The pastor of the Pilgrims in Leyden liked to sign his letters,—Yours to use, Joun Robinson, in token of his willingness to servo his correspondent. The Woman's Page, too, wishes to place itself at the service of its readers, especially through the department of "Useful Hints."
Are these hints useful? Do they bear upon the problems of the housekeeper in Shanghai where the u.h. most frequently heard is "Tell the Number One Boy"'
Of course we were all good housekeepers at Home and our menages, ran along with a smoothness which gratifies us in retrospect. Out here, leven with more servants our ideals are not always easily attainable, it is difficult to convey our occidental standards of order and cleanliness, perplexing to adopt native products and do without some familiar staple vegetables. Our attitude towards these servants of an alien race is another problem in adaptation.
Those familiar with China have solved these knotty questions. Will they not send in to our columns their suggestions on topics pertaining to the care of the house and children? Will not the griffin housekeeper send in definite queries to which she desires answers or suggest topics whose discussion would be of general value?
Correspondence may be addressed to Elizabeth Pepys (Mrs. Samuel) The Woman's Page, "North-China Daily News."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.