The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
Over the Nuts and Wine
By FRANCES coURTENAY BAYLOR
CinEnicsc Servants,

' CinEnicsc Servants.
4 subject SO tremendous as servants
Is not to he dismissed at sitting: /,
Is too important, for the Whole comfort
OF family depends upon them. LII,
Ceylom the English tea planters i'm
mort Tainls from Northern India. ana
trlous ana rcspoctful; while tho native
nilhgalesc arc all that Is undesirable
dishonest lazy, Incapable and nn,ruth.
ful. Yet throughout the East servants
arc abundant and Incredibly cheap.
The .Tamils get 10 cents day ana AS
.mI n,;i, ~ rise {, as they l can hold in thsir
Rrooms maids, buffers and ay3hs. Like
Chinese servants and Srcnch ones, they
,radcs-peonle But they Arc otherwise
honest, Systematic and Very intcll-
gent. 1t is only necessary to tell them
hat YOU mean to give dinner OF
do the rest. The host ana hostess at
the appointed hour find themselves as
70 entertain their friends without Il
single anxious or nervous rang. The
dinner Is porftct. ana the service, as
Huic, and perfect us that or the white
cats in tho fairy tale.
Chinese servants.
Inc Chinese are cdpltul COOKS. ana
All over the world they are found en-
ployea by :sa,ished employers They
arc clean. clever. systematic AMI hign-
~ Intelligent They must he very de,
sirablc for they always ask and set
French chef, they repeat MS dishes
for nifty years without the least va
routine routs them utterly. And they
have some remarkable habits or their
own! They mix their salad dressings
in their mouths and squirt tho mixture
over the lettuce leaves, to the horro-
OF English or American employers.
And II they first serve macaroni or
VIII they serve. It in any other. On
the contrary, they VIII carefully CRACK
!; new dish TO look like re old rs far
as possible Neither will 'hev pre-
They seem 10 abhor changes ard be-.
come restless and dissatisfied Il surn
arc insisted VI, upon; bn, the ,ars
OF things, ana wlll themselves var:
the menu continuaiy. Fish and birds
they cook unusually we'll: rice. like our
boil tea but make fresh. delicious
Infusion properly and serve I Instant
j.. Made dishes. entrees. patcs, ONE
taught 10 do well: but not 10. breads.
! great many English people IN Hons.
l:nglisF fashion. ana their other men
in the family livcrlcS while trey them
selves luxuriutc In the. more comfcrt-
able Chinese fashions in that hot cli-
mate. They train them strictly IN
English III. thods. and a dinner part!
there or IN Canton affords most 9 nlua-
ing spectacle for botl, races look ab-
dis,inct loss OK dignity. The Oriental
IN Western dress is utterly inSig;ni0-
cant. The European III Oriental dress
looks ridiculous.
Indian servants
Far more STATELY than IN China Or
h spnn 5,f G ain Inq ones s ens .n
posing turbans chiefly. They are very
plentiful: yecy cheap. They address
,he,r masters thf lie nd '3 }ria
treacherous But many o. them are
excellent servants. ana every officer IN
India civil or military; has n peris s
life. unable to draw breath without Il
corkscrcw.
Norwegian SERVANTS.
In country where luggage is
sometimes left on q platform for q
week. unclaimed ana untouched. il Is
not surprising that honest servants
that Il would give mortal offensn TO
rut anything under lock and key. And
like swedish servants. they arc clearly
und capable. though they have not The
perfect passion Tor .crubbing Of the
Dutch servants, who live in & perfect
saturnalia Of soapsuds brooms, nails.
scrub stoves and fences and oyster.
i.ou,s hshing smacks and railroad
stations till they fairly shine. and never
3. cease scrubbinS from the cradle TO
scotch servants.
This Dutch servants heaven Will
probably be q series of black clouds
with heavy rains ana Unlimited birCn
!roomS and soap, but Scotch servants
arc quite notably untidy in their own
Persons and d'rty about their work.
Even in the best private houses (whcre
in England everything is simply inl.5
n,aculute, from shining slvcr and cha
nois skin polished glass 10 china like
/, mirror. and every bit OF the table
cuuipagc is In absolutely perfect or
dcI'--sait ccllnrs casters carafes. nap
kinS, tableclnth, knives and even the
fruit is highly polishedj. one is NOT
surprised 10 sec The host take his nap
kin to a dirty spoon, Il Sineary glass:
to see Il creased or spotted cloth: to
hnd the same sloveniy methods quite
evident all over the house
Most wealthy and titled people in
Scotland get all their servants from
England for this reason, just rs thcS
are apt to do in ireland. In Ger;nanY.
there is the same fault ID find with
this diffcrcnce: The German .haus-
frau" is Il creature of slecpicss vigil
lance, perfect training ana extreme In
dustry, who corrects or repairs the de-
fects or failures OF her servants III a
way that is unknown IN Great Brit
ain: so the result is less serious and
less noticeable. In Norway, Scotland
and Germany, women servants are. as
often as not. immoral. But iii Ireland
to their glory he it Spoken) tho girls
as modest and vrtuous as the men
arc brave. They are noted FOR 1T all
over the kingdom, as we'll as for their
good looks. one sees them at Engl sh
inns. in English bar rooms. at English
railway buffcts: but everywhere they
respect themselves intensely. and are
a brave cockncy ma sher'' to tackle Il,