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Those women who have never been obliged to undertake any domestic duties have little idea of the amount of work which has to be done in the average house.
The following is a list of duties, and we must add to it the answering of bells, tidying up after untidy people, any personal services required (in many cases this is considerable), door opening, telephone answering, letter posting, note and message taking, "running out" for things which have been forgotten, whistling for cabs, waiting in the hall to see visitors out, etc., window cleaning, washing, mending, listing house linen for the laundry, extra work at special cleaning times, sweeps' visits, etc.
Household Duties.
Light kitchen fire; one or two days a week clean flues and thoroughly clean range.
Get in coal.
Clean doorstep and brasses.
Make tea, cut bread and butter, and take trays and hot water to bedrooms. Draw curtains, put washstands and possibly baths ready. Brush clothes, clean and take up boots.
Sweep stairs, do hall and sitting-rooms, grates and coals.