Servants of the Elves?

[Birdland]

All we really have is speculation, Tinuviel. Tolkien doesn't go into the small, petty details of Elven society, like who did the laundry and do Elves go to the bathroom. After all, he recorded epic sagas, not slice of life.

Myself - since Elves are immortal and have all the time in the world to learn just about anything they want - I always pictured it that Elves play many different roles in their lifetimes. If an Elf wanted to learn knowledge from an older Elf, he or she would serve as an apprentice to that Elf. Once they learned one craft, they might decide to learn a different set of skills, meaning that they would have to start over at the bottom, so to speak, in order to work with another teacher. (Am I making myself clear?)

Or course, we do seem to have Elves who are considered to be royalty or leaders amongst their people, but I have the feeling that even someone as wise and powerful as Elrond spent his time serving another.