The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-21
The Barmaid,

Lie DdTuldlu'
The following is from Emily Faith
fnll's paper "Women and Work ::
"The strong desire OF smart, respecta
BILE Young women TO obtain the place o
barmaid behind a public.house counte.
is evinced by the number OF applicant
offering their services in the Licensed
Victuallers' newspapers, describing
themselves as tall, genteel, well.edu
Gated, attractive, never been out before
and ready to serve months without
wages. / have in my time known many
attractive barmaids, and have Otter
heard firm their lips tales of misery
whilst others, full Of gayety, would moi
exchange their position except upon O
very eligible offer Numbers of young
females have been brought to the ba,
through minimizing friends of mine
host the latter taking the maids upon
the sole recommendation of customers
aud once installed barmaids, barmaids
they must continue, unless married, FOL
few would accept their services in amy
other capacity. Agreat many undoubt'
eddy like the position from the pure
love of admiration and vanity. They
like to be talked to, and converse with
hatterers and admirers and their fond.
ness for dress is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
by the opportunities afforded Of SHOW
ing off, to the fellows using the
tavern. 1t would be far from the truth
to assert that all this allurement to i'm.
proprieties with men leads to evil courses
as a rule, for as a class, placed in so
many ways of temptation, barmaids are
far more moral than many other female
employees that could be easily named.
They have no objection to be made love
to and accept presents from '~soft-heads'
and 'spooneys,' but catch them outside
the bar with such In many houses at
the West End and city, used by clerks,
lawyers, and shopmen, the landlords
find it greatly to their interests to have
handsome, fine, snowy, attractive, and
laxative young ladies' behind the
bar. The conversation at these houses
is by no means of the 'Goody School of
Many of these young
ladies' have itch dresses in the height
of fashion, found them by their en-
ployers, and only serve at those hours
when the 'giddyites' look in to liquor
up and feed. It may be piety, or some.
thing else, that causes this branch of
bar maidenhood to forsake the taps on
the seventh day, but certain it is they
have their Sundays out, and are
TO be seen at Kew, Richmond, ard even
The 'Zoo,' escorted by rich admirers.
Many marry rich men, and not long
since a Jermyn street barmaid was
to a wealthy shipowner and men,
Der of parliament. The old gentleman
II this case married out OF gratitude for
he young lady's civility at a time when
le was taken queer at the bar. Most
,armaids possess the virtues of civility
md politeness, until their customers get
otherwise, aud are asking for
tick when the virtues disappear alto
and instead of please give
our orders, gentlemen the gentlemen
re ordered out With respect to re.
ANNEXATION being an inducement to
inter- the services of the bar it must
otherwise, for the general wages
verage only fl0 to fl2 per year. In
egard to easy and pleasant auties as
ncouraging females to seek such en-
loyment, those who have thought so at
rst must have been sadly disappointed.
| many West End houses, and in those
the great thoroughfares, barmaids
Q down by five O'Clock in the morning,
ID with the exception Of three hours /
at in the less busy hours Of the day, i
are at work until half-past twelve
night.