Few persons would believe what a waste of money and property arises simply from want of care. We cannot, of course, expect this carefulness from ser vants, from those who are often thought less, inexperienced girls, coming from a home where there was little worthy of care, perhaps from a place, where there was no time to bestow due attention on the various duties. Few servants stay long enough in a situation to become attached to, and, as it were, identified with it and its belongings; they are ever striving to "better themselves," or, in other words, obtain higher wages. It matters not that they are comfortable, that they like their employers; that they are well-treated, and not over-worked; - should some acquaintance or relative be receiving higher wages than they are getting, they will sacrifice all to "go and do likewise;" and too often not in order that they may contribute more to lay up a fund in case of illness or misfortune, but to be able to dress more smartly, or indulge in some favorite pleasure. All this is much to be regretted, as it too often entails loss of health, comfort, and respectability on the young woman. But it is not this point from which we now have to regard it. It is the mistress, not the servant, whom we are addressing, and whom we would guard from the troubles which must befall her, if she, too, be careless, if she does not know and see that her property is well managed and regularly and properly attended to.

We have before said that no household knowledge can be deemed superfluous, or ought to come amiss to a woman, who is to be at the head of a house. Surely she is not the less a lady because she undec-stands how her house should be managed and cleaned, and kept tidy? - because she can teach her servants when they are ignorant, put method into their proceedings when they are careless, and quietly but attentively look on and superintend when they are tolerably efficient? We are all made of the same clay, though differently tempered by education and position; we are all subject to vicissitudes, and cannot tell what a day, or even an hour, may bring forth; is it not then, wiser to be armed at all points, prepared for all circumstances, equal to any emergency?

These preliminary remarks have been made to preface the directions we are about to give for the daily routine of a servant's duties, which else might have seemed out of place here, had it not been our opinion that, in order to manage servants well, a mistress should fully understand what their actual duties are.

Early rising is indispensable if a servant would do her duty; it is not possible that the rooms can be dusted, the fires lit, the breakfast got ready, and all the little incidental jobs done, unless a servant is down stairs at least two hours before breakfast-time. We should fix six o'clock as the proper hour at which work should begin all the year round; for in winter even more has to be done than in summer, and few things are more unpleasant than to have servants pottering about their work all day, instead of getting through the chief and dirtiest part of it in the morning hours. If we make a call, which gives us the most favorable impression of the family, - to see a tidy-looking, clean servant, answer the door; or to have it opened by one who looks as if she had deemed it necessary when blacking the stoves to black her own per son also?

A servant should be trained to rise about half-past five, throw open her bed, and her window, too, when the weather permits; unclose the shutters of the staircase and dining-room, open the windows of this latter to air it; pass into the kitchen, and open the shutters and windows there; light the kitchen fire; well rinse the kettle, and fill it with fresh water; see that the boiler is well supplied with water, and then proceed to prepare the room required for breakfast.

The rug must be folded up and removed, and the proper cloth laid down in front of the fire-place before the grate is touched (we are supposing that it is winter); the box containing the black-lead and brushes for a black stove, or the emery paste, and leather, brushes, cloth, etc, for a polished stove, and the scuttle containing coal, wood, etc, must be brought up.

Once a week, at least, the soot should be gently swept down from the chimney into a shovel, as it otherwise gathers all round the lower ledges, and is very apt to take fire. The stove must be polished with a brush, or a cloth, according to its nature, every morning, and thoroughly cleaned at least once a week. The fire may then be laid and lighted, and in doing this there is some art. Where one girl will light and re-light the same fire three or four times over, consuming in each attempt a quantity of wood, and paper, another will, with less wood, kindle a. brisk fire at once. The mystery lies in obtaining a perfect draught of air through the pile of materials, and placing those in juxtaposition which are most combustible in nature. Where this is properly done there will be little smoke, and great saving of fuel; but fire-lighting requires the use of one's senses and some skill, commonplace a matter as we may think it.

This much having been done, the sweeping comes next. Now, it will not be requisite thoroughly to sweep the carpet all over above once a week; on the other six days those parts of the room chiefly used, alone require sweeping, and this may be done with a dust-pan and a soft hand-brush. Then comes the dusting, and in doing this a feather brush should be used for the frames and chair covers, and a duster for the furniture. On the cleaning day the carpet must be well swept with a carpet-broom and tea-leaves, the furniture well cleaned and rubbed, the mantel-piece and ledges washed, the inside of the windows cleaned, and every ornament well dusted.

"Window Brush.

The street-door steps should be cleaned, the mats shaken, the passage swept, and the brasses polished before the family come down.