The sun., 1910-05-22

nice and tidy until I came back from a
walk around the grounds about n O'Clock
and found both bsts pulled all TO pieces.
The gentlemen's housekeeper had
come down from the great house on tho
hill 10 make sure We were doing things
a. they should be done Ihad 10 20 In and
be taught how 10 make beds and my aunt
had a good soOlding for not having pre-
pared the Vegetables which the gardener
had left on the kitchen porch for dinner.
Then she turned in and had us both get
dinner while she lo@xed ON and directed
M. That night she was hack again TO see
that W. hadn't left the kitchen a. dirty
~ she said We had the night before.
The next day Il was the same thing all
over and the thind day my aunt made
matters worse by asking the gardener
u he couldn't give us a few potatoes.
TIE answered back pretty sharp about
giving us better things than we ever ROt
40 home and when the housekeeper came
down she rubbed Il in by telling us how
much money the gentlemen had spent on
that house. how much he could rent u
for every summer and how ungratetul
We were not to be contented.
we had On take turns doing the house.
work and Cooking, two AZ a time, and
working under that housekeeper u took
turn there wasn't anything for ~ % do
but take turns sitting In the hammock
on the front porch swinging our teet.
The hou-ekeeper wouldn't even let ~
hang on the piano because none Of ~
knew how % play except ly ear.
when We went 90 walk We had 10 keep
IN the paths and only along certain paths
not too near the gentleman's house.
There wers dOwers blooming all around
", but We couldn't pick any q them.
We heard music IN the great house almost
every night and one day the hOusekeeper
told us there had been dancing. but We
only saw a lot 81 people In lovely clothes
walking about the piazsgae and over the
lawns. which We wero forbidden to aP-
preach.
when We got hack 10 town the lady
who had sent M reproached me FOR not
staying longer and | said Il was because
We got hungry Tor potatoes, but ! guess.
II was because we were hungry Tor a good
many things. don't think u does any
goud to nut girls like IA where we can
-ee 80 murh that h beautiful and yet
never give N even a kind word.
I'm "A chambermaid. ~ nobody likes
10 have mo 60 10 their vacation home,
a young Irish woman In domestic service
said I've be'-n % two since I've been
Ia ;h!z country s;s3 aoa't =ssss = sc =
any moTe.
I went 20 the first because had
hHen sick and the doctors said | needed
rest and a change The nurse In the
hospital where had been got a lady
connected with a vacation home Tor work
ing girls to give me a permit and ] went
out one Saturday morning intending %
stay two weeks
An the other girls were very nioe 20
me al first. They took mo 20 walk with
them. helped me down the steps and over
any little roughness that seemed too
much Tor my strength. and the hrst
Sunday two ~ them introduced me TO
friends who oame out to see them. 10
WASH until Tuesday that anybody found
ont the kind of work did.
They were talking about dressing their
finger nails and ssaid ID was no good for
me because Scruhbing the hoOrs and
washing dishes would soon take all the
polish ~ my nails. When Oue girl asked
what ! did and | said ! had been gen
sral hou-eworker hut had the promise
II chamberwork a. soon a. | got my
strength hack you should have sen
them pull away from me. ] was pretty
lonely for the rest ~ my ten days
stay and when left the matron told me
Was tho first servant they bad ever
had sent 90 them.
The other vacation home was con-
nectsd with the church where | am a
member and after heing ill a second time
the church worker told ms what a good
thing it would he n / would 90 there 20
recuperate. Told her about my other
experiences, hut she was sure u would h.
different at this place becauss other
domestic workers went there. was
weak enough to do whatever ! was urged
10 DO ~ ! Yet them take me.
There were other domestics there and
they were the only girls who even looked
my way. The girls who were working
in shops stuck together. those who
worked in factories went together and
there was a third hand which was made
up Of girls who did what they called
figuring. They were bOokkeepers and
cashiers.
There were two chambermRids be-
sides myself and they treated me very
we'll Then there was a cook and q gen
sral houseworHer. who stuck together
looking down on us because they both
made more than SO q month while We
three made only tls.
when the last - the chambermaids
went home came back 20 town with her
! didn't want % be treated as | had been
az the first place. That is the reason
bad rather get a position % work In the
country than % 90 % q vacation home
for working girls