living. Frank's studio ■i b the first floor of the house, and f• I evident that all that was most * I ' !fiil and comfortable was here i? ; 'W- It ™s there that Gr°y Gurncy 2! 3 ':: ?W daughter, received him—a tall, ?e Keyed girl of eighteen, with her n?! flier's voice and her father's smile. Jl} f Gsraoy's face told her story, hor qr ' and heart-aches and disapointments, l2 as Mr. Ascot had pictured them, a° strange to say, it possessed much a JLold charm for the prosperous, well ,jj c | man, who looked into it so is *Wer *n k*s w"hole life together had ia 4yan sco^' turDC<* a"d twisted the ° Mh as he did during that day. "jfrs. U-urney was ' hard to move,' as r u{ husband had said, and perhaps, Vpite ti3 mendacity and his money, H !! (poald not havo prevailed, if some 'c tiling °f *^c p^an ltac* not reac.hed lik dinizens of the nursery, and excited ' iiu wildest insubordination there. fc 'Papa had sent for them to go to the 3 .(jsliore !' and the riotous glee of youthful ■] jng swept away the barriers of Mrs. [ [inrney's resistance. r ( She and G-rey were alone concerned jSi {o toilets, which fortunately could be provided at a short notice, and, agreeably jo his intention*, Mr Ascot took the k{ train, accompanying Mrs Gurney t ' af k to the Branch. There was a grim, fierce anger in his heart when he found himself obliged to bring Me Gurney from the parlour— from beside Maud Atherton to welcome them. Not a thrill ot jeilousy still at her preference, not even disapprobation for her lack of honor, only the defiant sense that one day he should bo her master, to remove her from out of Ethel Gurney's sight. 3lrs Atherton watched the nest day's proceedings with baffled excitments. An ambitious, impei-ious woman of losv birth, left a widow with a fortune which she bad contrived to squander, she had staked everything upon the surety that Maud's beauty would secure a brilliant match. And now, with so much hanging on-the renture, Maud was so weak —her mother did not put it in any other way —as to show her partiality for a married man ! But, most strange to siy, her infatua tion, instead of driving her millionaire lover either to difference or distraction, appeared to have added fuel to the flame of iiis passion. During the entire day Mr. Ascot contrived to monopolize Miss Atherton, in spite of herself, as it seemed. What would have been sulkinesa in a common woman vras mere statuesque placidity in Maud Atherton. She ax cepted the situation, as she axcepted all situations, with entire grace. Fabyan Ascot kept himself steadily up to his impulse. He.ssw Ethel Gurney's heart breaking, and saw it in his power to restore her peace. H> had contemplated marriage with Maul Atherton twenty-Four hours earlier. Nothing had occurred which should change his determination. On the contr&ry. he had discovered a potent motive to fulfill it. He kept, there fore, at her side throughout the day, just as he had done through other days, while Mrs, Atherton convalesced rapidly from her threatened attack, and Mrs. Lenoir lamented anew the imbecile ways of men with a woman who possessed a pretty face. Gj-uraey top': himself checked, and was disappointed and angry, and, on pretence of sketching, took himself off for most of the clay. Miss Atherton came dovm to tea look ing especially lovely iv white muslin with trimmings of ivy leaves. ' I hope you will put on something pale green to-morrow,' Gurney said to her, brusquely, as the party assembled around ono table. ' I want the effect upon your complexion, if I am ever to go on with the Undine.? 'Very well,' she answered, quietly, 'I will wear pale green to-morrow.' ' In the morning ? Then I shall ask you to let me make a sketch. We can go off" to the rocks- The li?ht will be perfect.' There was suppressed exultation in his voice and face. 'Very well.' sho said, again, without looking at him. Mr/Ascot glanced at Mrs. Gurney, and saw her turn pale, He turned towards Maud Atherton. ' May I sec you after tea for a few minutes alone ?' he asked. ' 1 am going down on the beach,' she replied. 1 Then I will join you.' They understood one another perfectly, of course. Mr. Ascot was as eager as though his own happiness was stakec upon- the interview. As for Maud, if she struggled, she gave no sign. 'You cannot lie unaware, Miss Atherton.' Ascot was saying, by-and-by, as they strolled along the shore, 'ot my exceeding admiration:. I fear I have shown it almcst too plainly. My object in seeking this interview^ this evening is to ask you to by my wife.' _ He could not have put it plainer. It was perhaps even plainer than the lady desired, ' You say ' admiration, Mr. Ascot, sue answered, faintly. 'In such eases do not people generally talk of love f" The millionaire winced slightly. It was not love exactly which he offered, rather his name and purse, as the price of her possession. ' Younger men then I, Miss Atherton, do doubtless talk of love and little else^ iv these situations, but 1 am thinking less of

