CHAPTER XVII 134-143

The servant question not so acute as in England--Establishments of thirty servants--Five or six for professional people--Terms and duties of service--An unwilling bather--A highly recommended maid who waited at table barefooted--The reference books of servants--The servants’ quarters--A strange privilege; female servants may have their husbands or putative husbands and their families to live with them--Costly marriage fees are prohibitive--“Madam” and “Madame”--Linguistic pitfalls; a “master” or a “cake”?--When a bald-headed cook is wanted--Leaving cards on names-days--An omnibus round.