St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22

slept their numerous sisters who
sneaked into the house and pantry with
out my Invitation or knowledge. j
have forgiven them for stealing, de-
stroying valuable property. for filling
the kitchen with strange men and
women, for negleeting the ire, over
sleeping, lying and gadding about at
unreasonable hours, and, In fact.
have exercised all the Christian
virtues in their behalf. In
word, have treated my servants just as
/ wonId treat nv own children. and
have never yet seen one who seemed
the least grateful. or who seemed TO APP
preciate what had been done for her;
and those who | most befrieDded have
treated my confidence outrageously. In
fact, have had girls who have left me
because they could possibly get % cents
a week more than | could give them.
As rule, they are an ungrat eful set.
and we ought to form trust or conf
bination of some kind in order to COM
pei them to treat us fairly"
IL fully agree with the last speaker"
said tall. angular, pleaSant-faced lady
of possibly twenty-nine. "Whlle have
had but five years of housekeeping ex-
perience, have learned that the more
you do for your girls the baSer will be
The other day hired, at s. per week,
Swede glrl, who said she could cook,
wash, iron and do many other useful
things about the house. The day after
her arrival she was taken sick and re-
manned in her b q three weeks.
DID HER WORK,
nurSed her. paid the doctors bill and
the aDothecary's account, and. In addi-
ton. paid her wages. What do you
suppose she did a week later? Well,
the baby was sick. my husband was
away and | was in peck OF trouble
generally, when the uRgrateful girl told
me she would have to leave, as her
brother wanted her to visit him out in
Dakota to assist in the harvesting. Off
she went, and, thank heaven, have not
had a girl since"
The Chair think we have had a suf-
ficiency of talk on this subject. Let us
put our views in practical shape, and
for that purpose the chair will appoint
a committee of three to put in form q
declaration of principles.
While the committee was at work the
committee held a conversational on the
mOmentOuS question. After the salads,
sandwiches and tea the gathering was
called to order. The committee, through
its golden-haired and bluP-eyed chair
man, then read the Declaration of indie
peDdence, as follows:
Whereas. The housekeepers of st. Paul,
through their representatives here assembled,
have watched with painful solicitude the en-
croachment or domestic labor upon our
Kitchens, pantries, and, in fact, most of the
house, and
Whereas, We have from time, without date,
acted only as angels could act, notwithstand-
ing the insolence and indiguities thrust upon
Us by said servant girls, and
Whereas. Patience has ceased 70 be q vir
tue kindness and affection mockeries and
Throwing pearls before swine" prod uces
q well known result, therefore be 1t
Resolved. That we do hereby agree to en-
foil ourselves III q mutual protective society,
whose object shall be the elimination Of the
unworthy servant girl from our service. and
the employment OF only those whose char
acters and actions have been. and continue
to be, above FeDToach.
Resolved. That the name Of this organiza-
ton shall be known as the Domestic Pro-
tective Society of st. Paul. its object being TO
reform kitchen and household abuses gen.
orally, in SO far as the female servants are
Concerned.
At this stage of the proceedings, a
bright. pert miss, who said that while
she was not married, yet she kept
house for Pa" objected to the name of
the society. as she feared the public
would think it was
CONTROLLED BY DoMEsTICsi
She would, therefore. suggest House
holders Protective society,"" and mo-
ton of that character prevailed.
Before the motion to adopt the pre-
amble and resolutions is passed upon,"
said the chairman of the committee, Il
desire TO say in behalf of my colleagues,
that in their opinion the results of this
meeting WILL be far-reaching. Let
me explain: The st. Paul Householders'
be considered the parent of other
branches, all leagued together for the
protection of our homes from the van
dalS who threaten its destruction. When