The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-29
A. A. Vantine & Co.
Broadway, between 9th and 18th Streets.

an employment bureau which deals only
with men servants and he arrives with an
assistant in good time TO take command
OF the kitchen. Her own cook acts as
general assistant at such times and her
waitress makes herself useful to the head
waiter and his three or four assistants also
hired specially for the occasion
AS rule. Mrs. Blank has no trouble in
getting the same corps of walters each
time by giving proper notice, and that al
ways simpliiles things. No she doesn't
often go TO an employment bureau for the
walters. She comes to me and il possible
| spare the required number from my staff
Almost any OF the first class restaurants
will do the same, especially if the dinner
is ordered from them. which six times oui
Of ten is the case.
Mrs. Blank however. prefers to have
everything cooked in her own kitchen and
not sent from the restaurant kitchen
Therefore she always engages q chef indie
pendently. draws up her own bill of fare
and buys the provisions, or orders them
herself For that reason her dinners are
quite as distinctive az they We're when -he
kept chef and butler always on hand
10 wage war on the other servants and make
her life miserable a. she puts 1t
One advantage of her plan is that then
the season is over when Ash Nedna>da
arrives, and she starts on to spend pari NJ
Lent at one and another resort, instead n
leaving houseful Of high priced servants
to eat their heads or. she has only three N
consider
1T Is not only the rich who are falling back
on the plan OF hiring servants for specsl
occasions. said the manager Of an ON
ployment bureau People in moderate
circumstances. too are making the most
of it.
Excuse me. as the telephone hell rang
yes, | can send a woman tomorrow
morning at .. Three dollars day madam
Il. Ill
her reply to a questioner at the phone
Then she explained
Il was talking with a lady who wants
q woman for one day TO clean silver she
is to give dinner party to-morrow nghi
and wants everything shining and her wait.
neS7 has not time TO go over quantity OF
silver before then.
That lady. by the way used 10 keep
butler Now she hires extra help as or-
casion requires and manages with waltress
have one patron TO whom ! send woman
TO clean silver every three weeks and knox
ladies' who send to siversmth when they
are in hurry and get from him man TO
do u. In that case they pay s. day
i have many calls just now for a wa're"
70 serve AT afternoon ten from people who
keep only a general housework CIR or no
help at all and who feel that q neat waitress
Is more in keeping with their surroundings
than n waiter.
The other day a coachman who had heen
employed by wealthy woman came N
and registered
Why did you leave your place.
asked him. remembering that only a fav
or two before his former mistress drove
in very stylish turnout with two men
in irTeproachable livery on the box
did not leave. ma'am Mrs So
and-so hires by the month now he ion
me, She says it gives her less trouble
think she liked me well enough, but she
had a lot of trouble last winter in getting
groom TO suit her and the horses were foF-
ever getting sick
Il was quite sure the man spoke me
truth. for ! have had other cases like that
Many extremely fashionable folks hire
turnout these days at cost OF t3oo or $50
mon IN, which in style is quite up 10