St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-11

SIT must be a life of pleasure" sug-
gcstGG the reporter.''
Indeed you are mistaken" said the
veteran; there are four maids. AL
returned to me this mornin. from
places. One left because her oii. ployer
slapped her When she pulled lar lair
ia brushing it last hight, ;jnot.ser be
cause her mistress Insisted on the maid
giving her little iiij elton OF morphine
every night. The third was discharged
because she was mistaken Tor her en-
ployer when they were out together.
and that pretty girl with brown eyes
because she was too handsome. Maids
are generally discharged for some such
silly reason.
1T is the fashion now for American
women to bring maids from England
with them. They love to get one who
has lived with the ariStocraey and who
can talk with them about what Lady
SoandSo Or what the Duchess IhlSand-
that said and how she wore her hair and
all that sort of stuff.
"All of the Vanderbilts have maids
who have lived in the families of noble
men, and some of the AStors and Lori
lards, believe. Mrs. Willie Aston has
a devoted maid who was one of the at
PENDANTS nr0n the queen of Italy. I've
heard, and mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt has
one who waited on both Lady Mande-
vile and Lady Churchill.
MOST WOMEN
talk with their maids while they are
making their tGiiets. and it is pleasant
to have an interesting gOssiper, you
know"
What are the duties of a lady's
maid?" queried the reporter.
stE'1l c4nI Oy,p Of them n "a foil Won :,
said the agent; live talked long
enough"
One Of the four came in, and after a
little conversation she said:
The duties of laiy'S maid are
never heavy. but are almost constant.
You may have ahalf~ days leisure, and
again you may not get ten minutes out
of the twenty-four hours. The duties
are generally about the same. At nay
last place i was ulo at Z o'clock. and
after my bath and toilet | had my
breakfast at s. Immediately afterward
took a pot of chocolate and the morn
ing papers up to mysinistress, and while
she drank the chocolate read the pa
pers aloud.
Then L manienred her hands while
she read her, MAIL, which came at ..
Then prepared her bath and afterward
arranged her hair and dressed her
for the morning. This generally took
until 10 O'Clock. Then she went down
to breakfast, and while the chamber
maid did UP her room / arranged her
toilet brushes and boxes and got out her
afternoon dress.
II had my own dinner at noon. If
she tool, a nap after luncheon [ read
her to sleep, and it she went out shop
ping | generally accompanied her. At
| 3 dressed her for the afternoon drive,
and at again for dinner. After my tea
| at Z the evening was my own, but | gem
| orally went to bed early, for | had to be
up when she came home, 1t ady to un-
! dress her, brush her hair half hour. to
| give her cup Of hot bouillon, and to
read her to sleep. Brushing, mending
| and making over her dresses, attending
| to her laces and looking after her linen
| took up all my spare time. Sunday
| afternoons l had to myself.
| .'The majority Of ladies Eve lived
| with were nice and not too lazy. but L
| lived once with woman who was so
! INDECENT she made me battle her eyes
| with rose water before she'd open them,
| and | had to brush her teeth for her.
| and l believe before she was married
| she used to do all the homework for heI
| father and three or four children"
| Theayerage pay of lady's maid is
| S25 a month, and in most households
| the lady's maid takes rank with the
| head butler and housekeeper, and is not
required to eat i'm the kitchen.