The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-07-16
Domestic Life in Germany.
.rom . Girls Letter in the New York Chris

|, The domestic machinery Of the Ger,
mans is much more simple than ours;
and in many respects more economical
and practical. One truth isso onmade
apparent to- 9, stranger, and that sis !
that economy is 9 necessity il Germa-
ny. In a family Of seven there is usu.
ally but one servant. She rises at IS
makesthe Kitchen fire, washes the floor,
and puts her own 70 oms in order. At
6:the baker comes, then the man with
milk and butter (thea Germans never
put salt in their butter, 50 they buy
it fresh every morning h The chill.
dren are awakened, and the maid
helps them to. dress, then makes
the coffee and serves! V it, it first to the
other children, who are obliged to be
off forschool at half-past6 in summer
and z in winter. This done, in our.
family, the maid puts my sitting-roo ON
norder, washing the floor, dnsting the
furniture and shaking the rugs. AT s7
we have coffee and by half-past am
ready to begin my work. After the,
rest; Of the family are served with cof-%
fee and rolls, the sleeping and other
rooms are put in order, each. floor
being washed or waxed and rugs
thoroughly beaten; then. the maid goes
to market to buy the dinner. There
are no supplies in the larde in Ger
many as at home If cold boiled ham
or any other cold meat is needed for
supper, the maid goes to the; butcher
and buys just eli ughii for the; men.
As custom Ethat tstfuc * me eutiously
was that sof having shops in the base
ments Of even the HANG soonest houses
on the most fashiohab le Streets
butchers, bak ers, ssho kers, no tion
stores, jewellers; llswho can be found
| within a radius Of q block from any
given point. tt is, undoubtedly, con-
venient for people but itsmars the
beauty Of the streets very much. Nv
maid has gone to; market, I believe, so
by this tims she has returned and isE
preparing the second hreak fastj which
is served at III and consists of a cou-
lple of eggs and slice OF brown bread an!
| inch and q half thick, wilma littlecold
meat occasionally acup Of chocolate
varies the monotony Then comes the
dinner at 2-soup; meat, and vegeta-
lbles, and dessert; the latter the chill
sdren only Are allowed I to H have
on Sundays After the soup
has been served the lady 81 the
house puts what she. intends for
maid in a dish, and on no account
IIwould a servant be allowed to; take
more than had been given her The
same plan is followed with the meat:
and vegetables After the dinner
dishes are washed, and the kitchen put
in order, the maid dresses and takes
the children out for wal lin the park;
returning inI time for 81 o. clock coffee,
which feVen the little three-years-old
hoy of my land lad drank every day. ]!
1t was prot lem to me how these
children kept their health with coffee;
i'm the morning and afterno ION and
at night. am sure American children
could not endure it. .SSHs2t
At 8 supper is eaten; cold meats 4
tea, or mill, or. beer, and bread and
butter, compose the meal. The laundry
work is always done out of the house,
SO that lessons, the work sof the one
maid very materially. All + bread,
cakes, pies, and even pud dings, are
bought read y,made, as We say Of
clothes. The bread is much better
than 81 ours, because it is always
thoroughly one r. sSl
4 "a good maid is not paid more than
$40 a year, and in many families only
$l2. They are allowed one Sunday
evening out in two weeks, and il thew
should come home later than they have
promised they do not; 20 out again. for
a month. All disputes between mis-.
tress and maid are settled blythe police.
In one house i was in, the quarrels
were, so freq that one policeman,
at least, was there the most Of the
time. 4
German women IRE much int crested
in their house keeping; they obey their,
husbands religiou sly,t because tieys be-
|:lieveIt heysiave toi;. and are yeryifonds
|of fancy work, and gossip! They are
very tenacious of their titles; and; ii
lady s. husband is a doctor or;
professor and You do not call
her Frau Doctor or Frau Profess.
or, you offend her mortality told
my German teacher that g. had some
friendssin Berlin whom I had met some
years ago in Rome, and asked how III
should address the lady as Iwasgo
there to time. thought the gentle,
mans title was Jestiziratf, then 4
must call her Frau estizirat ii 81;
s.ButS u said, be is also Geheimer.
ath. $50 ], then, that is still higher:
and she must be called Frau Geheime-
rath. Later on in the conversation
/ mentioned that heWasa also professor.
in the Iuni'v ersity The look Of amaze
ment and surprise I got and; the way
in which she said ID How " lucky that
you told me; you must call her Frau
Profess convinced me that Iwould
have made q sefio ns mist axe if had I
used either Of the first entioned titles.