The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-11-17
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Letter from a servant Girl Of the
Period,fi X enileo
Me- DEAR PAr:-This Ameriky is
blessed country 1t Isl The, Paradise, OF
the servant girl You sec the ladies here
don't like 10 work, dEnny poor excuse
Of A rirl, Il she can't even scrub, can get
Mace and biz wages Allyehave to do,
when we're tired Of one missus Is Il. pack
up and leave her, and yeiwill find plenty
o ladies' standin' with open arms 10 re-
ceiye We; and il ye're sharp ye can have
II ali YOUR own way in any missus's house,
for they're awful 'fraid Of bein' left With.
on, a servant. When l first come over
the water | was q green hand, tye know;
and shure its pardonable in any girl who
has always lived in Ireland and is used TO
cOOkin everything in the came pot, 70 get
beyldered when she sees, so many things
TO work with that she never dreamed Of;
Tor every American family has more
skillets, kettles and such things
than ever I saw In me whole lie in the
Ould country. As ! was sayln', when !
fnt came over was green, and didn't
know the ropes" as thay say here.
The first missus as l applied to axed me,
"Wss good cook?" This question wor'
ried me intirely, for shure I'D never been
used to cookin' anything except bilin' pc.
la,les with,the skins on, and ! tould her; !
could do only that, and SEE she, "Then l
don't We, Tor I want girl who can do
anything. This gave me hint as how
must proceed the next time, so when l
applied few doors further on, the lady
axed inc could cook!" Faith" says
|, a can cook and do everything there Is
to he done about q house" This wisdom
in replying got me q, place; the missus
wasuelighted, and took me TO the kitchen
and tould me was 10 take care OF II; but
when she lett me alone 10 get supper,
shure and ] was schared, for l didn't
know what TO cook or how to cook II,
but ! finally went 10 the missus and axed
would she come out bit of while and
tell me how she was accustomed to hay
Ing things. She came, and between her
wOrkin' and me watchin' and maxim
show asst Twas o helpin', we got sup
peron the table, and thin, when was
ihlnkin' I'would'geh onlsplendid after o
few days, the oncharitable woman dis.
charged me. bridget" SEE she, II find
you don't know anything about house.
work, so you will have 70. look for
another place.n 'IBe gorra!a SELL, eand
shure It's more your fault than mine.
You ought TO stay In the kitchen along
wild me and tache- me how 10 work"
"Sthay in the kitchen, tache you ?" seq
she. II hired you to stay in the kitchen
and do the work. The very reason l
want a girl Is because / don't want to
SHAY In the kitchen meself2 q Iau viii
ln'," SEE she, ITO pay liberal wages, but
| want o girl that knows something
about her business. It's come to q pretty
ss,ctobe shure," says she, "whin lady
has 10 pay three dollars week to tache
an ignorant girl" l was sorry TO 60,
Tor Il was good place TO be-iull and
plenty Of every kind Of provisions,
which looked Elegant TO me eyes, havin'
always been rather pinched Tor, enough
tO.aie o. home; but. l had 10 learn, and
wandered around hyif TO get another
place, but all the ladies In the fine
houses wanted mo rilerence, and as | had
none, in the ixuemity thought Of me
cousin, Margaret Flanagan, who was
wOrkin' with 'ristocratlc family In a
brown stone front, and / went 10 her
and tould her me throubles, and axed
her would l do better to go to
an Intelligent office andZ seek o
sittyawtion; but she pershwadedm me from
H. and seq shey"Ye can iuSt sthay along
wild me till 70 gets q place" "And Is
i board here you mane?" SEE l; "lor
I've no money to sphar," SEE l. "Be-
dad" says she, laughing, "that shows you
haven't lived in Ameriky very long.
Why" SEE che, "thc seryanta in this
house have some Of their friends here
oil tho time, and the missus never comes
INTO the kitchen; how should she be
Gtlher knowing It'll Besides an II che
did, she would know better than to OBJ.
lect, for she don't want 10 offend vslly.
Die servant" SEE she; and Margaret gave
. her head a toss as II she knew she had
The miSsus under her thumb. They were
alonstrous rich people that lived there
kept five seryants, and each one had a
cousin or friend visiting them every day,
aud We had Elegant times, for VIC had a
grand supper every night, and one even.
ing the coachmAn and Margaret gave q
party TO all the servant girls OF their &C.
qlAIutance, and We had plenty Of Ice
cream and cake and wine, and everything
good, and Margaret got out the nissus'
best napkins, and had everything In STYLE,
except the silverAthe dining room viri
could not slip that out for fear OF the mis-.
sus. laxed Margaret II the master never
made q fuSs about the expense, Tor II
must take an uncommon sight OF money
70 keep so many servants and their par
lies; and seq she, "of course tho masthel
'colds the missus terrible, and schweart
81 her and makes her cry, poor thing, and
says they will DO ruined Il she don't watch
10 more closely, but she knows she cant
get along without us, and we won't stay
y we can't have some innocent recrea
uon," SEE Margaret That little visit wild
her was great benefit to me, and opened
me eyes as 70 how l could do with thest
Amerykens, bpt | must close now. u
may expect 10 hear from me every nov
and then, Your loyin' sisther, -
BRIpeRr O'DoIAN.