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CHAPTER XXXV
SERVANTS' ROOMS
Whether you expect to arrange for one servant or a dozen, keep in mind
the fact that efficiency is dependent upon the conditions under which
your manor maid-servant rests as well as works, and that it is as
important that the bedroom be attractive as that it be comfortable.
For servants' rooms it is advised that the matter of furnishing and
decorating be a scheme which includes comfort, daintiness and
effectiveness on the simplest, least expensive basis, no matter how
elaborate the house. There is a moral principle involved here. In the
case of more than one servant the colour scheme alone needs to be
varied, for similar furniture will prevent jealousy among the
servants, while at the same time the task of inventing is reduced to
the mere multiplying of one room; even the wall paper and chintz being
alike in pattern, if different in colour.
The simplest iron beds, or wooden furniture can be painted white or
any colour which may be considered more durable.
In maids' rooms for summer use, a vase provided for flowers is
sometimes an incentive to personally contribute a touch of beauty.
That sense of beauty once awakened in a maid does far more than any
words on the subject of order and daintiness in her own room or in
those of her employer.
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