The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-30
The HOBO OF Her sex.
The Tramp servant Who Flits from Plan~
TO Place and In coasf>nf Onir In BNeSz

The Tramp servant Who Fliss from Plans
TO Place and Il Constant Only to Bess.
1t was in May that the significant ex
preston. NO objection to the country
first fell ike balm on the ears of sub
urban housekeeperS Now, however,
the mild Joys OF country life are Begin
ming to pail. The suburban house,
keepers are lett desola:e. The servants
are coming 10 town
While there are plenty of girls who,
like the swallows. make these two an
nual fittings, but are otherwise
steady" there IS another class whose
migratory powers are positively hobo
es9ae. This is the tramp servant, a
creature so restless that Banqno's
ghost would have seemed sluggish be-
side her. To the tramp servant lie Is
one long round o: places" the more
the better. Three weeks out of four
You Will find her 1t some time during
the week at the intelligence otice. for
she rarely STAYS at one place more than
three our four days Sometimes her
visit of inspection 10 her new plscs
does not please her and she DEPARTS
within the hour To join her eronies,
also OF the tramp species, in the back
room Of some saloon. There is a good
deal of fraternal feeling betweeo tramp
serv1uts, aad she is always sure Of
welcome.
"Hullo, Annie" is the greeting
"Shure an Thought we'd took place
"Humph. You'd ought to seen it!
An what do you think she wanted me
to do? Bring mp coal from the cellar.
She did that! Shure."
You don't say 50, The idea, Some
o these people is awful But you didn>,
do it, I'll bet"
stand that sort o thing. don't think
I'll so back to work this week, any
way. I worked four days last week.
an I'm tired of it,"
That's right, Annie. Shure an Il
you don't look out fur yerself no one
else amt agoin' TO. Let the mistress
try il over the hot stove awhile an see
how she likes it."
And so they talk over their beer, and
week later they win be there again
with a new experience to relate.
of the tramp servant are the cheap
restaurants. The girls there come and
go almost as frequently as the custom
ers. They never stay long enough 10
make it worth while to find out their
names. so they are called Mary" with
beautiful! impartiality which does not
offend. They are chronic complainers.
and don't think anything of leaving at
a moments notice, even IL il be in the
midst of the preparations for dinner.
Drink is their great curse. They work
just enough to keep them eligible To
''spree," that is all Many of tho
women are queer characters. and most
of them have travelled all over the
country.
Apropos of the servant question Is .
report made by the British consul in
Brazil. BY this it appears that no. one
per cent. of the male or female servants
will sleep in their masters house.
They insist on leaving at the latest by
o'clock in the evening, and will not
return before or in the morning.
For this reason some houses have
pane of glass in one of the windows
taken out, through which the baker
and milkman pass their goods on their
early morning rounds without troub-
ling member of the family TO get up
and open the door. II is said TO be
quite common for a good cook TO insist
on the family dining not later than
o'clock so that she may be able TO put
the kitchen in order and go home early.
If these or other demands are not
granted the servant leaves without any
notice, there being apparently no law
of master and servant in Brazil The.
wages average E2 to f3 a month with
food, and the servants as a rule purloin
enough every night To provide a supper
at home. These servants are negroes
or mulattoes. and nearly all are freed
slaves--N. y. sun.