The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
DUTY OF THE MISTRESS.
ONE SECRET or GETTIHG ALONa
WITH ONES SERVANTS.

about the management OF domestic servants.
You see the June Bridegrooms were married u
year ago last June and have had time h-plenty
to gain lots OF experience along this line. And
they haven't wasted any time. either. They've
had nine cooks and thirteen upstairs girls. Mr..
June Bridegroom says he never could under
stand before why q combination chambermaid
and waitress should be called m upstairs girl.
but since he's learned how lofty these servants
are and how high and mighty in their ways he
does now. He thinks. though. that the descrip-
ton upstairs Ia too lowly q one to be applied to
this creature. and that war-balloon girl would
be q far better name.
On edeh one Of the twenty-five occasions
whom Mr.. June Bridegroom has hurried from his
ONCE to his wife and home. to be met with the
fearful announcement, 1.-The cooks gone" or
THE upstairs girls gone" he has felt like
saying things. but he has restrained himself.
He really deserved the pats that he gave him
| self on the back for preserving his patience and
remaining silent. for he sincerely believed that
he knew az much about how TO manage servant
girls as he thought his wife didn't know. He
went home last Thursday earlier than usual.
skipped up the steps three at time. grabbedhi
| wife In his arms. and announced triumphantly:
"Three OF my old college chums are coming
out with me on Saturday 1t noon to stay until
Monday"
Mrs. june Bridegroom pushed him back.
looked up at him In q startled way. and burst
into tears.
why. what on earth is the matter. deariei"
asked the surprised young husband. Have
you q headache2"
Mrs. June Bridegroom shook her head mega
lively.
bad news from homer"
Another negative shake.
did the dressmaker spoil your new or
gambler"
A vigorous. protesting bob emphasized by q
sob.
We'll. what is the matter with you? Have
you gone mute?"
MOO" came very family. but she's
going"
who is going, and where and when ?" in
Quired June Bridegroom impatiently. do
you take me for q professional mind reader p
why. the co-h-o-ok's going Saturday.
She's given me notice. and the upstairs girl
says she really likes us very well and that we
are moro agreeable than most folks. but that,
IL the cook goes. she'll 60. too. She says it's too
hot to be bothered with getting acquainted
with a strange cook and learning her ways"
well. I'm hanged!" exclaimed Mr.. June
Bridegroom. and he yanked of his coat and
waistcoat and flung them down on the floor.
You never used such a word before me be-
fore" sobbed the wife. If my mother heard
lhdl II VI Idh0 mG bJThlkub nOme. lou OuRnI
and using such dreadful language. 1t isn't my
E laHlft follows Il Sne h COOK 1i MSe SURE e'f rs a mo 6 shs H " S91fs
Ing for new servants and breaking them in; 1
} 3ase ike ESu m aye d sSss toy D6 msSn fG pi SPPssniP PSId m 1tps
baud apothsr. a1d realize now that SIG knew
f maEri Il dbd aS SeoEE ssars for nothing. 1t isn't my
that would make Buffalo Bits indian squaws
ashamed sps ID IF h the h,U gtteraqse; ,n ,..n. ,oon
married I'VE years for nothing. too answered
June bBEidssg1Eo9m; With what his wife calls his
t sssy eo asEf Is goiae s% anS I've i kn % soa ali a lia1s t thas
it was your fault that the other nine went, to
sSsy Ps saesfsS Ct IN Ne ct tf thtss vi% gPssssiTI sa girls y Th he
seTesaf 6. Wv %h Rss tfR Rsit g { e9 ~ Il e ls Ra9 yGEps ySu T
Needn't tel me- that Sst they'd fdS walk sEifS out Of ana an easy ySg
berth SUCH as they have. here OF their, own ac-
sSSld only s sss { COUPLE ss s 81 we ssS;., Of t. I'd
show you how to manage servants, My mother
when q woman, doesn't do that il shows that
fSa nt SI Il s t6s misefEe wron Hi p aSst xft ha The to IEa ndS;
nSmTber Of timeS she changes her servants:
hsnd to a1fS @a o Tsta a6st t soet lines N pe In q w sSa isi
That's child's play compared to sizing her up
by the way she gets along with servants. ~
bate to know what our neiGhbors think of YOU.
Don't exhaust yourself. my love-" inter-
T Woaid freeze nFs; m Ges s1iie easd! afii You Sa . ar rose sc W Snaf
versed In the management OF servants. suppose
pp PROT f'E By W your , tST 3 gR5r'f kno W. SG 80 By the SS
sShool2, That's where most women learn such
II didn't know anything more about being
able to keep two girls than. you do l Touldn't
not learn what fEnow about the management
Of domestlcs at a cooking school. Vol, see I
have TO do anything but exercise it to get at the
root OF things. The way you ought to manage
y9a ES Sosr. eG SSef Fefo TtsdP' L he srw vile. ErIaning.
same Ana % dS yoq H %a9 cage SSd Se %psfiffi5lf girls the
that would cause, this story to be suppressed
were II repeated here. apd he and his wife were
other every minute. Suddenly he espied Mi.
ana Mrs. Golden Wedding coming in at the
There Gome the Golden, Weddings" he
said Mrs. Brldesroo@ as she hastehed out o
pay caterpillar s6e was telling them al s6on.
her Principles ffncf s1 and pun pun etts ted her sas'T recital Sf1 With
little catching sobs.
ding nEh as sht sh fnisG ssfs Sad said ssat, ar' & sSlafP G $sSl
Ny E sGsq viii SfEYi ssstt Se' THIS 5 pGRS ffy a%q isstS s'I Ief
1 wv a. va ~ Eltp bI uDSdN iAoW
TO get good servants, and how to keep them.
too. Why. our cook has been with US twenty
one years and our maid eleven and my two
grooms have been with us time out Of mind.
Poor little women Listen to what my wife has
"0f course / wilaf% said the gentle Mrs.
never fewer than four servants. so you can reap
the benefit OF my experience. I've watched
make tho l.. stake that pine out Of ten women.
old and young. make. I've felt. so sorry for You
think that 1 might better be attending 70 my
own affairs. 10 get back to the mistake that
referred TO-. For the first five years OF my
married life my Kitchen was a ,kaleido;
scope OF cooks. I changed so often and
same frequency. and then learned, hoy, to
deal with them. ] had German girls, Irish
what not in that time. and their ages varied
from sweet sixteen to sere sixty. ! got them
through advertisements and employment
bureaus mostly. and / wouldn't dream Of get
ting a girl that way now: