The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-03
WHEELING WEST VA. FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 8 1865

has to go through with long course of
instruction, the devoted mistress sDen-
ding large part of her time in the
Kitchen. AS soon as sheis fairly trail
ned, andis really useful, she has become
initiated in tho ways of the class. and.
nearing of abetter situation, coollv gives
notlee and leaves, or decamps without
notlce. Ihe experience of the cities is
perhaps not quite so Rtflicting, but
nearly so-of girls with airs;' girls who
make fearful blunders in tho midst of
trying dinner PARTIES; girls who enter
tain Il brilliant circle of friends in their
Kitchens, at the mistress expense; girls
who are dishonest and get drunk: and
of all the change and discomfort Of
which their rOitous habits bring. The
commercial relation does not seem
always to reach them, as they will, not
unfrequently, with the needless ofthe
class, leave on a mere freak higher
wages for lower. Nor do tho miScalled
Intelligence Offices afford the least
remedy; they are none of them TO be
trusted. No one ever looks closely into
the character ofa servant recommended,
or is responsible for her failure, or cor
reefs one of the abuses of the whole syS-
tenn: -They are in fact mainly suppor-
ted by the servants.
considering the inherent difficulties
OF the relation, and the economical cam
SeS of our troubles, we confess we see
nocure for our urannoynnces, in the United
States, in this matter. 1T is a relation
which almost necessarily forbids all
sentiment; there can be no purriarchnl
character to 1t, and seldom even COM
mon personal attachments. What is wan
ted, is, first, great consideration by the
mistresSes for the servants; then eXacti-
tude and thorough justice, and, ifpossi-
bic, liberal payment. The commercial
basis ID tho ho CiG fnpit DFli l.,
establishments and without children
Will, of course, have fewer of these
troubles, as servants will all prefer such
places, and will remain longer in them.
"All might avoid the many difficult
ties now experienced by being more
exact in demanding characters, and by
encouraging some better. a new office
has been established in, London, which
IS supported solely by the mistresses,
charging higher price, but being more
particular in the Kind of servants thev
recommend. Such an agency here
would be great improvement"
THE ENGLISH HoUsEKEEPER's 'HELP."
a writer in the British Christian WorLI
makes the following sensible remarks:
Il know not that there ever has been n
super-abundnnce of anything good on
this earth, even of good masters and
mlstresses. But we ought naturally TO
expect more of these last than of good
servants; for the lower grade renders
what is popularity deemed goodness
less likely. For, as IL celebrated writer
says, Go to the jail, the penal colony,
the retormatory, you will not find the
wealthy there, nor the noble, nor those
guarded by the fences of social life; but
the poor and uneducnted, the frail and
the detenceless.' From among the poor
and uneducated are ourscrVants drawn;
therefore We should lay our count with
SNFT
Taken young from their parents, badly
or hastily brought up, familiar With
want, and sometimes with sin, i'll their
poor homes, female servants are often
put to trials which would trouble the
faith OfsaintS.'
"We want to bring the two bears
more prominently into our Intercourse
with these most necessary members of
our domestic economy; ito bear and
torebear little more than we do, to
esteem them more in the light of fellow
lmmortals than as an inferior race, born
for our comfort and advantage.
"What sad picture is this of the very
lowest class of maid-of-all work, and
one which we all can verify: Look ut
one of these girls on II week day; her
open mouth and vacant face, rs she
leans on her mop stick to gape down
the street, tell q tale of work above her
strength; her dingy, unbutoned frock,
SAA2 ASNSsA AAilJ COhISe FSu jliulS, ana
blackened, smeared face are the fruits
of it, Many II thieving tradesman,
who ought to be ashamed of the fuct,
has such anhireling in his underground
Kitchen. And what prospects can there
be in the existence of such? Very hard
work, and never-ending, has Il most
debasing effect, especially on IL woman's
nature.
Among the responsibilities of the
head of every house, is, responsibility
for his servants. He is bound to look
after them, and to care for their highest
interests. But especially is it the duty
of every mistress to instruct her young
servants i'll Christian truth and practice:
to do all she can to make each thor
OughlY efficient servant; to teach her Tor
see that she is taught) to do her work
thoroughly, quietly and quickly, patien-
tly bearing with her slowness and care
lessneSs, and helping her to like her
work, and to be dilligent and cheerful
in doing it, both by example and by
making it a pleasant thing for her to do
all she has to do we'll. The first step is
to teach her the difference between it's
being ill done and well done; then to
point out to her by degrees the principles
on which its being we'll done depends.
and to accustom her to carefLlness and
thrifty ways, not only by scolding when
things are wasted, but by making it
pleasure to her to be saving. Is It not
peculiar, that with so many families
where grown up daughters have no
work to do, it is yet so hard to find IL
first place for young girl, because it is
SO troublesome to teach her, and takes
so much time"