The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-07-03
The British BARNARD.


The strong desire Of smart, respectable
young women to obtain the place Of bar
maid behind a public house counter IL
evinced by the number Of applicants
offering their services in the licensed VIC
tualers' newspapers, describing themselves
As ts,ll genteel. well-educated, attractive,
never been out before, and ready to serve
months without wages. | have IN my
time known many attractive barmaids, and
have often heard from their lips tales Of
misery. whilst others, tHll of gayety, would
not exchange their position except upon
very eligible uher. Numbers Of young
females have been brought tothe bar through
unthmking friends of ''Inine host
latter taking the maids upon the sole
recommendation ut customers ; and, once
installed barmaIds they must continue,
unless married. Tor few would accept their
services IN any other capacity. great
many undoubtedly like the position from
the pure love uf admiration and vanity.
I They like to be talked to, and converse
with hatserers and admirers; and their
/ flndness for dress $ considerably heightened
| BY the opportunities afforded Of showing
| of to the fellows" using the tavern. 1t
would be far from the truth t. assert that
all this allurement to Impropuetles with
men leads to evil courses AS a rule, for as a
class, placed 10 50 many ways Of tempta-
I ton, barmaids are far more moral than
many other female employees that could be
| easily named. They have no objection to
I he made love 70 and accept presents from
'sottheads and "spoOneys, but eaten
/ them outside the bar with such In many
I houses at the West End and the City used
by clerks, lawyers. and shupmen, the land
| lords tnd il greatly to their interest to
bave handsome, nne, snowy, attractive,
and laxative young ladies behind the
bar. The conversation at these houses Is
BY no means ~ the ''goodly school Of al
phabct Many of these young ladies
have rich dresses in the hight of fashion,
found them by their employers, and only
serve at those hours when the ''glddyites
look ID to liquor-up and feed. Ii may be
piety, or something else, that causes this
branch Of barmaideHhood to forsake the
taps on the seventh day, but certain It is
| they alEays have their Sundays out, and
are to be seen at Kew, Richmond, and
even the Zoo. escorted by rich admirers.
Many marry rich men. and not long since
a Jermyn street BARNARD was united to a
wealthy ship'1ner ana member Of Parlla-
ment The old gent IA this case married
out Of gratitude for the young lady's CIV
lIty at time when he was taken queer at
the bar. Most barmaIds possess the virtues
Of clylllty and politeness, until their Gus
toners get queerly otherwise. and are ash
ing for tick. when the virtues disappear
altogether ana instead of please give
your orders gentlemen, the gentlemen
are ordered out With respect to re-
! muueraton being an nducement to enter
the services of the bar. it must be other
wise, for the general wages average only
80 TO El2 per year. In regard to easy
and pleasant duties ts encouraging females
70 seek such employment, those who have
been sadly disappointed. Ia many est
End houses, and III those in the great
thoroug hfarcs. barmaIds are down by Z
o clock ia the morning, and. with the ex-
cepuon 81 three hours rest IN the less busy
hours " the day, they are at work
until halt-past II atuight. They have
To clean the floor II the bar. the
taps and glasses. They are in many
cases never still Or III their feet
from early morn to middle Of the night.
ON sundays they have lev hours IL them
selves, which are taken up IN cleaning out
the garnet and arranging or mending their
clothes. once month they are allowed
a day out. They have 10 silently bear
the tlthlest language and disgusting sights,
particularly from their own sex. They
have 70 put up with insults from the low
est Of the low without murmur. and all
tins for less wages than Is paid for maids
Of all work