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Current Talk '06 I / Re: The Collins' Fortune
« on: June 16, 2006, 10:32:04 PM »
Just to interject my pet bete-noire about the stories set in "the PAWSSST" (I do adore how Joan pronounced that word)--namely, that a family with the standing of the Collins' in the 1790s, 1840s and 1890s would have had a full staff of servants (in the 1790s and 1840s, this would have been very necessary due to all the hard physical labor necessary to perform simple tasks of household maintenance). Instead, we get Riggs and Stokes holding down the fort in 1795, and poor Beth (whom Judith keeps trying to fire) the only servant seen onscreen in 1897. I can't remember any servants in 1840 apart from Hortense the Hapless.
The only time the house seemed to be properly staffed was in the 1940s, judging from the list of people Liz fired in '49.
G.
The only time the house seemed to be properly staffed was in the 1940s, judging from the list of people Liz fired in '49.
G.