Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-22
THE SERVANT DIFFICULTY.
One Woman who has Been . Lady b
Found Willing to Do Homework.

New York Corrsspondsnce Boston oaastss.
IL u said that there never vas o time when
there we're 90 many women out of employment
Is at the present; not only servants, but gov
ernesses, saleswomen, and the like AZ one
intelligence CD Office alone there were three
hundred applications for work 10 half-s-aosen
applications for servants Beside these regular
intelligence Offices, there are ofsces connected
with charitable societies, where an excellent
class OF servants and nursery governesses are
registered. A friend Of mine went TO one of
these few days ago, and there, sitting among
the queens Of the kitchen. was q veritable lady
Her attire was much palmer than that Of the
women about her, but it was unmistakably the
attire OF lady. Her long newmarket fitted
kid gloves. On her head she wore a
modest-looking bonnet, unadorned with
feathers or flowers, which was more than
could be said Of the others, and. altogether. she
looked so entirely out of place that my friend
could not help looking at her more than once.
She saw that she was observed, and colored to
the roots Of her hair. Turning to the woman
in charge, my friend asked. why is that lady
sitting among the servants?' Because she Is
looking for a servants place." was the reply.
She wants to do general Homework. without
noticing my friends astonished expression,
but she says that she had to do something,
and that the only thing she really knew any
thing about was Homework. She has been liv-
ing out. and the lady she lived with brought her
here herself. so she could explain the matter.
treasure, and she never would have parted
with her but that she is breaking up house
keeping" did you ever have such o case
before?" asked my friend 1--WE have often
had women who had never lived ont apply
to Us. but never one who so unmistakably had
seen better days" can hardly wonder when
I read in the papers of the suicide Of lonely
women out of work and without any prospect
Of getting along. One such poor creature
blew her brains out at the Grand Union hotel
only the other day. She was a teacher of
French, but she could get no pupils, and the
outlook was SO dreary that she had not the
courage to face it. If you want to see what the
supply is put an advertisement in any of the
daily papers, and you will have to hire post
bag to carry home your answers. knew Of
an excellent maid who. wanted place. 90
looked over the daily papers to see II any one
was advertising for such person. found
one such advertisement, and sent the girl to
answer it. well" said I, when she returned,
what luck?' None, of course" she replied.
bs sre1 Oft s aas snsn
front Of the house, on the steps, and in the
hall. thought then that was a fool to have
left the old country" I thought at the time
that she was. too.
have friend who is secretary of chari-
table society, and she sometimes tells me Of
the cases of distress that come TO her knowl-
edge. She comes more particularly in contact
with the better class Of girls who come here to
get servants places. I do not know that am
any more tender-hearted than another, but
don't think that could stand such q constant
drain upon my sympathies as she has to endure
She says that she doesn't want any one outside
of her society to come to her with their woes,
for she is filed to the brim with those she en-
counters in the line of her business
And yet, Notwithstanding the overcrowding
of the intelligence Offices. every steamer brings
new load from all quarters Of the globe, who
still regard the United States as Ell Dorado.