The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
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MARY" said young business man
.,, old friend X is in town with his
wife: we must positively have them 10
dinner and ask some people to meet
taem."
NOW. George" exclaimed his better
t.lf .vou know we cannot entertain in
small fat. with two servants; we agreed
about that when we married. Ask them
-o 90 to the play and to supper somewhere
.-ra~vard but we really cannot give a
dinner party as we are situated.
After much discussion, however, the din
,-r was decided upon, and the next ques-
ton was whom TO invite
I'VE must ask the Aa's, if we ask any
BODY" she decided.
The 3 $ must of course be invited"
added her husband.
..The C's are more important than any
ore" she exclaimed.
"Rut not more so than the d. s." was
the rejolnder, and so on. When the list
was made out of the people who positively
had to be asked it numbered about thirty.
There is not single one of these PEG
pla can leave out" declared Mrs. H.
with conviction. "and I really ought to
ask more"
why not give a small party instead?"
nazarded Mr.. H.; that would include
every one"
But that involves more" sighed his
more prudent partner. However as you
sar 81 smplifies matters, and as every
one has been so kind to US, II is only prop
or that We should make some return; but
what shall we have? A dance, of course,
4 IS out of the question. We must call il a
musical and have some professionals to
perform"
But they cost like everything" ex-
claimed the young husband Hang it all
Nary I do believe the best way after ell
would be to have a dance at De,monico's
Or Sherry's. We would kill all our birds
with one stone, and have something really
CIeditable."
Yes. I suppose on the whole that would
be better" acquiesced his wife. 'We'N
ecouomize afterward somehow and make
/ fl up"
So new lists were made, the invitations
sent out and the ban (for ball 1t finally
bcrame) was given.
Those rs are soing the pacen COM
mented he ungrateful Mrs. Grundy. who,
with her daughters, had attended the
n dance. Il predict a smashup for them be
fore long. No, Bella" (this to her eldest
who was making out a list for a series of
4 dinners), Il do not think l won put them
H down; they are just the sort of people one.
has to be careful about. We will ask them
/ to some big reception; that will do We
4 VII have to give one or two functions of
that sort for the crowd before we begin
t, give smaller and more exclusive
things"
With the Ks the result was equally I'M
| satisfactory. IT do not call il a corlph-
/ ment." she declared, ITO be asked TO a
dance where we know no one, and nobody
takes any trouble to Introduce us. I must
say Harry, your friend z. does not put
1 himself out to entertain your
AS 10 the rs. they were in despair. at
was al perfectly horrid from begnn ing TO
end" exclaimed Mrs. H. I'VE will have
/ to econOmize for months to make up for
TIE outlay, and it did not do bit of good
| People liked US better before we made the
effort to entertain them. It was all
mistake from beginning to end"'
In the Northern states OF this
country the domestic service ques-
ton has been divided into three
/ eras: The colonial, when such serv-
/ ice was performed by Indians, col ored peo-
/ pie and redemptionists, the latter persons
/ who had been convicted of misdemeanors
4 iu England and sent over here as punish
rent; the second division was from the
time of the revolution to the civil war,
when native American women composed
the serving class; and the third, since The
war. when foreigners have rapidly come
into favor, says the Chicago News.
The law regulated the relations between
m ser and servant during the colonial pc
ruI, in which the former was bound to
treat the latter humanely and not to sell
his services to another against the serv-
ants will. on the other hand, the master
"is protected by heavy penalties against
the servant who ran away. The whole
system was in harmony with the English
idea of such matters. When the declaration
col independence came to set all men on the
same footing the old distinctions were in
a great degree broken down and native
men and women came to the fore. They
were treated in many cases very much like
members of the family, and the period is
metmes called the golden era of do
nestle cooperation"
All this time, however, there were those
who stil preferred the traditional, obse-
guious service of European servants, and
where there was money enough, these
were brought over to keep uo the ancient
system The Americans began to dread
entering service lest they, too, should
come to lose their independence and po-
sldCn as the best trained foreign servants
mad. Thus the foreigners gradually be-
e0n to enter in and the motive men and
women to draw out The enormous emf
grafton to this country in the twenty years
following 1910 supplied the demands. These
newcomers knew their places" as the
aristocrauc mistresses used to declare
and they were very welcome. In some Of
the districts of the Middle West these
american serving women are stll found
tut in most of the large cities the whole
Idea is now obsolete.
II is a well-known fact that the do
nestle service is suffering constantly be-
cause many of the more competent and
Hetter educated women are being drawn
on into factories, shops and .ower- grade
coaching. While the wages connected
with these branches are frequently no
netler than or even not so good a. those
Tor the domestic service there IS the al
iArlng promise of greater Independence
ana liberty after the regular days work
We noticed, says writer in the Chi
o'so Times-Herald, that the crl with a
'mper can be very fascinating when she
likes. She usually has nice 1ftIa wavs