The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
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SCHOOLS FoR SERVANTS.
Where Young Women From the
Country Are Trained at Small
Expense.

The school for servants, Berne,
Switzerland is private institution,
Wounded in 1891 by the Woman's Soci-
ETY. for the Advancement of Public Util-
ity. It's object is to train servants for
city households Most of the appli-
cants come from farms and villages.
They must bring certificates of moral
character from the authorities of their
district, and must be at least fifteen
years old. AS the capacity of the
school is twelve pupils only, applicants
are always waiting. 4 visit to the
school showed every room in perfect
order, well swept, we'll busted; the
young women We're neatly dressed,
were healthy in appearance, and polite
in their manners.
The course is three months, and is
in the school They rise at a. m. in
summer, at a. m. in winter. Pupils
begin kitchen work at a. m. in sum-
mer, at $50 a. m. in winter. They kin
die the fire, prepare breakfast bIacken
all shoes, bring in the fuel, wash the
dishes, etc. Pupils detailed for house
hold duties sweep, dust, set tables
care for the bedrooms, etc. Instruction
is given in plain cooking. preserving
fruits and vegetables, washing, iron
ing, knitting, darning, etc.
Lectures in hygiene are given by a
physician. and on manners and morals
by clergyman The graduates OBJ
tain positions without difficulty; in
fact, the demand has exceeded the sup
ply. If a girl Should lose her position
without fault of her own, the rules of
the Scnool authorize her admission as
boarder at very small expense until
another position shall have been Sc
cured. No such case has yet occurred.
The tuition fee. including board and
lodging, is $11.5S for three months.
The canton distributes $3.50 a year;
and the deficit is made good by the
society.
The school for the servants, Lens
burg. is also a private school, in charge
Of the Womans Society for the Ad-
vancement of Public Utility of the
Canton of Aaragau by which society
it was founded in 1883. The course is
three months, and the number of pupils
limited to twelve. Pupils board in the
school and the total charge for board
and tuition is S11.5S for the three
months. One-sixth of this amount.
$f.9S, is returned to the young woman
when she enters service Girls less
than fifteen Years of age are not ad-
iliibtFh. iONlSiVn - mace 1Or those
unable to pay the charges. The de-
mand for the graduates of the school
has so far been sufficient to absorb
them all. The instruction all of which
is given by a patron is similar to
that of the Bern school Very little
money accomplistes much in these old
countries. The entire expense of the
school for one year Gortv-eight pupils
three months EACH was $780, 40. dis
trihuted IS follows: Rent of building.
Sfl5.S0; food. fuel and sundries 1894. so
The society paid the rent and made M
the deficit OF S17.37; the balance of the
income was derived from tuition. the
sale of products of the school and from
"hnarders in summer"
The housekeeping school at Bruchs
is conducted by the same society. It's
object is somewhat different from that
of the Lensburg school, 1t aims not to
train servants but to instruct young
ladies in household duties The pupils
come from the higher classes and fire.
quently are young ladies who are en-
gagged to be married who desire to rem
der themselves competent to assume
with success their household duties.
Pupils attend from most OF the can
tons. and application for admission are
generally double the vacancies The
income. which exceeds the expenditure,
is derived from tuition fees and the
sale of food. The tuition fees. including
tuition board and lodging. is s34.74 for
the term OF three months. with an ex-
ira rllarg5 a1f az cents for The cOlITs,f for