The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-07
Do1Nos OF WOMEN FOLK
,,,,o+ Goes on in Midwinter IN the
" La World of Women.


,.-,. YORK. Feb. 2.--The Vassar girls
W tactical set. They have attacked
sFs arohlsm Of all problems, the servant
'l'' ,,a.tiaD I have before me as write
e'' - tveptv-four questions which the
s SCI IS &c sending to hOusekeepers. l
class o.,ostad to answer, how many ser
al Laen what wage pay them, what
van,s &c reGured of them, what special
We. 't.,os a. the use Of sitting room,
PRIV. GIadroams, etc Igrant them, what
s"- ssrvjce. excellent, good, fair,
sd' obtain from them, am paying
p'ol, or lower rates than last year, have
hsu33 il difficult to obtain good servants,
IoIDta rsuy what explanation of the diff
sH., nam can1 give, and how do think tue
c ,.t,. Nv can be lessened or remov edf
d',IIl,r..b inns circular letter comes another
might take to the kitchen to be
T sII II asks the yellow haired Swede who
Ne' there has she ever had any regular
p''',,,rrIert other than homework, can she
emp Taos5us why more women do not
g's bousework as an occupation, would
ere le', M homework and desert me il she
sn' another business paying equally
"g Tso,s is = third ret of queries addressed
.,ecbsrs. asking for information as to
Wtoois whch teach sewing or cooking or
t ,lr garden employnents.
Tina Ta.sar girls, it is needless to say.
$40 no personal in crest in me or my yell
haired Swede They aro after statistics,
Fon,. figures with which this practical
-s.ars+ron marches to the assault of every
Ss.t1s Of despair If three or four thou
oanJ b.u>ekeepers fill out their schedules
,bsn NAV these college maldens collate data
T1r a scientific answer to the conundrum, is
marriage failure! They are unmarried,
mind YOU, less than year out OF school
snd psrsonally interested. To speak with
jne seriousness, domestic service is a sore
,oiot with American women, and if the
T,ssar girls meet with ready cooperation
skilled investIg atiOn may prove useful.
gERrlS A HUMBLE CONTRIBUTION
n the literature Of tue servant girl prob
lam II nairates with fidelity the remark
sbo adventure of young Brooklyn law
YER obo advertised few days ago, four
lines worth, for a work. z housekeeper,
wages SIS month, to take entire charge of
his usehold. consisting Of himself and g.
yasr.oM bow On the morning after his
four lines alpea ed he chanc to be late at
bjs office. u hat was his astOnishment to
find ball. elevator, upper passages and his
suite Of threa rooms blocked by women.
There were by count more than eighty of
them Some had been wa. ting two hours for
bis ARRIVAL many, so the ia itor said, had
come looked at the crush, deSpaire1, gone
away. The lawyer fel sudden shynes'
mcE as had never attacked him before a
iury a. he found himself obliged to stand
no and make $ little speech TO the crowd.
Re told tie assembled throng that in his
mezpalience lie had thought simply that
tao or three women might look in upon
him IN tie course Of the day. If a few
Tho felt su, Ct their qualifications would
leave their names and addresses he would
apologies for keeping hem waiting and bid
: EN- good dav Half the women saw the
OF TIE situation and went; forty
gave, o e by one, good American names in
intelligent American voices backing up
their fpplicauons by references to substan-
tal Am,r1c - families. Several offered
beside doj4g the house work TO assist with
music and French lessons in the education
Of tire swyer's child. He could have sup
piled himself, ne said, with a phalanx of
houseGeepers, any one Of whom would
have suite. him. When the last applicant
had been bowed out he turned to his desk
and found two stacks of let ers containing
applications, fifty lie ters in a stack. MAX
IN dde allowance for the women who had
gone before his coming, a single notice in
single parer had brought hum 200 women
out Of work, nearly all Americans. and all
eager TO enter domestic service. This Incl
dent Is within my personal knowledge. ard
Is told with literal exaCtitude. Oue of the
queries raised by the Vassar girls is easily
settled Why do not more women enter
domestic servlcei AnsHer: Because the mar
Aet IS giutted, IN the east, at least, already.
soROsIs is APPROACHING A CRISIS
in its history. O,e OF its rules, infexible
as the Ia of the Medes and the Persians,
'Ubds ire reelection Of a president for
more tnaa three successive years. Mrs.
lhonas has served out the full limit of her
time. Jennie June is can6idate for Office.
A faction in the club, of which Hester NJ.
Foo,s ls one Of the leaders, threatens open
revolt ami split in the association if she is
erected. there are few clubs of men which
make any attempt TO harmonic such di-
verse interests. It contains conservatives
and radicals. fasf ionables and hermits, all
SORTS and co ditiOns of women. Mrs.
Ih9mas seerel clear Of difficulties, but it
would not be surprising if the debate over
ler successor resulted in two clubs in the
room Of one before spring. That S0rosis
10" organized has served its purpose, ami
,'saL as well give place to something diff
!.l7Et is sentiment one often hears ex-
pressed these day.
RuMORS OF HEART BURNINGS
quo leaiousles between the little Fdtnt-
..' Us md voluble expression. 1t is hard
~ c4arge upon two unusually sweet-tem-
i3gge1 children a fault which belongs to
rIS burnett If to any one Bright little
-'onlMy Russell has hardly received fair
ky the part which has made bright
.'.y'e Elsie IL sizes fame It was the origi-
s s1i az arrangement that tie small actors
i + WIN. alternate in their Improvisation.
49, +,tg tIayed IN Boston and won Mrs Bur
i -,' n ueart. When 1t came Tom uy's turn
ro. W." OK he showed up In The green
"onul !" hHd little Elsie there before MIN.
i. ~ 10 my turn" said the boy. II know
dre'. ~ was sent for, y said the girl The
for y, goi them both really aod waited
.E -lrs. Burnetts arrival 10 decide vbic1
p'. vas really To go upon stage Mrs.
Dl nett dill no apnear NTH In, Whole
a slnY was assembled Then She made
- ''-f speech to Tommy bluutlv before
ii-s" aII The burden of It was II do not
, ,,as you, Tommy; Elsie shall D Az. - Tommy
, a., Guy 70 the heart. His boyish face oniv-
No. ",tn q brave effort be choked back
Isss ,OH' urned and rushed away. He had
m, 1iessly Inundated in the presence OF
mg,.r. '9uAS' since then he has PLAYED at
No,ot.5 only lie was almost heartbrok en-.
an. .I7H one spectator of the little scene
baf,r. Tue opinion that il would be long
4 'rr.., ue was again the same boy. Mrs.
c. -~. 10 Dh-le ting to luofiuca bar do