The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-16
HOW THE VEAL THY WOMEN
TREAT THEIR W0RKMEN.

It is interesting to people always to
know how the millionaires and aspir-
ing billionaires live, move and have
their being. says an exchange. Do
they at home interest themselves in
the things commonly regarded as
worthy of attention? Are method,
economy and detail terms known to
their vocabulary or to that of their
wives?
Mrs. Clarence Mackay employs con-
siderable method in running her do
nestle machinery, as may be judged
from the way she treats her outside
workmen, decorators, for instance.
Each man is enrolled. The butler
looks after this. The names are taken,
so that should anything go amiss in
the work it may be set down to the
man who was responsible for it, and
each mistake be charged up against
him. At the end of a day or a week
the man who has made the most blum
ders is reduced, and he who has made
the least is promoted, so that there is
something to work for in this house.
and a pleasant spirit is created among
the workmen, each doing his best and
knowing that his report will be sent
to the contractor who employs him.
Each workman must wear white.
Mrs. Mackay may then know Just
how neat the men are. while in dark
suits il is impossible to tell whether
they are cleanly or not. A band of
workmen clothed in white mount the
ladders and move about very silently
in felt soled shoes; you might think
they were a band of hospital attend
ants rather than men who looked after
the needs Of the. house.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is very liberal
in her attitude toward the servants,
and outside workmen, aiming by so
doing to inspire a spirit of willing and
hearty service in them. With her out
side workmen, for instance, if they
are not precisely on time she does not
consider that a serious offense has
been committed if they are few min
utes late at luncheon time she does
not call them to account for it.: at
night they are dismissed a little be-
fore the usual time, and are treated
always pleasantly, coupled with dig
nifty.
AS a usual thing outside workmen
bring their own lunches to their places
of work, but in this house they are
served with luncheon in a room set
aside for this purpose. Almost con-
stantly a band of men are about the
house. They may be carpenters doing
odd jobs, or decorators, but whoever
they are this room has been set aside,
and there at noontime they are pro-
vided with a substantial luncheon.
There, too, are to be found books, pa
pers, and cards with which they may
pass away their spare time.
Mrs. Howard Gould, on the contrary,
is purely businesslike in her ideas. She
is after service, and efficient service,
from first to last. She is a natural
overseer, keeping an eye on her serv-
ants and outside workmen at all times.
She takes a keen interest in the af-
fairs of her decorators and carpenters,
and she makes each man step lively
in a most businesslike fashion. A rule
that is never departed from in the
slightest degree is that of enrolment.
If a man objects to being numbered
there is another to take his place. But
Mrs. Gould usually finds no difficulty
in writing down the name of each man
and setting a number opposite to it,
this number corresponding with one
on a badge of ribbon, which is pinned
to the mans coat or suspender strap.
She goes among her workmen once
during the morning with the security
of a woman who may change her
mind a hundred times before the work
is completed. Then comes the noon
hour. If the men are not back at work
when they should be, Mrs Gould wants
to know why, and Immediately in
quires into the matter. In the after
noon Mrs. Gould is generally among
them twice, directing desired changes
and seeing that things go right