Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-29

practical lessons in a wel-ordered count
| ing-room, they would soon solve the
! problem which causes them such painful
! wrestling.
Able businessmen who accomplish re-
! suits are those who know how to make
! other people feel the importance of the
trust imposed upon them. and "a nine
tenths Of mankind spend their best efforts
! in lodging responsibility there IL as
much real genius in stimulating sense
Of II in ones employees as in actually
achieving things ones self
| THE TRADITIONAL HOUsEKEEPER.
There ls | know a superstition extant
' 70 the effect that a good housewife 10
/ busy. busting person. one always active
and alert who follows up her servants
/ and never relaxes her vigilance from
| dawn til bedtime. She Is not supposed
| - take chances on anything. but goes
herself from garnet to cellar daily, peers
into every closet hunts eagerly for duss,
/ takes constant account OF st0re-room,
! pantry, snd kitchen. and keeps a pene-
! tratins eve upon the entire menage. IL
! man work ~ from sun 10 sun. while
! wOman5 work is never done. the fault
/ Is every BIT her own. The reason man
/ can define his hours Of toll and rest 80
| sharply ~ because he knows when and
/ whore and how TO put in strokes that
| tell. Also. he knows how to max" those
/ who work with and under him directly
answerable for their share Of the labor.
; Fancy a merchant conducting his store
/ on the lines that most women run their
houses At the outset his clerks. office
! boys. and general help ara given explicit
duties 10 perform, and are impressed with
| the vial Importance OF attending to them.
! Nor % they choose their own time for
work, but have stated hours for every
! duty. one sees this in the big dry
goods shops whore each clerk has a GER
tain amo.nt ~ stock for which she ID
| personally responsible. Early in the after
noon, no matter how heavy the custom
may be- she is busy dusting. folding and
preparing Tor the night She knows II is
USELESS to think Of leaving until every
article H. I'm place, neatly covered with
its own particular linen cloth. Nor docs
she ID 10 because the floor walker has
his eye upon her. but rather from the
pressure OF Individual responsibility which
makes itself felt throughout the whole
establishment and the knOwledse that
every day thsre is a grand reckoning with
those in authority.
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES IN THE HOME
Now take the case OF a woman having
TWO maids with which 10 keep the house.
Properly managed the result should be
leisure for the mistress, discipline for
the maids. ana comfort for every body.
Eat nine times In ten the chance-syStem
is IA vogue. Servants are given general
instructions. but they are quick TO APP
preciate that their mistress expects to
shoulder all the real responsibility her
self She means 10 rely upon her own
vigilance rather than their fidelity for
the execution Of the daily tasks. Realizing
this, they ct IN the habit Of depending
upon her prodding ~ remind them Of the
simplest duties.
IT IS this spirit in the household that
makes drudgrs Of the employer. who is
only given ,ye-seryce. and finds her
domestic machinery runs with many
creak and groan
As there is always right ami wrong
way to do everything, a little clever
management conducts home on tie sdms
principles precisely as those which reSu-
late a counting house. But the little 10
ycar-old daughter, whose business il -
t. strip wtherel leaves AMI blossoms
from the plants. change the water IA the
vases, ami attend 10 the bedroom candle
sticks. must b. held unswaryingly to her
duty. She must be taught at once that
the whole family relies upon har FOR the
faithful dschaIse Of these tanHs. Mamma
must never 10 them for her. and thus
lessen either The sense Of responsibility,
or the force OF contamination when she Is
guilty OK neglect
These principles should be- rgidly en-
forced with every factor in the house
hold. There should b. no trespassing Of
one persons work on another. Most wO-
men declare IT easier tO % things
themselves rather than follow up q care
les maid But the really clever mistress
knows better She nnis a way VI making
the servant dnsWrrahl" for her mistakes
and continually satisfactory Ia the per-
Torrance OF her tasks.
THE WAY she DOES 1T.
A bright woman whose soul had sick
ened within her Is reason OF domestic IT.
regularities worked ont the following sys-
tenn. which proved delightfully."- simple and
entirely eric3cious. She hat. II seems.
been present once at a military inspec-
ton, ami was much imprer by the
quick. busur.s-like manner IN which the
examination was conducted. After watch
ing tho officer Inspect each soldier IN
turn as 10 his personal cleanliness. arms.
Il al. she concluded that something OF
the same sort might with advantage be
applied To her domestic management.
Fun OF this idea, the clever little mis-
tress prepared TWO l.sts-one for a morn
ing lrill: the other for afternoon parade.
In the first was set down In order each
Particular household ch0r- that should be-
properly done before noon. and each day
at II 30 O'Clock the entire establishment
Was called up for inspection.
First came the nursemaii, marshdlinS
her charges. AMI ready to show row Of
neatly polished boots, clean. pink palms.
white. well-brush-d teeth. and sleek,
shining heads. Tle matter O. buttons.
l.gters. nng-r-nails 81. at, were Vel
looked into. and then the order - break
ranks given.
The hous-maid reported lamps cleaned,
busting done, Windows washed. sad tn
stock Of pOllshe-. soaps. and other r.
qWreu-uts of n.r department that were
-ied or on hand. As the list Of her
tasks We're set down in detail, there WAS
never any danger Of Guessing them over
or forgetting "a enumrratc them. Unless
all the chamber work was completed ny
that hour a satisfactory explanation was
required before the girl could be ex-
cursed.
A GREAT COMFORT.
Living In the country as she did, II
was IN the mana cement Of her Kitchen,
however, that the lady found this book
50 great a comfort. Neat cDluhHa VI
kitchen necessities logged her memory
As 10 the thousand ana one little pantry
details, the lack OF which never obtrude
themselves till the days marketing is
done. COOK reported dish-clOths washed
and drying on the line, when the chickens
were fed. cows MIXED. and 50 on, ad in
hnitum.
As at II o'clock. go at u. NJ. an
afternoon parade developed the condition
OF all domestic affairs. BY that time the
dr1dgery Of the day should be done, and
Just as men begin winding up their busi-
ness for the night. SO this wise lady
passed her household IN review. and knew
TO a dot exactly how everything stood.
At first sight the tired, over-wroughi
housekeeper may fancy that the above
methods appears complicated and
fatiguing. But as an experiment let her
try II In comparison with ail-day vigil
lance. standing. watch. as II were. for
twenty-four hours. trying 10 remember
everybody's duties. and never really
having a minute she can call her own.
Men. who have worked out the best
labor-saving schemes appreciate the value
or daily reckoning, and women would
do well to give the plan trial.
An Ancient scandal.
Among the subordinate clerks In the