New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-23

sleeping accommoda tons for the two servants they
keep are bunklike compartments up against the
wall. above the other, such you find In ships
OF course servant whose services are worth hav-
ing VIII put up with arrangements like these. I've
heard complaints about these fats and apartments
before" she continued They most OF them
very dark and the servants have to spend most OF
their time in a dull unlighted kitchen and. as an
alternative. In a room without either space or air
to recommend 1t. | hear 1t said that many families
prefer the apartment hotels to keeping house Tor
themselves on account OF the trouble with servants
Mark my words II the builders OF these apartment
houses Planned for better accommodatlons TOT me
domestics. things would 90 smoother servants are
human. just human their employers and de-
serve some consideration
That woman with the fourteen years reference
did suit you she questioned.
NO" said the lady OF experience. she seemed
n To y ignore %Sn S was ae
think she is OF those who had become so indis.
were relieved to get rid Of her Such cases are not
uncommon. I have a friend who has just had the
moral courage to dismiss Virginia darky who had
become virtually the mistress OF the house through
long custom and oyerinduEence Since her DIS ais.
had actually come to such pass in that household
that the mistress hestated to ask for cup Of tea
s servs aa " SrbraTy rules Still she dsRsd give
her up aggravang as she was because the Ia In
term OF service she had attended through many
cases OF sickness ana rendered other thnngn
that such strained relations should cease as exlsted
between that mistress and maid Inc one mao iost
her place. though no one seemed TO be responsible
for the change
1T is a vexed question this matter Of servants.
IT. would seem that eaTs IS
the lamp to guide one In uncertain paths and ex-
psrence bewa fers of Hssd servants whom
come in and seated Themselves By the window.
Madam goes to inquire their wants.
gagged to do, so she sent U.s., explains the older q
the two. she wants maid to go to Europe. and
expressly stipulates that she must not be seasck"
ma ro not s Ms e ps y n her
you can do /. better than T." and she leans back
in her chair and fans herself lazlly.
ing" says the girl. "and above all things she must
nor have a sister Mrs c. says the Embarrassing
and sewing are secondary considerations compared
with the seas!ckness and the sister," she adds,
" hat is Mrs C. willing to pay" asks Madam:
thinking a in duty bound OF the practical side Of
the. question; The girls exchange glances
urcs uncertainty
II don't remember" asserts the other. but do
remember about the sister. She says that II the
sister all during the trip. and she won't have IT,
The she had before had sister"
Madam heaves sigh and goes of into mysterious
who Is never seasck.
AS II could got a certificate from their
organs Of digestion relative to such disorders" she
remarked afterward
Were they in earnest about not having the SIS
ter2' asked amused visitor
nuisance not only my customers but 10
M. They Interfere with and break OF OF my
most advantageous arrangements Every girl seems
TO have sister and that sister IL the arber OF her
waitress says: regarding place ] must go and
ask my sister. know that there is trouble ahead.