, 1874-01-04

robe, necessities, or amusement, to say nothing
Of little household demands. The amount OF
amusement or the supply Of households goods
you will obtain, must need bs trining.
AND NOW ABOUT GOING OUT.
The servant has her stated -times for going.
and go she usually doos. How is it with tie
u,iatress7 Unless she must 80 for some ospe-
cial purpose, che seldom or never gets away
from home. How she enyies at times tie laborer
her hire and her freedom. Born in the purple
as she may bavo been, she even thinks that
could she be as FREQ from other cares, duties, or
responsibilities as her help, she would not
mind tho labor imposed upon her. Her more
highly-cultiyated tastes and inherited prejudices
naturally cause her to shrink instiuctively from
the dirty work OF the kitchen; but as for
breath Of fresh air for dollar tha: was not
already mortgaSed BY some household neces-
sity! Hopeless! Il it wonder that men make
haste to be rich, or that women grow reckless,
or sink into mere slogcns7 Society requires so
much of every one, md the tread-miu Of mere
existence is go hard.
We have shown in previous article that
woman Of whom no great amount OF yielding to
Fashions dictates is required,-o whom Soci-
ETY.. in the general acccptation Of the term, de-
mands nothing, except that she should be de-
Gently clad, eau be both comfortably, respect
ably, and becomingly attircd on $50 year.
AT 81 WEEK,
this would give servant an allowance Of 3104
q year. It would be optional with herself
whether she expended it all upon her personal
auOIuMtnk Ut lUL, Uut IL CGTLalOlY FQQlQ nOt DC
matter Of necessity that she should do 80. She
could certainly have ut least 1926 or $50 year to
spend as she pleased, independent Of her
attire. How many women, whose husbands
have the income that NO have taken for the
basis of thess remarks would bo only too
as regards fuel, light, food, or q roof to cover
her. That is her employers affair, not bera-
She has her work to do, OF course; but, with
modern improvements, it
cr%t tf3T1
How was it before tho days whom Tater-Torks
were considered an incidental OF q growing city /;
when cisterns had to yield the aqueous fluid
through dint OF hard pumping, or, harder still,
when they wero outside Of the house, instead OF
within it; when pumps square or two away
furnished the water for cooking aud drinking
purposes, and this had to be brought l,y the
general servant; When ojl-lamps lighted the
when American families did not consist
OF husband wife, and possibly one child,
but when there was!a qu1ver full of children,-a
half-score, perhaps, Ct boys and girls, ranging
from s months to 18 years7 The household
servant got from
Sc TO SO MONTH.
She washed on Monday, while some member Of
the family probably assisted her by washing the
dishes, or perhaps helping to prepare the dinner.
There WAS no hot and cold water in those days,
ready to pour forth il abundant supply by the
mere turning OF o faucet; there we're no drains
to carry it away; but all Of it had to be poured
into the gutter, carried the entire length OF
the kitchen to the front side
walk. On Tuesday, the halls wero swept, and
tile ironing commenced the latter completed
on Wednesday. Thursday, any extra work was :,
girl went out in pursuit Of her own pleasure or
business. Friday. she swept and garnishcd the
entire houses aud Saturday she devoted to her
kitchen, securing her pots and pans till they
shone like gold AID silver: r.. sunday, shs a's
evening. She did not seem to find her life
hard one. She ran to the grocer's, and got fresh
air and exercise in that way. She did not ape her
n1istresa' attire quite as much as ut present. and
natural recomponse Of faithful service, She
took an interest in the family, aud the family
TOOK AN INTEREST IN HER.
She had not placed herself in very much the
same position as the supporters OF the Susan 3.
Anthony platform have done: that Of demand
ing as rights what they have no legal claim to,
and by that means naturally finding, as
they grow aggressive, the opposite party assume
the defensive, and war becomes the order Of the
day, in place Of previous courtesy naturally and
graciously yielded.
It is q mistake altogether. The work for three
or four people can never be Very hard If there is
any system about it; but presume to offer one
OF these damsels 81 week for her services, and
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coSTEMPTuousLT AND sUpERcIIousLY.
One will reply, "oh! Iqevcr worked for less
than $3.50 or Il a wsek, and have had
s4.50 and s5. I couldn't think Of
Another will palaver little longer, possibly
promise to come, though it is very doubtful,
and that will be the last you will sec of her.
These girls have complained, through the me-
dium Of the public prints, that ladies' do not
Keep faith with them that they will engage five
or six girls, and, when one OF the number goes,
che finds her place filed. They hare only them
selves to thank for it;
ONLY THEIR OWN usREL1ABn1rT
is the cause of it. How many Of them promise
to return in two or three hours, and that ia the
last one sees OF them! How few Of them,
if they get better offer, or from
some other reason change their minds.
have the decency: the common sense OF
IN q hundred. The only chance for lady to
succeed in getting one servant is to engage as
many as offer themselves. # there are six, one
of them may return and she is obliged to meet
their lack Of reliability with what appears to be
This, however, Is quite aside from tne prlnc1-
pal question, VIZ: ..-
THAT OF WAGES.
II Mrs. Shoddy chooses to 60 in her carriage,
and take her eeryant to view her house and see
il sle approves Of the place, she does the re-
maiuder OF the community ian rreparable
wrong. The unthinking damsel does not dis
tinguish between this person-who torgets her
self, and. having only money, and neither breed
ine nor position, tries to dazzle her inferior ~
With her show OF wealth-and the real
lady BIZ birth, education, and breeding, who knows
that freedom is not necessarily Communism,
and that equality cannot exist except in Arcadia
She the servant, becomes puffed up and con-
ceited, and thinks that she has been raised
little above her -fellow-serrants. She is ruined
for any thorough work ever after, and she spois
as many of her compatriots as she can inform of
the honor that has been done her. That girl has
had an irreparable evil done her. She despises
Ordinary work in small house at moderate
wages. 49, ,...
1t any rate, it is quite time that the over
worked women Of fhis country, and tue over
worked men too, should be able to employ SER
wants at wages which should at least come
somewhere ..
WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF REASON.
When dispensing charity, might not the Chi
cago Relief and Aid Society make some effort to
see if a certain number Of girls could not be
found to work at reasonable wages? They in
form Neutrality-suspicious. now that they certain
" cannot work for less than 50; and, when told
that all have suffered more or less from the
panic. that in many departments salaries have