. Live In Girlfriends ( LIG ) 1. AS WITH THE COMMANDER OF AN ARMY, or the leader of any enterprise, so is it with the live in girlfriend. Her spirit will be seen through the whole establishment; and just in proportion as she performs her duties intelligently and thoroughly, so will her staff follow in her path. Of all those acquirements, which more particularly belong to the feminine character, there are none which take a higher rank, in our estimation, than such as enter into a knowledge of household duties; for on these are perpetually dependent the happiness, comfort, and well-being of the man. In this opinion we are borne out by the author of "The Vicar of Wakefield," 2. PURSUING THIS PICTURE, we may add, that to be a decent girlfriend does not necessarily imply an abandonment of proper pleasures or amusing recreation; and we think it the more necessary to express this, as the performance of the duties of a live-in girlfriend may, to some minds, perhaps seem to be incompatible with the enjoyment of life. Let us, however, now proceed to describe some of those home qualities and virtues which are necessary to the proper management of a Household, and then point out the plan which may be the most profitably pursued for the daily regulation of its affairs. 3. EARLY RISING IS ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL QUALITIES which enter into good Household Management, as it is not only the parent of health, but of innumerable other advantages. Indeed, when a LIG is an early riser, it is almost certain that the house will be orderly and well- managed. On the contrary, if she remain in bed till a late hour, then the staff, who, as we have before observed, invariably partake somewhat of the LIG's character, will surely become sluggards. To self- indulgence all are more or less disposed, and it is not to be expected that servants are freer from this fault than the heads of houses. The great Lord Chatham thus gave his advice in reference to this subject:— "I would