Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-18

And thus an Is managed Each de-
pariment has u, own head, nnd tue
| head Is responsible for all the workings
| of that department aud must report to
| the dirpctreas, who in turn attends 20
their wants aud cousuts Mrs. Wander
| bilt.
which prevails in the house and which
mHkcs tho salary which the dlrectfess
receives no more than ordinary comprnsa-
tion for a lady TO pay with an album
dance Of money may he mentioned tile
planning of the liren room.
This room Is u square, light apart
ment IL feet by 1G, bigger than most
pnrors and lighted by two large win
duws Opruug of this room are sey-
ernl smaller rooms. each one of them
devoted to some special article. One
has tahlcr1othes, another has towels,
and third sheets and pillow cases,
The large room is solely for sorting and
repairing ard marking.
The tnblecl0th room Is very pretty to
look at, and would drive TO envy the
lovers Of nice, dr9pery, u 's small
square room lined with shelves which
reach all the way from the iloor TO the
cclHngr The shelves are broad aud
have compartments, each one Of which
Is the width Of t0blecloth folded IN
about six folds.
In those compartments are dozens and
7 1,..us Of boxes, perhaps hundreds of
! thWAsnd In each box thcre is table
| cloth @.y folded and elegantly lann-
'TTHSc nbicciSs>boxcs were an made to
SrsGg SSlc qg gr Ps Sc si' and aTo ' Of f Ss
Tbe 'T napkins arc In bSHs in another
! room and each box has iNt.phcr cor
responding TO a number on thSta4lecloth
boxes. so that there may always 1VbSar-
| responding sets upon the table "a
l. 4 vague idea of the number of table
| cloths may he had from computation
| In mental arithmetic. There are twenty
| eight meals served In the house every
week To The family. and no cloth appears
| twice until Il has had lnuudrying'
| Onen there rs q clpthui-state for
swell dinner which may he in progress
IN the big dining room NJ the same Time
| that tho family dinner Is being served
10 the Young people OF the household
In 1nother room Besides these there are
| mnnv cloths for the childrcn's table
servunts, not counting those for the
lower servants.
The directrcss buys all these supplies
! The annual cost of the linen room IL
many thousand per year for the New
| port house is always supplied with linen
i the Yacht with Its 200 crew and lie
accamoAations for 100 guests
Twice . month the dircctress has au
audiencr with the man who makes
pretty things for the table. \ candy
hox maker consults her about new styles
Tbc favors for the dinner table arc
made nv a Frenchmnn, who also re-
cclyes hls orders from the directress.
In hiring servants Madame Bolliet Is
particularly generous lier orders are 70
got only the best and 20 pay them
lhernliv All the Vanderbilt servants
are obinined from the congregaiion Of q
dear little French church on Thirtcth
Stree, The pastor OF which Is personally
responsible TO tho direotress Tor the
honesty of those he recommends
Nine. Rolliet hres them and turns
ilcn oycr 10 the head of their separate de-
parlnant aud they are taken on a
months trial. " they do well they are
given nav for their months work, and
arc promised twice as much IN nture as
long as they care 10 stay.
TbN vases range from $50 a month
inward and the average is abont S9l
a mouth. which, Of course, includes
hoard and a tine room, as well as good
fooi and a pnrlor In common with the
lie tbe Rockefeller servants they have
separate building TO sleep IN and come
on dutv NJ certain houts. and have the
roei of lhe lav 10 themselves
The dine the Vanderbilt servants re-
! main in the lalnlNs says tht borNoh
GLnho from which the above is taken,
,.,n enlv he described as "indcinitc
None ever leave Of their own accord,
and worry many were horn in The
sorvants' quarters and have grown Nh
osnetiv hidden away in the servants
APARTMENTS aud are now employd Oh a
salary.
Airs, Vanderbilt allows her servants
to rcmain with her after marriage. aud Il
they have children the children too
ON remain. provided that they are quiet
and VOL behaved There are usnally
two or thrc, littlc ones IN various STAGES
Of chnlhood IN tho servants Quarters
and they become great pets.
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