The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-31
CHAPTER XXXVII.


Jonathan's servants all appear to mo to be
reduced ducbesses and nobemen in livery.
When you speak toa man servant, before
answering you he scans you from head to
foot and seeuls to say; who may sou bel
30 careful how you talk to me. We are a
free nation, sir; all equals here, and am as
good as you"
And you feel inclined to say to him:
Il congratulate you, young man, upon liy-
ing ia FREQ country, but since We are all
EQUALS here and am civil to you, why on
earth cannot you be civil to moi"
The fellow Is lacking In logic.
The manner Of the maid servant Is differ
ent, she wears look Of contempt and pro-
found disgust, she seems to say with sigh.
How can men be such brutes as to allow
women to worki What despicable creatures
they are to DO sure"
To get an idea Of the prodgious labor I'm
dertaken by en- American servant girl, one
has but to see her at work doing room,
feather broom in hand.
y day or two after this remarkable man
ner OF busting mad attracted my attention, !
came across toe following IN Puck;
Sarah Is dong the drawing room Enters
tho mistress Of the house evidently fearing
10 DO choked by the cloud Of dust that fills
the room
Sarah, what are you dotngr
I'm dustin the room"
Il sec When you've finished, pisass to
andust il"
Servants wages range from 500 to 500 a
year-l mean, OF course, ia good ordinary
houses, and not in milionaire's mansions
Nr c. Vanderbilt pays his chief cook ten
thousand dollars. | write tho sum in letters
that tho reader may not exclaim. "Surely
there is a misprint here. the printer has put
ono nought TOO many"
In spite Of the enormously high wages they
pay. the Americans have so much trouble IN
getting good servants, that numbers OF them
are, so 10 speak, driven from their homes and
Obliged to take refuge in hotels and apart
ment houses
Negro ones are the only ones at all deferen
tal in manner or who have a smile on their
faces from time 70 time; but many people
have an objection to them. and charge them
with serious faults. such as finding things
which are not lost, and breaking the monot
ony OF life by dressing up In their employers
raiment when occasion offers
An American OF my acquaintance, upon
going 10 his room one evening To dress for a
dinner party, found his dress coat end waist
Ctat missing from the wardrobe Guessing
their whereabouts, he went upstairs, and
there, in his negro buffers room, were tho
missing garments.
He rang for the culprit.
"Pompey." be said, II have found my
dress clothes 10 your room What Is tho
meaning Of ltp
IL forgot 20 put dem back, sah-"
You have had them on, you rascal"
"Yes, sab"
bow dare you wear my clothesp
PLEASE, maSsa, | got married yesterday"
and the broad black face Of Pompey was lit
up With rather sheepish looking grin.
All the caricatures of the comic papers are
ou,doue by realities in America.
know Il lady who. losing her patience
with her housemaid one day. said TO her,
IL expect my servants to do 50 and So"
"Your whatf" cried the indignant damsel
I'm just tell you what | think Of you
You amt no lady, that's certain
Here are two advertisements which I ex-
tract from an Indianapolis paper:
situation as dish washer required by o