Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-27


AT the appointed bed time hour he APP
pears with candles. The butler is ex-
pected to answer the door bell and am
nounce visitors. In families where no
groom of the chambers is kept the but
Ter looks into the drawing room to see
that the blinds are drawn if the sun
shines in (Which Is seldom) and pay
any little attention to the comfort of
his mistress. He must be on hand TO
assist his lady to the carriage and be
there to help her alight on her return.
All these servants work very slowly. I
and one good hired girl in American
could do the work of four of them.
They know absolutely nothing beyond I
the duties they were trained for. They (
are very polite but too servile, and - /
not serve there mistresses with the
good will and love an American help I
shows. They do not expect the food /
the family has. Cheaper grades of /
everything are kept In the stores for /
them. They never have cake, pies orr
fruit The housemaid must dress in
the morning in white or in very light
dresses, with white apron and cap. Be
fore tea time she must be clothed in
solemn black, with white apron, and
the cap, but now the latter is adorned
with streaners to the waist or below, |
according to the desires Of her mistress,
who furnishes them for her. The cook
wears a black dress with white collars
and cuffs and no cap. or sometimes
| a very small one or a white lawn bow.
The nurse maids dress much as they do
| in America, in black with white turn
over collar and cuffs, white caps with
| very long streamers, and on the street
I a little black bonnet, with white lawn
bows tied under the chin. and long
| ends hanging most to the hem of the
dress. Every servant here must wear
her cap at all times. and know of one
| lady, who only kept maid of all work
WHO discharged her because she took
! her cap off one day and answered the
door without it. All supplies for the
liable are sold in pound packages and
lare given to the servants in that form
| by the housekeeper One lady of my
acquaintance allows each of her six
servants one pound of sugar week,
]one-quarter of a pound of tea no bat
4 ter, quarter of pound of jam and
| three pounds of bacon q week. She can
eat it all at once and 20 hungry the rest
of the week or divide it into twenty
one parts and have something for each
meal. | heard that not 50 very long
4 ago one house maid was found ON the
,lstreet late at night ravng for some
thing to eat, and only few DAYS ago
IA nice English lady told me that ssle
Twas in the dumps over losing q good
lserganta girl who had been with her
two years. asked her the cause
4 why she said, that CIR, mas bsen
eating nearly one pound Of sugar a
4 week. never allow my girls but one
{. half pound" ! happened TO know this
q gIri--a great. big, six-footer. about -
g years old, who absolutely needed, not
4 the sugar but some of Phil Armour's
beefsteak. coupled with mashed and
seasoned mot boiled) potatoes every
|iay There is a cheap grade OF jam.
tea, sugar and all edibles sold for the
servants. called kitchen supplies. In
housekeeping from an American stand
point many necessary things are lack
: Ing. Their ranges are very small al
Il fairs. bricked, and would try the tenn
s Iiper of an American housewife or maid
lsoreiy Gas stoves are used by the lleh
aud a few Americans, but they are
7 small In cooking utensils there Is not
q great variety. for, as said before
fancy baking and cooking Is done at ne
!, professional bakers. There is no surh
! thing as a cake tin with the funnel y
I the middle, no bread pans no laNef
8 cake pans. no pancake gtiddiss. no Dis
r rult cutters and no jars for canning
Fruit YOU find what there IS. not At Nc
8 hardware store'' but at the firpr
I !nongtsr,s'' For your green vegetaoies
T you go 10 the green grocer, VINO sells
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