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Show EDUCATED SERVANTS. well-biuoj la una act as -iaids OF ALL WORK. Itlsso often said that Hie plan of engaging ladles as domestic servants does not succeed that it Is satisfactory satisfac-tory to hear at least of one case w here the plan has been tried most tis-factorily tis-factorily by a lady wbohts domestic dom-estic establishment both In 1-omlon and iu the country. The eternal servant question cropping crop-ping up in a recent conversation with this lady (writes a lady reprc-centath reprc-centath e), I asked her how- the plan of employing educated woman of theupjier classes as servants had answerer. "It has been entirely successful," was the reply, '"and my servants are now always ladles. I have one, a housemaid, a charm-inggiri, charm-inggiri, who is the daughter of a medical man, aud all cf whose male relations are professional men, and who does her work as thoroughly thorough-ly and as well as any ordinary servant serv-ant lOtlld be expected to do it." "Then you do not find that, after the glamour of novelty is worn off, Hie lady servants begin to find it rather unpleasant to do menial wcrk?" "Not in the least. If they arereil a ics(aud it Is, of course, only in case w here they are that it can succeed), they will know that menial work does not low er them. Of cour.e, I try toavoid giving them so-callctl "dirty" work as much as pORlMe. For instance, blacking grates Is very unpleasant work, and very ungrateful work too, for the result is never lasting aud never particularly eflecUte. I therefore hae only grates decorated with tiles as much as possible, and with Hie smallest iiart cf Ironwork requiring re-quiring blacking. Again, In order toavoid scrubbing, I have the floors covered wiUi a material w hich only requires wiping. A great many arrangements can be made In this way to make housework less hard and unpleasant, and if we, the mistresses, would only spend a little more thought on these matters I am sure there would be fewer complaints from and aluut servants. serv-ants. "At the same lime," Hie lady went on. "I always insist on my servants fulfilling every duty they have undertaken to iierforni. If they engage to black mi' boots they have to do It, and do it regularly and well. Hut thi does not prevent me from having Hum in my drawing-room drawing-room after dinner and playing a game of whist or any other game with them. Their lives are, een under Hie most favorable circum-' circum-' stances, rather monotonous, and w here w e can put a little color and brightness into thtm I think it is our duty to do iL" "Then do they tske their meals with you tto?" "No. As a rule I find Hiat they prefer to take their meals together separately, and as Uiey have to cook and serve the meals, this is a more convenient arrangement. Hut otherwise I treat them as equals, and I have not found that they abn-e Uils treatment." treat-ment." J'atl Mali Gazette. |