New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
, 1on,v nAuv TR1R11NE SUNDAY. DECEMBER TO- 1879

Torn, n,os, aatiafactorv helpers in families OF
taste but OF moderate means; are e"ceheh' "''
10 n cook and general housework s", 80
sturdy, faithful, little nursery maids ana e"N
drens caretakers. When they are nrst sem V 80
they get wages of from SO to 81 fnoh.h' III.
records show, and before they nave peeh 'oi0
in service they receive ST. or more . or
This ia as far as New York has gone In ser
want training though what has been accom- IN
pshed has been done well. An hour spent a" 80 ~
schooI OF these little housemaids In west
EIeventh-st is worth while. for 1t Indicates we
possibilities of definite instruction Tor ser Sail'
There is nothing institutional about tnls hohe'
Tor ali nurposes Il is only a New-York resi-
dence OF the better class, with twen'y mi
Young girls within its walls. instead or tne 0iu,
nary family The parlor IS mooerh - nr,vate
narlor the dining room, too. typical OF Pita,.'
FAMILY The house is conducted as In an ordi-
nary household.
THEY GAIN MUCH EXPERIENCE.
Every narticle OF the caretaking Is done by
those girls scarcely one Of whom is over seven
taen the majority fourteen and fifteen Inc
sole execution made is that a woman comes III
N do much Of the heavier cooking and Washing
All the rest Of the girls do under the eyes OF 'he
sunerintendent and her assistants They cleah
and sweep. dust make beds. polish FURNITURE
prepare vegetables, etc. set the tables care Ior
the china and glass, cook to some extent sew
and are drilled In manners. the nttie pa Va, .n
M the tenement improves daily under lhis
reoime She sees for the first time much Oh
The detail Of n home OF the better class She ~
brought ND to be low voiced, respectful, nea.
handed obliglng and quick. Every sort Oh
household work she soon gets 10 nave an iue"
Of ~ not an expert knowledge. u
The Younger OF these girls go TO schooI uails,
some to cooking school, thus supplemehUnS
their practical work in the household All
mote their own clothes, and are taught TO re-
pair bed and table linen. 1t Is the constant an,
NJ the superintcndent to conduct the mouse 40 40
~ Il were her own home. one example WIN
suffice The girl whose duty II IL TO care Ior
the parlor a certain week mas her uust 1913 .t
In a special drawer When sne wipes OH .ie
polished wood OF a chair she must use wv
cloths one for the actual wiping, the other "
hold the chair, that her hngermarks may ho'
be left upon IT. -. 4. ,,,,o
Last year hfty-three girls were sent 10 sItua
tions The demand for even these very !ounnss
girls for service may be seen in that In 1912
Or applications for girls were received; ~
should be said that not all OF the girls VINO 20
ont from this home become servants Inc
training OF servants is not much the pur-
nose Of the home as the caring FOR or destl-
tute girls but service seems the natural resort
and has proved by far the best opening.
Another institution OF the same order is the
ErI,zaheth Home for Girls at No 3Oi East
Twefth-st Though more institutional and less
n, the priyate house order. much the same sue
cess in training girls for household DUTIES nas
heen achieved; seventy-seven girls were sent
ont from here last year to situations ana there
are at present forty-two inmates