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- THE OMAHA! SUNDAY- BEE: MAT 12, 1913L
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RICH WOMEN KEEPING HOUSE
System in Vogue in Home Where
Many Serrant Are Kept
TBADTED EJ HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS
Tke Batter, the Che! sad the Head
Maid Trto e( Great laipertaaea
Gllaapae ( a Great
Mara Room.
The woman of wealth his bow worked
out a system of orxanUatioo that la found
In pretty general use in households where
ten or more servants are kept. It varies
little except In detail and In multiplication
of subordinates aa It becomes larger or
smaller.
Some of the older millionaires' wires
have grown side by side with their hus
bands from tha simplest early . homes,
and are not willing- to yield their pre
rogative of ordering- their households.
Others, though accustomed from Infancy
to every luxury, have had the systematic
training in household economy that, Is
a. part of every thorough modern girl'
education.
We hear of Gladys Vanderbilt as sn
excellent cook before she made her for
eign marriage. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
also a noted cook, while Mrs. William K.
Vanderbllt, Jr.. has the reputation of be
ing the best young housekeeper la New
Tork. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney com
bines the qualities of an excellent house
keeper, a sculptor of marked talent.
symbolic dancer of ability and a devoted
wife and mother. ,
But whether she belongs to the older
or the younger group, trained by science
Of experience, conditions have led toe
American woman of wealth to adopt
system of nousekeeplng of which organ
isation Is the keynote. In the matter of
organisation, there is very little differ
ence between a household of tea servants
and one of thirty or "more.
Three servants are very Important
the batler. the cltet and the head maid.
r housekeeper. We shall find the butler
the most important of the lot. He
responsible for the footmen and some
times for the parlor maids.
- He has charge, of course, et everything
pertaining to the dining room.
Sees the setting of the table. Its decoration
nd tha final serving of the meals. In
large nouses with many footmen, the but
ler often does not sen's at all, hut his
actual work la as nothing compared to
his responsibility. ...
He is responsible for the silver
tor the food aa U. comes Into the pantry,
He often engages the footman, and
snany cases arranges their hours of work
and their duties. In addition to this.
s II the numerous unclassified things that
corns and go through the front door must
he to charge of the butler.
He receives and pays for packages,
orders cabs and expressmen, attends to
- departing and arriving luggage and all
. the thouaand and on things that cannot
be foreseen. In some homes the butler
couples almoat the position of factotum.
So many things oome to him for dedal un.
. Chefe Limited Field.
The chefs field Is necessarily more
- limited. He has one or two assistant
cooks and any number of scullery maids.
-His responsibility begins and ends with
the food. He must see that It Is right
whan It arrives.: that the butcher's and
grocer's goods check up; he must make
(the menus, submit thsm to the mistress
,ar the housekeeper end prepare the
'Bieela....
J A Chef may live months tn a house and
(ever see his muster or other members
of the fiamuy. -The mistress he will see
, because he usually -submits the menus
In person.
Going Into the upper world of tb house.
we find a head maid or housekeeper.
Shei sgsln, is a servant' upon whose
personality the famlly'a comfort will
'depend vary much. While her duties
, are fairly well defined shs will here.
llke the butler, many of the unexpected,
unforeseen things to' arrange.
. 8ht has chares of tha housemaids and
the parlor maids, arranges their work
and their days off and mast inspect per
sonally what they do, to make aura that
It Is right. -
1 The housekeeper will have chargs of
the linen room, perhaps the most. Inter,
' ssting part of the house to many women.
To the housekeeper also pertains toe
piending of the linen, often the buying of
new linen and other furnishings for the
bedrooms, and sometimes the supervision
pf tie family seauisU esses.. Tha, laun
dress and her assistants -wdr also' work
Under the general direction of the hoi
keeper.
This, then. Is the skeleton of organise.
tlon that we shall find In all large nouses.
(Ths vsrlaOsiis will be those dictated by
personality or circumstance, and as usu
ally very slight.
How variously the Sams system may
be made to apply la shown by visits to
the households of two equally successful
housekeepers, one of whom runs, with
fourteen servants, a household that Is
essentially a family home; and the other.
with thirty to forty servants, a home
that Is a center of wide' social Ufa of
political and official Importance.
Haasrkeeplasj a Bearae ef Pleaaare.
One of the most Interesting housekeep
ers in New Tork Is Mrs. William J
Schieffelln. who keeps house because, to
ber, housekeeping Is a source of real
pleasure. Mrs. gehlffelln, with her large
family of growing children, devotee most
Of her time la them and to their hm
But this does not mean that aha Is
narrowly domestic On the contrary,
lira Scheffeiin Is a woman actively -a-
trrested In philanthropic and religious
work and In the modern thought methods
that sre occupying so many women to
gay. To her. housekeeping Is the back
ground of family Ufa, and merits Its
ihara of personal attention.
