The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-11

to his servant Should any person entithe
servant away and thereby cause loss ehe
injury. IL female servant is seduceshe
master can bring suit against the sedudor
loss of the womans services In case OF *
ruptcy OF the master . preferences Is gr' to
servants wages, il due and unpaid. but onor
two months wages, the servant being an an
airy creditor after that sum. The death de
master 10 q discharge Of the contract.
Such, in the main, 10 the law Of masteud
servant In England and ireland. In Scoud
the conditions are somewhat more favoraito
the servant, as the hiring engagement 10 uer-
stood generally TO be for six months insteof
one month; and in case OF discharge whit
cause the servant can claim, not only thix
months wages, but bcArd-waRes for that pod
also. Forty days warning OF the terminsn
of the engagement 10 required on either sim
Scotland.
From my own experience in housekeeping
England, which lasted several years. feeh-
powered to say thai it 10 principally throuehe
difficulty which exists in dissolvinR the eute-
ment that 10 due the general performance
servants in places. In Mt of temper MISS
or servant may give the usual notice to &;
but before the period OF parting comes ARID
each takes q sober second view OF the mar,
and comes to the conclusion that the old Ell
tions may as well continue The power to To
q mistress or send off . servant withoutu
hours notice, which Is possessed In Amerids
at the very root Of all the trouble concerg
domestic service. Many decent girls chc-
ter has been lost because she Was turned oily
q cspricivus mistress and found herself wilt
shelter; and many q home has been sacrifd
because the mistress could not endure the :.
den Of heavy housework which had been thru
on her repsatedly by rebellious servants. o
left her without warning.
have often heard American ladies spesh
unstinted admiration Of the neat and pretty
pearance OF the women servants who alws
open tho front door in what ara known as n
dle-cless households In England. Great fa-
lies, Of course, have their buffers their val.
their footmen, their grooms or the chambs
but modest households have generally only b
women servants, and 60 when you will, one !:
the other Of these will be found bright, cleo
and smilingly ready to open the front door. \
memorable, though unwritten, law governs tn
matter, which might with advantage be enforce
=. In some American houses. 1t is this: The 500
must be dressed and do no dirty work from [
II every morning and be ready to answer Ii
door-bell; the second girl must have got thrug
all her dirty work and De dressed at l.
ready to take the cooks place IN answenr
to her kitchen latter taking off her nice clothes
and there she works until after the dinner
over. Evening door duty they take Oh alterna
evenings. The girl who 10 dressed is suppose
to do nsedle-work. either for the family or fl
herself, in the intervals of the door bell.
my mistress" exactly 80 the Southern slsv
used to do. To address an employer IS Mr."
''Mrs." so aud so would be considered great il
pertinence on the part Of a servant 'Sir"
Madam" is supposed TO accompany every Z
mark, and. while employers very rarely 81
''thank you to q servant. servants frequent
say "thank you" to employers when there
nothing whatever to thank for. Americ,
listeners often look upon this as fearful obseqr
BUSINESS. In reality it Is only meant and I
eeivsd as one of the forms of politeness 10 VOC,
in the servant world of England.
While young servants are carefully train
for domestic service, old servants are shield
from want and care. when past work, in fan
lies which they have faithfully served. On
in England is the obituary notice often seen
So-and-so. the faithful friend and servant 4
sixty years Of Lord or Lady This or that 4
English friend of mine. who had bad gre
financial rsyerses, was advised to discharge b
servant as = worthless expense. "Dischar
Elizabeth she exclaimed "why she has be,
a servant 10 our family for forty years. Yc
might as we'll advise me to discharge n
mother!"
This term of endearing relationship us
by . proud woman Of rank when speaking
her servant, was one Of the many instances
observed in England Of deep moral affecti,
existing where socially there was . greet u
fixed.