The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06

age OF $40 or SO a week is not uncommon. It
depends greatly upon how pretty she lsi and a
wage Of S12 a week for q woman means; IN
a beauty. For this income, she works exactly
seventeen hours O day, and sometimes longer.
weeEst al a stretch when. she has but three or
E -four hours e pro s SRy t tSGc ' bsrPde sRd nest ES 4 w The
an atmosphere ,reeking with smoke IRON
s sRe considered superlne, and that she leaSess
at 1 O'Clock in the morning to seek q bedroom
Years end. One day In eight or ten she 6SsS
holiday at her own expense MoreoveT. unless
she be exceedingly qT,.c sEE at 1gur ,S. and d. have S. .
days work. Notwithstanding her tips. Ac-
81 SfPF1 q ca u 'a does sS not pay until he fSsyes
Il. and the amount he owes ia the
ins 70 sho he to sf L. & BE a GTs' the Germans Is sO sRo
cafS ,t~hroushopt the, afternoon and evening,
tines tim forse 18th thst he has had 50 much. Then
the .kellnerin suffers, for unless she bers
cafe".she m1usstdepend upon his word, although
she herself has been duly charged Tor every
thing thing s o1 th has as 9rderedbi oW W mnf tba pc be save wau II
hardly cheat a keitnerin intentionally; were he
to. tryt to do so Il is incontesta1le that al the
S SusiTe R him into NJ s The G street wo and hurt hurt him. O0u''
Notwithstanding the extremely hard lines OF
p fIS for 'every vacant place, They are
mostly the daughters OF small, shopkeepers.
and many Rsi Of them nsIIaa hSy ys s TSGei tSsir g oTS H sdnSs-
sh2ngirls 9r houseJmaids; Perhaps there Is no NJ
obliged TO make OF their lives than that afforded
by the existences Of this latter, c~lass-not the
P Pare maid Of aG all ' Wor rfh thyaf sS every S@ German rns si fn@a
lily with any income at all keeps to torture to 2
degree probably unknown to any working girl
In the first place these girls go out to service
when very young-they are rarely more than
situation. A t the start they often receive no
wages Ct all and 4 t, they d. do the amount 40 nj Is S1,So
a %h m0n they A are su snpe g Or to 1oS become SeasS %e fsicyisDt.
they are advanced to So or 81 a month. and the
latter sum is perhaps the average for a FIRST
eo1aRa S sfS oF $f i20k In n Addition sGdk eat to the wage ase
e f9e ' dGosrq for aIsS Sbbiniffts IN IN ed SSp! a GO %9n WITCH 81
case, a small pension is paid, and there is also o
small sna9lnS Sq ~ ter I ,J payment men to- to be m made IN s9n Srd-
vides free medical aid and a hospital bed in the
event Of illness.
with or without a window. She gets .up. at
dawn. and for breakfast has a cup OF imitation
small q piece 81 Fl me at. one Gnen Vegetable Ta' anStRer
beer and . slice Of black bread. That is the
out OF fifty German servants. Butter is un-
known to her. as are, also all the other things
never has the same food as that which appears
on the family table-coarser and cheaper arti-
Giles being bought especially fol, her and duly
measured out by the mistress OF the house at
Upon this diet the maid is supposed to work
The first rule in German household conduct is:
Never let your maid sit down, and it Is followed
to tnTs letter i b In the So Sompst;sdn sb hSIse Snd bs Work
sides doing ali the cooking. serubbine.washing
mn"eIndfngs the German maid has. BY way 81
diversion. all the family boots to black Ger
mar , women snd have I'VE S their So9ts S p meSt l asr men
citiesh several hardwood floors to wax. wood to
chop, coal to carry from the cellar and nnnum-
$s carried doTnstaiTs she does IT 9F
y T1ish n sss I I * ss Grand s aSS d saf Pqts r n hi +
hurries. up her work. hustles to the theatre.
German maid Is required to perform almost
every known function: from that Of a pack
time is her own: but II her mistress is satisfied
with her she is allowed to have three hours
every other Sunday afternoon to. go out with
man maids are usually comely and robust. and
Il l. a ande see%fn ~ h feeg are Of ' al ne Rss yS shsGgs
girls. They do not often find husbands while
s seTSisrx'' w 6s,n nav GlY not m no admi Tater ono nor bo sne
wages (even that is POSSIBILITY to buy . dimi:
P PARTNERS si fea iif or 1s5s q atn %Ro sae So9 sSSaIIss h nre
attracted by the opportunity for partnership in
be happy. their lives are more. than likely to be
spent In that endless round Of drudgery which
seems 70 Be considered in Germany woman's
natural hirthright.
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