what I feel personally, than of what I shall bo able to do to gratify your feelings if you do me the honor to marry me.' She smiled slightly. ' You talk of my feelings. Yet you do not ask me if I love you, Mr. Ascot.' He hesitated. They might as well get upon firm ground. 1 1 know that you do not love me, Miss Atherton. You love another woman's husband.' ' As you, Mr. Assot, love another man's wife.' He flinchel. Sue could utter truths, it seemed as well as he. 'But this, after all,' is not the point. Let us loave accusations, if you please. I take it for granted we both intend to do right. I shall be proud of you as my wife.' I shall refuse you no gratification. Is it sufficient ?' He argued boldly. He remembered Peregrine Meredith's words, ' Miss Athcrton is not circumstanced to get tired of your attentions.' Ho had never had the slightest doubt as to her acceptance of his offer when ho should see fit to inako it. She paced slowly along for a moment, her eyes upon the sands. ' I am afraid, Mr. A.scot, it is not sufficient,' she said, briefly. ' You decline my offer of marriage, Miss Atherton ?'" ' L regret that I must do so— in justice to myself.' lln justice, you mean, to your unholy passion for a mau you have no right to love,' lie retorted, bitterly. • Justice to yourself, indeed! What justice do you show toward the wife whose life you are torturing? What—'

' Stop, Mr. Ascot. It is easy, I find, for you to champion Mrs. Gurney's cause —for 1 will not pretend to misunderstand you ; but I cannot permit you to say more on the subject. We will go in, if you please.' Mr. Ascot lifted his hat to Miss Ather ton at the door, and felt that ho had made an egregious fool of himself. After all, he was thankful to her, now that his eyes were opened, for defeating his purpose, It was the wild notion of a disordered brain to suppose that Mrs, Gurney's happiness or hia own would have been increased by the step he contemplated. He sa v Gurney join her a moment later ; saw his look which asked what had transpired, and hers which answered, and with a sigh lie went to join Mrs. Gurney and Grey who were sitting together.

The evening passed quickly, more delightfully, Lie was surprised to find, than ever an evening had passed with Maud -itherton. Mrs. Gurney, in the soft light, the sea-breeze fanning the color to uer cheek, and in the pretty costume for wichh nho little dreamed. Mr. Ascot's money had paid, looked at him from the same tender, beautiful eyes with which she had fasci nated him years gone ; find Grey, with her strong, young beauty, her intensity and enjoyment, made a sort of apotheosis of what had been. Mr. Ascot laughingly told them of his talk of adopting two or three of the family, and he added, ' If i am allowed my pick I shall certainly choose Miss Grey fiivst.' Grey's blush and laugh made him fesl that sho was hardly to be reckoned among the ' child ren.' It was high tide on the batbing-ground ab an early hour on the following morning. Too early cor Ml1. Ascot, who inspected the scene from his window, and seeing a sullen sky, a heavy swell on the sea, and a stiff, threatening breeze, went back for a morning >uip. A couple of hour-^kter, on leaving his room, he was struck with a nameiess impression pervading the house. Something had happened. His first thought was that Miss Axherton and Mr. Gurney had eloped. He dare not put a question. He could only look his anxiety into the first anxious eyes he met. • K"o ; nothing has been found yet,' was the answer. ' Who ? what P' he stammered. Such an unfortunate thing for the hotel, right in the height of the season. Casts. such a gloom. Tnree of them, and all to be drowned. Dreadful —dreadful!' Mr. Ascot shuddered. They say the bathing-master warned Miss Athcrton, and begged her to keep hold of the rope. But she would venture. The undertow was tremendous. Mr. Meredith discovered first that she was caught in it; he was just coming in, and he struck right out for her. It was mad ness of course Mr. Gurney followed, though several tried to hold him back. No one could swim, of course, in such a surf. O, a shocking thing !' 1 They—' said Eabyan Ascot. He could not understand still that they were all 1 three drowned, 1 They are watching for the bodies, of course, a large force out. Casis such a horrid gloom over the house, don't it ?' Mr Ascot's informent hurried on, to detail the sensation at some of the other hotels. It was all in a short paragraph m the evening papers. Three of the guests of the Grand Hotel drowned while bathing ! ' and it cast a ' horid gloom,' indeed All iv, did I say ? Ah, no ; the brief para , graph gave no hint of the ' all' involved '■ in this Augnst tragedy. Mr. Ascot's light words attained a sig , ninoance he little expected. He adopted . | all of Frank Ghirney a family, and during . the two or three ensuing years gave them unstinted affection and care. People wondered, as tkey always do, what could [ bo his motives. After awhile they were F gratified by the discovery. He said to his old friend one day, when

she had some reference to their many obligations :

' The tie which binds us now might be still nearer and dearer, and then nothing could be said of obligations. Won't you give me tho right to do for you and yours, Ethel?'

' My dearest friend,' she answered, ' I have hoped and feared by turns to have you broach this subject, and I have hoped when you did speak it would be to Grey herself. They all love you so well. Sometimes I have feared too well iv one way for Grey to think of you in any other. For my own part, there is not a man in the world to whom I would so gladly give her, and yet for both your sakes—for both your lives, I would not have her marry you unless sho surely loved you-'

A serious smile crossed Fabyan Ascot's lips. He remembered the one other time lie had offered marriage to a woman, and how little misunderstanding there had been on her part about it.

' But it is not Grey whom I want. It is yourself, Ethel. 1 he said, simply ; aud then he looked for the tender surprise and tho stveet consent of tho soft eyes which had brooded over his life—nor did he look m vain. .

How Shrimps Got Spiggs

Mr, SriGGS, a fat man, of Summer Street, owed Mr. Shrimp, fcka grocer and provision dealer, a bill which tho latter gentleman was anxious to collect, but which, for some trivial reason, tha fat man had declared he would settle when he got; ready aud not a minute before. The saucy independence on tha part of Spiggs irritated the grocer's na ture to such an extent that, finally, ho made the bold Btatement to hia bookkeeper that if he didn't mortify Spiggs into paying that bill within thirty days he would sell out his busiueas to him for 50 cents on the dollar.

The next afternoon Spigga was passing the store on the opposite side of the street, when Shrimp ran to the door and yelled : 1 Ooaie in here aud pay thai bill of yours, and don'G go Bne£*kiuy down the street with your head hung down like a sheep 1' Spiggs took no notice of this demand, which seemed oaly to highfcen tho creditor's indignation. The following day ho saw Spjggs down town, in company with a friend, whoa he approached him and said : 1 You're a pretty man to bo wearing a beaver hat, aud heie you are owing me for the victuals you aud your family staffed yourselves with lasfa Thanksgiving !' Returning home ho encountered omo of Spiggß daughters on her way with an as sociate to take a niu»io lesaou, whou he said :

' I should think, young lady, that you would rather go without knowing how to play antf sing till your father gets so that he can p.4y for what yon ent.' A day or Svso later ho saw, through the window, one of Spigg'a sons gating measured ai the tailor's for a suis of cloShes, wlion he opened v.lia door and naid : ' Do.-i'u you trust him a day for those clothes. His father has owed mo 81) 49 dola. for sirloin steak and such things, for over six months, aud 1 cau't get one dollar of it;.' Soon after this lie saw Mrs. Spiggs and hyr daughter chatting with Home Udies iv the horae«car station, when ho entered and said :

