Telegram-herald., 1890-03-24

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Its ,srs necessary. aided another
m.troz - kRes how 20 SO every - lng
yourself; yopr servants respect yos
80 u och more ] remember eHos my
cOSk asked ae how ! wished her - pre-
pare = certain article You make u
y0ur way. ! told her. and II ] aon
ike H. FL sho- y0u my way Then /
ran for nv cook book, for ] was ashamed
10 let her know ! couldn't answer her
question
lis it necessary for wenen ~ know
how 20 perform every task IN The house
holdg" asked a woman with . smooth.
white forehead and little trensl IN
her voice. as II she were afraid she
were giving utterance 10 . heresy.
think I've done as one time OF another
everything about a house that needs
doing. from tending the furnace 10
mending the chimney where II Gomez
out on the roof. bus often
think We ought 10 DO able 20
get shings SO systematired that it
wouldn't be essential for . woman, ks
her establishment grows on her hands,
~ know how herself 70 manage every
small detail The employees OF q bush
ness man respect him none the less be-
cause ne wouldnt perhaps Dc .
complete success st running the
elevator or selling goods over the
counter or arranging an artistic win
dow decoration. II his business is large
enough. so that he needs 10 employ
subordinates. he doesn't expect 10 DO
called on 10 throw up his other engage
ments 10 go on tour with the drummer
10 show him how 10 take orders or 70
instruct the woman 10 whom he lets
out the making OF shirts in the N manage
ment of her sewing machine"
I'm afraid, said a sweet serious
faced woman that we are not always
quite honest about recommendations,
and so bad girls can get places about AS
easily as good ones. A lady came 20
me once about u cook. said all the
good | could about her. Oh. I'm so
glad. said the lady, she'll be q
treasure.
"'But you're not going 10 take her on
my recommendation p
"'Of course, you're giving her a
lovely character
But you haven't asked me her
faults
What faults has she p
"'She drinks.
"'Oh, / wouldn't have her now fol-
anything"
But / would. All the rest have
told you is true. and If you are warned
about her failing you may not have any
difficulty
''She did take her and got three
years splendid service from her. Then
the girl got intoxicated in the house
one day and had TO be removed by q
policeman.
Sometimes I think IL would be Z
good thing" said a woman who 10 IN
terested in working girls clubs, 81
servants would organize. That tend.
TO self-respect, I am sure. One win tel
I was in little manufacturing towr
where the working people gave a ball
They invited everybody except the
cooks; but there they drew the line
Domestic service is regarded as de-
grading"
'Oh. but caste distinctions are toe
funny" said a merry voice that pre-
supposed a twinkle in the eye. 81
know woman in actual want who re
fused to answer note calling for q
washerwoman, because she was not
addressed as laundress. "Twould a
looked SO putty she said, on the en-
yelope.
Something is the matter with us.
said somebody very clearly and earn
estly. 'ff we regard the work of our
families as ennobling when we do il
ourselves, but menial when we pay
for having 1t done. l know a lovely
woman who can't understand why q
girl whom she had always treated
kindly chose TO leave her service and
20 for smaller wages into her husband /.
factory. Would you prefer l once
asked her, your son 70 marry q girl
from your kitchen or one from the mill?
why, if | had to make such a choice
I'd take the mill nand.' | know an in.
stitution for the training OF girls wher,
the matron recommends any employ
ment rathar than domestic service. I,
has been her experience, she says, th a,
the girls who have gone out to servic,
have been put TO sleep with old cooks
OF doubtful morality or have been made
to feel their flesh and blood OF such a
different order from their MISTRESS
that they have come back, when out Of
an engagement, with self respect low
cred We've got to honor the worker
II we want her 10 take to work kindly.
Cant ne co-operate?" asked brown
eyed girl.
"Oh. but we are being urged con
stantly to maintain individuality in ou,
dress" answered handsome. high bret
matron, why is it nos just as necessar,
in our homes How can all thes,
schemes for cooperative Housekeeping
with meals prepared at common cen
ter be carried out when things that ST,
sent in from the outside always taste a,
IL they had all been cooked in the sam,
kette2 No: every womsn's house II
her castle and she must have liberty I,
develop her own ideas
Yes" said quiet little woman
who had not before spoken, but ws
waste coal enough. every one OF us. Z
cook meals for six families ! DON
believe IL men were put In our place:
they'd do our work in such mediRva
WAYS And it's the servant girl cues
ton that's the matter With marriage
A young man. newly married, came .,
ne 70 ask about waitress ! recon
nended Der warmly. Why, said he
I diin't suppose the-e vsrs any sucl
good servants nowadays I'd hsv,
married Eve years ago II I had supposec