Farewell Jeeves, Hello Alice

Even though the wealthy are cutting back, there are some things they simply can’t live without: like household staff.

Yet rather than employing the high-price armies of the boom times–the chef, maids, chauffeurs, gardeners, security guard. household managers, estate managers–the wealthy are combining the jobs. Jeeves and Mr. Belvedere are out. “Alice,” from the Brady Bunch is in.