Young Persons, Female Servants, and others of a similar rank in life, we more especially address ourselves to you! You think with horror of murder, and of prostitution; but you perhaps little reflect, that idleness and self-will,—that the love of dress, and of indulgence,—that petty acts of dishonesty,—that misbehaviour in a place—that refusing to submit to reproof,—that _rashly throwing yourselves out of a situation in a regular family_,—that wasting your money, and thus leaving yourselves unprovided for when out of employment,—that breaking the Sabbath, and particularly rambling about in idle company on the evenings of the Sabbath-day—you perhaps little reflect that these, or any of these evil practices, or habits, may lead you, and that by no very long or winding path, to the atrocious crimes which I have mentioned. Act therefore on consideration and reason, and not by passion. You know not how you may irritate, and what mischief may follow. Many a servant has lost a comfortable home, and a mistress a useful assistant, by suffering passion to run headlong into imprudent expressions. _You_ are more interested in retaining a good service, than your employer in retaining _you_; for _she_ will continue to find suitable servants, while you may be depriving yourself, for a long time, of bread! A female servant should never make _friendships_ with, or take the advice of, milk people, butchers’ or bakers’ servants, keepers of chandlers’ shops, green-stalls, charwomen, &c.; for mostly they seek only their own interest and profit in every thing. If any proposal that is new, or unexpectedly profitable, force itself on your notice, do not act on your own opinion, nor hastily, but, confidentially, consult your mistress, or some relation, else you may be as hastily ensnared to your utter undoing. For want of the confidence and esteem I allude to, there seems to be, in most families, two _separate interests_—that of the employers, and that of the servants.—Some servants communicate none of their _personal_ affairs to their mistresses, and therefore mistresses are not incited to take any special interest in _their_ future welfare. Hence, although such parties may live a considerable time together, they are almost strangers, and nothing like _friendship_ can take place. This is a great loss to a _servant_. If you expect to have confidence placed in _you_, be sincere in all your expressions, and open, explicit, and communicative in all your dealings.