The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-08-29

care tIdI Is ulolIdClln2 anu us
tressihg. The larthest possible re-
move from these desirable condi-
tions is that of the mother Of
young children whose care and la
Dor tor her children is complicated
with the care of incompetent and
wastelul servants; whose daily
visits 10 her kitchen send her back
to her children disturbed and dis
tressed by the sight Of disorder,
uncleanliness, waste, and distruc-
ton which she is powerless TO rem
edy either by deeds or words;
deeds being impossible, and words
useless or worse than useless.
Let us not fail to note the fact
that neither mistresseS of house
h0r domestic servants are to blame
for the present inharmOniousness
Of the relation of mistress and ser
want. In he present condition Of
home life tins inharmony inheres
in the relation itself. Its favor
lie theory with superficial think
ers and observers upon this sub
ject, that The present difficulties
could be largely remedied if do
mesiic service could be elevated
and domestic workers be respect
ed and treated as members Of the
family. All such theorists ignore
the fundamental difficulty that the
home is the most exclusive insti-
tuition IN the wOrld-the happier
and The more refined the more ex-
elusive. 1t cannot tolerate the per
manent familiar intrusion into It's
daily life of any one, no matter
how good and how respectable.
Households may recognize and
admit The fact that those who per-
form household service for them
are just as good and perhaps better
than their own members; but that
is moi the question. Nobody is
wanted as tone of the family;
and to feel that the hou sekeeper
or domestic helper expects to be
admitted into the sanctuary of the
family sitling-rCOm, is to realize
the eternal inharmony of the pro-
posed relation. On the other hand,
considering the question from the
standpoint of The domestic SER
want, it is this very isolation and
from the life Of the
home, coupled with abridgment of
liberty and the lack of
association with others in the per
formance OF toll, that causes the
inseparable dislike 10 undertaking
household service. This is the am
swer TO The question so often ask
ed, why American girls will take
work in shops and stores and man
factories OF all kinds, where they
will endure all manner Of hard
'hips and live oD the barest pit
ance of wages, rather than go in
o comfortable, sheltered, domes-
ic service. Human nature moi
'nly yearns for companionship in |
Oil-yeS, and even IN mlsery-but |
/ longs also for absolute freedom
rom diclation and command, as
lsO for freedom from the yoke Of
oil, at stated periods. 1t is true
hat those who work in Organiza-
ions usually work harder and
ave their individual liberty much
lore despotically abridged during
lelr hours OF labor than the do
leslic servant; but the work and
are shared by fellow
Orkers, aud In this fact there is a
ivinely-ordaineG alleViati0n and {
1nsolalion, while the despGtism
lat rules them ceases absolutely
nth the close of working hours, |
nd then there is liberty. Not |
Yen surveillance or advice, after (
le gong rings. All these c0ndi- S
ons of organized labor are in ac-
Drdance with The fundamental de G
res of human nature, and no the q
" of lite and progress can ever t
,tain which conlravenes them. S
mersnn, IN his "Sovereignty of r
hics," says that "tlie inevitable q
es are always saDping the loun- f
lliOns of every institution built $
Jon a wrong" Once recognize f
e lacl that our present system of h
service is fundamentally i,
rong, wholly opposed 10 The splr- /
and law of development of our i
that its foundation is {
system of serfdom which of nee d
siiy crumbles in the ar of liber- h
and opportunity, and we shall {
gin 10 perceive from what dlrec- v
ln relief must come, and learn s
Nv 10 lay enduring foundations a
r the structure of that most prec- r
US of human institutions, the i
,me. '
How then can il be that The fu- 2
re housekeeping in the Ameri- i
N home presents any encOurag- I
Q aspectg IisimprOvement and c
lal perfection are coming about S
rough the progress Of the organ {
alton of domestic industry, and
rough radical changes in the 1
eihOds and appliances of house {
I'D work. In cities and villages
e kitchen aud cOoking-siove and Z
red girl are all 10 be banished /
nm the home. \
IN order 10 appreciate what has I
ready been done in this direc- 6
IN, make a nOle Of the numer- {
Is domestic Industries already I
snslerred from the home 10 the
ganizcd institution outside OF 4
e home. ClOihes making, soap i
aking. siarch-making, laundry d