New-York tribune., 1873-05-16
SUNSHINE FOR HOUSEKEEPERS.
A SCHOOL FOR HOUSEHOLD SERVICE.


Never does a ferment of feminine energy
resolve itself into public shape without promise OF
remedying the seryanev among the blessings tenfold
I'm its train. committee domestic employme has
been created in every society for the ameoration OF
human woes in gross. college of servants has been
proposed several times, and with selfdenyng zeal the
other members of each organization have suggested that
the LADY members OF the said domestic committee would
reach the end the speediest by training girls In
their own families to English thoroughness, by way Of
providing model servants for the rest But beyond the
registry of such committee society ever went What
a woman's parliament workingwomens union, ladies'
club and dozen benevolent agencies beside failed to do,
the Chdren's Aid Society has quietly added to its
work At the Girls Home, in st.; Mark's-place.
has been formed for training in efficient domestic
work. ana goes through course OF tsaemng ana prae-
is formed only OF volunteers, or those who enter at the
desire OF their parents and the Is complete
under seven months. Ihe principal considers year
little enough time for ordinary proficiency but IL is i'm
possible retain girls longer as they anxious to be
earning the higher wages which their newfound skill
receives AT first they taught to make BEDS sweep
and dust in the quickest, neatest way which every
housekeeper knows quite at variance with the com
mon happy-go-lucky style OF Bridgets performances
When they can make bed leok like a frosted loaf
cake aud can sweep without raising clouds
before the broom, and know how %
leave a room ~ ,.h shining order they learn how
in waiting the matron's table, and answering tho
The lessons in cooking, bread aud pastry making,
given by an experienced cook the girls taking their
kltcuen Till they know now 70
do well what Is required in common families They can
make good soup, Dro chop season stew, dress
poultry Desserts and coffee receive special attention
The class is not large for few girls have the patience to
learn their work thoroughly when unsked service gets
such prices from the start IL averages seven girls VINO
room together separate from the changing odgers aud
are kept under tue matrOn's and housekeepsrs eye.
This trained help eagerly sought for, and commands
good wages and good employers
Asewlng-machine class In the Home Is very popular
among the girls as t IL something they PICK up rapidly
and leads they imagine. into more genteel employ
ment. But the idea OF u training school meets with
great prejudice among those II was meant 10 benefit
absurd reports started that the girls
be sent West without the knowledge OF their parents,
and bound out as slaves Stll the school Is bound
work tTway INTO favor Ladies' do much toward
encouraging THIS practical reform by urging poor girls
10 enter the class keeping an eye ON them whe there,
and fostering their serespec Oy udcious praise show
ing them udmlstsKaby that they do not lower them
selves IN the opinion refined people by entering call.
ing as honorable household service that Is not the
work but the way II 10 done that commands respect.