Therefore, she makes every ass seat
personally responsible to her. Tha ana
(tatter of organlsatloa which aire. Sehet
(elin considers most responsible for her
imnsss Is some Using that she betas and
yorked out at the beginning of her house
keepmg. and has adhere to ever efoee.
When Xra. Beheffslin engages a ear
eant, as she invartdbly does personally,
gnd dees sot have ts do often, aha taaftes
sut a al'p, with the duties of that ser
rent typed thereon. Drery tech of her
house M covered by the duties oa these
ksndy tittle sHpa .
' Tfhea a new servant comes Kra. tVhsf
filn personally spsads hoars showing
tint his work, keeping . watch at tt the
(Srst day or two. malctn sura that tt has
pees carefully ' apporttonaed and ar
pinged. If after this explanation tha servant
toes set do his work satudactorlfty shs
toes aver tt agaro. gtvrng him one more
biaL If still It tt not properly dona he
a dismissed, ss It? has sen shows that
a Is not as Had for the plaoa,
bbe - asks and realty obtain of ber
auverxa harsseny end co-oeeaatioav. She
emptor servants of only one religion,
and tries to arenas among them a feel
fee ml starkiac torether and Beta a Bart i
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o- the household. Two Instances might
be told of the success of this plan.
One summer, just before moving to ber
Bar Harbor house. Mrs. ScheffeHn had
engaged a young footman, bad herself
apportioned his work and gone over it
with aim, and he appeared to be quite
satisfactory.
After a very short time the move wss
made to Bar Harbor, and aire, Schef
felin. happening to be indisposed, asked
the butler to show the sew footman his
work In the country house. . Things did
not go as smoothly as before, and she
bsgaa to wonder If the man was in
efficient after alt
Before many days passed the young
man himself came to Mrs. Srheffelln
and asked, as a favor, a typewritten slip
defining his work, such as be had had
in the town house, saying that he did
not understand just what his work was.
When the slip was (riven and explained.
as had been done before, all was smooth
again.' '
Imitation la the si nearest flattery and
Mrs. Schieffelln was genuinely pleased
to have a prominent woman come to her
when she was about to establish a very
large house and ask for the loan of her
famous slips. After careful study they
were returned, and forthwith the much
larger- household, which had been or
ganised almost entirely on their model,
proved a thorough success.
A Hotahle Feat. .
Another woman who does not reJegats
to any one the supreme authority In her
household Is Mrs. Whltelaw Beid. Her
recent feat of coming from England for
two months, opening a great house sad
entertaining royalty, would do credit to a
general la th executive and organising
ability shown.
Of course, Mrs. Reld brought the five
most Important servants with her from
England; a butler who for resourceful
ness, probably has few equals, a house
keeper and three others. The organisation
of Mrs. Bald's household Is very similar
to those already described, though on
much larger scale.
Of oourse, the keynote of Mrs. Said's
household Is entertainment-entertainment
on a scale so large that it might
well be tanned regal, and entertainment
of a character usually official. The feat
referred, to. .that of opening a hones
which shs bad not occupied for seven
years. Impressing upon It anew her own
personal stamp and giving rt the air of
oecupanoy. waa dona with apparent ease,
Of the royal visit Mrs. Raid had exactly
one week's notice, and during that week
armies of workmen Invaded tha house.
redecorating bedrooms, making
alterations la tha drawing rooms and the
dining room' and In every war putting
toa souse tn good shape. The eotertara-
menu of that visit btereded two dinners
of fifty covers each, a ball, luncheons and
Ail was arranged Bndsr Mrs. Bald's
personal supervision.
IB ber housekeeping, whether In the
various American homes shs has had or
In tha wonderful Dorchester house in
London, bow the ambassador's official
residence, Mrs. Raid's personal attention
to detail Is always apparent. Her first
set in the morning la to receive and pass
upon ths menus submitted by the chat
After this follow consultations with the
butler and tbs housekeeper, and then
matters of personal business with her
secretary.
The problem which the millionaire
housekeeper has to face is ths keeping,
not of one bouse, but of several. She baa
ber town house and her country houees-
two or three, or snore.' Ths problem of
keeping the country house differs little
from that of tha city house, exoeptlng In
the procuring of (uppilss. It b) the change
from one house to another that makes
the matter complicated and difficult at
time .
Take, for Instance, a great country
house llks thst of Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond of OlouoHtar, a house which will
be opened only for a definite portion of
ths year. How does one organise such
an opening? Mrs. Hammond is aba of
ths women of whom one reads not Infre
auently thst she baa gons down ts opea
her country house; snd It Is literally true.
