valet wears an inconspicuous morning suit of dark gray, brown or blue
tweed in the conventional style. He completes this outfit with a black
or brown derby hat and black leather shoes. The duties of the valet are
as follows: he brushes, presses, cleans, packs or lays out the clothes of
his employer, draws the water for his bath, and assists him to dress. He
keeps his wardrobe in order and packs and un-packs his trunks whenever he
is traveling. He does all his errands, buys his railway and steamship
tickets, pays his bills, and carries his hand-luggage when they are
traveling together. Sometimes he shaves him, orders his clothes, and
writes his business letters. But these duties are expected only of
accomplished valets. He does not, however, make the bed or sweep or dust
his employer's room.


THE PAGE

The page is a very convenient servant to have when there is no second-man
or when there are no men-servants at all. His duties are many and
varied. He runs errands for everyone in the house, assists the
parlor-maid, looks after the open fire places and opens the door to
callers. Sometimes he even serves as a sort of miniature footman,
sitting next to the chauffeur in complete footman livery. The livery for
the page boy is the same during the day and evening. It is a simple,
neat coat and trousers of dark cloth piped with the contrasting livery
color of the family in which he serves. The coat fits the body snugly,
and ends at the waistline except for a slight point at back and front.
Metal buttons set as closely together as possible fasten the coat from
top to bottom. The trousers are piped or braided in the contrasting
color down the outside of the leg. White linen should show at the wrists
and above the high collar of the coat, but there should be no tie. Black