HELPS IN THE COUNTRY,

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1321, 27 December 1911, Page 8

HELPS IN THE COUNTRY,

THE SEEYANT PEOBLEM. The old and oft-repeated story of tho difficulty of getting female help in the country is revived by uur travelling'correspondent, who gives' 1111 experience' following on a e-ill at a country station. Commencing with the salutation's of tho mistress of the house, tha story runs:— "You will have to take pot luck this lihie, as I am witliotit .servants'. I should ba'so much obliged if yi»u could tell me of any. . 1 want a housemaid and a ceok." ■ If- I Irad'fi gii'l in every , pocket every day- i could lind places for them. As thi.l ludy' said .it is extremely difficult to get girls to leave the town's to go nwav back into a quiet country life, miles-away' from' (he glare and glitter of the streets of a big city. It was-a lar<."» house, and. of course, took ii luf. of (.'leaning. The lady' h;ivl to' do' the" cooking for.the big house, and they , had a , nin'n'cook at- the whai'c, but this was tap'far away to be of any u»s for the oilier! There.were two ytalwart ions and n Ciidet and ;in:ther, beside.- the statio'n-ov.ner and his. wife.' anrl all took :i hand in the household work. I saw the t«o sons, washing tha 'Iw-'r in tlic hall corly next morning. Ail endeavoured to make the wfirk .a's light- for the mother as lioss.ible. That (".■ tiling, while v.-o-woi'c sitliiij iii IVrint of a splendid wood lire, the telephone niuj;. and the mistress of the house was given- a rail Irani Wellington/the jirbprietrr. of. a registry oflice hiring rung her up about n couple of sen-ants. The upshot of .->. i-hul wii> th;il' there wore' two ■ujrvanl's in the. omee, ""willing to 50 into fhe enuntry, huf. Ihcy wuuW not\'o for less than' twenty shillings a week each. Ailer a let of conversation, the ens.iscluent.was inailci (hoy v.tre lo Icme Wellington 0:1 a certain day, and by such and such a tr:iin. Then oiie of (.lie sons would go down in (lie car and bring (hem hackto the station. One of the main stipulations was that they must'agree to stay at leas.t si.\ mouths. "There," said the lady, "I do hope I have got fixed up now. It is sud, „ terriblo filing to'lie without help in (lie country, and if they are niea girls one can make companions of them." And ' tintt seems to me to be one of tho great difficulties in the'country: some mistresses, never have any trouble either in getting or keepin l ,' st-rvants, while others are , constantly changing. They do , not try to Make tho girls' lives happy, but alwavs keep them hard at it, and are difficult In please. There is an old sayimr, and a very (rue one, that "a prj«-d mistress makes good servant"," and-'this is. particularly the casn in fhe farm and sheep station. "• Factory Managers are invited to drop n. post-card' for particulars of cheese vats and hoops, the best mado, Victor brand, tn Albert .f. Carton, Cartcrton , . Do it now.* (Jhlck-rearlDE is not only profitable, hot, a pleasure, when you teed "A. aod P." Chick Kaiser. It is n complete and propprly-blenrtcd-fooil for Young Chicks, Obtainable from all storekeepers.—Adft,