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Should a fire occur at night the housekeeper should give orders to have all doors unlocked and the gas lighted in the halls.
The greatest wonder to my mind is that more women that must of necessity earn their livelihood, do not adopt the profession of hotel housekeeping. What nicer or more profitable way can a woman earn her living. Standing at my window of a stormy morning, I see many women going early through the wind and snow, sometimes rain, to their work, and I can not help comparing my daily tasks to theirs. Many of these women stand all day behind the counters of some large dry-goods store, where they are designated only as No. 1, No. 2, and so on. Some of the women are going to work in silk mills, where the looms keep up a deafening roar, and where, at their noon hour, they must eat a cold lunch. These women get a small salary, on an average $8.00 a week, and out of this they must pay their room, board and laundry bills.
I could not refrain from contrasting the hotel housekeeper's position with that of other women-workers in cities. The housekeeper has a good, warm room, clean bed, hot and cold bath, and the best eating that the hotel affords. She may command the respect of all other employes in the house, and may make many life-long friends. My advice to any young woman seeking a situation is to start right at chamber-work, to keep her wits sharp, and her head on her shoulders. To be sure, there are many temptations, all of which the average girl should be able to resist. But a chambermaid with a modest and reticent disposition may never meet with any pitfalls, at least, no more than would be encountered in a dry-goods store or factory. From chambermaid, she may get promoted to the linen-room, where she will be shielded and protected from interlopers, and will have plenty of leisure to sew or to mend for her own benefit.
She can save money, for she will have better pay in the linen-room. She will also have better food, and will learn something of the executive management of the hotel. Naturally, she will see more of the proprietor or the manager, and will learn his ideas and principles, which knowledge may be useful to her in later years. Time brings about many changes, and hotels change proprietors, as well as housekeepers and managers. Often, when a new manager makes his appearance, he will bring his housekeeper or linen-room woman with him; in this case, the linen-room woman may have to secure another situation. Now is her chance to take a step higher on the ladder, by obtaining a position as housekeeper.
Birds of Passage, 32-33
Character in The Hotel Business, 26 Cleaning Rooms, 41-44 Card and Wine Rooms, 88 Cleaning Brass, 85 Chambermaids, 90
Evolution of the Housekeeper, 104-105
Fires, Suggestions in case of, 98 Fire Prevention, 102 Fires, origin of, 103
Gossip between employes, 29-30
Housekeeper and the Help, 17-22 Housekeeper's salary, 38-40 Housekeeper, progressive, 35-37 Housekeeper's Rules, 81 Housekeeper, relationship between guests, 31 Housekeeper, requirements of, 11-20 Housekeeper, and co-operation, 17-22 How to Make Beds, 47-48 How to Clean Walls, 49-51 How to Scrub a Floor, 51-52 How to Get Rid of Vermin, 53-57
Linen Room, Linen Woman, 63-68 Linen, table, care of, 69-70 Linen, removing stains, 70 Linen, best kind, 71 Linen, how to test, 72 Laundry, making bleach, 73-80
Miscellaneous subjects, 94
Parlor Maid, 83-90 Proprietor's Wife, 23-25
Room Inspection, 21-28
Vacuum Cleaning System, 58-62
Waxing Ballroom Floor, 88
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