round of the kitchen and other offices, to see that all are in order,
and that the morning's work has been properly performed by the various
domestics. The orders for the day should then be given, and any
questions which the domestics desire to ask, respecting their several
departments, should be answered, and any special articles they may
require, handed to them from the store-closet.
In those establishments where there is a housekeeper, it will
not be so necessary for the mistress, personally, to perform the
above-named duties.