The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-26
A PERFECT SERVANT GIRL.
THE TIME SHE WAS COMING AND
THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING.
Some Experiences With Imperfect
Servant Girls Before Her Arrival.
Discovery TOO Late of the Way to
Keep Perfect Servant When You
Get Her.

NSep ~ A-cFAtct SefN"ht Wnen tuu
Get Her.
From the New York Sun.
zone servant will be all we need" said
the mistress of the household "She can
do the dirty work in the morning, and in
the afternoon, when l have visitors, she
can wear a cap and look smart"
Thus began the history of the perfect
servant girl. 1t seemed that it was
very good time for the history of perfect
servant girl TO begin, for there never was
time when so many good servants were
out of situation; they were positively
eager to accept any wages offered them;
at least that is what people said encour.
agingly when the plan of operations was
unfolded to them. SO servant was en-.
gagged quickly.
'iShe will do very WELL" the mistress
of the household reported after the pre-
liminary negotiations had been concluded.
'Of course. 1 don't believe she can do
half the things she pretended; she was
too anxious to get the place to be as good
as she said she was. But she seemed
willing, and we can keep her and teach
her what to do. It's perfectly easy to
keep good girl If you only manage her
right. She shall begin by doing the wash,
ing and scrubblng upstairs and washing
the front stoop and digging out the
cellar and polishing the silver and WASH.
ing all the windows and cleaning up the
back yard and putting the kitchen in or.
der and cooking the dinner That is all
she shall do the first day. If you give a
courages her. She Is coming tomorrow
girl at lasti'
Yes assented the master of the house.
hold; ITS a great thing TO have a girl
you're satisfied with--one that does the
work Of course he added with an APP
sort of picnicking without girl is the
greatest fun imaginable; but 1t Is nice
not 10 nave to get up in the morning TO
make the kitchen fire"
so the next morning, when the master
OF the household went to business, he left
ms wlfe pinning up curtains and stacking
the .sri furniture u up IN disorder.
right to work"
When he came home at night all the
curtains had been pinned up into artistic
bundles so that they should receive the
least possible amount of dust from the
housecleaning, and the furniture had dis
appeared mostly under huge piles covered
with, sheets, which gave the house NOV
ing day appearance. AS for the mistress
of the household, she was in tears.
She hasn't come!s she exclaimed dole
Who? The grip asked the husband in
CONSERVATION.
THE horrid creaturev' returned the mis-
tress indefinitely. but with feeling. Then
she proceeded to state certain concrete
facts of special interest, such as that the
furnace fire had gone out; that the kitchen
fire had not been made. and that there
was no dinner in sight. She also made
certain statements of less Importance in
regard to the condition of the household
generally.
1t will doubtless have been perceived al
ready that the servant thus engaged was
not the perfect servant gihl whose history
this is. but that the incidents here mar
rated are intended to serve as prologue
to that history or a setting to emphasizes
f hsr VIRTUES by the Payer tb Of cassS
such persons as desire to be informed OF
what else is known Of the servant girl
who was not perfect. She sent mis-.
to disappoint the lady, but the lady she
had been living with had made her go
back. With this eommunication she sanS
arisen to torment this household, People
of experience said 1t was way servant
girls had of engaging themselves to every
one that came along and at the last r1o.
ment picking out the place that seemed
to suit them best. They. offered consola-
ton to the 1istress of the household by
expressing the opinion that the girl must
have been above the average anyhow
Most girls, they said, had not consciences
so tender that they would nave taken
So the mistress of the household went
out to search for another servant and she
returned home radiant.
sShe Is simply perfect, she said. I'm
SO glad that other creature didn't come.
It was. the grandest piece OF luck tnat sne
didn't"
the household with blaze OF glory. She
hustled about the kitchen and cooked me
dinner. In the midst of her preparations
she suddenly stopped and looked ABOUT her
" where's the Silver dish?" she asked.
''The silver dish?'' repeated her mis-
tress lo0Kng ar0 ths silver Gg dish for the
macaroni," she exclaimed, -
ssWhat silver dish?" said her mistress,
looking puzzled in her turn.
The servant grew more puzzled anu
then started out to- explain. a..
There's the macaroni I'm cooking TOR
dinner" she said. NOW, m n ;, lookihs
"But there isn't any silver dish, re-
turned her mistress, somewhat aoashed
The servant accepted the situation
promptly and gracefully.
~ had always been taught to serve
maearoni in a silver dish" she explained.
I'm my last place there, were eleven SER
wants and three to the Kitchen. But any
other kind of dish Is quite good enough
The mistress of the household gasped
and went to report the fact TO her nus
''she is evidently very superior girl
she said. 1--WE were very. fortunate to get
her" So they ate their dinner that night
with more eXdtldllOn VI ltcAAhB IMAM bhSJ
had known since the history OF the per-
feet servant girl began.
After dinner the mistress of the house.
hold went into the kitchen. When she
came back there was q cloud on her face.
1t was only slight one, 1t is true. but 1t
was there. -,
Moo replied the wife. struggling to
conceal her fears. Then she threw con-
cealment to the winds. do you know,
dear" she said, 81 believe that girl has
the largest appetite / ever saw"
The husband looked gloomily at the
dishes remaining on the table and said
nothing After the next meal the mis-
tress Of the household went into che
Kitchen again. When she returned she
was looking graver than on the previous
"Anything wrong?" asked the husband
with Increased anxiety.
Moo replied the wife, trying TO keep
the troubles OF the household to herself.
Then bv degrees she was induced TO tell
the worst. SHer sister is visiting her, and
do you know" she said, impressively, the
appetite runs In the family"
The husband got up from his chair and
walked around the room neryously.
1--WE really can't do without her" he
argued. "Can't we consider her appetite
in the nature Of higher wages which we
are forced TO payG"
ssYe-ee," replied the wife, doubtfully;
sshtlf IFS 40 aRgrayating."