The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-31


spised head ornament grows larger b.
the month. Just now relations between
the mistress and maid are UNUSUAL.
strained, on account of a new cut o
cap with which the former insists OF
browning the latter's obdurate head
This is the graceful. becoming and con
spicuous English house maids coronet
Boosting three tiers of crisp embroider
ed swiss frillS, rising tiara-like from
the. hair. To the rear, from the taper
ing ends of a lawn coronet, fall down
as low as the shoulder blades, a couple
OF white streamers, two and a hal.
Inches broad. and tipped with embroi-
derry. The whole thing is really becom-
ing stately and a coquettish dress for
the head. that. for variety's sake alone
any woman might be proud to wear
though in the eyes of the American
| housemaid. it is a nuisance and an
abomination.
These caps. by the way. are not pur-
chasable at any and every shop. The
! housekeeper who aSpireS to introduce
/ them to her servants usually borrows
a pattern from a friend, who is the
| friend of friend who brought over a
| few from the other side, for it is the
! individual woman. and not the manu-
facturer. who is shedding their beaus =
| full and baleful influence on the AmC .
lean household.
Up at Newport and in the neighbor-
| hoods where rich people have their
summer homes, the caps with float
ers," as the American housemaid con-
temptuously describes it, is becoming
rather familiar sight, but there were
tragis scenes enacted at LenoX, Bar
Harbor, Beverly Farms and elsewhere
before a ukase enforcing the new cap
could be enforced. There were tears
and coaxing words months notices
q Iao md &c
no secret that many housekeepers pre-
vailed by clapping a couple of extra
dollars on the wages of those servants
who would not yield gracefully.
Many and many were they who re-
fused to capitulate at any price, threw
up their positions in the very midst
of the season and went back to the
city. The cry now is in the intelligence
offices. Down with the English caps.
and it looks as if the servants would
get their own way. Here in the hot
weather they are herded up in the
waiting rooms of the intelligence Off
ces, and the meek householder who
comes, hot, but humble, in quest of
maid is assailed by a high-spirited and
suspicious eye and the fierce inquiry:
do We want a CURL what is willin' to
wear them English caps?' In case of
an affirmative answer, the daughter of
a hundred Irish kings swings slowly
about on her heel with the crushing
retort that, 1T amt me We are lookin
for, then
Strangely enough, it is the women
just over from the old country who are
most aggressive in their ATTITUDE
toward the caps. The proprietors of
the intelligence offices do not hesitate
to recommend as the most dOcile. rea-
sonable, self-respecting and efficient
women those who have been born and |
raised in this country. They object
to caps, hard work and to the country |
far less than thoee who have known |
the pinch and grind and real servitude |
exacted on the other side said one |
woman at the head of a popular office |
IAN American-born woman can be APP |
pealed to and persuaded, and on my |
books where l have had to divide my |
into those who will and who |
will not wear caps, the American won1-
en- make up the largest majority of the
former class. You would be amused, |
however. to hear some of the cap
wearers drawing UP hard and fast rules
about their headgear with ladies who
come here looking for servants. The
cap is the first article in the agreement
to be settled. 1t is of even more inn
Dortance to them than wages, or even
ngs out. Some stipulate to wear caps
Of only such and such a size, shape and
Others want an adj
vance in wages for wearing caps at
ALL and there are those who nominate
It in the bond that their caps shall be
worn only between certain hours, and
never in the street. 1 am sorry to say
most miStresses yield to the demands
Of the maids but the other day hand
some old lady walked in here and asked
ne to recommend a good girl. l did
30. and terms between them were near
Y concluded, when Ellen dropped the
'emark that she didn't like to wear
APPS.
why not?" demanded the old lady.
The girl looked rather puzzled and
confused and mumbled something,
vhereat the old lady looked at her with
gentle pity.
Come, come" she said; "tell the
ruth You are ashamed to. You
hink a cap is not stylish. You want
,eople to believe you are a fine lady,
nd not an honest working girl. You
ay you won't wear any badge of serv-
tude because you are a free American.
Well. let me tell you, my girl, that
maybe Admiral Dewey prefers to wear ]
silk hat and a dress coat when he {
ghts battles, but he is not ashamed
o wear the cap and blue livery that {
Jncle Sam. his employer, orders him s
o wear Suppose your brother down
t Santiago hated his uniform; look I
ut there in the street and see that big {
oliceman, who does not blush to be
cen in the city's livery, and cap: the /
onductors and motormen in the street !
ars don't refuse to wear the livery of /
he company they work for; just go to {
he city hospitals and see the women I
Tho wear caps and aprons proudly, and &
ere I am wearing a cap as a badge |
old age. You are the only set of I
-omen 1 know, you servant women, y
tho like to repudiate and dishonor $
our uniforms, while soldiers, sailors, I
reat judges, sisters in the churches, 7
urses, policemen, even expressmen, t
ear theirs with dignity and self-re- f
pect and honor"
The old lady finished her speech and r
wept out of the room, while Ellen and s
er associates looked limp and foolish. 3
he next day Ellen came in blushing /
} say she had engaged to go to the old +
Idy. and, she added bravely, she was .
Ding to wear any kind of a cap her 6
ew employer selected. Since then I've h
cen using the argument that brought Y
lien to terms with wonderful effect, f
nd l think if mistresseS only knew 9
ow to talk to these servants, they =
1uld bring even the despised English I,
ap into favor. :,
MILLICENT ARROWPOINT. =