Night-shift nanny.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at windmills - Brief article

A recent glimpse into the life of the elite was provided by Mrs. Daniel Snyder, the wife of the owner of the Washington Redskins, who observed, "Almost everyone I know has a nanny." Indeed, you might say that the nanny is only the tip of the iceberg for the households of the wealthy. "Running mansions needs many pairs of hands," reports Celeb Staff, a publication called to my attention by the Washington Post's Peter Carlson. "Among the many folks attached to these hands," he explains, are an estate manager, house manager, personal assistant, chef, chauffeur, housekeeper, houseman, butler, baby nurse, lady's...