The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-10
Nurseinnids


Nursemaids.
There lay the poor little baby In Its car
riage, it's face purple with ra 20 and the air
in its vicinity resonant with iniantile
screams, Aud no wonder, for the bright
sun which streamed down over the raj ings
of Union square yesterday sent It's herce
rays right into the poor little dear's face,
and even an older person. toughened to ex.
posur,, would not have rellshed that sort of
experience. especially while lying on his
back. The reporter turned the back OF the
| carriage to the sun and the little one was
Modified to an eppreciakie extent as the
subsequen. screams were certainly less
hssrtfsnding.
ohild?" was asked a young nurse-mald who
was wheeling similar vehicle along the
gravel walk.
"Oh, | guess Mary's down in the next
block talking TO an acquaintance. IL don't
hurt young un TO cry u little once in
awhile. | was just goin' to tend to him
myself, but thought Mary'd come every
! minute. Here she Is now and the recall
trant Mary sauntered slowly through the
gate, turning back to catch just one more
LOOK at her disappearing friend. Coming
IN TO her baby carriage she took look At
the diminuitive occupant, told II to shut
right up now" and wheeled IL SLOWLY over
to the other nurse girls side, when the TWO
moved out OF the park.
"Of course, We can't depend on all tho
girls we secure" eyplaiaed lady TO re-
porter an hour later; and the young girls
espccially, are TO be little depended on.
Some OF them will let child cry its eyes
out rat er than ry TO discover what ails II.
Ladis. win not employ this class. as role,
b. p ,~Np girl who Is good nursemAid
isars.n ty's. One must pay her good
! ssisrt " s..c will not take much pains.
| bout thai sun-burning incident you
sneak of-that IL not an uncommon thing.
Johnny, my youngest, had his face tanned
! TO the color OF an Indians when he WAS
| only six months DID,
WAGES AND DUTIES.
How much money does good nurse
| maid receive for her seTYicesY'
From S25 TO $50, but some French
nurses command $40 and even $50 Il month u;
about $50, though, is what the majority OF
people try " secure girl FOR, and then
they make them do any amount OF outside
work that is not stipulated Ia the agree
ment."
"Theu the duties ola nursemaid are null
THEY are, indeed in many instances
Some girls are requir d to take care OF
three or four children. do their
Washing, darning aud me ndiug, and often
make their clothss, while doing great
share ofthe housework, running on brands
and other work"
| "They often complain of course2'
They not only complain, but they seek
other situations. Some mothers require
| that all OF the care OF The maid shall be de
voted to the care of the infant; but even in
such cases the life of the maid 10 not very
desirable one, as the f5s.idious and over
careful mother is not q pleasant woman TO
work for. had several children and have
| had great many nurse girls ana belleVf
| know how to manage them BY this time.
The over-csreiul mother 10 generally
young woman who has never had
| children before. When tho third or
fourth child comes along mothers are gen.
eraly not 80 particular in their choice Of
nurses, and perhaps the aid of the Chinese
servant has saved the family purse quite
an expenditure in this case. Some ladies
allow the nurse entire charge of their child.
rem and the results in many instances are
peculiar, often surprising. An AMERICAN
| child has been known to learn French OF
nurse maid before IL could speak word Of
English, and heard OF a child who learned
both German ard French, by having maids
OF both nationalities, before II could articu-
late in its mother tongue. These remarks
apply to older children and not 30 much to
very young infants"
GIRL AND MISTRESS.
"Do girls have much trouble In hnding
EN- ploymeDt?"
Not If they have references; but there
are a vast number who advertise for situa-
! tions as nurses who nave no experience in
that line. That is one reason why refer
snces ara so often asked for. Another res-
| son is that girls OF good character may be
| obtained Some times a Protestant, Cath
ole, Jewish or colored girl is desired, and
| the person advertising Tor help viii only
have a particular one The objections 10
the country phase sometimes noticed in
| an advertisement is hecause Piri often has
to wait several months for her pay from
| farmer, and the idea of leaving her 'roung
man for months at time is not always
pleasant one. Often nurse-maids prefer
! to live at home, as In this case an additional
amount of salary is obtained People liy.
ing IN hotels generally require this kind OF
arrangement"
"Do your girls often complain of i'll treat
ment2'"
~ cannot say as to that" said the lady.
81 will tell you an incident that lady told
me the other day. A nurse girl had come
to her house in answer TO an advertise
ment, and in n conversation she told the
lady how she had come TO leave her former
situation. She had gone TO the house of
her former employer when the lady was
sick and the baby had been taken care OF
by Its father for several weeks through
lack of other assistance. The child was
dirty, its clothes were In u frightiul condi-
ton, and the whole house was torn up.
The poor girl had TO set to work, clean ev-
erything up, and made herself sick through
her extreme efforts. On complaining OF
her illness she was discharged from the
services OF her overbearing mistress with
ont receiving cent for her weeks labor
Frisco Chronicle.