Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-02
Tgr YANKEE HoUsELADx.
CHRISTINE rERHUNE HERRlcK'
PART II.
lCopyriDAted, 1855.

lCopyCiGhted, LS5.l
.urogonce and haste or sell-asser-
,.hich are the most disagreeole
"o"' atoristics ofour Yankee houseiady,
'n nan snring from an innate dread OF con-
"' The average mechanic. however
FH.f o,ohle in his own eyes and in others
I,es not expect his employer to IN
Sls' ~, ION seat at his family dinner
VIZ nm The contrary, he honors NM
tauit, trulv TO force himself into pace
seh ,,hich is he not accustomed
TO in which he cannot play
anu mart creditably. Inc tef-
D # disdain. the suspicion OF patronage
loi oimost always caused by conscious
al' 'orinteriority. Even wnlle the mousse
iaI, asserts her equality by "ord ana
au' ~ nor Utmost soul she knows tnal II
act ID in,i pT bprselfto be ''as good as any
sue lha would not be at so much trou-
oou; rroclaim it, She would give
Die " ~, nrOOf of the hard common sense
cIu" ,,bich she is abundantly endowed II
WIZ ,yo,1Id resomtely look in the face the
euG .ot,on INTO which she forces hersell by
er'p'."s,,,,.pIes for social recognition. rev
Ae. 935 are so gifted with tact and
Ou,a,,iod5e of the world as to be able TO
AnLo themselves one with The FAMILY
nirnIe and be nOimpediment TO tne iree con-
Corsation for which, in many housenolus,
noaai times furnish the only opportunity
Iar0ues an undressing pfeponderance
nt sali-cOnceit in our hired CIR! VINO Cnluhs
herself sufficiently sympatnetlc 10 Do no
I ee.7,-hacl. uuOn family condolences.
IT, when thus conditioned" she is ad-
.,ittod to the table, she occupies the an
n",Ions nositiOn of an ignored guest. 10
,,nn bomeIy proverb she will appreciate,
~ i .,neitber hay nor grass" nelther
+rIond nor servant. woman OF right
tonlino would consider herself far more
na,orod nv the friendly treatment OF
annnrior TO an inferior who, nevertheless,
g. in her place, entitled to consideration
and kindly regard. AS it is, the maid
Ieels that she must make loud pretenslon
for fear she may be desplsed should she
quietly accept her station.
you town people know very hCtle OF
the Yankee girl, sui geneTtS," said young
.no,, N a city h0usekeeper. "My mother
ijy4s in Vermont, you know, where the
naive article fOurishes to perfection.
Tho hired glrl always sits at the table
Win the family, as a matter of course. L
,ecolIpct one help we had whose family
were so very poor that it was all they
cnnId do to keep themselves from starv-
inc Yet have seen this maid, whom,
IN snitp of her gross inetfciency. we en-
Moved through charity, sitting at her
Ease in the parlor practicing on the piano,
while my mother was hard at work IN the
kitchen"
.'Do YOU think am going to lug water
upstairs for herr" querled an indignant
bsndmaIden OF the owner of farm house
where several boarders were spending the
summer. Motif | know it. Pm just as
good as she is. NY grandmother lives on
the handsomest street in Worcester and
is one of the richest ladies in the town.
Let her take care of ner own ROOM"
With all her failings and veXatiOus Pc
culiarities, the Yankee girl has sterling
qualities that 90 far toward conterbalanc-
ing these. In herself and at her best she
is an interesting study. There is a sug-
gestion ofPlymouth Rock in her bracing
breeziness, a Renaissance of the woman
OF '76 in her way of taking matters-in-
GLIDING the pOssessOrs Of the dOmain-in
hand. She is nearly always honest as
the day, brisk and capable, accomplishing
more work In given time than any for
elgn-60rn domestic could, taking lively
interest in everything pertaining to her
employers family, and able to turn her
hand to anything.
Ii is the part OF wisdom to make the
best OF her, in the remembrance of numer-
GUS households to which the servant prob
lem is sucqnctly presented in five words
the YanBee girl or none.
In Mrs. Nhltney's charming New Eng
land stOrits We meet the Native Helper,
who cOuH she but appear to us IN the
flesh, would be the realization of our ideals.
We remember Luclarion Grapp and Sar-
ell with Ia lncredulOus sigh as we tremble
under tue oppression OF the average hand
maiden, stirring and uncompromising,
and possessing in the highest degree what
Mrs. a0we has taught US to call
"taculB." These pictures of elp-meets,
lndeedanG the Gem panion portrait of X ate
senceDox and Bel Bree, arouse in us an
lmpule to shake of the foreign yoke and
repalrto the Vermont and Massachusetts
nils ia our household assistants. But they
are nd to be had for the asking or the
seekig. It's doubtful, moreover, if their
bestGalitles would bear TRANSPORTATION,
!heMo not take kindly to cities, but
nouFh IN farm houses and country
towf where their antecedents are too
WelhnoWn for them to fear a descent in
eD5lal scale through their conserving
TO ctome, in the best and truest sense of
t1eWord, help In the home.