New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-16
SOME WAYS OF THE WORLD.
.poY,r THE SERVANT QUESTION FROM
SEVERAL POINTS OF VIEW.
A FEW HINTS TELLING HOW coM"oN'
ROOM CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO

FEW HINTS TELLING HOW A COMMONPLACE
ROOM CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO
A COSBY ONE.
To the anxious and weary homemdAei' WINS"
,hoek. are prematurely furrowed by care 'he SCI
yant question is full OF vital i"p''. %
"a the Philippine question to the fresiue'' u w
United States. Long after many o'i's a1oo~ar
Rail have been solved the American househeepe.
Iii etu he tormented and almost In despair d.
49, ,rob,,itv 10 secure efficient domestic service
In the good old days of which we reao ,"e w..
housewife was always successful IN oo'aNs
the assistance she required In her domestic uu ,,
This was particularly the case III :, o,ory
.or,es American girls did not think II oeros"'oi!
a. &C.,. ant IN service" In those days. But We inus'
e,hor that there was far less distinction ue-
tween mistress and maid than exists 'o-uds'
cbeerv-faced maid of all WORK was reooH
ono NJ the family After the days Toll ""' -,
she was always welcome IN 'ne ho''e
the freside. :, ,,o honest Young
- 90 ,ynom she was betrothed was permi''eu u
,o,n the group When the old CLOCK III NV ,,o,
naoled the hour OF the maiden anu "' ,,na
would steal out to the garden sa'e '
word o. oro seldom wit
VI 49, ..aa aovs Even II our American gris
80 81 ,,duced to abandon the oVercio"
onta NJ professional brain-workers' we ca" ,,Sos
oxncr, them to choose as means u ,1 hv
= ,,ac, which has been almost 49,.
the unworthy creatures who cohSluei 49, ,,o,,-
models OF perfection In culinar! ar "
90 hranches OF domestic service ,-,.o
o 49,. chance we could find a bright ia"he'
,a,aen willing to engage in meniai uu''es
should often be compelled 10 "sS"I ',. "a dam,
=, Tho household labors while our or's"'' oi,
60, was enjoying q century run VI ,,,,,,. that
u.,sro tben shall we look for the oivi"s " nc
If "A
having found her, how sha ~ VI
and happy with her daily task Of patience and
Ms,resses are not always moueis sinrlv Inon the
fopbearance, and wings grow very s snSeis
shoulders OF our dGms S cam solve the question Of
the nappy which is OF such vital in'e nave the
and mSn bomes viii greater ble sno
ings tran were invoked by sqmcno stic servants are
T"E indspensabie in homes Of renne6S vanced
culture in these days OF clv hns mutItudinous
Ideas os,de of the home circle CUP IRE hrainy
fascinations difficult to be Les's"b nanny wife and
woman even though she be hhPp'
Then there are the demands Of soc nf our ar Western
circles Sometimes In the case Oh out lena and
SISTERS there are political meetings 10 a''e"u Anu
the f Re es aompesn to Corps
workers in the home during the eh choose as the
oresding genius of their kitchen the oin bmt her
''mammy," with sayy d tHrpa" ee88asperatIng She
seems to have adopted her motto h as,e thnss
waste and II large bodies inH'e # seems to be
L
on nnossibility for old Dinah TO grasp the iiea ~
AZ emergency which may demand an cary D'e""
fast or a hastily improvised luncheoh'
WINDOW SEATS AND SHELVES.
A most commonplace looking room may De trans
formed into one of exceeding attractiveness ny tue
addition OF window seats and shelves. corner Is
in particular the spot in room best adapteu loi
the cosey feeling one wishes to establish, ana the
furnishings may be chosen from an Infinite variety
Of suitable materials.
A pIain seat made of board and supported by
wooden brackets, can be put up by any carpenter
and a mattress may be fashioned into shape from
old comfortables. A hair mattress mace py a
bounced II desired II the space undeIheah Ine
seat be needed as a stowaway II should De p9Neu
in by the carpenter. and the WOOD stalheu VI
PAINTED to match the other WOODWORK III the room.
The material for the cover OF WINDOW or corner
seat should carry out the color scheme that pre-
walls in the other decorations and furnishlnss;;
pillows ~ various sizes will add their quota toward
the color effect. -, 49,, -. 49,
material employed on the seat II the two come IN
close conjunction. Cretonne for the lalter may
sometimes find a mate for the former In SIX or
silkoline 1t Is a nice bit Of work 10 match these
materials but 1t repays by the restful accent IL
imparts to the room.
Shelves built against the wall near a window or
corner seat offer gathering place for the personal
properties dear to the occupant OF the place