, 1877-02-25

.tan<,ora ~ odnc,t;on oro ~ ah1a = ~, 49,
as;t;' ~ nur>orr.1ovc-nsss A''s ~ ~ -. n ln
shay has already stated that high salaries ar,
being offered for qualified cooks, and she non
Announces TINT to supply this demand coo,er,
.1.sso. III, l.. t,,a =, tho T.o.,,- ~, ="
oe,'ao aa,es w., 1,st;,nt, ~ Ia,ra" u tn'
| Portman square, On Tuesday and THURSDAY
mornings from II to |. The public on naynent
arc IN hc a7mittei, tn the h,1, tn via, TX ,.as
ing Of the cIasscs. which have mt ~ rct M howexcr -
The quebec 1nstituts t IS a'ss
the site OF the offices opened by Mrs. Crawsbay
| 1vb.u thev bod hcen for einht n,o,+he :, h.,
,.a,+;o,' - ,ras f,,,,,1 +,,o9 1no -
oe>upa''on' ~ "4' "t.as 1o' 'so'es n'u w
talneu sltuatlous oy tAeir means. Oniy
SIX had proved failures-three Of them
| it is sad to hear, from inebriety. The
| nnmbcr in tho last s;x roonthe i
~as,1, ~raa+.r s;,c. ~ y ,,,o+..sasno..oz ;, =,
'as.'o slea1ei' 1s'ee f. - 'ettel appeared
i'll the Times OF JAN ~ giving her experience
| Of an educated woman whom she had eugaeed
as general servant with the occasional assistance
- ohnr-,o,,,a7 no 1os, +ho,, tha,..a.s,, 1"..a.-
~ euA4 "oulan' no 60 .aau luoueauu letee's
nave peeu ieee''eu ~ LIS on1ees IN Lower ses-
| meut could be found for forty or tifty ladies
daily to take charge OF nurseries, Peoplc have
at list become dcsrous that those from whom
| their children imbibe their earliest asso:ia
tio11s should be refined and gentle per
/ sons When IF. CT applied for a ,a1y helm
| to be her only servant, she received two dozci,
letters from ladies'. Now the demand has out
| run the supply and there are more applications
| from employers tl1an from those desfrous to be
| employed. Mrs. Crawshar expressly disclaims
! lo the hardest kind Of work. When she first
! engaged lady to be her maid, she began t,y
vanishing her own boots, to show her you,,r
| assistant that there was nothing inherently re-
| pllsiye in the work, aid she is unwilling
| that ladies should, rs Il rule. be re-
auiretl to varnish any shoes but
their own. Their own, bowcycr. it
is desirable they should clean, in order to saye
the time and feelings Of the uuder-scryants.
She recommends that no lady-heln shonld he re-
ouircl to take her meals with ordinary servants
but leaves it entirely to the feeling Uf the en-
pioycr whether the lady-help shoutd associate
on Terms OF EQUALITY with the family she serves.
As her own experience. Mrs. Crawshav statrs
rr n1s ane en chase nse
monI6s I she lad seven u''' chances seA amonr w.use
her nine women servants There + q fceiin0
work Of a house. it is really done i;y a few
,,ndcr.servants ,rho mr.. tcnt Tn rcniy -, III.
Mr. Grawsor sars tha+ dnr;nr 11e ~ ,un1,.', tI.,
months manf;onrf3: 11,c ornonnt RI t1tranen,,s
aid oiSen wos far less than at anv othnr t,no
t1urng ~" 1xo,tr-nine I reors e1o boa !. sa,t
hons..i,. and thef nnt ;,nir ain ~ ,ae;;s
rrt throurh a,1 Tho work ren;,;red nf thcn, hn1
fhat thrv mai1e m immense o,,.ntitv ~ nn1s
hn,1sc- -lncu NH wearinc anna-cl md ct mt and
made twn carne1s fnr ar.-e snar, hed.r1,oms hnt.
ter tlan most cnnntrr 1,ni,olsrercFs xo,,ld have
made them In f,rt nne NJ Mrs Crawshav,s
expcricuccs suggests an eycess ol zeal. leading
tie I',dy-hcns s6c rnn'ovcd to do Wnrk 4.1 With,
was nroncrly in the nrnyince n1 an uniicr.serv-
ant. BIT ii that cus. the unier-servant on her
part was seized with emulation. and drive them
AWAY from the hall tf1sY were srr1,hhino' aay;u~
thotshe herself would work later to .sgrt thr1u1a
With With III The ladies' Who seek to bccomc iadyheIns
are sunplled with form On which thew wrif..
their name THAR agc. address. nx11,nnton' thc
oc;r,natinn Of their fathers. and fhc situnti,m
desired. They have also to live references to
two houseboltiers. but the rcsponsihl;ty of in
n,1iries as to thararter rests with thr cnnIoyrr.
4 great lnany Of those who appy state that
their father was q person OF no Occupation, In
other caycs, the form after Il afathcr's occupa-