Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-10-26
EVENING STAR.


b1hSS n 1ft1s0 ~ ApIaegONs JOURNAL
The immortality of me lover oriers in
Paris, and even OF the best class OF s~rvantS
nss already beer alluded to- IL 10 unfortu-
nsteiy foetsred by the French system OF
scibe All the servants rooms belonging
tn the different suites OF apartments I'M the
0uficinE IN The garnet OF that on .laiug the
servants room scarcely ever forming a psrf
psr,s, sn'e 40 which it belong. raus the
day once ended. quits your premtseS shuts
the door behind Der, and goes OF aoeoIutely
sit, incesd, In the tiny. brick. foored kitcheo
that IL scarcely ruomy enough for the dts
chsrse OF her culinary duties, wasting her
employs r's Ore aud gas. with nothing Ia par
are CAV with easlights. aud she cAn SO forth
20 make her purchases, or 70 pay visits. or
In take . stroll with her husband IL she
chance to have one" At home we know ell
az Brideet's outgoines and incomines, anc,
were she 10 stay out all night. the sSt wolld
soon reach her MISTRESS ears She leads,
tected as does any femsle nemoer OF the
family that she serves. But Fsnchette II
subject TO no such rules, and 10 guarded by
no such nnGences. Her time. from nine or
ten o'clock IN the evening Till ssven
O'Clock the next morning Is absolutely a.
her Own disposal. Moody In Inc family
that she serves knows when she goes olt
when she comes In, or where she spe ldS her
time In the interim; nobody can tell wlAt
visitors she may OF may not receive in her
little up stairs room, which Is IS complete
~
Is tie flower shop n. X door. The system f.
a very bad one, and the only wonder ~ thar
IL has left rs many goot, pure, aud well be-
hsved girls In The ranks o. domestic service
IL Paris ss really do exist there.
For after all, the '.real treasure" that
golden vision OF housekeeping bliss, is far
oftener to be met with IA Paris than she is
at home. nyou do meet with q really good
French servant, you have, indeed, found a
treasure. Honest as steel, neat as q new pin.
iDdusrious as a bee, capable OF IA king on
hnr SaNf Ghnfr ha ~
crate sized household, she soon sends your
memories OF devoted Dinahs and hard work-
ing Biddies into the background. But he
not unjust, o American denizen OF foreign
chimes! Remember how much more poor
Bridget and DipAh have to do. Your tiny
dpppte1seTt, each piece fitting into the other
puzzle, 10 more easily kept in order than is
the three-story brick mansios, with Its b Ais
and staircases, Its unoccupied and useless
Kept clean; its rows Of windows that must be
washed. Recollect how your namoermaid
has to 60 from her bed making and pitcher
filling TO the hard labor of the wash tub;
how y our waiter-girl must leave the ironing
table TO answer the bell and lay the cloth
for dinner. Fanchette may, indeed, do all
the work OF the household, but how much
spatched and the dishes put away she pro
ceeds TO make the beds and brush up gen.
orally, usually having no bedroom carpets
to sweep, but only bedside rugs TO shake ont
and keep In order. Tnen she trips upstairs
Ia her own room, whence she emerges neat
and smiling, and ready to lay In her stock OF
provisions for dinner. The dinner mas tn be
cooked, 1t is true, but how? A little char
coal is lighted, or perhaps gas furnace is
used; there Is q eimmerfng of half q dozen
saucepans over tiny holes In the little range,
and the thing Is done. Everything lies ready
TO her hand. Her coal is stored In great
drawers at either side of the range, aud Is
brought up and placed there at SO much a
sackful. No painting mp long flights of eel
lsr-steps with great hods OF coal for her.
Then, the dinner once cooked, she proceeds
TO serve 1t. UDfiushed by gigantic ires, un-
wearied by multiplicity OF roast and
baked and broiled, with no staircase 10
climb with her dishes, she brings on her
wards in due course, and serves them
easily and well. And one hour afver tue
meal is ended the kitchen will be shining
and spotless as q new pin; and Fanchette,
her duties for the day ended, every dish, fork,
and spoon In It's place, will have gone
a. pleasuripg. Nor does that fearful trial TO
American housekeepers-"a day out"-ever
intervene. Such an interruption TO the
strict routine OF q well regulated French
household is not to be thought OF.