' Thia woman's husband owes mo for the soap thab WAS used in washing that collar she's got on hor Dock, and I want my pay for it.' About; a week later bo Raw Spigg3, man;; out with a clergyman, wli3n, after beckon ing him to atop, he a?id : ' You ought to bo ashamed of yourself. Hare you are passing youraelf off to thia minister of the Gaspel ai an houosb man, whoa you are owing me. lor tha Btarch used in doing up your shirt bosom.' The ncxs evening .Shrimp called at tha house of Spiggs to sea if no wan r«ady to settle hia bill, out; Spigajs was away. Mrs. ipiggs was at home, however, enfcertaiuiog some of her lady friends ao the tea-table. Shrimp pushed hia way into the dining room and said :

' Ladies, the family whoso hospitality you are now enjoying owes me for t'uo Hour tbit those hob busouits there, on tho centre o£ the table, arc niide from, aud I ahould like to get my money for it most confoundedly well.'

Paaaiug out of tha gate he owb Mr. Spigg's oldest daughter iv company with a youug man whom he suspected was her affianced, when he said :

' That giri'd cheek wouldn't look so plump and fat uit hadn't been for me. I have been letliag hot' havo all the fre3k doughnuts and bolognii sausage she wanted for tne past six months, and the bill hasn't been paid yet.'

The young man looked as though he felt a little ashamed to be found in such company, and wai comruancing to move down the street, when the young lady gave a wild shriok and fell senseless to tho sidewalk. He camo back and assisted hsr iuto the hou3e, aud thai; night Spigga came in aud paid his bill in full, with a iiijeral interest thereto.

Roller Skating.

Looking at the popularity of roler skating amongst ladies, we think it will not be out of place if we offer a few practical sugges tions for their guidance. Firac, ladies inuab disrnisss the idea that ankles that appear weak whan attempting ice skating will prevenb their becoming proficeut on the rollois. The roller skate is so connttuofced tnau the strain on the ankle ia almost nil, and it the preposterously high heels of the age are dispensed wish, there is no reiwon why any lady, even the most delicate, should not bscoms stronger by the exeici&e, aud an adept at the art. Ladies as a rule, aud especially those who have not skated ou ice, commence with the idea that thrusting either, foot alternately

