Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-07-18


GERMAN SERVANT olRLs.
wa rAs, AZ. Fsa.psr.saas .aa WA,
Aakss theaa Adaalsahte
The Germaa servant girl has nc
hangA nor baaglea nor fur. linoa
cloaka, nor four button kia gloves she
Il square-shouldercd. heavy featured
and large-limbod She l. neither quick.
clean. nor intolligcnt. bat sha can work.
She has che strongth az an OF. and 4
always willthg 10 use IL
Most servant girls IN Gcrman eitlas
are peasants Daughters Of the poorer
,o~e-brsd families usually become FAC.
tory hands, shop girls. 90 mattresses.
The conservative peasants. however
With their old Preladioss In favor q
every thing ieudal. prefer domestic ser.
vice for their children 10 any employ
mcuL
A. soon a. the peasaat's daughter b
fourteen % fifteen years cd she learns
hos 10 split wood. hos POTATOES and
plant cabnages She milks tho coz
before breakfast. hllehes hoe 20 a plow
after breakfast and often turns furrow,
All the morning under the direction 81
her father, Who In the mean whils
SMOKES a pipe and rtsis She mows
hay and digs water Trenches Durins
'isu harvest she carries great uaskstfuis
q vegetables from the fields 10 the barn
on her back
Nhon her younger sister becomes old
enough ~ help her parents work the
little farm. howeyer. ths eldest daagh.
ter loss. her grip on her fathers heart
She u regarded hy him a. an cneum.
hranee. Tor nothing h more useless A.
ihe eyes 81 German peasant than .
grown daughter who does not earn her
living Therefore. n no Haas o. Fritz
wishes her 20 h. hls helpmais IN raising
cabhagcs and POTATOES. she must 70 iats
domestic service In the citv.
Lilac almost all novicea Ia an occupa.
ton an the Continent She serves an
apprenticeship for several months shs
receives 40 wages. nor does sbe deserve
any. ioF her stupidity i phenomenal
She has never walked on carpet b..
Tore. and doesn't know a napkin FROM 4
dish-ciuth ~ a coal bucket from 80.
ts >ho sma.he- crocSery right and
Io.i ~he hlacss the Hers patent
lra'her shoes and oils his rubber huuts.
She uts the table spread on the aoor
and The rug ca the table IN fact. she
is a. H.rglgo 20 most % che furniture
and customs in a comfortable house a.
d Persian o. indian. She learns slov j
amt 'ahuriousiy, bit she never iorrcts.
Whoa her apprenticeship j. up h,t
wages rise slosly frum go aud 81 q
pear a. 80. 81 and ssu The girl " ho
gvts She maximum wages l. cxpectei
% do an enormous amount ~ work.
She IL often the only servant IN .
family ui sgvcn or eight she rises a.
I've o'clock ana blacks tie boots II all
ths members - the family. She ore.
psrg- tho light breakfast and serves h.
~he pu'ishas hil ths brass and bronze
q che holse, scrubs the corridors. the
front Steps, and the walks before the
house on her hands aud knees She
carries hig hods oi coal from the base
meut to the third and fourth stories
She sweeps the rooms. makes al the
heds and tshrs ana scrubs every pot.
kettle and pm in ths kit,hen en- Il TO-
fleets Der stoi.d face She goes to
market with hcr mistress and q big
ha-act, aad rcturns loaded down ike e
mule Hlth vegetables. meat and
oarthon wsrr. She does urrsuts ali
"Fer th" city, graiuit.ou,iy ior the
iHu .y ard i1r coup,e 81 cents Cor its
Eus-is She frequently sleeps IN q
rlum smaller than al American ward
ra1e and without means u ventilation.
IN iacl - many abuses IN lodging ser
wants prevailed in Bertha that city
ordinances we're PASSED some time ago
prescribing The minimum sire oi
apartments in which servants could BE-
ganrtsrrd
The servant girl IN German family
ui th" middle ciss, does not pretend
90 CaoS her mistress does thai Nol
does .hg wash and iron. a. iaundross
ard va-herwomna are called In semi
monthly iuF these purpose. She does
IS to ho chamhermtid 81 some
mrr.I and fails She wa.hes the aoar
and dust. bric-a-bfac with the same
cllth She never tucks Ia the clothes
at The foot Of the bed. and never shax 3.
up the Big bag 20 Feathers which sha
gives you FOR coverlcl Sac puts youf
slippers On the table and throws yon
clean shirts into the wash she invar.
iahly mistake. an ash receiver Cor a
German caspador. iills Il with sand. and
rcsts l. - the hoor She stroaka up
I your hooks by dasting them wlth wet
cloths, and throws al loose papers.
regardless Of their value. into the stove
According 30 American IDEAS. she does
every thing wrong and b main
strength She u - willing 70 work.
however. and % learn every thing that
any one will teach her. that American
housekeepers abroad regard her. aes-
pite her clumsiness A. a rough diar
mend n \. sun
$50
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