Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-06-04

| toward keeping girl Is TO preserve
| good temper. Therefore, when fault
must be found, wait until irration re-
| garding the matter has passed away.
If you speak when you are angry, al
most invariably your cause is lost, and
nine times out of ten the notice will
be Immediately served on you, cpl
be after LAWN, ma'am at. the end of
me month";" If you have to correct
girl, do so in any other room than the
kitchen. That is her dominion, her
| tower of strength. The better the
room the more it will awe her into
silence, and she will weaken accord
ingly. Be also careful as to your ap-
parel "Fine clothes make fine BIRDS"
Bridget is often subdued at once if
your gown, added to the other sug-
gestions, is sufficiently effective.
Think carefully what you will say be-
fore you speak. For example: a girl
may annoy by persistently entering
your sleeping-roo without knock
ing. 1t is often difficult for them to
remember this. Suppose you should
say: ''I would not enter your room
without knocking. Think how embar
raised you would be if you were bath
ing or dressing" You will probably
not have to find fault on that point
again.
Notice your girls health, and adj
wise her about caring for it. Think
of your own endowment, the environ
ment of your birth and education, and
contrast it with the poor, ignorant
creature below stairs, and, SO think
ing you will not make many mistakes.
When the girl is not we'll be Christian
enough to hire extra help for her.
Get somebody's strong arms to do
the washing Or scrubbing for day or
two.
Inquire occasionally for her family
No one ever forgets her mother. How
many of those who serve have the |
ocean between themselves and their
beloved; or, if their family are in this
country, their relatives get sick as
do ours. A tender word now and
then will make them work early and
late to please you.
Do not expect them to remain long
with you, if you will not allow them
any company. You will have to
watch with all carefulness, but the
servant in the kitchen has a heart
ust as surely as the mistress in the
oarlor; and the old, old story is just
9 To PYi6 crof ict To Rril Sc |
MISTRESS. Make them sure that your
louse is their home; that it is not
,lace where they barter for so many
dollars a month, but a house where
hey are cared for, and treated as if
hey are responsible beings.
Indeed, in all things and in all ways. (
reat servant as Christian gentle 1
7oman should, as you would yourself {
Ike to be treated if to-day you and 4
be had to change places. Do not be
harry of words of praise; an ounce of
goes further than a
ound of fault finding. She has risen
18th the dawn to give you hot rolls
Or breakfast. Don't find fault if she
as burned them. It was an accident;
hey were left in the oven just min :
tie too long. She is far more sorry =;
IAN you. If you overlook the burn .
nd praise the lightness, she will =
speak of their being burned =
erself, and the next time she will a
'atch the baking with greater viii V
lnce. But, if you find fault, she will u
robably tell you that she wasn't hired :,
} make rolls, and that she hasn't u
me with all of her other work. I IL
ften think of an old darby, lamar c,
y name, who put her head in the q
reakfast-room one winter morning, =
nd, chuckling to herself, said, 'sI'se =
lad my honey likes 'em." "Like a.
lem! they are delicious, lamar; but h.
on must have risen early" 'sDar's n
star in de heabens decides my
sst'ny, chile. But never min bout Ii
erisin', if honey only likes de muf- Sc