THE LAUNDRESS.
When such a 'fantigue' you have been in,
You've with the iron singed the linen;
Rub it with whiting, chalk, or flour,
For just the space of half an hour:
Then washing,—by repeated fags
Twill be all right, or—all in rags.
About This Book
A series of comic poems gives mock instructions to household staff, each addressed to a different role — butler, cook, valet, footman, housekeeper, chambermaid and others — and offers ironic guidance on duties, saving, social manoeuvres, and everyday deceptions. Framed as a modernized, poetical update of earlier satirical directions, the verses combine practical-sounding tips with barbed humour, lampooning servants' resourcefulness and masters' pretensions while arranging role-based sketches and a closing set of general rules.