Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02
AN UNBIsGEp CONDITION.
Suggestions From Fort Worth as the Best
Methods for RcadJus; ment.

Suggestions From Fort Worth as to the Best
Methods for REIMBURSEMENT.
As this space in the Sunday GAZETTE
IS especially devoted TO women, il Is the
wish Of tie editor OF this department
that the ladies rather than herself shal!
occupy il
Rruders may remember In last week s
issue lending article, 'H-lping House
keepers The design of the article WAS
TO pave the way TO securing u cOnrensus
OF housekpepers opinions on the vexed
question OF domestic service, and II pos
sible, reach practical suggestions for
curing al evil that not only exists, but is
telling upon the nerves and strength OF
wives and mothers in compelling them to
carry all the burdens of maternity and
home nakiug.
No man in any business expects to fill
MI places, aud is rs unreasonable to ex-
pect woman TO he phys cally able for
oil that cevolves upon housekeeper.
What is desired in this discussion Is
hrevity and concIseness, In ord er that as
many different ideas as possible may be
presented. Ali ladies who read TIE
GAZETTE IN town or country and have
experienced these difficulties and have
thought out any wav of removing them
or m iigGtiug the hardness of the lines of
modern Lousekeeper are invited to
send TO the editor of the Ladies De-
partment" their views. 1t is necessarily
thot the rule OF writing only on one size
Of the paper be observed All other de-
fects can lie easily remedied.
-.
One Of the many bright md thought
full women OF Fort Worth has prefaced
statement OF her views as follows. She
too, is bookirg for u Moses:
"The minds of the svmpathetic, char
itably inclined women OF Fort Worth are
now turning towards an nmeIiuratiou of
the condition OF those around them, who
may be in need of their help. Homes for
the unfortunate are being established in
various parts OF our city. This, there
fore, seems lifting moment to present
suljeCt for thoughtful consideration
tina: has been worn thTpadbare in dis
cussion, but just so much the more in
need of 'mendIug.' The articles sub
mitted belo" and from the pens OF some
OF our most intelligent experienced
housekeepers are written in answer 10
the following interrogarives:
l. Is the domestic service of Fort
Worth out of hinge?
2. II il IL out OF hinge how do you pro-
pose 10 put It on its proper hinges again?
1utse IHltIGOHullFtS were originated,
not simply to afford intellectual pas;ime,
but with the hope that some practical
plan for n solution of the vexed problem
might grow out OF discussion of this |
most pressing. this most important dues-
ton OF the day. Yours perprtunly,
lS EGYPTIAN BONDAGE.
Metnphysic'uBs tell us that the soul OF |
woman IS aroused, her sympathies en- |
listed ana her hind charitably extended |
toward the individual and never toward |
the class. A neighbOr in distress ap- |
penis 10 her womnniy instincts; she |
spends whole Days, and even nights, in /
tending and solaciug the sick one Her
laind is microscopic; she does not sweep !
the heavens with telescope view.
Man, on the other hand, perceives
that community, an entire people, is
suffering from eOme dread disease, it /
may be malady either of body or OF
mind. lie organizes societies, assocla-
lions, clubs. and seeks by united
effort TO Hmellorate the condI-
lion OF those in distress. Our
Farmers Alliance. our Union Labor as
eociatlons, our clubs composed OF
butchers, or bakers, of caudlestick
mukers' show the tendency of mans
mind 10 solve the great labor question in
the reCogr zed masculine way. One
scans the ,-apers i'll vain to discover il
women are undertaking TO meet brHvely
and intelligenuy the domestic service
problem thnt branch of the great labor
question which II seems to the writer
must rerioT,s he solved 10y her and bv
her alorp. Some few thoughtful women
in the Eastern states wide the historical
soc ETY. OF uiumnae of Nassa: coIlege) are
gathering opinions; statistics by compnr-
ing which they may formulate some
theory as TO the diff, u!ties viewed from
the standpoint Of mistress aud of maid.
Women hns beel tryinl; tho feminine
method Of dealing with this matter for
score of years or more. mud the laSc lus-
trurl has brought Us no nearer IL solution
thnn the first. Suppose women adopt
tactics tor u brief period OF |
time.
In reply TO the intPrrogntive, els the
domestic service in Fort Worth out OF
hinreP' | would respectfully request
the luteTrog0-ur 10 listen to the walls
that ascendS 10 heaven when the servant
question is Mt any time Inadvertently
As 10 the process of rehinging, in that
good time coming, al era when the mil
ienium will heGiu TO dawn and public
under system OF compulsory
education, Will train all pupils, white and
blr"k, in the necessary domestic arts,
then we shall at least not have occasion
10 complain OF each o: training on the
part OF servants. That factor, ineffici-
ency, which now enters, and cannot be
ignored in any consideration of the pres ,,
ent condition OF domestic service in Fort
Worth. The general culture that educa-
lion will thus bring TO the masses will
-aIa AZ of J {
rom the odium that now certainly at
aches 10 il.
Until this time shall appear, IN want =,
II u better plan, should propose an or
,auization of housekeepers 10 effect an |.
organization tina: most certainly exists
among our domesgcs employees. The Sc
'ret boycott is used by them against GER
ain housekeepers in our town, prices are ,
egulated, terms ARE dictated. Then let
Is organize, dear sisters, let US organize.
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