The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-04-07
Get Their Cans Full.

There Is no doubt that there is regu-
lar saturnalia going on throughout the
country, of one thing and another, and
among the rest is the startling amount
Of drunkenness recently discovered
among the servant girls Of New York.
The girls have certainly kept the matter
sly, and it was only recently, when q
number Of New York gentlemen got to
talking about their servant girls, that it
was discovered five out Of six of them
were addicted to putting an enemy into
their mouths to steal away their brains.
There is preference always for "old
girls" on account of their experience,
aud the family who can secure an old
girl considers itself IN luck. But it was
among these that the fatal weakness for
mince pie ingredients was discovered,
and an investigation has taken place. 1t
appears that it has been considered the
proper caper among high-toned families
of lat0to have wine cellar in the house,
with an English butler, one of those
chaps who says the 'orn of the 'unter is
card on the Ill, and an English servant
girl with the same himpediment of
| speech, and the loose manner in which
the wine has been guarded, in trying to
| ape the English aristocracy, has led the
girls into temptation. Recently there
! have been some high old times in the
back kitchens of the first families, and
where two or three servant girls were
| gathered together of an evening there
| would be feast of reason and flow of
fluids. The wine and other liquors left
| over from the meals of the family and
their guests would be put away for fu-
ture reference, and when enough had ac-
cumulated to make it an object, invita-
tions would be sent out by the servant of
one house to her acquaintance, and
they would meet. In the course of an
evening they would probably imbibe halt
a dozen different kinds Of liquor, and the
result would be paralysis. At first, when
the girls failed to get up in the morning
on time, and they were found spread
around on the floor, with their heads in
coal scuttle and their feet on top Of
each other, with bottles to right and lef,
of them, that had volleyed and thun.
dered, they were supposed to be the VIC
Tins of some designing person, who had
induced them to drink Irish whisky un-
der the impression that it was spring
water. But when the thing had hap
pened thirty or forty times, and the peo
pie of the house had been obliged te
send out to some restaurant for theil
breakfasts, the naked truth began tx
dawn on them and the girls were rea
soned with, or fired out, according te
the kind of boss they had. Some O
these orgies have been watched through
the kitchen windows, and the entertain
ment is said to possess rare interes
that is alone worth the price of admis
sion. OF course, the aristocratic famil
l u II L. 4
are greatly shocked, and have takel
measures to prevent any recurrence o
them. The idea that a common servan
should presume to get aristocraticall..
drunk, on first-class liquor, and fall un
der the table, just like their superiors, i
CALLING as the old Harry, and strict OF
ders are now given that it must no
occur again. And that ia right, toe
Incompetence is sad, an unfortunat
condition, especially among those of tn
. weaker sex,-PecEs Sun.