The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
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4 A Kansas city woman writes:

\ A Kansas city woman writes:
VIII not you put your pen in rest one %
these me days and instruct Us IN The art
OF giving orders 70 our servants Expert
ence and observation have convinced me
tention is often lack Of comprehension on
the part OF employees. Only this his, morning 1
cook TO prepare a certain dish for dinner OF
he mafHe. STE a ooraeeed Sersef three Zines
n giving the order, somewhat after this
sh9R .I9 t Tne % esken M lf0 79o 0n's .s1a ses1
thought, you would better make two pieces
OF the breast. Il makes a neater dish when
the pieces are smaller But leave The back
whole. And You must put IN the neck
Some people don't. always DO. Then put
not s s6me ard aon yUs us. nSsa Butter sof IN
ing. II 1 have ANYTHING else that VIII do
how poor people i've. Put ii into the tryo
fng pan-the big one-and enough TO cover
Nol Better slice It. II is easier to strain
oIt than the minced. Lay the chicken in
begins 70 brown. Then nsh out Noi Turn
the contents q the trying pan into colan-
you can nsh out the bits Of onion from the
meat I don't like to leave Il in
and waited until my friend Joined me there
is stupid. she sighed You heard how
1ricssseeo chicken. Yet when had finished
saon sss SAID ID bs co%d % a ana na to VIII Rut tbs Be
afther cutting the breast or not p
best friend So / didn't tell this one Hthat
she had not said that the fat should De
che had hrst directed that the breast be put
IN whole. then that i must be divided
There are ways and ways Of giving orders.
Yet there must be rules that govern that
Art FOR c art : Is ,,',. q maybe s:, Il Is
won't you? And may not the vexed ques-
tion owe some Of ii. difhculties 70 the fact
raw or new. servant 3ust what abe IS
'-'''''O " Mana J. Z. CKansas cty).
A canny woman and a clever ietteri
She has touched upon a sore that is
seldom suspected even by those who
are the sufferers by reason Of It. The
day after I got her letter, I had an
amusing illustration OF It in my own
sphere OF observation. 1 was to dine
with a dear young friend after ac-
oompanying her TO a matinee. and I
called for her on my way thither. She
was already coated and bonneted. and
issuing a parting admonition TO a cook
engaged a week before. overheard the
closing sentences as stood In the hall:
Don't touch the endive until I come
home. Maggiei Just set the mayon-
See with the strawberries / shall send
home in the course OF the afternoon.
Cap the berries carefully, and, as said.
set them and the mayonnaise in the
refrigerator. A well-meaning girl!'' she
continued on joining me. But a little
dense. I have 10 repeat every order to
make sure she has the drift of IT."
We reached home an hour and more
before dinner, end my hostess kindly
insisted that I should lie down in her
room for half an hour. while she re-
paired to the kitchen TO make assur-
snce doubly sure in re Maggie. Ten
minutes later she burst into the cham
her. her pretty face an odd twist OF
tears and laughter.
Would you believe itr' she cried be-
tween bubbles OF hysterical mirth.
nat maid OF mine poured the mayon-
nsise over the berries She was sure I
said they were TO be put together in the
refrigerator"
-Af least" replied l. when I could
erticulate, you have the credit of in
venting a new fruit salad"
To settle down to business, the initial
s-~P ri acquiring the art of giving
orders IS 10 bear in mind that you
think and speak different dialect from
your servant. Your choice OF terms in
the daily intercourse with your asso-
ciates is utterly unlike hers. If she
were to describe an incident in which
you were both actors, or a spectacle
both had witnessed, your stories would
be the same as to facts, but conveyed
IN phraseology as unlike as the talk of
the Welshman and the Londoner. Let
me illustrates:
Drain the spinach in colander over
the sink" directed a mistress, and
was met by a respectful do you mean
Will waste II, menu"
An army engineer told me that, in
building a causeway over a Quicksand
in the Civil War, he called to the men
70 reverse" the logs they were laying,
receiving a stupid stare, while they stood
holding the long timbers, uncertain
where TO put them.
'.Eend for eend, you donkeysr yelscS
q barkwoodsman sergeant at h-s -