The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-26

the best and most skil!tul manner OF doinS
whatsoever they obligated themselves to
do? Would not those Of US who do know
how to order our work done 10 suit our in
dividual tastes and intcrcs,s---thosc Of Ms
VINO do know when work is well done
nave far better opportunity OF teaching
our help our method of doing it, il we had
help that felt the necessity Of learning the
better way of doing any thingY Surely we
would, But what arc the facts in the CASEY
lhey are these: Generally speaking
we take u girl or woman into our service,
who processes to know how to cook, wash
and iron the washing and ironing we
will leave out and pass on TO the
simple fact Of getting up three modest
meals each day. How many women who
come into our houses can really accomplish
that much2 About one in nine, will he
able TO do it, the othereight will lack some
one, II no more, essential particular. The
amber coffee, snowy loaf, flaky pie crust
and properly broiled steak are culinary
tests almost never found as ranging among
the possibles TO the average hired girl.
Nor Is il essential 10 her success in getting
situation that she should be conversant
with the best methods Of doing the work
by which she gains her living; she has but
to leave one situation and apply, to &c, AN
othe:, and the next one she
applies for she will be sure 10
get. She need not, hc she one have pic
tured here or one OF the few honorable
exceptions Of whom spoke, il my first ar
ticle, hesitate about leaving the place she is
| in, nor does she; she knows no one will ask
her for any sort Of recommendation, what
ever. Now my idea accords with Mrs
- IN this, that the simple fact Of a
accommodation being necessary would be
a great protection ~ the mis,rcss; and |
think It would be Of exceeding great ser
vice 10 the one who possessed il, as we'll. /
Judge Others, 81 | suoposc mos, Of people
| do. by my,cli, and ! know il is real
pleasure 10 M to say a CIR. have had in
my service is good girl--that she makes
bread or roas; meats, or anything else she
really can DO, jus; TO suit NIX; or that be-
! lieye her % be honest, or that found her ~
be pleasant in her dispositions; or
a careful nurse worthy o. contd q; and
this Kind Of thing i OF service u people
in any condition Of life and this kind Of
scrvic, is one no lady would refuse to any
one and j, is this Kind OF service | would
have our help ambitious " de-
serve q. our hands, and
they would be If they knew il was expected
Of them, As It is, they expect nothing but
their wages, and il is rarely indeed. that a
| giri leaves house that she and her mistress
are OF good terms. The mistress feel in.
iured and The lnaid feels pretty sure she
wants nothing 81 her hands. IL she had 10
have recommendation before she could
cain an entrance INTO another respectable
home, she would reconsider the matter and
would not step down and out. and leave
the clothes in the -uds the dinner table
standing, or tie bread in ,hepanS, uabaked
and through her dif'-ren, thinking mira.
cles would bc performed 10y her hands that
would win for her such regard from the
family she lived IN, ths; they would soon
look upon her ~ = friend more than ser
want; their interest would he hers; ben
would be theirs, and the whole domestic
trouble would be no trouble, comparatively
speaking We need no; await tie millen'
ium for this We have hut - adopt practical
Mrs. rs" suggestion to talk i, over il
the temperance hall, or any other place
and agree upon il, 10 make a sure thing Of
it, eventually, | think. There is, as | said
before, no other spot III the Union, of is
size, where it j. 50 difficult to secure eff
Glen. help, as j, is here; and 10 the carelcs,
manner in which they are engaged ii is
10 be attributed, undoubtedly. Were III,
other heads Of our household half as care
less in making their selections Of suitable
assistance in carrying on their different DE
partments in business as we ar, il thi
very essential one, We would find our purs
cs slim, indeed, in very short time, Can
not we, too, ladies, benefit Ly their pru
dcnce and manage our home affairs ht,l
more in keeping with our desircsi III
union there is strength
SUifEELn.
Jany 1870.