New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-27
KEEPING 4 HOTEL.
WHAT THE HoUsEKEEPER SAYS.


al may as you say, walk as If the whole of New
York City belonged to mo- but tired to death
all the Half dozen Of my girls left yester.
day-had nothing against me, they said but couldn't
get along with the other glrs-and to-day have been
busy running from agency to agency, and talking
greenh0rn after another till I'm fairly ulckcred
out"
Such was the complaint of a hotel housekeeper.
Easily used up for such a large woman? Yes.
alnt got strength enough for my size. that's fact.
but'I don't wish myself no smaller II was a little
sprat. ordinary-s sized woman. Tn be
keeping private house, and thankful TO get half
The salary do now. 1t amt good expression for
a church member 10 USE but my size has always been
my strong card I'm getting places. When hotel
manager Is looking for a woman 10 set thirty
forty chambermads and scrubgirls IT is only natural
he should pick out big Onch
Always been I'm hotels! No. I wonst put I'm
month at a private housc-it was before l had been
long in the busnes,-and made up my mind then
that II the Lord would forgive for that time
Id never try IT again. | had no fault to find with
the gentleman-he always treated me gentleman
should treat a lady-it was her who what my
girls would call 'hOwly trror.' In the first place
he called by my first name. which awful
sassy I'm her. and made the servants think me no
better than themselves and then what must she
do but follow me around. spying. Now, II a hotel
manager to try that. he'd go down stairs again
quicker than he came up Only vOnst did | have
to say to Of EN- who keeps this part of the
house, you meH and of he went meek as
Moses. Most has got more sense than 10 be
spying, woman would do, and to keep hotel.
You know, must be smarter than the com
mon 'spose you have heard the sort % contempt
uOus saying, A good fellow, but not calkilated Ia
keep hotel. Well, don't mean to praise myself.
but II amt every woman l can tell you, who IS
Calklated to keep the upstairs part Of hotel
You see there is such lot Of girls 10 look after.
and half Of 'em have 10 train, they don't know
beans when l first take em on. Prefer American
servantsl l should say l did. but where am l to
get EN- Only to-day an agency man said 10 me
that he hadn't seen an American servant for five
years past. The Germans make good servants. but
somehow always seem to have more Irish girls on
hand than anything else. They have got no end
OF work I'm EN-, but l never know when there IS
going to be lareup among the lot.
However. the servants don't give much
| trouble a, the guests. There Is nearly always set
Of fISsy folks in a hotel who want more waiting on
than they ever get at home. l have had a room
nut I'm apple-pic order for expected guest, and
when she came the first thing would be to get In
two Of the men, and have every stick of furniture
moved. The chances tina, the next day she'd
have 'em moved back TO where l had pu5 em to
start with. but then she had given lot of extra
| trouble. and l 'sposc it was a satisfaction to her
10 think she was getting the worth of her money.
No. them amt always the sort that fees the servants
| liberal; sometimes they don't give 'em nothing.
| i know because my girls most always tell me what
they get from the guests.
Yes | have my trials, you may be sure. lts awful
hard 10 look smiling folks when I'd like 10 box their
ears. Some Of tho ladies will meet together in the
1ubc parlor and for want of something else to talk
about they VIII complain 10 one another of the cham
Ie maids until they begin to believe what they
saving and then they Will send for and SANDER the
moor girls like forty. You will hardly believe IT, bur
aue day went to the room OF lady who had been tell
| trg me that the chambemad-One Of my best girls
sighted her work and when asked her please 10
snow me signs Of the eirs caeiessncss She looked
AT the and that IL was made up all right; then
/ Che looked at the washstand and that everything
ON II was clean then she hunted around for dust and
Now madam said / after she had had to give
nm what Is your complaint against the girl
VIZ, .Wcu' saws she. i don't know as had ANYTHING
10 complain OF. but | heard the others talking 80
some of the girls want constant watching at first
ar they'll be to slight hcir work whenever they
/ can but after they find that it must be done )r I'll
know the reason, they conclude that It easy ~
/ do II first last. Each room must have good
/ bTi,hing up one girl. If she's anyways smart can
attend 10 seventeen rooms. and get the work done by
! 2 O'Clock I'm the afternoon.
/ wise woman | try b. look after the ways Of my
household but you don't catch this child rising while
n I, Vet night, though used TO 10 II dozen years
AGO when was only an assistant hnuaekrepcr. Then
. mn matter what time ! went to bed the wachmgn
raped me up every morning al O'CLOCK: now don :
h'. I've on IN, fat Of the landl Yes | guess do
Int When one gels used 10 the fat OF the land would
/ p,nsi a, soon have the lean When was a country
e,I and lived on country fare never had to send fo
M doctor but now | have tried everything but faith
@urc and SIN find myself losing flesh. No. | aint
! And seventy five pounds, having come down from two
hundred, which i consider tho proper weight for
! Lelson OF my position