The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-17

orally demands and needs one; if a man,
he demands two. for a chef will not do any
of the mental work of cookery. He is a
pampered mental.
The housekeeper should hire the servants
and be responsible for them. She orders
the dinners if the lady chooses, she gives
out the stores, she watches over the house
linen and gives it out, attends to the mend
ing and replenishment of it, and every day
visits all the bedrooms to see that the
chambermaids have done their duty, that
writing materials are in every room, that
all is comfortably arranged for guests and
for the family.
She is expected to see that her employers
are not cheated, and this makes her uIl
popular. A bad housekeeper is worse than
none, as of course her powers of stealing
are endless.
The butler is answerable for the silver
and wine. He must be absolute over the
footman. -
1t is he who directs the carving and pass
ing of dishes, and then stands behind the
chair of his mistress.
Many gentlemen in America send their
buffers to market and leave to them the
arrangement OF the table. If a woman
cook is kept this is generally done. but in
England a butler would not consider this
his work.
All the men servants must be clean shay
en-, non are permitted to wear mustaches;
that is the privilege of the gentleman.
A lady's maid is not expected to do her
own washing or make her own bed in Eu-
rope, and in this country, being expected to
do all that and to eat with the other SER
wants, she is apt to complain. A French
maid always complains of the tabla. She
must be a good hair-dresser, understand
dressmakin2 and clear starching. a good
packer, and always at hand to dress her
lady. and to sit up for her when she returns
from narties.
Some of the we~ll-trained swedes make
excellent maids.
When a ludy's maid is hired to attend
young ladies, to walk with them in the
street, she must be q superior person. 1t is
better, if possible, to hire a nursery gov.
erness to fill this place.
In many houses the maid brings up tho
hot water and the early tea to her mistress.
She prepares the bath, assists at every
toilet, lays out the dinner dress, dresses her
hair and finds her gloves and all her be-
longings.
Tn nursery governess is a position filed
IN England by educated women. who do not
eat with the other servants. but they wash
aud dress the children il asked to do 80, cat
with them and teach them tho rudimentary
branches.
TIL meals for the upper servants, who do
not eat with the other servants, are pre-
pared by q kitchen maid, who is an import
ant f~unctionary. While the chief cool is
absorbed i'll the grand dinners his person.
age does all the cooking.
Ii a lady can have Il servants dining
room and meals served separately for them
it simplifies the business of life very much.
Nine meals a day are cooked i'll an opu-
lent house ut Newport. A breakfast for the
servants, another for the children and gov
erness, another for the master and his
guests make three. The children's dinner,
the servants dinner, the family luncheon,
another three. Tho grand dinner ut half
past seven, the childreu's tea, the servants
supper, make another three.
Where two footmen are in attendance,
the head footman attends the door, waits
on his mistress when she drives, sitting by
the coachman, carries notes, assists the
butler. lays the table and clears it, washes
glass, china n silver. The under footman
rises at six, makes fires, cleans boots, trims
and cleans tho lamps and candlesticks,
opens the shutters and front door, sweeps
the steps. and, indeed, does the rougher
part of the work before the family aro
down.
After him comes the butler to sec that
the library and smoking-room are in order,
to attend to tho laying ont of newspaper,
magazines and paper knife, to render the
room IN all respects comfortable for his
master whom he comes down.
Ii the servants are in livery, the butler
must see to it that they keep themselves
neat and clean. A white cravat ia indis-
pensablo. Most aervants IN America nre
simply dressed in black with fresh linen
II cravat, to wait on table and 90 to the
door.
Some rich men, however, have several
..funkies" in livery, u sort of cut-away
dress coat. a vest OF another color, small
clothes. long stockings aud low shoes. Pow