the brasses, and Windows. The parler maid assists her at
dinner every other night, alternating with the chambermaid.
The waitress serves breakfast, luncheon, and dinner. She at-
tenda the front door nntil the parler maid is dressed. She
has every other Sunday afternoon and evening out, and one
evening in the week, the parler maid or chambermaid taking
her place. She is dressed in black dress, white apron, cap,
coUar, and cuffs.
Duties of Parler Maid
The parler maid is at work at six o'clock. She opens np the
parlerà and sitting room, and dusts and puts in order the rooms
on that floor. She then takes her breakfast. After breakfast
she brushes the overcoats and hats, and lays out the gloves
required by the gentlemen of the house.
She also waits on the ndstress, keeping in order, laying out,
dusting, and putting away her clothes. She helps the waitress
at lunch, if there are gUests, and always at dinner, taking her
place every other Simday afternoon and evening, also one
evening in the week. She answers the front door-bell the
day the waitress cleans the silver.
She is dressed at three o'clock te attend the front door, and
g^nerally mends, hems dusters and floor-cloths which she uses
for that floor. She cleans the parlors thoroughly once a
month, oftener if used very much, but dusts them thoroughly
every day, taking care of her own broom, brushes, chamois,
dusters, pails, etc., and washing dusters daily to keep them
sweet and clean. She draws the shades, lights the gas and
lamps, sees that the morning and evening papers are ready,
attenda to the flowers, sees that the fires bum brightly, and
closes up her part of the house. In fact she has the duties
of a second man. Every other Sunday afternoon and evening
she has out, and one evening in the week, but she must be
home at ten-thirty.
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Duties of Ohambermaid
The ohambermaid rises and is downstairs at six o'clock.
She sweeps and dusts the halls and stairs, draws baths, calls
the family or visitors, and has her breakfast. After breakfast
she goes to the servants' rooms, and after making their beds
and tidying the rooms, she goes to the f amily rooms and opens
bedroom Windows, takes clothes off the beds, one by one, placing
them on two chairs, being careful not to let the clothes touch
the floor, and turns the mattress across the f oot of the bedstead
to air. She puts away dressing-gowns, slippers, washes out
soap-diahes, and attends to the toilet articles. She goes through
each bedroom in her care, opening up beds to air in each room.
She begins at the first she exposed to the air, and makes the
others in turn. Every day she sweeps up pieces, and thoroughly
dusts not only the fumiture, but the woodwork of the room.
Once a week she should thoroughly sweep every bedroom,
clean globes and bath-room fixtures, and silyer toilet articles.
One room a day should be done, the useful man cleaning the
Windows, brasses, wiping oyer tops of pictures, Windows, doors,
etc. AH work should be finished in the bedrooms before
luncheon.
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the brasses, and Windows. The parler maid assists her at dinner every other night, alternating with the chambermaid. The waitress serves breakfast, luncheon, and dinner. She attends the front door until the parler maid is dressed. She has every other Sunday afternoon and evening out, and one evening in the week, the parler maid or chambermaid taking her place. She is dressed in black dress, white apron, cap, collar, and cuffs.
Duties of Parler Maid
The parler maid is at work at six o'clock. She opens up the parlor and sitting room, and dusts and puts in order the rooms on that floor. She then takes her breakfast. After breakfast she brushes the overcoats and hats, and lays out the gloves required by the gentlemen of the house.
She also waits on the mistress, keeping in order, laying out, dusting, and putting away her clothes. She helps the waitress at lunch, if there are guests, and always at dinner, taking her place every other Sunday afternoon and evening, also one evening in the week. She answers the front door-bell the day the waitress cleans the silver.
She is dressed at three o'clock to attend the front door, and generally mends, hems dusters and floor-cloths which she uses for that floor. She cleans the parlors thoroughly once a month, oftener if used very much, but dusts them thoroughly every day, taking care of her own broom, brushes, chamois, dusters, pails, etc., and washing dusters daily to keep them sweet and clean. She draws the shades, lights the gas and lamps, sees that the morning and evening papers are ready, attends to the flowers, sees that the fires bum brightly, and closes up her part of the house. In fact she has the duties of a second man. Every other Sunday afternoon and evening she has out, and one evening in the week, but she must be home at ten-thirty.
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Duties of Ohambermaid
The chambermaid rises and is downstairs at six o'clock. She sweeps and dusts the halls and stairs, draws baths, calls the family or visitors, and has her breakfast. After breakfast she goes to the servants' rooms, and after making their beds and tidying the rooms, sand goes to the family rooms and opens bedroom windows,takes clothes off the beds, one by one, placing them on two chairs, being careful not to let the clothes touch the floor, and turns the mattress across the foot of the bedstead to air. She puts away dressing-gowns, slippers, washes out soap-dishes, and attends to the toilet articles. She goes through each bedroom in her care, opening up beds to air in each room. She begins at the first one she exposed to the air, and makes the others in turn. Every day she sweeps up pieces, and thoroughly dusts not only the furniture, but the woodwork of the room.
Once a week she should thoroughly sweep every bedroom, clean globes and bath-room fixtures, and silver toilet articles. One room a day should be done, the useful man cleaning the windows, brasses, wiping over tops of pictures, windows, doors, etc. AH work should be finished in the bedrooms before luncheon.