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Show SERVANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Tlie Itaw Zola Frrili from IIU Natlia Kraal Is Ilnt- Only rich peoplo can afford to keep white servsnla In South Africa. All ordlnnry folk, says a contributor to the London Mall, 'havo to be content with the well-meant, If casual, minis-trstlona minis-trstlona of tho natlvo "houso-boy." Tho best ot all servants Is a Zulu, eipclally If ha Is raw, that Is, If he Is fresh from his native kraal an I tntallv unspoiled by the wiles o( ' filiation Bnch a boy is honest eolwr, quick, clesn and anxious to learn tho ways of tho "nmluugu," or white man Ho soon becomes as deft as an English butter, and as handy as the Ideal housemaid. Ho does everything, from cooking to answering tho door, and after a little practlco ho does It well. Ills knowledge of English at first Is scanty, but he goon picks up a few words and mixes us Ksfllr, Dutch and English In a quaint polyglot dialect When tbeainrioTIfelr'v'ork the boys mako funny mistakes. A lady onco had a good but raw boy who did not understand tho otlquette ot visiting visit-ing cards. Three visitors called. Two of tbetn gave' the boy their cards; tho third did not happen to have one with her. The boy ushered the Orst two Into the drawing room, but kept the third waiting In So ball, aaylng, "Two la'seea got U&.H. You no got tleist, you1 wait outsMe" Tho boys nave all manner of strango name, usually chosen1 by themselves from some one or other of the words Uiet they hr otten'used, such as Sixpence, "Ticker (three-penny pleoe), Bhllllar, Breakfast, utUi4l silly Feol. Ugljr. I Tint Pot, Scrubber, Chopper or Whiskey. Of course they havo their own tribal names, but they novor uio tbem In whlto men's houses, and It nono of the aforementioned common objects serves to provide an appellation, appella-tion, tho boy Is usually Jim, Charley or John. |
