Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-02

was requisite for good service. II the
present trouble is not soon adjusted CO.
operative Housekeeping will be our alter
native. and IT remains TO be seen whether
We shall be subservient to the prpseu;
situation or adopt more practical plans
by mutual interchange of ideas upon
this vexiug problem. a. 5. r.
-.
The hiring and retaining of servants
has become difficult question through
out the whole country. Texas being
comparatively new state, it Is expected
TINT the lack of servants would be
greater than in older states. The nat
nrai inclination of girls to marry and
the greater opportunity for doing so in
newly settled countries explains to u
| great extent their scarcity. | have in
he last five years employed eight or ten
white girls, every one of them has mar
| rIed or were engaged. The scarcity ere
ateh by this and other causes naturally
Lends to u demand for higher wages.
AS supply and demand regulate prices
according TO their relative propositions,
! think employers ought to recognize the
fHct that this entities good servants to
high wages, and they should be willing
to apply this principle 10 domestic SER
vice. By paying better wages TO SER
/ wants we would. in my opinion, secure
more quickly than in any other way the
! desired effect. namely: To increase the
| supply of servants. After the demand
| has been met wages will, by the action
of this same rule. fall to u lower figure.
would suggest further that employers
| could by Offering n premium OF say 500
for four wears OF faithful service or some
similar Involvement, would increase the
qualities of faithfulness among them.
aud in short / may say, that think that
the only solution of the servant question
is the establishment OF mutually of
interest between mistress aud mad.
L. B.
In reply to your question. 'why this
almost universal cry of incompetent,
inefficient servants, - Will say that If
there existed that intelligent apprecia-
ton of the subject of domestic service on
the part of servant Us well as house
keeper as is manifest IN other concerns
which we dignity more important %
than housekeeping, | cannot help but
think that it would be q way out OF the
slough of despond in which Fort Worth
housek eepers find themselves.
In any commercial business, even in
those emUlOYmeuts i'll W DiCh the en-
plOyes are rs clnss uneducated, each
one knows and feels that the laborer to
be worthy of his hire must perform well
the service demanded of him or he will
lose his "hire, - and his place will be
READILY filled from an army OF willing,
competent men wiser than he. 1t ls an
exurtiug, over-brarng, grinding EN-
ployer only who must supply places made
M in I,,tS, Of
those who have failed everywhere else.
Amy ous Of the class who 90 out TO do
mestic service has sufficient Intelligence |
% understand this or can Certainly |
receive the medication of this |
principle, and l think that house, |
keepers should tram their servants in the |
routine of their work, instruct them |
when deficient in the proper execution |
OF their duties, AMI insiill into their |
minds that work must be well done and |
that "a servant who changes her home |
often runs the risk of being considered |
unsatisfactory.
This plan il carried out by only one,
two or even n dozen will, / think, avail |
but little, aud in order that any real
benefit can follow il he ladies of city
or community must be of one mind on
the subject. Certainly an organizing
thai would lead 10 unanimity of action
on tho part OF housekeepers who desire
10 nave goou service rendered for what
ever wages are Just, might secure per
manence ana capablllty that would give
comfort 1t nome ana satisfaction to the
emPloye aud the employer.
A. j. l..
=.
The labor question among men OF to-
a.
DAY has caused much thought, rs 10 what
are the best methods Tor the accomplish
ment on great schemes and FOR the I'D
vancement OF public enterprises.
Time anu money are daily thrown
nway by the employment or inefficient
service, an injustice TO both employer
aud empioye Is lie outgrowth; and now
woman in the field is perplexed for n So
luton 10 this same problem. Take the
majority OF modern servants anu what
have we? an eye servant. Wnges, how
ever. must 20 on no matter how wretched
The service.
win mind lifted for most any sta.
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)iten Deglectlng her duties rs wife and |