Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-03-21

scious rcbuke: Mother. if you would
show Mary how to dress the salad. and
show her twice if need hc, She would do
better We hire servants hastily, do not
scruiiuize their antecedentS and chara,-
ters, aud are not particular 10 tell them
eur rules. Indeed, we are often too in
doent to have any rules; or, If we have
them, To execute them. If we would only
say what we mean and mean what we
say our servants would serve us better.
One might generalize indefinitely OH
The subject the lecturer commented,
and suggest remedies innumcruble. of
training centers for servants and house
wives associations for protection against
servants. as in Chicago. There may be-
future good in these various movements;
we are always doing great deal for pos
terity, or think we are. and this effort
may aid in clearing up the servant ques.
tion FOR the future. But il is with the
service in our homes today under the
present day conditions, that We are con.
cerncd.
False Ideas of Economy.
Doubtless women's often false ideas
of economy are responsible for much of
the discomfort aud dissatisfaction Of
their maids Every servant has some alb
solutc rights. The wise woman will see
to it that these rights are allowed First
among these is comfortable, decent
sleeping room, with two beds in ease of
| two maids occupying the room. Then, if
possible a place other than the kitchen
| for meals-a place, too where the leisure
part of the day may be spent. Equally
important is it that there should be be-
tween mistress ana maid Il definite idea
of each days work. hours of freedom
daily and time ont These suffrage
rights alone would add vastly TO content
uent.
PAY attention. also. Ia the saving of
labor. Adopt every lahur-saviur device
that VIII enable III intelligent servant To
accomplish her work in the least time
Have closets and tables So arranged as 10
reduce labor to Il minimum. DO not
pace articles of daily use whrro to reach
iGctl requires manifold unnecessary
steps. 4 place for everything and every
thing IN It's place is a hackneyed Hing
but after all il perfectly describes the do
main Of Il good housc&cepcr As much
attention should hc given TO the convent
cnccs of the Kitchen as 70 any pant of the
house.
ALLOW your servants the privilege Of
seeing their fricnds-wi'hin reasouAb bic
bounds. Women of all classes are ever
prone 10 find relief ia talking things over
The question of livery is often an in
Supe-able objection in This land Of
hoasted equality; better give up the point
than lose valuable hclpcr i1ut most
maids nowadays Ike livery for the style
Il giycs Last of all. and again, show
u" contempt for homework. Rcmcmbrr
- adapt Mark AutouE's words, House
Keeping is AN honorable art
No Beauty Without Order.
absolute order is an impossibility bnt
an approximate to il is within the reach
Of every houseEo"p"r. Taere can he 40
real beauty without order and its hand
3 4 4.
demands freedom from dust, quick re-
moyal Of all refuse, ana absolute clcanii-
ness Disorder. dust aud confusion give
iorinFnneSs to our homes and indicate
either Scorn Of details or inuptitudc for
interior life, since our surroundings re-
beet more or less accurately orr innrr
natures. Order IN the kitchen. that
great storcroom of life energy. order in
the matter Of proPortionng time is sure
70 he reflected throughout the house.
Frof Muenstcrbcrg comments that the
one thing the American does Dot
ecoHomiae is time. Think for your maids,
If need be, and teach them to carry out
one thing when they 80 for another. to
DO she thing first upon which all the rest
depends; in short, to make their heads
save their heels and your time, The cost
Of living, that modern bugbcnr. is la
mentally increased by the neglect of
hOusekcepers to estimate the time re-
CURED for their work Mrs. Ellen III.
Richards, who makes scientific study II
household problems, says that until bust
ness habits are brought into the house.
hold ~ least n fifth Of time for waste
must be- allowed.
after all. servants are n good deal
like the rest Of mankind and woman
kind said the lecturer in closing. 'prct.
" much a~ YOU choose 10 take them.
They are often quite ns nduSt FiOus az
thclT mISiresSes aud control their tempers