Note 249 — Chapter VII · ADVANTAGES IN DOMESTIC SERVICE
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“At home I was my mother’s help even when we had a girl of our own, and from childhood had always loved to cook, and learned to do all kinds.”
“My mother was a housekeeper and did most of her own work and taught me how to help her. When my father and mother died, and it became necessary for me to earn my own living, the question was, ‘What can I do?’ The answer was plain—housework.”
“I have a natural love for cooking, and would rather do it than anything else in the world.”
“I like it best, was used to it at home, and it seems more natural-like.”
“I enjoy housework more than anything else.”
“I was a dressmaker several years because my mother thought dressmaking more respectable than going out to work. But I always liked housework better, and when my health broke down I was glad to get a place as parlor maid.”