Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-09
OUR DEFT HAND MAIDENS
Servants Should Be Treated with
Consideration.
PLEASANT ROOMS FOR THEM.
chinsr. sunshine and Privacy rs Eie.ntinr
~ Family Prayers md gloomy
bedroom Any bay.

hedroom Any bay.
II Is a badly managed houschcid which
nvka the servants away IN poorly yentI,
lated rooms. gives them tho broken.down
aud dilapidattd chalra and beds from the
other paris OF tho house. and allows them
70 be kent as waa the cabin at home n
Which Bridget lived. Instead OF tho tidy
chalet whore clean. buxom Kre,sei ilrss
saw the light
ine servants rooms In fats are abomina-
Tons They are put In at the last minute;
Without any thought for health. beauty or
comfort; rhut on corner OF the hall: an
extra closet; hola under III. roof--any-
.n'nS does for servantA' room. And
frequently, In ilats large enough to require
more Than one servant. no extra provision
seems to DO made fer them. and both
maias cramp themselves Internationally iato
.ne nHuiheient space for one. or sleep 4
Nhe top OF he house In tho hugo dcss
m,'ory' which some apartment houses prd
vide for tho help OF tho house.
Pheasant roomn, cleanliness. fresh ats
aho llsai are important factors In prasery-
ing mo Hpirlts and health Of tho hard
Workeu srrvansa, Airy rooms create Rmlles
and willing hands; sunshine dnslpates tho
INnNNtuNn
cook or ehainbern,aid when tho meat won't
taste we'll or tho hest china set gets
cracked. CLEANLINESS In her room--and a
room must have some natural attractions
haforo oven tho neatcat OF servants will
spend her energy Identifying twill lend
to Improve hsr health and her pride In her
person.
II pays In the end TO Eive up a good
room to ones servant.
The hot Kitchen, the round OF monotonous
daily dulles, ali tend 10 mako servants tired
an onnulod--to nae French expression
at Might. and II they 80 to sleep looking
about at dainty room or have a pieaaant
place In which to spend their fow hours OF
rrdt and loiaurc. they win ccaae TO some
extent TO envy the mlaireaa, or harbor bitter
ieellnga against young Mius Mary, because
hhe 10 fortunate enough TO have pretty roome.
dainty wardrobe and the lrinlIots and
tribes dear 20 all womon's hoArts. They
VIII have now Independence, nav feclinga
OF eeli-fospoct and prldo In thnlr surround
iosl, which IA very hcaithhIi for any one
to acquire.
Perhaps tho depth Of our senses OF tbs
fitness Of things both from an artistic and
purely practical point OF view may he bet,cr
EauEod by our sculcries and servants bed
ronma than tho folds OF the drapcry. tho
dellcscy OF the porcelain. and the harmony
OF the eolora which 10 70 make our mora
Immediate personal rooms beautiful.
Every servant should have thoroughly
good bed TO henalf. and nothing will ba
found better than tho wlre aprlnK bedstoads
which supply an amount Of ventilation
which II Ia fomctlnitn dnicult for tho hy.irn-
10 housewife 10 aoe carried out; noisnye
they are quickly moved. oaAly tiien ia
pieces aud get up again
There ahould DO a sunlclency Of blankets,
40 that servant ueed not bb driven at
any time to supplement these by any pof-
ton OF her wearing apparel, as very often
Ia the case 10 houacs who're there IA no need
for stint Of any kind, There should DO
places enough IA which to htow their cloth@
properly without their being spoiled. ard
without any ncoSsalty Tor boxos rumainnH
In ne room; Ia fact thu should DO nrmlY
understood when engaging servants, for
nothing Ia moro Continental to tho proper
ventilation ot tho apartment than tho ac-
cuinulation OF boxes. cardboard and oghofa,
permitted 10 rCmAin thnro. The floor that Is
stained al over. with rlR beside each
bed Ia decidedly dpairablo from tho point
Of view Of cleanliness. but oeeaalcnally
there arc other ponin OF view which. being
equally important, may cause this 70 DO
modified. Should. for inhtaneo, tho seryAnA'
room no over or next TO anybody who Ia
4 poor sleeper or something OF an invalid.
Ihd Uqnr must hnyo soma covering WIN
witch to mltlgste tho aound OF early foot-
stsDs.
IN a room which Is suficientiY largo "a
hold two or three Beryanta, II lie possible
% hEye a long cupboard fitted IN against
me wall and divided 80 that each may havs
'our or nyo pegH upon which to hang hor
ilothas free from dust which IA very
treat advantage, Then each should haso
, hoparatn washing stand and cheat Of
irawers, which may perform double
luty OF being a dressing table az we'll.
-ot all those thlrgn DO Kept separate. aud
iudless pickering and diaaffeeablenoes may
- avoided. II cupboard cannot he pro-
ildsd three or -four books nurmountsd BY
wooden shelf, from whence a chinx cur
ain may hang down. IL tho nokt hest sub
iiitnts, Without encouraging Hupor-
IbundAncN o. bro-h-bno IN such bed
DOM, which either takes Up too much umo
o DO kept clo1n or II allowed 10 10 dirty,
ow Hh0yoE ahorid he provided horo aud
here, on which we shall Hpsodily Hec pho-
ographs OF relations aud friends. oupa and
hucoip which have boon presents from
owus visited Or mementoea from some nea-
lido jRunt, plocea Of coral brought back
" nome sailor c0iialn, and other such mat
era, which. though they may not appeal
o our aesthetic taste. have Outlines an
Asoriaton OF hentimcnt denied TO more
Elaborate ornaments of Dresden china. a
Nv good novels may hnd thar places also
n the shelves, and may BY their presqucs
rcvent others Of q lens standard eharaefsr
rom being read
Home missionary work IA frequently noed-
and never wasted. and the kitchen.
ervantH' bedrooms and nursery need CIV
lifting aVarv ufira and umlfla