Telegram-herald., 1890-03-24
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face or notably sweet serene. whole
some intelligence. with broad forehead
and smooth blonde hair. She talked %
big club. which includes mahy we'll
known women, one day last week
on " Domestic SoYice. With ss-
peclal reference 10 the Nsssar
questions. which. as many house
keepers throughOut the country
know, have been scattered broadcast in
the hope that shs answers when col
lated may supply reliable statistics
bearing on tho ever perplexing ser
want girl problem" which Is SO vexa-
tious in the country, because all she
girls are drawn OF 10 the city, which Is
so tryiag in the city because all the
girls 70 into the factories, which IS SO
ins0lubls in the South because there is
no foreign element and so annoying in
the North because NO haven't the
negro, which drives one 10 despair in
the East because all the girls go West
which reduces one 20 frenzy In the
West becaase all the girls stay East.
which makes California purgatory be-
cause OF The Chinese, which is 50 bad
everywhere except in California because
We have 10 exist without Chinese aid
and which brings gray hairs and wrink-
les prematurely To one woman In every
twelve.
Miss salmon told her hearers that
when Mrs. A goes into the country and
pays her girl, whom she doesn't need
again until October, Sis month TO come
back 10 her in the fall. while Mrs. B.
discharges her girl in April and offers
Mrs. A. S girl go per month at the close
o. the summer vacation, as she can very
well afford 10 do. having been for the
warm season under no wage expense at
all; when Mrs. c. pays full wages to a
l5-year-old girl because the girl has .
mother dependent on her, although she
does only half work and does not do II
we'll; when Mrs. ID. pays one wage TO a
girl who is expected TO make deserts,
give table service and do cham Der work.
and Mrs L. pays the same, although
she does her own fine cooking,
exscts no table service and re-
quires her daughter TO attend TO
the chambers when Mr.. F., for
lack of competent native help"
goes TO Castle Garden and employs .
greenhorn not three daysin the country
at a high figure TO be the sole attendant
on his wife, who is an invalid, and five
children on their journey TO Kansas
City, while Miss g., who has q genius
for housework. teaches school In spite
OF the fact that cooks, in Eastern cities,
receive 81 so per week on an average,
which, plus S. to be added on account
OF board and washing. makes a larger
sum than the average salary of school
ma'ams in Philadelphia or Buffalo !;
when all these things are matters OF
everyday experience it is not merely a
succession of personal annoyances which
is in question, but a mum Der Of economic
principles.
Then the whole flower garden Of
bonnets swayed and nodded on It's
stems, and there went round smile
and rustic until you would have
thought brisk spring breeze had
found its way in at the window, and in
another minute would fiutter the wings
of the iewelled butterflies and swallows
and scatter the rose petals in the sun
shine.
Then silence fell. There may be
good time coming" broke in little
woman, blithely, my cook reads Rus
kim"
And mine came upstairs yesterday
to borrow my Tennyson. She had got
into dispute with the second girl over
something in 'Locksley Hall"
Il believe" said recently married
woman. that all the trouble com es
from not having definite agreements
with girls Suppose II were to be set
down on paper just what was to be
done, what should be received for it,
how many hours work day should be
expected. and what should be the ar
rangement as TO free time" There was
a blush and quaver at speaking
right out in meeting"
''Can you set any hours when there
are children" 1t was a still small
voice and the bride sank back in her
chair.
When I was in England last sum
NOR" said a tall women with dark
hair and three glowing roses pinned on
her gown. II opened my eyes to sec
the servants file in for evening pray
ers My hostess had house in London
OF ordinary size. her husband and ono
child made up the family, and they did
not entertain; but there WAS the cook
and the kitchen maid. the parlor maid
and the chsmbermaid. the nursery
maid. the butler. the second man, the
coacbman, the footmsn. and general
utility boy. They strung along one
whole side OF the room. And yet there
was no washing done in the house
sven the servants wash was sent out
side and all the bread WAS had from the
bakers The highest usge paid was
$50 year. the lowest flo. tall seemed
very cumbrous. but tie machinery
worked beautifully
The English have Just "a much
trouble "a We DO. spoke out rosy
woman in LITTLE velvet bonnet with =
bride under be- dimpling chin. I've
been a good deal in England and nearly
always in such a way "a 70 enter int
the family life and know thstour trials
are only theirs iEht over again. except.
indeed. thst orr cooks don't get drunk
80 often as theirs, and just because ve
have fewer servants re hsvs less
trouble IN keeping peace in TIE family
Besides the eKrense OF feeding such
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