The second chambermaid has charge of the bedrooms on the
third floor and third hall and stairs. These should be taken
care of with as scrupulous cleanliness and care as any other. If
on this floor there is a playroom, it should be cleaned and put in
order bef ore the hall, early in the morning. The chambermaid
gives this room its first daily cleaning. The nurses keep ìt in
order for the day.
Duties of Third Ohambermaid
The third chambermaid brushes and dusts the sewing room
early every morning in order not to disturb the ladies' maids
when they are busy. She has charge of servants' bed- and
bath-rooms, hall and stairs. Sometimes nurses make their
own beds ; but the chambermaid does their cleaning in their
rooms.
She makes the beds of the men, cooks, kitchen maids and
laundresses, etc., and sweeps, dusts, and tidies their rooms —
keeping them in perfect order.
She keeps the servants' hall in order and cleans silver for its
table. In fact she takes care of this dining hall, except its
Windows.
Duties of LaundrsBS
The lanndress should collect ali the linen requiring washing
and compare it with the list given her and then assort it. Linen
should be washed well in two waters. The first water should
be cool. The second should be hot and plentiful. Scald, rinse
in hot water, then in cold water slightly tinged with blue.
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wring thoroughlj, and hang in the sunshine and air to bleacb
and dry. After the articles are ironed and thoroughly aired the
laundress should fold them neatly and pass them on to the
housemaid or lady's maid to assort. Handkerchiefs should be
ironed wet, to stiffen and g^ye them a gloss.
When the housekeeper pays her regalar visit to the laundry,
the laundress should then teli what she needs to further her
work.
Daties of Second Laundress
She ìb to rise not later than six-thirty, make the laundry fire
and put the laundry in order. She washes and irons ali the
plain clothes, and sometimes where the fine wash is very large
she assists the head laundress in ironing.
Daties of Oook
She should be in the kitchen early — by six o'clock — and
prepare for the servants' breakfast at seven. After breakfast
she should prepare and send up the family breakfast. Later
she should teli the housekeeper what is wanted for the day, pre-
pare pies, puddings, or ices for luncheon and dinner, see that the
kitchen maid has vegetables and that the meat and pudding are
attended to for the servants' dinner at twelve-thirty. After
this dinner she prepares and sends up the family lunch. After
lunch she sees that ali vegetables, game, etc., required for the
family dinner, are prepared, and makes cake or anything required
for afternoon tea. She should always bave a list of what is re-
quired from the grocer, etc., ready for the housekeeper, should
see that the kitchen maid does her work well and is clean, that
the refrigerator, meat house, etc., are in good order. In fact,
she takes entire charge of the kitchen under the housekeeper,
and she should personally supervise the cleaning of the kitchen
and cooking utensils, ice-boxes, etc.
The cook, if cooking only is expected and a kitchen maid is
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kept, ìB supposed to take entire charge of the f amily cooking.
She prepares and cooks ali game such as canvasback and redhead
duck, etc., and ali entrées.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
The second chambermaid has charge of the bedrooms on the third floor and third hall and stairs. These should be taken care of with as scrupulous cleanliness and care as any other. If on this floor there is a playroom, it should be cleaned and put in order before the hall, early in the morning. The chambermaid gives this room its first daily cleaning. The nurses keep it in order for the day.
Duties of Third Chambermaid
The third chambermaid brushes and dusts the sewing room early every morning in order not to disturb the ladies' maids when they are busy. She has charge of servants' bed- and bath-rooms,, hall and stairs. Sometimes nurses make their own beds ; but the chambermaid does their cleaning in their rooms.
She makes the beds of the men, cooks, kitchen maids and laundresses, etc., and sweeps, dusts, and tidies their rooms — keeping them in perfect order.
She keeps the servants' hall in order and cleans silver for its table. In fact she takes care of this dining hall, except its Windows.
Duties of Laundress
The laundress should collect ali the linen requiring washing and compare it with the list given her and then assort it. Linen should be washed well in two waters. The first water should be cool. The second should be hot and plentiful. Scald, rinse in hot water, then in cold water slightly tinged with blue.
wring thoroughly, and hang in the sunshine and air to bleacb and dry. After the articles are ironed and thoroughly aired the laundress should fold them neatly and pass them on to the housemaid or lady's maid to assort. Handkerchiefs should be ironed wet, to stiffen and give them a gloss.
When the housekeeper pays her regular visit to the laundry, the laundress should then teli what she needs to further her work.
Duties of Second Laundress
She is to rise not later than six-thirty, make the laundry fire and put the laundry in order. She washes and irons ali the plain clothes, and sometimes where the fine wash is very large she assists the head laundress in ironing.
Duties of Cook
She should be in the kitchen early — by six o'clock — and prepare for the servants' breakfast at seven. After breakfast she should prepare and send up the family breakfast. Later she should teli the housekeeper what is wanted for the day, prepare pies, puddings, or ices for luncheon and dinner, see that the kitchen maid has vegetables and that the meat and pudding are attended to for the servants' dinner at twelve-thirty. After this dinner she prepares and sends up the family lunch. After lunch she sees that ali vegetables, game, etc., required for the family dinner, are prepared, and makes cake or anything required for afternoon tea. She should always have a list of what is required from the grocer, etc., ready for the housekeeper, should see that the kitchen maid does her work well and is clean, that the refrigerator, meat house, etc., are in good order. In fact, she takes entire charge of the kitchen under the housekeeper, and she should personally supervise the cleaning of the kitchen and cooking utensils, ice-boxes, etc.
The cook, if cooking only is expected and a kitchen maid is
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kept, is supposed to take entire charge of the f amily cooking. She prepares and cooks ali game such as canvasback and redhead duck, etc., and ali entrées.