Evening star., 1895-02-02
UNIVERSITY NOTES.
Howard University.

| Rev P Z. Easton, who has been for
years a foreign missionary to Persia. gave
the university lecture on Thursday.
The day Of prayer for the college was
espe cially observed, meeting being held
at $50 pm.
| Dr. F. P. Wondbury, sec. A. NJ. A, visited
| the theological classes of the university on
| Thursday morning.
The entertainment for the benefit of the
poor will take place in the university
| chapel next Monday evening.
Columbian University.
On account of the illness of Judge Cox
| this week Mr. William johnson lectured in
| his place.
All preliminary arrangements for the
public debates between Georgetown and
Columbian Universities have been COM
pieted. The first debate will take place
at MetZerotts Hall February IS. \ large
| number of the students have entered the
college for the new term, making the num-
ber now matriculated larger than it has
| been for thtrty-tive years.
Catholic University.
Rev. J. r. Slattery, president of St. Jo-
seph's Seminary, Baltimore, with twenty
of his students, visited the university.
Rev. J. P. Kerrigan, a student from Den
Yer, Col, will return to his parish wo.,ll
very shortly.
Rev. Father Fedigan of Atlantic City
made a brief visit to the university during
the past week.
How One Housekcepcr Manages.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
1 read recently with much interest an
article in The Star On "How to Keep House
Well and Not Be a Slave" Allow me TO
make a few suggestions, as l have kept
house for over twenty-five years. The cry
is: THE poor, miserable servants 1t
never seems to enter the mind of any one
that the trifiing servants are caused by
poor mistresses. The reformation must
start upstairs. If the hcusekceper does
not look after things, how can she expect
an ignorant servant, who has interest
in her affairs, to do SO for her. What is
lacking with most housekeepers is system,
and no house can be comfortable at all
times without it. married at eighteen
and my first housekeeping commenced
when l was twenty. l lived in q neighbor-
hood Of oldtime Virginia housekeepers in
Fredericksburg. l will tell you how L keep
house. l have small family of four and
keep one servant. l do not expect one pair
of hands to do everything in a large house,
so 1 do much myself. The first four days
in the week all l require of the woman up
stairs is to do the work in two chambers,
except the busting. ! always wash my
breakfast dishes, .'old Virginia STYLE then
1 go to my store room, and refrigerat or
and see what is needed; give out everything
to last all day, such tea and coffee,
flour, eggs, rice, etc: then to market and
provide the dinner and next mornings
breakfast, and my housekeeping below
stairs is done, if l am fortunate enough to
have good cook.
You cannot expect one servant to attend
to her duties properly if she is called away
to go to the store for this thing; then
to run to the corner to mail a letter; then
across the street on an errand in that case
home affairs must Ge neglected. l had a
neighbor who sent her one servant out not
less than six eight times each day, and
then she complained that the cook kept
'such a dirty kitchen" l have a woman to
come in to wash on Monday; then my SER
want does the ironing Tuesday and We'd
nesday; Thursday she cleans the third
story and back building; Friday the second
story and first halls; and Saturday the
kitchen and odd jobs. If the servants
were required to stay and attend to their
duties except one afternoon in the week
and some evenings, things would go on
better. 1 constantly hear the expression,
Il have supper at o'clock because the
servants are so anxious to get home, they
make fuss il it's later
Reform the mistresses and servants will
improve. NJ. Il. II.