The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-27
SERVANTS IN Vienna.
NOT QUITE HONEST, But THEY
DON'T ANSWER RACK.
work All Day and Then Dance Half
the Night - TrinkSeld and the
Tradesmen's Commsssions-Peppt,

When Margaret first came 20 Vienna she
SAID that II was a houseSseper's paradise
Any new servan. must bring me al her
papers, telling why she left her last Place.
ana her certificate CT birth, baptism. yacsi-
natlon-her whole ahistory in outline with
testimonials from her last employer. These
send 10 the police. Il she breaks dishes.
steals or lies, l send them word Il IS NV
own fau4t Il put up with had servants"
Later she owned - me, Il did go to the
poIice once, but / never Will again. NV
COOK had become iato,erable L could not
eaten her. but knew she stole, told lies
and smashed dishes. AT last / sent her off
she demanded al excellent character, and
appeaed 10 the police when / refused The
magistrate Was civil. but sustained the
Cook You should have lodged d complaint
against her, said he. AS you did not, she
has d right 10 claim q good character from
YOU"
But L like the Vienna servants They
nave soft voices and nice. pleasant ways
Ahey move about quietly. and seldom All
swer back when they are scaided (which *
pretty oitenl. Taey always greet you with
pleasant "guten noVgen' in the morn
ING, ana kass die hand" when you so Oh,
or come IN.
Yet l should call Vienna a housekeepers
pursatory. In Margaret's keybashet, in
trusted 10 no one else except Pauline or
Hie, are the Keys OF storeroon1. linen c.oSel,
WINE ceilar, attic, Wardrobes. II al the liv-
ing rooms We're not OH one floor she would
De utterly worn out. Every morning she
gives cur the materials, Tor the days cook
MS washing. etc, ana often has TO 90 10
the storeroom again and again for some
thing the COOK has forgotten. She counts
me SILVER after X IS washed, or Il fork or
spoon IL unaccountabiy missing; writes
ooWn the orders Tor the marketing: every
evening adds up the accounts. once a for:-
nlSht she makes out a list Of the wash:
WHEN IL comes back counts and outs il
away. IL any one IS H. and there is dam
ger OF coniasion she sends word 10 the po-
lice; II servant leaves, her papers must
Dc sent 10 them, ana Il i friend comes for
visit ner papers must also ba furnished
TO those visllant guardians OF the public
ana the eilperor's 81 tety.
BY an unwriI1en social law the mistress
must delegate the marketing 10 the cook.
We strongly suspect that I.sna's "ausstat-
tunS tseuLng out Is coming cut OF her
savings from this source for since her
betrothal the price or every article has
risen a kreutZer or two. Grocers and
butchers give her many a good -'trinkgeld'
In return Tor the custom she brings them.
Peppi, our last cook, was too suspiciously
eager TO warn her mistress against the
other servants. Marie mad emptie1 the
decanters, Anna had slipped pats OF butter
into her pocket" but it was always last
evening or before breakfast" oh, Pep
ri, tell me ct the time or don't yex me
with your stories.' cried my mtch-rri,.ti
cousin. Peppi suddenly was taken i'll with
chicken-poX, and was sent 10 the hospital
Then the iocksInith ventured 10 reveal that
She had tried 10 bride him 10 make her
duplicate key TO the storeroom. Not for
nifty gulden.' / told hertz So Lima reigns
IN ner stead.
apartments, faces the front door. Every
one knows that d good cook is always a
sloyen. Marsaret's soul was soreIy tried
under Peppis regime. Al! that was asked
her kitchen tidy. She was an ideal cook
II was absurd 10 expect her TO oe an ideal
cleaner. MoritZ protested whenever Mar
garet threatened to send her OFF. Now, the
kitchen floor shines with constant scrub
bing, but MoritZ groanS over burned soups
anu tough steaks.
Margaret threatened. after five or six in
capdp.eS had tried her soul. to do as many
women do here and in Germany. and cook
herself, but this Moritz Will not allow.
Most Germans would think Il an excellent
arrangement. 1.-The cook has left Is no
excuse here for a picked-up dinner"
.'Gre;e!,' said our friend Herr C the
other day 10 his pretty eldest daughter,
Il have paid enough for your school. for
your music. drawing, sewing and cooking
lessons. Now You may step into the kitch-
en-, for shan,t keep the cook any. longer
So Frauleiu C viii put on her neat
apron over her nice gown, and prepare
excellent soups. roasts. salads. buildings
and pastries I'll sister Anna's turn comes,
each VIII MI later housemaIds and seam
stress place, finding time meanwhile to
prepare piles of sheets. pillow slips and ia
BILE cloths. 50 that when the hoped-ior
bridegroom comes they may De all ready.
n father can't always give his daughter Il
dowry, but he must give her complete
setting out" furniture, silver and house
he'd linen, SO It's We'll 10 take the stitch
in time"
AT Christmas II is usual to give servants
a months wages extra, besides handsome
present. The gentlemen friends OF the
family often give them a Sulden or so as
sundays our do not come 10 servants
very often. TIE day before Christmas they
fast rigldly, confess and take the sacra-
ment but II they Wcng TO mass every week
they'd be looked upon as "unco guild.
They're more eager TO 90 10 balls than TO
church. After hard DAY work making
il.es in every room. polishing foors, brush
ing coats cloaks ana skirts, busting. sweep
ing and making beds. setting tables and
washing endless dishes. now can they waltz
fve or six hours al night. but II perms-
sion is refused they'll 20 on the sly. Lima
VIII sleep With one ~ open. 81 That she
may lel Marie or Anna slip II "unknownst"
at o'clock In the morning. Next time
they'll watch for her. They can never get
dancing enough
IN The open pavil!ons In the parks I've
seen homes IN their pretty. CcQutttish caps
Waiting with one soldier afteF another.
paying q kreut2er for each dance, as long
as the stock OF kreuiZers held oul. The
gallant SONS of Mars supply themselves
win many a gsaSs of beer from this source.
Meanwhile the poor li;ae babies walled
forgotten IL their gay carriages outside.
our ianifor. the ifsusincister Braun, u
nm autoerat within his domain. but KNOWS
y nea 70 aide the iron hand under the vel
yel glove Lsconom,ze anywhere bat here
IS A wise maxim. Ia1eed. Braun we'll earns
his ''trlnkgeId." No beggar. peddieT or
orear-artn,!er Gares show his face in the
court; IL spite OF little feet tramplng over
them all day. halls Gt8 stars are a. NEAT
as wax lie watches the outside G53r y
there is any disturbance IN the street, he
saves US a thousand annoyances from toe
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