A tale is told of a Parliamentary candidate in the recent General Election, who on coming out of church ' picked up the wrong umbrella, This led him into a conversation with the owner of it, a bright girl, who by her remarks showed a great knowledge and understanding of politics. He became so interested in her that he asked if she would come and help hit is campaign, a request she On inquiring the reason refusal, the candidate was she informed him housemaid at the coal grammar school and could. not get the time off.
Personal Testimony.
Of course one swallow devs not make a summer, and we cannot deduce from this single instance that all servants are equally interested in the burning questions of the day. Nevertheless, there is a grow-by, the therapeutic use of music, 4j M6 interest being shown, as T eas personally testify.
During my own campaign T received scores of Hunter, of Helensburgh—20 years letters from maids all over the ago. In past ages this view has Ben held! even "to the "day "of Stud ws cing to. bean the asking mo what la
Theoprastus of Ancient Greece, who question of legislation to make cer= suggested flute music as a "cure" tificate of character compulsory. for sciatica, Twas amazed, since the majority Undesirable Excitement of them were not members of my.
Most of us quite agree, with Ds; organization, Other inquiries they, that made, too, about different phases of modern musi produce ill effects, the domestic servant problem. I headache, fatigue, and undesirable deed many of them seemed to excitement, She tells me that thi suppose that my one aim and object was her own experience before she in sockings to enter acquired sufficient knowledge of the to work only for dom effects of music to choose what As that is the thin was acceptable to her particular heart I should certainly have given personality. She con ders that the it some place, but there are duties towards one's constituents which effects produced depend upon the patient's temperament kn have also to be considered. ledge of music—that his familiarity the ing Cor a Quiet Life, Tire we servant's music played. tical opinions the reflex of the mast 1 louse she happened to be living for the Ainve hein, If he was a.iberal, them she was a Liberal, 10 a" Cons system has already: proved its value thet that label was rood disciplining the emotions and im: wich for Mary' Ann. Anythingy proving the power of concentration deed, for a quiet life, Those were of the intellect, the days before woman had the and before education was #0 easily accessible to the masses.
Among my good her many mistresses, and them have told me of con h their political subjects, Several of them so far ae to encourage the iti, because, they it gives coutiside interest rind make tem forget the monotony of the Their Own Representatives?
During the suffrage campaign before the war hundreds were actively connected with vay societies—in the first place because their mistresses were working for the franchise, and utterly because their interest had been aroused as
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