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Some young persons are too indolent to wait on themselves, and ring for the
servants on the most trifling occasions; when if they were accustomed to perform
these little offices, their health would be much better, and we should not hear
of so many complaints, the result of want of exercise. All female servants
should have time to attend to their clothing; many have to work so hard through
the day that their only leisure is at night, and then they hurry over their
things in a careless manner.
Where your circumstances permit, a good man-servant is a valuable acquisition;
and they are sometimes more easily governed than females.
If mistresses were better informed, they would not complain so much of the
ignorance and awkwardness of their domestics. Always give them their orders in
time. If a new dish is to be cooked, superintend its preparation yourself.
If you are capable of directing, a cook will soon learn to do without your
constant attention.
If they are slow in their movements, insist on their beginning early to prepare
a meal, so that there will be time sufficient for every thing to be done
properly.
If you expect company, have every thing prepared, that can be done with safety,
the day previous. In summer there are but few things that can be done without
risk of spoiling: a ham or tongue may be washed ready to boil; castors and
salt-stands put in order, and pastry or dessert prepared, that will not spoil by
being kept a day.
In winter, many things can be kept for days in a state of preparation for
cooking; and it greatly assists the work of the family, to have every thing done
beforehand.
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