1 to the front in a spasmodic manner is the trn secret of propulsion 01 the rollers, and it is the difficulty of eradicating this wide-spread notion that is the cause of tha sio w progress tlioy at first makes. In commencing roller skating there are two golden rules to re member. First, that the foot that falls to the rear at the end of each gliclo is the propelling power for the next glide. Secondly that the nearer the feet are together the easier it is to un.e this propelling power. The rollers have this advantage over the ice skates—anyone can stand oa them without any danger. To begin, the learner should tarn out hor toes to half a right angle and simply walk, taking care that the heel of one foot touches s,t each step the toe of the other, and when a balance is obtained on either foot, the feet Bhould be placed in the same position and the rollers allowed to i^iida some few inches. With yno.it ladies, as soon a% the rollers revolvo and the glide takes place, all idea of placing the unemployed foot eiose to the employed at the end of the glide is abandoned for a spasmodic effort to place it down and gut it as far in front of the other as possible. At the end of a glide, say on tho right foot, the loft should ho placed quietly down, and an imperceptible psuiso made to obtain the balance on it, and the shove with the right, which, is in the roar of the left, given. The feofc of the skater should appear to emerge, an it were, from each other, tho ri<:ht appearing to start from the ball of tho left, and tho left from the right. From tho mechanical construction of the skates, tho wheels will set in a curve to 1 bo right or left, in accordance with the pressure put on the right or left of the fooh stock. Although the fact may be property placed at the commencement of tho glide, no sooner is the body balanced on one foot thai the skater leans inwards involuntarily, becvuss in the event of over-balance tho unemployed foot is ready aa a prop to save a fall. Hence, with beginners, tho toes will turn in, Perhaps the best practice to overcome this difficulty in to walk with tho feet crossed and tho toes turned inwards. If the foot are placed in this position and a glide of oven two inches effected, providing the body to be kept 'full front,' tho skates in the glide must bo on the outside edge, tba1; is, tho feot must run in a curve aw\y from theivnem ployed foot instead of towards it. And the learner at once finds that tho is an safe when directing the wheels in a straight line or au outside curve as on the inside, and that tho ready prop of the unemployed leg is, in fact-, quite unnoessary. When tho outside rvk'fi is attdn<;-d and skated With a certain amounii of confidence, it should bo tho study of the fair skater to perfect it, ni there is nothing that we arc aware of, which equals in grace and boaufcy the swid^ of the ouLsido edge when skated with straightened knee nod nnrigr'; boadn»- The mistake which rnrit i.vliea nik •, and which mars the truth ot t m ou vo ynd destroys the r»racc a*id elegance of tho 'swing' is that at the cod of 'he carve, siy oa tha >'i.;V;- foot ''hoy place the left fo.it. down aim 13 a", right angles to it, and so go off on :ih abrupt curve on the loft, whereas if the left f io1: be nut along side of she right, and para'lol- ro it, and the direction of th.i curve rn'i'n by the right continued for a short hpaco by tho left, the beautiful, graceful motion of tha outsido edge will n«sver bo lo.; jj. as no portion of the curves •■-ill be otherwise than true from star 5 to finish Th'j inability to turn a corner is a constant source of falls, and y.-.t it is perL-ot'.y easy when the right principle us known. An equal amount of pressure muss b ■ pub on oither Bkate, but on opposite sid'j ; for iustaiice, in going rouurt to the le.fi. the weighs oi tho Uody must bo dislribue^ equally on the inside of the light and the outside of the left foot, and the skates will then run round iv a curve parallel to each other. As a ruio, pressure oa the side of tho skate sufficient to cause iv to run iv a curve is only applied to one foot, aad as the other foot, to which no lateral pressure has been givou, will run Btraighc, the fees naturally got entangled, and a fall ensues. Another difficulty ladies have, is going backwards Let the tooa ho turned in v, good ileal, mid tho feet placed on the ground iv front of tho skate, and tho weight ot the body transferred drat to one and then to tue obhor. Tue result; will be a progression backwards, and the more upright, the body is in doing this, the quicker will be the pro gression, as when tho body is upright, the weight is distributed on both suta oi wheals equally ; and this observation as to keeping the body upright, and so causing both iron! and hind wheels to do their stiaru of work applies equally to all movements. VVhen the power of moving in a backward direction is attained, it must bu tho aim oi tho skater to disguise the stroke, and allow the feet to follow each other iugraoefulourvcs. The foot in making the stroke, will still be turnod iv, but, having accomplished its object, wiil be immediately straightened ami allowed to follow the othtsj, aad so on. The croi.3 roll backwards can bo learned by simply turning the toos out and walking backwards. As a rule, ladies try to maku the turn tho body, instead of aliowiog the body to turn tho feet ; and thus it is Shawn in their attempt to learn tho cross roll back ward more than in any other movement, After simply walking bacuwards with the fees turned out, tho walk should he de veloped into a glide on either foot, care btiug taken to place tho foot ar before, and the body swimg from the hips, first to one side and then to the other. For instance, 'while describing a curve on the right foot, the head should bo turned to tho left and the h-ft shoulder thrust back, and vice vena when on the left foos the head and shoulders should be turned to tho right. In roller skating, as in other pastimes requiting skill, some develop greater aptitude than others, but no iauy need despair 01 attaining sufficient skill to thorough ly fcjjjoy herself, and, we may add, give en joyment to others by her graceful evolutions. Everyone should strive daily to learn some thing new or perfect something old, as it is the feeling of advancement toward perfection, ; uo matter how far distant or hopeless an imaginative state of perfection may seem, that give such charm to any pursuit requiring for its full attainment pc-severance, energy, and ski'l.—[From the Queen,

Barmaids.

