It is expedient to supervise the work of the general house-work servant as much as possible; and if it is more convenient for her to go up the front stairs to announce callers, and to go down them to answer the front door, certainly allow her to use the front stairs instead of the back ones on occasions. A waitress or parlor-maid is no more privileged to use the front stairs than a general house-work servant. A nurse may be, with propriety, wherever her charges are allowed.
If a maid is expected to wear a cap, it is usually furnished by the lady of the house.
It is good form to address the servants one knows when entering a house, and to thank them for any attention.
It is unfortunate that the English system of feeing has come into vogue here. But it is quite customary now, for a guest, after a visit, even a short one, to bestow upon a servant a small fee, say, of a dollar.
CHAPTER VII.
Funerals, Mourning.
Civility implies self-sacrifice; it is the last touch, the crowning perfection of a noble character.—Mathews.