Governesses  are  generally  of  indolent  habits,
and  morbid  ill  regulated  feelings,  who  seek
that  situation  because  it  gives  them  less
trouble  than  manual  labour.  A  specimen  of
the  kind  was  lately  set  forth  in  an  advertise-
ment in  the  Record  newspaper,  which  is  here
subjoined,  with  the  comment  of  a  very  affec-
tionate and  anxious  mother  : —

''  Wants  a  Situation,  as  Governess  in
a  religious  family,  a  lady,  whose  sole  motive
in  desiring  the  above  is  a  sphere  of  useful-
ness, and  an  increase  of  religious  privileges.