Many times, however, tt Is not feasible
for the mistress herself to go, ss a Ufa of
prtaaliig social affairs leaves one sot
quits a (res agent.
Thsn ths housekeeper and a few house
maids are sent down, perhaps convoy sd
by tbs butler, whs win In person superin
tend some pirt of t.e unpacking before
he returns to superintend the family re
moval. -'!.
The linen room In s certain great New
Port house Is one that would delight the
soul of any woman. On three sides sre
great presses, wtth glass doors, in which
lie piles of. snowy linen. On each shelf
ere the markers, with numbers and hiero
glyphics corresponding to the book In
which all are catalogued, and the towels
Ue usually in dosens, bound around with
ribbon straps
There is a distinctive pattern for each
bedroom, and each strap has Its mono
gram and embroidered number. The
table tinea la a moat beautiful sight:
lovely lunch cloths, rich lace and em
broidery, smaller exquisite tray cloths
and great table clothe of rich damask
which will ' cover a table seating fifty
tueets.
A Great lines Room.
This linen closet. In charge of the house
keeper, la opened only once a day, whan
she gives out the linen to the chamber
maids and receives the Incoming sup
plies' of various kinds. Much time ts
given, of course, to. the mending of the
linen. This Is the personal work of the
housekeeper In the small household, or
Is done under her direction In a larger
one. At one end of the linen room Is s
lone: mending table..! with deep drawers
and a cupboard below fitted for every
need. Through the center of the room
run one or two long tables for counting
out and sorting. There are the electric
Irons to take out the last cresse from
lunch or tray cloth before It Is sent out
Woman's Magaaine.
PROGRESS IN TALK MACHINES
. . m m e
Rseetaa . f aveator Departs from
Beatea rath ! Rearodaclng
i Soaad Waves.
Though much has been done towerd the
Improvement of the phonograph without
attaining complete perfection, very few
rat ths many Inventors have departed from
ths beaten path of preparing records by
making an Impression on wax of some
similar composition by means of a Point
or stylus. Now, however, work Is being
sons toward reproducing sounds from
records made on a sensitised film such
as that used In moving pictures. In fsct.
It may be said that a moving picture Is
taken of ths sound, waves. A minute mir
ror is attached ts-the back of a dis
parate, such, for instance, as ths dla
phram used In a telephone receiver, and
when a person speaks through the mouth
piece ths mirror Is sot to vibrating. From
aa aro lamp a pencil of light Is sent to
ths mirror, which reflects the line of
light to a moving picture dim. On this
moving film, of course, the vibrations
caused by ths voles sre traced as the re
flected light moves with ths motions of
ths mirror.
Ths msla problem arises when ws seek
to employ, such, a record to reproduce
ths sounds. Hers the. Ingenuity of s
Russian scientist. ' . Ufschlti, has
stepped In. Ha began his experiments In
Russia, and subsequetly continued them
In the University of Paris, where In col
laboration with M. Victor Henri, be has
devised apparatus,
From ths moving pkturs film negative
a positive Is prepared oh a film of gela
tins treated with bichromate and devel
oped In such a way that the band Is per
forated with a series of openings oorre
spondlDg In else and arrangement to the
peaks of the wave record. .To use this
record for reproductlri, tt s mounted on
rollers snd passed by mesas of an else
trie motor over ths slit of aa air .chamber
fed by compressed sir. As the- perfora
tions In the. band pass tha slit, they gtva
vent to the all In the chamber, thus pro
ducing a series of Impulses and giving
rise to ' sound waves corresponding In
pitch and character to those by which
tha record waa prepared. ,
Muck work remains to be dons tn Im
proving ths apparatus,- but 'ths method
opens up new possibilities In whlsh the
resources of ths amnion type of phono
graph seam to be well-nigh exhausted.
M. Destre. one of the leading scientists
oonnsctcd with tha physiological depart-
t of the University of Paris. In pre
senting ths apparatus to tha French
my, expressed tha conviction that
ths new device waa destined to surpass
the performances of the existing forms of
phonograph In perfection of rendering the
human voice and other sounds. Scientific
American
RACE TO KISS THE BRIDE
ttaalat raatoaas Still la Vogse
A atoaa German Comsaaaltlea
la Mlseoari.
. Missouri has a number of German set
tlements, mostly in Gasconade. Warren
and Lafayette counties, and while much
hss been heard of the old world atmos
phere peculiar to them, perhaps few
know to whet extent ancient customs.
quaint and full of turtle Interest, sur
vive In many of them.
