New-York tribune., 1871-08-30
THE NEW CALIFORNIA FOR WOMEN.
"a IN, EdItor Of TIE tribune.

SIR: Apromising field for women of strength
and caractv has opened of San Francisco, and
young persons anxious 10 tempt fortune at the verge OF
the continent may consider the chances worth trying be-
fore they contract for passage the Plains Tie
place referred to Is accessible by rail- has all modern
improvements" VS. not destitute Of educational or socia
ADVANTAGES oud ha tho Of being the cheapest mar
ket in the country, aN things considered Women ser
wants are IN demand at such prices as S. week Ior
nurses 81 so for good plain cooks; - week for lau-
dresses TO vs., eight hours day S25 MONTH ana per
quistcs for seamsreS's S2Oa week for sick nurses anu
tS so a day for women who and NJ dresses III al
cases board ncluded servants have their evenings u
themselves and conduct themselves with the utmost '
dependence The difficulty Of finding qualified servants
In this place such that they must be imported from
the country continually 70 meet the demand Nhcro
this working . paradise, hundreds arc "S"'e "
once ready impress their friends into the scnco ~
emigratng there. The tickets are not dear tuaV WIZ
carry van tbere gcalons ones these prices and con
dtions are becoming the rule ia Neio York. ana II 'he
upward tendency continues, mistresses must io''o "
avoid the high prices, not servants TO OBTAIN 'he
tov independept people watch with some curiosity 10
see how long city dwCllors win endure the enc
OF shouderhtters outside their DOORS and sefVanus
,,1 Tho trees are half swept by pOtterers with birch
brooms the houses half cared for by pert Nhh7 IN
ebignons Men and women Of refinement submit " ''o
insoence and faulty attendance OF the screenings oI 'ne
riverside population They are annoy cd ana 'ro'sou CON
peace too indoent or absorbed in other directions 10
give hearty care 70 the order and whoesomcness OF their
own bouses Servants are taking the upper hand because
their masters and misresscs allow the control to pass
from their own hands Every year arc higher the
hours shorter and the amount of work obtained is smaller
and poorer quality than was before Employers would
not cumbc at the rise IN wages II possible TO get
anything like fair return for the money Exactness
prompncss aud dispatch words blotted out Of the
vocabulary Of the workers feeling OF sefpity. az if
they had been wrong,d somehow by being In lower
condition Of ie has taken possession OF them and they
are bound to right themselves as far as pos
sble by Sinking the irksOme duties Of their lot
The idea of servants emigrating from NewYork TO San
Francisco Is absurd Nowhere but in this city do they
receive such wages, have many ndusenccs. west
ern servants may get SIS month for plain homework
but they are expected by steady work from
n the morning uu at night. Western mistresses, as
rule do not mind the door bell sit by the children
evenings while the servants nrt the street corners or
play cards in their ncichbOrs' laundry with vllanous
looking followers servants wanted who can renem-
orders and carry them out who can economic sub
stance instead of making nee win D,caus@ IL cos'S
them nothing; who can come to tine with appointed
work who can get punctual dinners and finish up
puncually nCcdcwOrk who can be civil TO thelr EN-
poyers well as also to other ladies' ana gentleIt'
and who put both cefiy ana hnsh INTO thelf DusheSs
Nothing less than this Is 10 be called fair return for good
wages and poor pay deserves thorough service as far as
goes. To give shiTsing. haltdone work Is just as
bad Ia servant as II would be Tor an employer 10
pay in bills on broken bank. WorkpeOpe VINO under
stand these things put their mind into their business
likely have a. good time in New-nork as any
1hc way 70 gain such help direct hut hard, hard,
that has fallen into dsusc. Mstesses must take the
neglected oath and follow 10 the end Every man and
woman who has a house and family has duties there
which servant, however good, can assume Inc con,
to am inferior without loss. mistress who submits 10
insolence without stern rcbuRe, Who accepts neghgtnt
service 0uitS exact her rights 10 the last fatn-,
harm 70 her neighbOr ana herself by
injuring the relations OF all three.
N l0F g-.l II.