service. True; but how much is given that you do not pay for? To this the Hon. Mrs. Norton touchingly replies: The pretty young girl goes to her opera or ball, and she is dressed by another pretty girl or respectable old servant. It is their duty, it is "paid service;" but it is not paid service that makes them sincerely hope, when she returns, that it has been pleasant-that she has "enjoyed herself" with the innocent gaiety of youth. It is not "paid service" that makes "baby" almost as important in the eye of a numerous household, as in the eye of his doting mother. It is not "paid service" that makes the kindly housekeeper tax her brain to imagine some dish that might "tempt master to eat a bit," when the dying man lies a helpless weary load up-stairs, soon to cease from even his present shadow of authority, and himself appear before the Lord and Ruler of all. All these things, and the pride in the successes and sorrow for the disaster of "the family," have nothing to do with "paid service," but with the quick, kindly, natural instincts of the human heart-instincts as easily wakened in our servants as in any other set or section of the community. 'When the father of the late Sir James Graham of Netherby died, a written list of his domestics, with their various terms of service, was given in. The list was numerous, and the terms of service varied from fifteen or sixteen years to over half a century,-a somewhat quaint memorandum being appended, to the effect that the "new housemaid' was not included in the list, as she had only been in the Netherby service seven or eight years." 66 'To those who argue that there are 'no such servants now-a-days," I can only reply that I believe there are plenty of such servants, but not in the households where show, splendour, folly, and the straining beyond real means are the rule of living; nor in others where there is an utter aliena tion from inferiors who, living years in unfamiliar propinquity, are less cared for or thought of than plough-horses and "the beasts that perish," except in the matter of their work. 'Meanwhile it should be a satisfaction both to servants and employers, to reflect that scarce a day passes but we read in the public obituary some humble name, recorded with expressions of esteem and regret by masters, who thus bear testimony at once to the merits of the departed, and to the fact that long and faithful service, even in our own day, is not a rarity, nor the belief in the true attachment of dependants a delusion and a snare.' A well-informed writer thus urges the importance of making some provision for the special training of domestic servants: Matters cannot mend while the training is left entirely to the humblest class of mistresses-the wives of farmers and tradesmen, the widows and single ladies of small means, who cannot afford to take qualified servants—at a time when service comes into disadvantageous comparison with more independent industry. There must be Schools. of Cookery, of Laundry-work, and of Family Sewing. As for the housemaid's function, the attempts made in the form of industrial schools for girls, to prepare them for service, have not thus far been successful. They are either left empty, or the industrial part of the business is shirked. Here and there one hears of a modern cooking-school; but such institutions will not fill up a hundredth part of the deficiency. It is for the housewives of England to consider what can be done.' Meanwhile, succour has been provided' in various ways. GENERAL INDEX. ACCIDENTS, a Chapter of 32 Adder-bite, 330; Bites and Bleed- Accounts in Housekeeping, 158, 159. Aikin, Arthur, his improved Grate, 82. Airing Linen, Danger from, 95. Ale, hard, to restore, 244. Anne, Queen, Cookery in her reign, 33. Appold, M., his automatic house, 86. Arnott, Dr., his improved Grate, 83. Arundel, the Countess of, a doctress, 7. Bargains, Love of, 141, 142. Bedstead, Position of the, 70, 71. Biscuits, to make, 260. Boyle's Medicinal Experiments, 2. Brawn and Boar's-head, 39, 40. Bread Adulterations, old, 76; Bread, Butter, Adulteration of, 156; to cure CAKES to make: Almond, 2645 Breakfast or Tea, 258; Buns, 263; 263; Lemon, 266; Pound, 264; Ratifia, Calf's-foot Jelly, to make, 203. Canons and the Grand Duke of Chandos, Capillaire, to make, 247. Carpets, Choice of, 74, 75, 113. Carving, Hints on, 192. Carving in the last century, 18. Castles, how furnished, 77. Cautions against Fire, 105. Cavendish Square and the Duke of Chandos, 34. Cayenne Pepper, to choose, 209. Cellars, foul air in, 80. Chairs, to improve, 112. Charcoal for preserving Food, 171. Charles I., State Entertainments by, 28. Chesterfield, Lord, his Cabinet Dinners, Chimney on fire, to extinguish, 101. Claret at Carlton House, how kept, 85. Coffee, to roast, and make, 211, 212. Conservatory, to manage, 113. Cookery, progress of, 20; in the time of Cookery for the Poor, 345; Apple Dum- Rice dishes, 352; Rice Puddings, 354; Cooking Apparatus, varieties of, 117. Coratch, to make, 229. Cosmetics, Parisian, 270. Court-plaster, to prepare, 283. Cowley's lines on Mrs. Evelyn, 16. Creosote for preserving Food, 172. Crumpets, to make, 259. Cullises, 42, 43. Culpeper's Last Legacy, 2. Currant Jellies, to make, 200. DAIRY, fittings of, 124. Debt, avoidance of, 159, 160. Dessert-Fruits, choice of, 185. Dining-room, arrangement of, 109. Dining-rooms, public, in Glasgow and Dinner, by A Derbyshire Peakrill,' 184. Dinners à la Russe, 181. 314; Magnesia, 312; Pepsin, 314, 315; 304. Drawing-room, Plan of, 110. EARLY Rising, 6 Early Rising Charities, 61. Elder-flower Water, 272. Elecampane, properties of, 43. English Housewife, by Gervoise Mark- Entrées and Entremets, 182. Epergne, plateau, and centre-piece, 182. Evelyn, Lady, her flower-garden, 17. Fire, Fire-Engines, and Fire Brigades, work on, 91. Fire-Engine, ready, 85. Fires, a Chapter of, 89; Fires and Fish, high price of, 146. Flower-gardening for Ladies, 5. French Cookery, introduction of, 177; Fuel and Heat, Waste of, 139. Furminty, Furmity, or Frumenty, 44. GAME Pie for the Salters' Company, Gardener's Almanack, the first, 4. Gas, cooking by, 119. Gas in houses, danger from, 98. Gentleman's House, the, by Professor German Sauce-pan, the, 120. Ginger Beer, to make, 247. Glycerine, properties of, 281. Grapes, to keep, 215. Greening Preserves, and Pickles, 195. Guava, the, 208. HAIR, dyeing the, 285. 287. Hair, management of the, 283, Hair-wash, Rosemary, 286. Hamilton, Mrs., her domestic rules, 19. Hatfield House, fire at, 96. Heating Rooms, 108. Henry VII., his Household, 76. Herb-garden, the old, 1. Herbs, Cakes, and Mixture, 222. Home Life of English Ladies, 17th cen- Home, lines on, by Montgomery, 10. Hours, how laid out, 26, 27. House and Offices, art of planning, 107. Household Management in Early Mar- Housekeeper's Room, fittings of, 125. Housewifery, progress of, 21. |