The daily gazette., 1877-01-29
The SERVANT GIRL DETECTIVE

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= VII be seen hyvhat we print Of The
r. s--5iags IL the Marsh divorce case
~ ne servant girl is the chief witness |
/. re Nichols divorce case, on trial al
Bridge port, the accused woman appears
g .ave been surrounded with cloud Of
-.--=sze=, ali servant girls, VITO we're
-.e > testify TO any desired extent
--ss- cases only illustrate what mas
---s eeeE evident, that Any fa1lly which
Possesses . serv2nt-girl Possesses spy.
I..= servant glrls q this country are far
1..a most efficient, as vel as far the most
I:.-,s-c1s, cprrS ct private detectives
-.a- : contains. They are none tae
-ylrse detectives fo- being amateurs, and
r1eir ss- simply ADDS 70 the necessity Of
--.c--g out t1l--s. tie irc4pabilty Of
Eser:1g 4u!e- about j. l. court the ac-
--.zty y II IL observations and the ten
.-..y = their Ilt.4llles always confuse
and overthrow t-c employers whom they
swear aboUt, a-- ! matters very little
Tor - purpose whether they tel the
truth - pe..cra themselves. II it were
--,y = eases Il tie class We have men
rsd 10 presence - the seryant-girl
20. e een4d an incentive to circum-
-r--t aa.aY5or. Butt il is not Only in
IL -At -ae sv.vAut girl appears 8 a
-.--.-- Generally when people part
49, '-.='. s-:Yants the parting Is not al
-=,---. Z -.-0ness, and malice being
,g - propensity 10 ta-tle, a
-.--.vs. --glr! K Ct more avail for
lestTut' on Of regulations than 4
v---- s=vlng-circle Of women who are
no; se.yan,-girls
N ;grorant ard sriteful woman
encouraged in court CT elsewhere 70 tell
al 80 ELoEs abou. q househould in
vL:11 sae has lived for months, and
rv.ic:. e has left with a grievance, and
c1-s;-ue what she has seen, IS an
v:ul sccial scourge, and in the testi-
my q discharged seEing-vomen there
~ = always 70 be detected a certain
--s. Z. spite, as she tells not only c.
'-.css serious and TeyAlent, but Of the
little ,2ndAls and ''titfs to which even
1=-eE- md on the whole happy house.
E- Is 1-e subject
LIS .5ls 20 warn peop.= - = discreet
1stc-e tael- servants. Inevitably a
ss-van. comes 10 bs as little regarded
as piece Of furnitHre by people who ar,
Tot conscious Of wrong do.ng.o. wrong II
IerSocs. The servant girl, being a De
-ectiye and tattlsr, las cone 10 lie
Tremendous social nuisance. and VIVA
c-Ess 70 public notice il court Is small
traction ct tce knowledge sue acquire
1-.eEt.als preserve ;he fidelity Of thei
families by means Q: ? special class c
servants
= seems Il 7 We needed a special elas
-. servants . preserve the privacie
C.. c. !. -ules. I4e deaf, dumb and bin
-.Sy----s To-l1 give = servants secur
against ever nuca kLowls dge or tattline
ba- ccat mates. even il blind also woul
nave p detects q their qualities 70
domestic service. Bat the China boy
&; the Pscl-c slope may offer the solutlo
O.: t1ls problem, since ne Is said 10 joi
ircu-.os.ty % his other merits, even if
we're E tattleg, he mas few Of MS own rae
= tat..a to, and our ways are all equall
plstlis -ndlng out. Oar present dome s.
. so-.a. sco1rge in so many ether ways,
s rz-:.culsrly dreadful in her cha1ac.,
G.: private detective that it Is nigh I'm
wnl.e a few regulations are still free
her slight, 70 think about how TO dimi
IA hs- acknowledge or her loquae;,