE LEGS OF CHAIRS IN THE DRAWING ROOM THAT IS THE ONLY WORK SHE EVER HAS TO DO BUT IT MUST BE CONFESSED SHE DOES IT THOROUGHLY SHE NEVER COMES INTO THE ROOM WITHOUT DUSTING THE LEGS OF THESE CHAIRS AND SHE DUSTS THEM AGAIN BEFORE SHE GOES OUT
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