, 1873-10-12
Statement by n Servant in 4 Private
Family.

Family.
To tho Editor ef Tie Chicago Tribune:
SIR: haYo read groat many pieces in your
paper about homes for sowing-grls, aud how q
greAt many would like the sowiug.girls to go iu-
to the kitchen, or 10 housowork, in other words.
I an servant in private family, mud will try
aud tell you littlo OF the reason why girls
would rather sew for less money than do Louse-
work. It Is thB: Whom girl dooa housewor1s,
she has to get up at o'clock, and work aB hard
as she is ablo till or 10 o'clock Mt night So, If
servant gets SO or - week, sao vol earns it
Besides, sho has to hire her sowing done, so sho
does not have much loft after hor hard work.
! will tell littlo Of what hRyo to do First,
thoro arc six in tho family. Second, I have to
haye breakfast for one or two Of tho family ut 6
o'clock, aud breakfast for the rest OF the family
ut o'clock so, by the time havo my break
inst. 1t il most o'clock. do all tho washing
and ironing aud all the dtah-wanhing md scrub
e s S n IT The fs sss40s Jnss a fl ws s II III isfs s
Of the house will Hat the table. BY the time I
have my work Nil done ut nisht, it il Q
o'clock and thou, have to try and
lady vii eall ont to to- put out tho IS gas 81 ;
30 have to hire my calico dresses 1nndo which
cost 80 for making. Thus servant has not
much moro at tho end Of tho week. than SOW
ncAr no many hours as q servant does. She goes
to work mt or O'Clock, ana quits Mt 6.
They say that thoy give lls servants MI aftcr-
noon every week but ono thing y certain. If
we hayo to work that much harder when We got
buck, to make up for lost TING.
I seq in to.anys .papor that some think that
servants want to ming 10 in tho family. It is u
mistake. For my part, I enjoy myself better
when am not ut work, in having my own usso-
cnteB, than being with tho iam,ly I live with.
For my part, like to do ho,sework and cook
ing but it is not tho difference in tho work, it
IL tho difference in tho tmo that wo haye to
work. and tho troatment VIC got from lord aud
aud she speaks of not being we'll very often;
but, whether We are well or ,uwoll, We hayo to
go to tho wash-tub OH Monday morning, and do
all wo can, and then bo called slow or lazy, just
little more consideration, thoro would not be so
many 60 to SOW. I read with growing interest
all that ia sail about sowing girls and nervants.
CHICAGO, Oct. :, 1873. MARY ANNA.
The : Opposition to the ~1ss Homo ~
Project.
70 The Editor of The Chicago Tribune:
SIN: You have kindly published two 1cttors
from II Miraudy," written in cleorful mood,
mud, as IA chango has come DER the spirit of
her droanH," Bhe cravoB your indulgence while
submitting another, Of a moro Eobor tone, OK
pressiye not alone Of her fcongs aud views, but
Of group Of working-girls whose willing handa
arc all thoy have to insure them q liying,-all
roalizing tho SERIOUS fact that their labor will
only bring them iife's necessities, while mans
brings him that aud its Injuries, aud enables
him to provide for tho coming years.
We have read with interest your article In
last Sundays tribune, mud appreciate it's good,
eound sensc and will say, had you not been
quito go sweeping in your charge Us regards tho
kind of reading worhins-girls indulge in,
'twonld Aavo been to hundreds Of uA, who do
not choose tho kind you mentioned, much moro
gatjAfactory.
"you Will please bear ii, mind that, two years
ago, tis night, when the lro-boll in solemn tone
pealod forth tB loud alarm, 1nauy workingEirls Of
Chicago to.day woro dwollors it, pleasant homes,
and. though homes, books, and a!l that nude
lie bright and hnppy, on that night vanished
still remains.
Homes for worthy, lomeloss working-girlH, at
ratos corresponding with their earnings" haH
mot with considerable opposition from partoB
WHO have written articles against tho idea, and,
to tho girls Interested, their opposition to this
project sesms decidedly strange aud out Of
plnce,
While We hayo attributed tls objection to a
lack OF that trno, ennobling kind Of Christianity
Which do!Ehtn III Ieoing 0llcrs, az we'll ag Aelf.
happy aud prosperous antl to un element found
III human character Styled sel1lshnaAs, wo wore
surprised tint tho oppososs Of this moyoment
had found, IN MI unexpootod quarter to us, q
now aily,-loworlnl, in!eotl, 1t tho true exponent
Of tho Vows Of tlso Christian Church. Wo rnfer
to tho writer OF The com,nertA in ono OF tho
Religious palers of this city. OH tlia to lis yory
inrortnnt subject. Can Il DO possiblo that,
within tho hoarth OF the ChrAtat1 community,
t!,ero exsts aucl, cp!, inditroront foolit,g to-
wards .ho worl!ng-girlu? II they vii! do'1y liz IL
"l!onlo," will thoy not deny us Savior?
ia tue daughter Of u minister who wore his Ito
out III The ca,,Ae OF Ills Muster In n, Eastern
city, while his child a wearing her life out with
tho noodle lIorp il QllcQEQ, aud to whom sllcll 4