Daily Work in Seven-roomed House Family - Master, Mistress, and Child

The servant question is always with us, and mistresses are never weary of discussing the delinquencies of their domestic staff.

Now, granting that lazy, ignorant, and, worse still, dishonest domestics are bound now and then to throw a gloom over the joys of home, still it is far from fair to condemn the whole for the sins of the few.

The mistress who is always changing her maids, and who is always badly served, must first examine and correct the ways of her household before she can hope for better luck. ' A good mistress makes a good maid," and vice versa.

There are very many pitfalls into which the inexperienced mistress may stumble when first engaging servants, and a few hints on the matter will probably save much worry.