■ / is a massed population, JHHV/j' competition of public bars, wSS??^".*, variety of drinks from cold. Ci-ys'fcauiao lemonade to burning brandy is sold ; and c.s isca are sentimental evon in their thirst, i; is demanded by modern society that ' drinks ' siu-.U bo dispensed by the hands of fair young girls : hence tlvvb familiar per sonage, iroaicatly called a. 'divinity ' bhe bar maid. Happily she is confined to towns and cities. .If you call afc the road-aide :;:n 5 or enter She viliiage pubiio-houss<=, you will not see n barmaid, but a b?*rman. Ib is generally a stouS countryman who brin«a out drinks to the parched pasaengera in Cobb's coaches. It; i 3 not a youthful barmaid who drugs the shepherds ' drink.?' au Christmas, and assists him by meaua oi: artfalinesa and chemicals to 'knock down his cheque.' That business ia usually managed by a wedded couple about equally fur advanced in yeara and cunning. It ia only where populations are massed that men get fastidious about fcho hands which supply their fchii'.sfcy cravings, and churn a bold stare at, and a familiar chat with., a profcfcy girl, a; j "-rail as a glass oi brandy, for the ciniufiecii; 'sum of sixpence. As in everything elae, the demand oreacea the ttapply. In no tr&de, probably, ia there a brisker competition than in thai; of a pub-. li6i>:lu How so many Jiceuaoil tsousea con trive to Hud trado in Sydney ia v, bufHicg mystery to outsiders. jNo doub!i lha iuvofc erate customs of an An.^lo-Sixoii j^v-plo are their chief buttresses ; but tha pub'ioan3 find it necessary in thair business >-"rife to consult and pander to the taace of their cus tomers by placing a young woman behind the bar, and she vyina her wage;} aad-s?;rvaa her employer's interest) by making,harsalf as en gaging aa possible. Hundreds of young women earn Ebeir living in that way in Sydney and its suburbs. Some of them— those holding situations in firsVclasa hotala-*— ;«-s girls of considerable pcyaonal ;ittraotionj!, occasionally, indeed, of 5-^ro beauty, and they dross richly, if with rather advanced taste; but tho cl ,sa ranges down to the ' painted divinities' who may be seen ia tho drink shops oi the back streets, aud whose miser able business ii; is to dispense cheap smiles and adulterated brandy to dissipated loiterers. Tui'j oysbera of barmaids should bo con demned in tho ioteroDts of th-> young women themselves, it may bo answered that they dn not object to the life, that they rather like it, and tir..t there are mora young women willing to tuko bliss a situations,than thus:- uvu fituabioua 'o be fcaieu : cl). xvhich j-:■ y }>, t.rua, ha'; bfciii^ U'uc v.c.::: i:o; touch I tho ciiicstion of thu in'.rih-jic unfit nes3 of a b'lvriiaid'a tiutiea for a luodciit yonng ghl. Toero is no need '-n u4aor; t'> r;fi..«;raeuui and sir ii:*t'<;'s to provo or show thfti a barmaids I woj-k ifc aoii proper ivoric i'>r a voun^ v/omau. !ii» t a <.!< t v's ob.jevvtiLi',i?i.iti.'Kijy public bouse in :''■■-' ci y, v/oul'.' li" arguisicn!i ciimigii^to co.'.v;uoo i.-iy vi^uaiu ii^Lurt'. SJii!-,' stioiig rt/iaka ivi-.aio , g ■•oc' d ;.'! of cojjlu ct with I s roi.'fi fi'•■- -:':'-; s. ..M ;'--m-,; ;ibc;a'. alip^vanoo I fijr t-h-'so 'wao rjimpiy en cor public burs >:o i quench .heir tlii 33, nobocly doubts that pubUc-hoases aw supporaed to a'very-great extent by ;h'>-o who ava more t less tho viotinn of diiiik ; iiud oonspqnently the nt m^spV.e-e or theciQ public bars ia oftan foal in uioro senso' than on:, ilow much of blnspbemy mu\ how much of di unken quiirola | mus>< yoaii ; women hoa.r i.i :;vc.u places. ! i nd when in n cro un-:icr U;o lufineuce of I drink thi=y arc v..