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Show FAULT FINDING: (Lady Claire in Lady.). A mistress who is always finding fault with her servants for thu, that or the other thing, or, as they themselves xprcss it, "always driving and nag-g;i:g nag-g;i:g at them," will never keep a re-ally gred servant, even if she is fortunate-t,oul.!i fortunate-t,oul.!i to engage one. If a maid nog-lecis nog-lecis her work, forgets an order or makes a mista.ke, it is. of course, nec- vsary to mil ice the neglect, to point I ut the mistakes she has made. There i no necessity, however, to do this angrily, an-grily, hastily or sharply, for there may be extenuating circumstances the serv-1 serv-1 ant lias to plead and which when heard will disarm our wrath, and to Jose one's temper and .speak sharply unnecessarily unnecessar-ily dees not add to one's dignity, nor ' is it raise the respect a servant -tight to feel for her mistress, for it is : t asy to really respect a person who ! as no contiMil owr either the temper "i tongue. Like tir.e'f grown up chil- vei:. servants cannot boar to be found Mult with before other people, 'whether -h-.--" others are member? of the family, v'ranuers or their own fellow domes-:1-s and if we think of the matter fairly fair-ly we can understand this dislike and s-" that it is quite natural. We oui'f-lvos do not like to be tcken i- task in public or have any little mis-:a.ko mis-:a.ko we may have made remarked upon or called attention to. Servants have just the same feeling?, for they are not children any more than is the mistress in fact, they are often okW than the latter. A wise mistress, who v ants to have and to keep good serv- -ar.ts. should heifelf do any fault find- i ir.g that may be required and never, if Possible to help it, depute the task to anyone, not even a daughter, especially especial-ly if the latter is young and has not had much if any experience of housekeeping, house-keeping, for servants, particularly elder el-der women, resent being corrected by a deputy. |