, 1870-08-21
The Domestic Evil.

II is one of the mi-fortunes Of Civilization
that our wants make us dependent upon the
setvirc rendered 10 us by rervsnts. Alan
and Eve, in their lcAfr hower in Eden. wer.
exempt frpm the annoyance incidental to
hired help. II. when the serreas. in dAzzlin.
attire. approached Mother Evil be had
onlv said & Eat Of this. aud rou shall become
! patron of intelligence Offices. VT have fs:th
that thrill would have pass-d tlrnaSh her
blood wl.ie:a nor1ll have lcsu sufficient to
causte her 10 hesitate. The hane OF house-
keeping and the gssa, domestic evil Of to-day
lies in this quarter, aud there appear. to hc
no RI nleiy- 1t IL not question whlch an-
pears to lie rusrepihe nf solution. for the evil
Eot Only increases, hut it il rapidly becoEning
NO fornilas l.. that housekeeping IL one Of the
imros-lhi1ities of luu,an existence for per-
soiis OF moderate meana.
Tie time wae-eAy, twenty-five OF tlirtE
yeAlr age-when rAce existed k.owu ~ FAM
ily rer, ants. Tli- race hns become extiact.
The t1omest'cs Of .o~.lar arpear to think that
change once in six months adds 10 the ra,s-
cty Of hfe. and they depart without other
csuse than 3 1sve Of change. ':snd what are
sou going to seave 10. :" asked = .a5y Of . sisl
| uLa had apparently been az contented ~
| hu.umIng+t,ied on a honey=uckle. - Well.
ma an. 10 toll the truth. ! don't know; but
think l am tired OF ironing the same table
iineu." The dsmaek pattern became Offensive
to her eye. A Indy on Mount Vernon street
vas srrarently overjoyed when it WAS an
nounced that the ne~ stand-pire would enable
her to hate water in the upper story. for she
had si1 OF eight servants leave betsuse they
Rere Obliged to I'll the water pitchers in the
upper scons. 4 cook gkse wasning recently
| to her employer, who. to accommodate chll-
d.eu, had t1iantr 1t O'Clock. She had been
Nsea to dining At O'Clock at has forsncs stu
atiou-
In old times. girls liv;us ont hsa half-a-
dozen fires 10 make. and water u carrS from
! aha hoftnY9 n $hA frr nf fha Nnt1aa Mn]arn
eonvenienees hase lesseusd their lahors 30
Per cent, but they erutuble AMI complain
about tribes, aud ans temocstrance is certain
to meet wish All abrupt departure. the
wealthy classes in the large cities have done
much to demo1AlHe servants by paying large
The middting cllsets arc obliged to pay more
for thie class OF labor. becluse thelr more
wcaltly neiehiors hsve. ::out OF their abnn-
lance. established tariff wlnch regulates the
market price. The rich III ttl+ way inaict 4
positive evil upon society. and they ars. We
thiok. responsible in lsTge degree Tor this
domestic evil
pror ortion to wages paid TO. any ether de-
scrption Of labor, for the home servant is
fed and housed. and the cos; Of clothes is but
tribe more nov than it was before the wsr.
1t costs orer ~ per week 10 faed girl, 70
. that, Nth the wages paid. each eervAns costs
OF : per ceus, On nearly s6,0o0 per Anuum-
i. The domestic servants live in thIs country AZ
tlley 1--we in no other country, aad thez wsste.
fvl hstiss would ruin anv othcr natien. In
, | France no tea, coffee, or sugar afe allowed &c
the servants. but here thcr have the
!. !! bert. and the rtn Of the paot1y in
: cluaed. But American girls will moi
accept these situations. \ false pride
7 keers them ont OF good homes and plenty tt
eat, ard forcte them into stores md cbeaE
). ! hoarding-huuse4. i few weeks since, goot
! stzcug Arnezicsn girl from the county ap
= rl:ed 10 trader on Washington street 10;
: situAtiou in his store. He rsid three dol'
: | lars . week for girl. whose chief occupataet
}, was to dn~t the counters When shc a?pliei
/ te was suffering from severe stack Of th'
!. domestic evil, and he said, Twill give yos
Y three dollars week to come to this store.
!, ! will give ,on three dollars and half Re
h | week 10 80 to ny house, IN HI adjoinin
( town, ard take care Of nv children. Ao
uill he well fed, we'll lodged, and, il yeu IT
b faithful, it won's cost you much for cloth'ag,
= She accepted the sore rlace in preference :
j. tie house. betauss. - she alleged, she al
d net wish Ito live ont
o Ne question wbethe, the Chinese will eve
II ! srcld anS solution CT this tiif6colts. bnt
le wcu1d he Grea, blessing If about !, 600 girl
= Wiling to fecEte good homes. good FaS. -
Ie Iet very lard work, wculd some very ~
I5 morning land upon oar whafyes, and tnt q.
folve thr great problem which is 70 puzzHnn2
lc to Eoutekeepers- II, at the s21ae time, =
>. dressnakers would also come TO tbs resta
os We think We arc authorized to state that re
IN would be met br thousands OF sunefl5
N hour ekeere1s and afflicted husbands. vt
=. would give them 4 re,en:icu which wo0ld g.
f.:r,,f 49, tf,a il; ~ tts Hi.Nla c..T.