The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

tho house had already bA~u Sw~rnnM1nn
by detsctives was not a bat enthusiastic
about taking th. work. My f0rmer
employer. however. persisted in sAyin3
that could find tn. will. Sh.' oXplaire4
! 10 me that all tn. searching hal been don8
by men with the. assistance Of a wornaD
detective who had b"en call,-d ia afeer 10
house had BEEN r;in-Itckcd Her fiith d
4 my finding the will rested on the fade
that her friend had been "A careful house,
keeper =,
largo income she had never eplltorod q
ho,g~ekeeper Up Ia her h-tSnkissa -
had given out daily supplies Of gruc.ris8
To the old colored cook One of her soue
talking 1t over with me remarked thae
had his mother he.,n one-tenth A. care,-
full With her papers and securities az
with her household supplies they wotild
have no trouble in locating the papers
for which they were searching AMER
hearing this talk changed my mind about
looking for the will. accepted the work.
stipulatiny that II | found the WIN baiow
the second floor. that u IN the basement
OF on the first floor. | WAS TO receive $50.
while II l had To go above the second
floor | was to get twice a. much. fon
sse knew enough about careful houss.
keepers to feel sure that woman had
hidden her valuable papsrs either In tho
closet with her groceries or upstairs
among her household linen. j was not IN
her closest half an hour before discovered
that will in the bottom NJ her sugar tub.
You ses ! knew II would not he in her
-four tub. becalir.' -four gAt- mII-ty unless
the tub IL emptisd and summed once In
a whi- The same IL true of all grocersos.
which She bought IN any quantity exSePt-
ing sugar. 80 after going through all tho
empty tins and boxes ] turned out the
granulated sugar
Il have on several occasions been called
in "a take charge of both funerals and
weddings. l do as much or rs little as ~
expected Of mo. have not only decorated
the house. bought everything for tho
feast but dressed the bride and played
the wedding march ON the piano After
the ceremony on such occasions l leave
the piano and serve the feast,
-Thave don. all this when the wedding
was in the home Of another person. though
usually il was when IL took place In my
own little rooms. oh, yes. l often have
calls from girls who have no homes OF
their own and yet wish To have homo
wedding. Only last week "A girl who had
been employed as stenographer down
town. making SIS week. married the
manager Of the firm whers SHE Was EN-
ployed Now both had nice friends
whom they wanted to com" to the we'd
ding. The girl lived IN a nice boarding
HOUSE. hut she couldn't b" married there.
Neither did IN. feel that an" Coutd he
married in church and later take her
friends to restaurant Tor dinner or
supper. You see, all that ~ sp. expensive
here in New York. She came 10 me and
let her have my nat and refreshmenfs
for fifty persons for $40. The decorations
were suppil.i nv friends, though | put
most Of them up. -,
In such cases the Invita- ions are sent
from my fiat the bride comes in with u
her wedding garments the day belo1e,
and everything takes place "a nearly -
possih!. as il would IL her own shouI4
For fifty persons refreshments snch as
s.rv. cost about so. Then | charge %
Il Ns.ss Il ID ~
for my own services. Whsre the brides
girl friends are willing Ia assist me IN
serving the refreshments | never charge
more than $40 for the whole thing. ~
extra help has 10 he hirss4- "a pRsp1Auf4e
bill is Increased TO that extsft. scs%s
One Of my regular ensagsIsess =
taking two schoolgirls t"s sher pr
opera once a week.. In anQther fanny
| 20 three times n week with tsae daN&nPr
of the house. who ~ reducing pee H4Sknt
Once each fortnight ! go tog& Bseaklyn
home and overhaul the pantriasl After
making out a list Of the suppites nep4ei
do the buying. storing away aud i've
the entire house n setting 10 Ttgnte1$4s
il in a house where mother and dnnehtfr
live together with one s@rvApt-sIhe
mother did these things up To a fcw @H93As
ago. when her health broke down. Th&uSh
the servant has been with thcsn scfFlf4e
she is not capable OF taidng charge 6 IL
buying. The daughter dosaa o0!ice work
in Jersey city. 50 hasn't tir,e 70 iookSeer
things at home. ~
Il can get all tn. mrndins fcan do ffyan
a laundry near where 1--we. aAd wheu
firs, began to ~orA THAI, was one Of rqy
standbys. Now | have 30 rhtieh outside
work thai seldom have time. b do any
thing for the laundry. When !. hfrt JbS-
gan people advised me 20 try and YET
rich clients. while others thOugfs,f w9sslh
do best by sticking 70 laundfies. NUw
have found the. greatest. demand be
tween these two. Though there " usrhll''
work to he had from the aundries
nay is not very good unless you are On
expert needlewo oman, able tn make your
needle fy while doing first class WORT.
40 far as my experience goes have foaifri
the greatest demand among persons Sf
moderate means or rather I should SOY
people who are earning moderate wagsf:
Their time il taken up by their work AID
they are glad to hire the littletduties inc
dent 20 housekeeping done at n moderate
priCe