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vant is not expected to do any regular work and is given 

 permission to take a temporary place. To insure the ser- 

 vant's return these wages should not be paid in advance or at 

 the end of each month, but when the servant is taken into 

 active service again. Thrifty men always have enough laid 

 by to provide for themselves when on board wages. 



ENGAGING. 



If an applicant presents himself to you in the city and is 

 thoroughly familiar with the different districts but has been 

 rusticating, or is "just over from the other side," there is a 

 possibility that through some fault he has gravitated to the 

 bottom of the ranks and has been driven to the country or 

 to misrepresentation through unsuccessful competition with 

 more desirable members of the fraternity, or it may be he has 

 taken a place out of town in order to work up a lost character. 

 There can be no hard and fast rules laid down, and it is very 

 likely that a worthy servant can be recruited from the sub- 

 urbs or country; in fact such servants, if recommended by 

 owners whose stables are well conducted, are more desirable 

 than city men of equal ability but of greater pretensions. 



If a man's character is well indorsed by his former em- 

 ployer, and he appears honest in face, neat in his dress, 

 respectful and straightforward in his address and looks you 

 straight in the eye, a difficult ordeal for a scamp, he has 

 much to recommend him to your consideration. A good 

 man should touch his hat when coming into your presence, 

 stand erect, with his hands loosely hanging at his sides, 

 while you are talking to him. Some men, but not well 

 trained nor respectful ones, will poke both hands down into 

 the depths of their trousers pockets or seat themselves and 



