The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-17
"nAs 1Aox OF GOOD sxsrAxrs.
ZEE One Heusekeeper Mas serve>t whe
Suite Her IN All Eespeets.

YeA One Housekeeper Mas = Servant whe
Suits Her IN All Respects.
The lady who has been complaining IN Q
New York magazine Of THE Lack Of Good
Servants" ought TO find housemaid like the
one named Mary who Is In the service Of q
married couple living In an apartment house
In this city.
MARY Is irst-class domestic" says her
mistress, and she is Irish at that. She does
all the work Of tho household. and there Is q
good deal OF II. though there are but two per-
sons In the family. She is cook. waitress.
laundress, and housemaid. and she puts in
her spare time rs a seamstress. Her wages
are SO month. and she Is satisfied with thcm.
She is 20 years old. has kept her place with us
for eight years, and will stay in 1t till she goes
back to Ireland next spring to get married In
her native Cork.
She gets up at six by the clock every morn
ing. but rises half an hour before the time on
Sundays In order to 60 out to early mass. She
makes the fire and begins to prepare break
fast, which we take at half.p past seven. She Is
what Is called o plain cook: but she has good
many fancies about the art Of cookery. and we
give her free scope In the exercise OF
them. 6he likes to take US by surprise
at breakfast sometimes. and present US
With some dainty dish made out OF scraps and
She will take bits Of meat, hard bread. cold 20:
tatoes, or other odds aod ends, and she will
ways that tickle the appetite. sshS can put ut
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them relishable. She Is very economical.
IN 0 our "f house The msrt s s and the
Eroooryman deliver certain supplies at our
ss On IN certain ss s ssys Of as sey
course. give her directions about them. The
she make: foE mixed
duced to put sugar and cream in his coilee. II
other every morning h beiors s my husband goes
about his business. She does not need to do
much waiting at breakfast after the table is
AS soon as breakfast Is over she begins
Washed S s beds to DO made. busting and sWeeps
does MT babble q COMPLAIN about them, but
henss vesy sue SS 9snds e
With and % Rsns n
the day time or with my husband in the even.
ing. and sometimes We go to play or concert
Mary makes lain lunch fol-. us which is
spt to be rather scrm,y PIT We DO not object
1T is at the g o'clock dinner that she likes
as sse ds say eSe aeots h soa
RPSssning q tho French NeFd o,is' .s.
I'll By essc WINS have o. Finds sG
sns snf
and broiling all sorts Of meat; she
EEayes and 50 forth shs
head en- tortue and calves brains, and she
knows more about desserts and extras than
ways Satisfactory. and She has ali the latitude
and longitude che needs in getting them up;
the dds foE and
fast is over. She works hard. SO as to get It
done in the forenoon, and then docs the IRON
dinner. which on that day is palmer than
usual There is no better I'll laundrying done in
perfection: She looks after the buttons. too.
Thursday is the day for general house, |
spare room are ali thoroughly gone over. The
carpets are swept. the furniture is brushed Of
is
through fu f the rooms. like to take hand N
The business. especially when wo have to pre- |
Sc 'e done 'f BY oceeH IN the AFTERNOON. and
when it is done old things look as good as new. |
she aEss oe
at ono time, but now she can do both
ane and fancy stitching. and some OF her en-
broidery work is not bad
tell you these things about our Mary be- |
cause there is so much complaint about SER |
rants. both by wives and husbands, and be- |
,4use Mrs, NJ i W. sherwoods essay in the |
Forum, on tho Lack OF Good Servants has boon |
20 much talked about. Mary Is not o wonder |
'ul creature nor even q rare creature. There |
ire thousands Of others Just like her. and they
ian be hired for SIS month By people |
rain thom and to treat them. Mary has
soes out II the evening at times
likes to 60 out shopping now and then or to
AXE walk when she can be spared from the |
louse. She has company when she wants it. |
talk to her about things. l often tell her
he latest news in the papers. do not treat
Ter. nor does my husband treat her. as a
Domestic worthy, Of her place in the household.
We do not scold her or order her around In q
ude way. She Is a good young, woman, ready
o serve and anxious to please. l have
10 doubt that, when she goes back to
Ter native Cork next spring and has got mar
led. she will be as good wife as she Is
louse servant Moreover. she will take back
With her $500 in American money that she has
aved from her wages during her eight years
4 service In our household"