The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03

good woman Even the servant admitted
u. All the Same, she quite forgot = shss
aftsrwsrd told the wrathful maid. 70 speak
about heS little girl while at my ofdce.
APerhaps the most surprising deal eve
mssk nsrs very ssad.o S alfred Lady
oarne In one day looking for ho,isekseper
| to 70 TO a New jersey country place. was
10 much Impressed with her appearance
that sent In haste after . very superior
! woman who had registered with me !or
! position Of trust in private family In town
SHE came and had long talk with the
employer, who told her that she kept three
men house servants and expected TO have
fourth during the summer, also coach,
particular She told the candidate for the
place. and expect my housekeeper. TO get
up early and see that tho servants DO their
, work thoroughly. ! also expect her to do
some mendins and know how to use
sewing machine.
"In very short time allth preliminaries
were arranged and the prospective house
keeper agreed to reach the country place
where her employer lived on certain DAY
at half past O'Clock. MeanwMs she
she had been stopping at and sent all
her extra baggage to storehouse;
Son the day ment toned she left New York
on q noon train and-returned again at
p. M. This 10 what happened.
sss wss asv =. the s sd ho ey eI when
they reached the house the housekeeper
was directed to await her mistress In the
porch. the mistress casually remark That
she was without q coachman and must put
up the horse herself.
a little later the houskeeper was taken
upstairs and introduced Immediately to a
large hamper full Of linen to be mended.
Not word was said to her about luncheon.
In few minute s the mistress disappeared
and drove of again. But the housekeeper
the daughter Of the house appeared and
coolly told her that she would show her
about sking the beds. and after that how
to lay the table for dinner.
Have you TO servants? the surprised
women inquired.
ave have q cook answered the your
woman, with lofty air; but the other sell
warts left yesterday ,
~'And do you expect me to do their work?'
continued the woman who had been Ell.
gagged as housekeeper.
3'Why. Of course, was the answer; until
We can get others
However, from the partial inventory
the housekeeper had already had. Of her
surroundings, she was very doubtful
whether any servants had oeen emp!oyed
in the bedrooms. So did dust ard dirt.
As might be imagined, her courage COM
pletely forsook her. On went her bonnet,
and grasping the heavy satchel che had
brought with her she set out unattended
there was no train until Q O'clock
it was then about sand not until she
reached New York again did that woman
have a mouthful 10 eat--an interval OF
twelve hours without food or drink. You
ought to zee her expression now when !
mention q place In the country. -,
Whether or no the lady In question did
expect to have the servants she spoke OF
before the housekeeper arrived, OF course,
don't know, but from the fact that during
forgot, or at least failed to explain the situa-
ton. or to make any apology. and that her
daughter seemed to assume that the new
conner was there to do general housework,
have my doubts.
.One quite ordinary method OF pro-
Ia to engage help for say family OF hve
WHO are going to the country for the summer.
seems to DO and Is all right
and above board. The mistress speaks
fair and gets. two or three or four servants
easily enough.
so far ali 10 we'll and everything prob
ably would continue to b. 20 u after the
help reached their destination the family
did not double and treble its numbers. In
a case Of this. kind last summer. three
keeping scheme. but the servants were
engaged by the one first In the field, who
kept dscrs stiy silent ~ to the near advent
OF tie other two.
when they all arrived the place re-
sembled a good-sized boarding house, and
no one needs to be told that to engage help
for a private house and for q boarding
house are two very different things.
"No, don't thirk servants are altogether
in their dislike o. scirg into
The country. For one reason, II they don't
remain, they arc generally out Of pocket,
The rule beir g to pay for their trar sporta-
lion orly ore way, and meanwhile. too,
hey may have lost a chance Of another
good place.
"In my opinion. servants, like the rest Of
ls, have their troubles"