<; particularly nioo in the I niai.iri a they hddr:-ts to j'ouny of attraoli/c prcor.ee. Thay rsro ofocu partic ui-.riy vnl:\r iv what tUny say., Birmaida havo to Hsfcoa to .->. great deal from fchsir acci dfU*ial ftiiniir«rs which no modeao girl h-'.r. Thnra are always : -Ijmty of dissipated, n.unaniy fallows, v?bo .".;•: only too to ivhispur^io oi\e of lha other sex, whai; should never p;u-s tbeir f«-n fowl lips, l'ublic drinUing-barrs ;.;a some of fcha popular even ing rcsot*t3 o£ dissoiuto mcii, whoso converaa tii-n is too ofi.e;x aa malodorous aa their breath ; and eon.'ssaal; oxposura to thinly veiloii indcceiiS rc-ina^ks must imperil the womanhood J batmaid^ Th :r<: is another objection to the t;.>: r:: <;; ri or evnploying youn^ womc i sis b-v.rin^ids, of miuor iraporCjince as 0001 :>avod with tda' ohjuction already muhj, j-ea of Korious it; .ririsic impoitauca. Is-isiks unhealbhiueas of Uie work. The few who preside *s ij rt3 bara of lii-i.u-cla.3ii hotels ruiy niot be overworked in tho numbav of hours per day, and their hotels are usually ia pjsi iions where thcro is a tolerably pure air. But the strain on tho physical nature with the ' largo majority of barmaids must h-j far too [ heavy. Their duties reuoh from pretty early in tl»e uuorniug fcili midaight. Almost through fcho whoio of this time thoy have to stand. TtiD air of most Australian towns and cifcioy ia oontaoiinatod quito enough by t'ue rlefectivu drainage, but; r,he air or the average bar-room is furthur foaled, especially in i ho evening, by tiio breath of a number of dissoiuto drinkers, aud fclio fuinu.s of tobacco. Add to that the oparsa excitement of which there is no much, acid which imposes so severe % strain uijon the nerves. What h tho con ' sequence? That barmaids become with two or tkreo years' service sortie of the moat un-' healthy young women in our cities. To see yorno of them early in the morning is to see a , pitiful picture of wrecked'health. And to sea iihem thus! is fco have it unpleasantly impressed upon.you that in order to present: an attractive ijppaarancc later in the day they must; gas themselves up artificially. Tha uaheaich must bo painted over. These two reasons — the strata oa modesty, aud the strain, on health — would justify any social reformer ia proiesfciag agaiaaS fcho system of fcjircsaidii iv tho interests of tho youug women ihoms'j'i Vv Js. — [From the 'Sydney Mail.' Untrue to laimTOlf. -Ho U a soaoail-hand c'iot'aier It w^s about, the lioi.ir of ten ii\ tho murniag- whou lie roolod into au artjoiiuiij* oiinb:ishi>u:nt, fell into a ennir, weaved his li4t>ds into thn t&tjglecJ locks of Jt's groj hiir, aiirtrociing backward andjforward, aioaned out, ''Mh, <ifiv r, i ish ruined !' 'Vofc. isjj der mstter J«6>b?'»t>ked his sjmpatlii<;Bg brother in ths trad' ■' h mding over inn, "Vow rememb- r oat coa*. vot I pat« sixpencs fjr on yeateiday ?' ■; Yti, I rememb > r h:m.' 'Jus; now o mcM (xt m dbv country coiac-s ia, a :d .islis mo how much for tkt aaS'l teils Him iix bailllhgs and would you beiievj ii, Moks. k-i pit s lij : : hxid in'o Hi.* pocket ahu jjays <fcr-fn!i >),;«[> wirto.us awojr^ Here be loware-'l his voice to 'Kb foiatesE nhispar. ';;o lieij) m-.- gracious, liosu:, 1 be'icsva ht'd li£ri3.ps.ii r<-e :. n k il.'i.-^gs just ricv same ' • J.toub, L>\v you w s ■windle yujsrse i.' 'Oat v.svoS makes mo iiatemice •eU' so as !;ev :r vas !' Ana ffao old" man lirhped bit S ii to ijis ovvs v.iubU«limojit, anddgublecl all liis goods

EVENING STAR SUPPLEMENT. NOVEMBER 11, 1876.