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Do with as few domestics as possible; assist with the work yourself, rather than
keep one too many. Those that take orphan children to bring up, are often
rewarded for their trouble; as sometimes a girl of fifteen will be more useful
than one much older: and where a family is small it does very well; but in large
families, a little girl is so often called from her work, that it has a tendency
to unsettle and make her careless.
Never allow your children to call on or interrupt servants when at their work or
meals, to do any thing which a child could do for itself; children that treat
domestics with respect, will generally find them willing to render any
assistance in their power. I have known a few house-keepers, who have kept the
same servants for years; who have assisted in rearing the children, until they
almost viewed them as their own; and these were not faultless. If they had been
discharged for trifles, they might have wandered, from one family to another,
without being attached to any, until they became so indifferent, as not to be
worthy of employ; but by the kindness and patience of their employer, they
became so grateful and attached, as to be a treasure to her family. When they
become weary of such constant servitude, would it not be better, instead of
discharging, to give them time for rest and recreation in visiting their
friends? I have known them to return, renewed in health and spirits.
Encourage them to lay by as much of their wages as they can possibly spare, in
such institutions as are thought the most safe, that they may have something to
look to in case of sickness, or any event which would require its use.
Promote their reading in such books as are suited to their capacities; they
sometimes have a little leisure,
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