New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
illustrations by JEFFERSON MActAMER

ac1'0n. 1t was never-to-be-forgottsn ~.
ana since the war 1t has been all ton rss ssas
mon. uncoa.
Inc carrtage--or, rather. mo.o-.
awaited without has been announcsd .ass
the raucous croaking Of the Klaxon ~, 0S
once it was impressiyely stated wits .u Ass'
pomp and circumstance that Dinner ). .a-s sus
milady," the same information no,.
ally conveyed by pert maid who a.. sasa
III, aI.'ie better than remark, Come and eit 49,
There s, too, in her aspect an intimat,or ~ =
1t would be Just rs well not to keeo r.. ..4s as'
waiting any length Of time Alas ~. 0A y
perturbable Hawkins who stalked throuoh = ~
halls, utterly correct in every detail. insn;s
the family by his very mIen to try to NJ.
to him, is little with US now.
Perhaps the enormity of the loss nsrs.
pressed by quotation from ANTHONY H...s,
who wrote "The Servants Book Of e.
edge volume which some housewives a.,
certain is little in circulation nowadavs
"A butler IS intrusted with 50 MANY th,...
that, unless he is a man Of known intao~;s.
and becoming carriage, he can never A.
charge his duties to the satisfaction Of ri. =
periors or his own reputation. and when ~,
Of these gre wanting ii signifies very Ii.,,.
what character any man assumes. Take oooa
care Of your wine and other liquors, not onv !.
keep them in good order but likewise n Nv.
vent their being embezzled or given away b
any person besides those who have right IA
them according to your instructions. Be re.a,
when the company are at table 70 attend the,-
with the greatest exactness, taking cara tbs.
the glasses be kept extremely clean and ui,.
poured into them In a genteel and easy man.
ner, by which you will prevent any Of n.
liquor from spilling, and being poured out N
that manner it will not be jumbed toeethm
Always have fine clean cloth ready to win.
the mouths of the glasses, and when one h.
gins to grow wet take another. for nothnv
can please the company more than cleapH.
ness"
Are not the number Of such crichton. q.
these sadly diminished? One hears but little Of
them now, those trusty buffers, who used n
assume charge Of the dining room and all The
under men servants and footmen who used IA
set the table, clean the silver, make the salads
announce the meals, do the carving. serve the
ily. Unsung also is the inimitable first foot
man, among whose duties it is to wear black
tie, studs and cuffbuttons when the family Il
in mourning.
And the fourth or useful man? Gone. too
An almost irreparable loss. It Is as If soms
one had broken the mould in which that price
less person was made, and now one must uay
each of the pieces what the whole asked for
the performance Of his simple tasks of bring
ing in the coal and wood, taking out the ashes
and the garbage, handling the trunks, express
and freight, cleaning the windows the brasses,
the walks, the piazzas, the vestibules, the door
mats and the bedrooms and raising the temper
ature of the furnace and lowering that of the
ice cream freezer All, 'useful man." your
strength was as the strength of ten. II you
could be hired now probably your wages
would be.
Is the day still far distant when servants
will not be as hens teeth and they will not
demand and receive the hefty stipend they do
plus room and board? month or two may
tell, agencies say. 1t was the Russian winter
that defeated Napoleon. Also looked forward
to is that millennium when the household labor
saving devices shall have reached such per
fection that the servant problem will only be
matter of pushing the proper button.
In the mean time, if any one is worrying
over "Why Families Leave Home" it isn't the
hotels.