The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-25

HCan you SUM-
.,v tank ay can't" az
49,. Won wait on table?" j5i
.1v rank ay don't know"
.co, YOU do the washing?"
49,, tank az ban no good to wask."
..Ts,ep what in the world can you
So%
"Av can milk reindeer"
10 very old story, as matter of
-. but it never grows old to the
.,,6-be solver of the servant problem.
,ro distracted housekeeper has come
:. believe that milking reindeer is as
,ob as any of her retinue is good for,
"a cha wonders in desperate moments
- ryida ever did even that really well.
7, has not yet been given unto any
"a, n solve the vexed problem; but
/, NAV be worth the while of any worla-
r,ho wants to be a home-maker,
sna who has been thwarted by a pro-
-..s,oo If home-wreckng Biddies. 60
oercider the nationality of the new girl
~ ia otherwise an unknown quantity
w. her Nationality means a great dead
~ The students of psychology; and no
o,e ia more called upon to be such
etaent than the mistress of servants.
The +enperanent of a race Is known
.. he affected by climate and envtr-
D,,ent For instance, the Swiss are
I'D m be the most loyal of home
levers because of the mountains that
I've kent them at home. Aren't all
these truths far-reachinS enough TO
effect the atmosphere OF a EttoASAt
with a little investigation az thems
perhaps some traditions H1fahH De over
SlTown.
,nrser7aid. for instance. It is an open
nneston whether she 10 the best. BAe
ie an adorable creature for posters; 1t
will he a bitter day tor the artist when
he is robbed of her be-oapped and BE-
anroned chic, with all the breezy hut-
ters that accompany her; but the cAfl-
dren's welfare is to be considered at
least incidentally.
"Why do you employ a French girl
so persistently?" a fond mamma was
asked.
"Why, for the sake of Archibald's
French, of course" she replied. He
is only three, and if he begins to use
the language now he will never know
the trouble of studying it,"
But who is Marie? Where does she
come from?'
"Oh. she's a Partisan, of course.
wouldn't have him use any other
French
And is she of the cultured class?
Does she never use FreReh that cor
responds to amt and ketch and
'hain't got?"
1t is true, too, that a good many
n-Parisian maids are palmed off on
inn aT-ff-
Gle. In any case, it is well to consider
how many of them are likely to give
children the sort of French the par
ents want them to have.
The head Of an employment bureau,
one who has handled servants and
mistresses for many a year, says that
she would recommend a German for
nursemaid in almost every case,
THE Germans are naturally fond of
children" she says. They are we'll
known to be a domestic people. No girl
will take as good care of them as the
one who loves them. The German girls
who take servants places in this
country are slow, but they are loyal.
They will do less flirting with the po-
ilcemen and pay more attention to
their little charges"
On the other hand. no one can ex-
eel the French maid in dressing the
children. Her nimble fingers and
dainty taste cOntrive to tie hair rib
hOns and adjust lace collars to the
best advantage. This is worth con-
slderation by the mother who wants
to be entirely free from all these cares.
The same thing makes the French
girls in demand as ladies' maids, al
though there are notable exceptions
TO the rule. Some women like colored
women in this capacity. Two we'll
known actresses have faithful black
maids, whom they would not dis
charge for any servants in the world.
A certain Swedish girl is able to COM
mand wages at the very top of the
ladder. But, in general, it is safe to
couHt upon Marie to arrange the most
1etching coiffure, and to be the most
doept at manicuring.
Inc irish maid-of- all-work for the
small family of modest means is no
longer the established institution that
she once was. The Irish in America
nave sifted themselves out by a pro-
cess OF natural selection. The clever
ines among them have tended to leave
the serving class behind, and they are
70 70 De found in other lines of work.
Inc stupid Irish biddy has sunk to
.ne cheap boarding house level, where
sns cooks unpalatable dishes or does
But the bright Irish girls who are
Wulns to remain servants are good
o4es' said the employment agent.
lhey are as quick as cats-and as
SSu.,icK-tempered, too. 1t takes a tact
~! mistress to handle them. But, un-
Ser wise guidance, they make ex-
TTglfent mattresses and chambermaids.
anese are capacities in which quick
neSS ana dettness are needed, for the
WI" must be done with great neat