, 1874-03-08

| witch TO savo them the trouble. Il. instead ~
! LITERAL? commanding Bid ,at to lie in tho N II
wh,Ie tina house walk o:a1 her body, they would
say. tx1so Ms youe hand, and let 10 60 toge.aar
! they would hud both hands stretched on. nns
| only to help them, but to casry them over
| We G:e not at fault when we say the trua
servant is the nobles. and the faithfulest anon
! women, As veil as the racst sef-sacriaclrg Of I'll
/ tho human fAullly. The rndeness and ronrhnesa
manifested III son,e il tho legitimate ot1spIi,c Of
! ignorance aad ovc.work. The Constant str',in
i upon the nerves ls enough to drive one mad
! even when there is noth!1g but tho hous, ,Tor,,
/ to meet add to this the displeasare of Eonsa-
| hold, aud who eau bear 1t s?
General housework, as dnae in the United
States, is wearing to both buGy and brain, # l..
hardly worth while to en1sr into the detejls at
woman's work in the house. Suffice it TO cav.
If one woman has all tho work to do in family
Of six or segen persons, though she lo sma;.
enough TO do the work OF two women, yet Sue ,a
not smart enough to do everything which will
add to the health and happiness Of each member.
bow housoworl can be made eaRier and moro
desirable. is perrle1ire question, an1 ora
dGic1lt to eolve; but allow me to say thi:at,
it be dons, and should be done ct the earliest
opportunity that the comfort Of eyery house
should be increased aud the life OF every truo
Woman lengthened. It is useless to doay the
fact: wonan's life is shortened, il not @nded
by tho auxieties aud tolls OF housekeeping.
''Why 10 girls dislike to be servants, and
choose to reu,blo about the streels, when 40
many need help. aofl woall glad!y giyo them
comfortable homes - I question the comfort
Of the homcs and leave rooEl for any disposed
to try the experiment..
A1any complain Of vico in their servants brt
donbt If they ever trace the cause II ID tru.
source, namely: to the manner in WHICH they
have been, and still are, treated lii thes: cc1r-
Portable hones. It is hunan nailre (.0sl lAa;h
already shoy0 TINT girls arc l1:r4nl to n:es: in
tile society OF friends, an; IL fern new f4:enl-
ships hut they arc dam aI tho p4lTllcSo oi ;e-
taining even their relatives a'a former friends,
without headacucs and heartacles Over the meu-
ncr in which they are welcu:u1G 10 their homes.
Homer? Is workshop . hcne? But theirs ia
their home. and they must toll on without rest,
seven days in the week ca-Is .tldlIo. II sickness
oyertakes them. how much e1 b nome lave they 2
They must 60 elsewhere, nobody cares #aeze. to
mako room for another. T4ere is no fsehns Ct
rest, no a=suranca OF safety They luay be
driven out any day By tho anger OF their en-
plovcrs or tho malice Of al enel1y.
Nor ia thus all: The nobiest, .ruest, purest,
aud greatest attributes Of woman arc crushed in
tho dowutrodden race OF servants, and their
case il every day becoming wotse and more help
less.
It is with sorrow that note the fac:, the wor-
thy suffer fur the worthless. have leea the
thoughtful, careful, and conscientious drrea
out IL the world, shclte1iess, followed by ths
scorpiou-tongues Of slander, hatred, and insult,
until my blood boiled with indignation, aad
cried to heaven for retrlbution.
Az idlenoss ls the mother OF mischief, so ig-
chain Servants with the fotters OF ignorance, you
may expect to reap heavy harvest OF vice and
uuhapniness. How long will you do thus with
yoar eyes orcn? Not louG, hope, fur think
LOO highly ii our nation to think them race Of
fools. AMERICAN C1LL-