A marriage In a Missouri German com
munity means unfeigned rejoicing among
young and old because of the Intimate
spirit that pervades them. When hirers
roroa to an ajrreement each selects a
friend snd ths two friends, toss for the
honor of being the herald, whose' duty
It Is In country communities to announce
the wedui .g snd to Invite tha friends of
the betrothed couple On the day assigned
he- mounts his horse, gsyly caparisoned
and with the mane twisted In many
colored ribbons, and rides forth over the
countryside on his mission. Ho carries a
long trumpet of the medieval pattern, not
a megaphone, and If you are among those
honored rides to your door, calls you out
and announces tbs tact to you. In re
turn for this courtesy and kindness snd
ths honor extended you ars expected to
bestow a small coin in way of mrgsss to
show your appreciation and to Me a
streamer of bright colored ribbons lo his
arm. following which bs gallops fyly
away to the next place.
On fhs wedding day the Illusion pre
served with fully sa much fidelity. The
bride and groom ars escorted to the
Lutheran church In the village by alx out
riders, three tor each, riding on opposite
sldea of the carriage and. carrying long
clubs Instead of pikes as In tha days of
old. The guests, a large company, as a
usual thing, of young and old. follow In
carriages or on ' horseback, and the
pageant Is as Joyful aa tt is colorful, one
of ths many pretty things ths Germans
have brought to America,
Nothing unusual transpires until the
minister finishes ths ceremony and the
bride la safely back In her carriage, and
then follows tbs most Interesting and the
moat exciting spectacle of all. But one
kiss can be gtvea by the bride savs to her
husband, and that goes to tbs man who
can beat her back noma If shs outstrips
her pursuers no one gets the kiss. As a re
sult the wildest of scrambles ensues. The
young fellows ars all well mounted and
are fearless riders and tha chase begins
with the old folks In vehicles racing along
behind In order to be present when the
coveted kiss Is woo.
Ths race may last for miles, and If you
meat the riders It Is ths part of safety to
get out of tha way aa speedily aa possible
They sweep along at a gallop, a score of
them perhaps, and heed nothing. If you bs
friend carrying you along wtth them.
Some Aiore dating than tha rest art sure
to tike the fence, and then follows a mad
race across tha fields, with tha bride
speeding down the roads perhaps a sails
away. Perhaps nowhere esse sn this
continent Is ths custom still odhered to.
and there Is a flavor of medievalism about
It that makes It worth going many miles
to are. Ths kiss Is always claimed, the
brde never having bad 'lasts enough to
win, and Is freely snd virrerously siren.
At alght stains and snuste ars tha order
and tha celebration lasts until sunrise,
rest being denied alike to ths guests and
ths wedded couple. This Is ths only
modern thing about a German wedding,
and Is fully as strenOooa as ths rest
of It Kansas City Star. , ,
he had just coma to the perflation of aU
address; and the peroration was the only
thing la tbe whole speech that, was worth
shucks, and he didn't propose to !ave
his play concluded Just ss the curtain
had gone up on the second set President
Taft bausrhed and eequeisced. for he and
Hsdgas are old frtends. "It mskas me
think of a yarn I once heard Hedges tell.'
said a friend of the letter. "The suffra
gette organisation here needed a lawyer.
It aeeded a good one, snd ons who was
wftrtng to be good-nstured about bis tee.
Soma ens proposed Job Hedges for that
job-some one, perhaps, who didn't Uk
Hedges very welt. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Can. ana of the most strenuous leaders
of the suffrsgettas, wss named aa em
bassador. She called on Hedges In bis
office, He sprang up aa aha entered.
- Why.. Mrs. Celt," said he. This la
real pleasure. Take this seat. Let tne
pull the window shads down a little. 1
fear (his brill lent sunlight will hurt your i
eyes. Let me get you a footstool. Do
you feel a draught? Are you warm
enough."
Mrs. Catt became restive under
Hedges abundant courtesy. 'Now, Mr.
Hsdtea,' said she, 'I came here to talk
bust seas with you. just aa If I were a
I want you to treat me aa though
I were a man.'
" 'All right. Carrie.' said Hedges,
calmly. .'Have a cigar P " Cincinnati
Times-Star.
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Newspaper Advertising la the Road ts
Business Success.
Faroe of Hsblt.
They had been living In an apartment
all their lives, snd were now en Jo ring
their own house tor the first time aire.
, however, was very nervous, ens
hearing a strange noise downstairs, she
shook her sleeping husband violently by
tne snouraer.
"Henry!'' she ssld In a tragic whisper.
Henry I There's s burglsr downstairs."
"All right dear." murmertd Henry,
only hair awake, "ask him to come up."
-Harper's Weekly.
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Objefittaa s Fwrrlagt Caatrteslee
faases Ctslck Chaage at
Treatment.
'Ths last time that President Taft vis
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