Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-06

two dollar an half de week befo', an
fifty-six cents de week befo' that, an four
dollar an ten cents de time yo' want 20
kunnit; an thee dollar an a cua'ter, an
two dollar an a half. an ffty-six cents,
an four dollar an ten cents. yo' see, is
twelve dollar-sayin' 1t off ali SO glib-so
now you'se done paid up for this month";
Oh. Lawd! They'se a had set. they is.
What They Expect.
AN the things they'll say to their gesses
bout yo' when yo' is maxim up beds or
somefin'. an they thinks yo' isn't roun'!
One Of EN- done say once when I was jes'
in the mex room:
"''Clar to goodness eff dom wish the
Emancipation proclamation never been is
sued. kase Use got two niggahs down stairs
I'd like to whip once a week. An then she
an all her gesses laf fit to kill-an' she
Deed, I'd ruther work for southern
ladies. They dom expect one niggah to do
ev'ythin', kase they'se been used to this
that thing; but nothe'n ladies thinks yo'
kin do de whole thing with all e extras
thrown in.
That's why I dom like genial house
work" explained Sophronia Matilda, IAN
1 don do 1t no mo-, since dom got 'speri-
enced. I does housemaid's work now.
That's easy. At I quit genial Homework
I nussed at fust. 1 like that, too: the deah
little chilluns, they amt OF enough to be
mean, an they loves they oil nanny. I
used to nuss in ev'y family till de chilluns
I'd say to de mistis: Use clean wore out:
deed is. an 1 reckon I'll TEX res, an
then I'd go an fin me another place where
there was little weeny baby.
But tendin' chilluns is a work as is
never done. an Use too OIL now to have
place where can't res some, SO Use house,
maid"
The Men Servants.
"Do the men servants. too, think they
| have a bad timer" questioned the scrib-
bling woman.
II dom know what they thinks; men
| folks is mighty complainin' critters. but
| they has it easy enough. jes de same, kase
| they dom have much to do with the mistis.
De coachman and footman, though, CANT
talk to each other when dey'se takin' her
out drivin', an dey musn' even crack a
| smile. Dey mus jes set up on e box. like
them pug dog images them Italieners bring
roun' to sell. Ooe place whar 1 work at
| man said somefin mighty funny one day.
when they was takin' her out. They did.
shore enough.
mo, men servants has q mighty easy
time, kase the marsters ain hard to git
along with. An marsters, lots of times. is
better to servants dan mistises. Once, at a
place where 1 worked at. a cut-glass punch
jes' flew out O. my hans like a bird, an
| bus itse'f. Lawd! but de mistis was mad!
| 'Yo' tes' leave. an leave this mint. too.'
| says she, a glarin' at me like a wheat, AN
| not a cent of yo' wages will yo' git
when she done gone upstairs de marster
come down jes' like he lef somefin' in e
dnin' room. an he says, says he, sorto low
like: 'Sophrony Tidy, here's yo wages.
Don say nothin' bout 1t to de mistis, but
| tes' TEX yo' things an go way quiet Lam!
yes. Lots Of gemmens is fred OF they
| wives-'
'Sophrony,", called the boarding house
proprietress, from some neither region.
what on earth are you doing? You've
been upstairs long enough to clean three
houses"
See" said Sophronia Matilda, IT CANT
| even stop a mint. but mus keep goin' jes'
like one of dem big wheels what runs de
| cable"
But to her employer she responded:
| ''Yaasm'. Ise a comm. Them plaguey OF
street sweepers kick up such dust that 1t
looks like yo' never could git 1t on