The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-20

WORLD.

-.st deal that is written about serv-
,ovadays, as we'll as in the old
.s,oned recipe books, advocates the ut
,,,raness and thoughtfulness in deal
.,,b domestics, Remember they are
so beings like yourself" one dear
u.r,.er reiterates, land have hearts
nav be touched and feelings quite
.,shla OF being hurt as your own"
-. yonng housekeeper who attempts to
ags her maids after this recipe is
=. ant 40 strike a snag. While there
-. many superior beings among the do
,,os Of to-day as well as others of
r.rage human deceney, the rule OF
',,so,ess and thoughtfulness, says the
Nv York Sun, works badly with the
,.i servant. A word of praise spoils
-. present as a reward for some
- niece of work makes her intoler-
shI. while any familiarity is as poison
n her endeavors.
one little woman who had taught
school for many years before assuming
~. cares Of matrimony and housekeeping
made q valiant effort to deal with the
.srvan, girl question on the rule offered
nv The dear old lady writer who insisted
vrop the equal human footing of the
.srvapt girl with her mistress.
at is all wrong" she said. ito go on
.bs basis thst they are human beings like
ourselves. Admitting always the excep-
+ion that proves the rule, l should hate
n he a human being like most of the
,oaids-of-all- work that 1 have come in
contact with for a year or more. How
many Of them are inexcusably careless
and unt.dy In cooking and the care of a
Kitchen Skill in accomplishment is not
nossble to all women; but to the human
bAjng that l should want to consider on
an equal basis to me l should demand
absolute cleanliness which costs nothing
and is only matter of soap and water
"Ingrattude, deceit and trickery are
among the distinguishing traits of the
average servant girl. She glories in
waste and regards economy as a low-bred
indication on the part of her mistress
and is not at all slow in giving her opin-
lon When | began to deal with maids,
going on the equal humanity principle, I
,old the first one that | had been a work.
ing woman and sympathized with all
women who worked and that 1 desired
10 work with her in the management OF
my home. This generous burst of con-
1dence she appreciated not fatal In
fact she never quite got pveT 1t. It was
Incompatible with her ideas of a lady
that is the lady of her minds point of
view. s(
80 when I read of this equality of the
human being, as dealt with in this vexed
question ] say most decidedly the average
servant maid of to-day is not a human
being like myself-but a being whose mind
is constructed on different lines, who re-
CARDS Kindness and courtesy as con-
cession that warrants neglect, who has
sant IDEAS of honor and truth and above
alb wao likes TO poke dirt and dust off in
corners instead of cleaning il out thor
oughly. Such girls invariably thrive best
on a little sharpness, little or no praise
and absolutely no presents or tips beyond
her payment each month
I also read carefully The Domestic
Blunders of a Woman, written, I believe
by m6u, in which he ridicules the way
in which women deal with servants,
nancy, the woman's way. The author of
this book advocated a strict business sys-
TEN such as a man would have in his
D44lNN1 al accounting III CNtl AlIt5 "a
set hour for the doing of each task and a
cockwOrk system for homework gener-
alN. I became convinced this man was
theoflst and a bachelor, extremely mar
row somewhat stingy and of the sort
that had never dealt with servants in real
lily. probably living at clubs or hotels.
You cannot manage domestic serv-
ant by business methods. absolutely. Any
Eousekeeper who attempted to rule her
house in this way would defeat the very
OBJECT sought for, comfort and easy roll
ms wheels in the machinery of the home
Inc maiG of all work is too closely allied
10 the familys comfort to attempt 40
govern her by arbitrary rules. I had a
TASTE OF this when, with one of my maids
wrote out complete schedule of each
days duties which if followed would re-
suit in businesslike system at least
ohe promptly returned the document say
ing that she had never WORKED With a
hoy VINO made rules. It was impossible
10 make her understand that the notes
were not ru.es' but were on.y Intended
10 simplify her work. and make it easier
one cepaued with her nose in the air.
since then, having modified the idea
1Hdl me nousemaid is a human being like
sen ana having forgotten to some ex-
~ HeI tender feelings, l have been able
" zeal more successfully with help. Any
eAhloltlon Of temper or loud-voiced re-
proc lowers a mistress in the ewes of
NeI udld and severity is an Unnecessary
tnlStdKe' But faults should be corrected
'uiPeI uhence or disrespect of anv sort
tiouu mol be permitted 20 occur more
ian once and consistent dealing in the
-I'.s' Oh payment and days off should he
.9 rue This modifies the trials of the
VAeeplng woman but, alas, it does
not erase them" ~ uoes
me woman who is chattv withou+ he-
lie chatterer may always be assured
~ "elcome at social gatherings One
tba+ VI me average society woman is
Il, que talKs too much and too constant
one ''ei IDEAS are not necessarily numer
' out she has acquired the art of ex
III ana elongating and 'balasting'
IS sHe has, until she could deliver n
hours discourse on pink chiffon at
hoNHthts notice. The converse ton of
Sotlety woman has become strongly
~ uC'eTistlc. Whenever she is in want
IN "ord she very handily puts in won
~. or don't you know" and with
again Piepaieu 70 rush on
would thus seem that conversation
rIa.tislihg OF alternate remarks and etac-
i,"s between two women would he
spYSsloIe. But here the art comes in.
VIZ me Detroit Free Press A woman
nroL. 80 not a woman of the world would
is1aoIy SIT stupehed by this flow of
in age and seek Vainly for an opening
p,,. H.ch to project a few of her ideas.
1' the worldly woman rocogri,o. -,