St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-09

the treatment Of "The Lack Of
Good Servants undeterred by all
the discussion that has been Civ
it to SO little of good results.
She suggests schools for tile training
of servants both in the art of house
work and in the moral sense, to the end
that the obligations of engagements
may be faithfully discharged Incl
dentally she suggests that the miStreSseS
also need training III civility. kindness,
consideration, humaneness. She strikes
the main difficulty of the problem in the
perfect service in a republic" The
same social ferment which makes
every girl look forward to
mansion and couch as not being be-
You'd her possibilities permeates all
classes. Every hand is on the next up
per rung o. the ladder, waiting with
more or less of patience for a chance 10
mount it. When opportunity no longer
opens door at every step, when the
heterogeneous becomes homogeneous,
when the conditions OF life become
stable and reStful, then. and then only,
will the perennial servant girl question
find its natural solution. But before
the housewives of to-day there stretches
long vista of trouble in the kitchen.
Only two causes, thinks Charles
Stewart Smith. president OF the New
ork chamber of commerce, have saved
the country from the panic which few
months ago seemed upon us. the pru-
dence of business men in getting out and
keeping out of debt, and the remark
able coincidence of large crops here and
short crops abroad. THE industrial
and commercial establishments of the
country are on sound. conservative
basis. There is no inclination toward
speculation. and they are more cautious
than usual in mourning Obligations" He
finds the textile industries fourishing,
except the WOODEN and WOrSted, the
huctustion in which he attributes to the
effect of the tariff. He lamentS as HUI
initiation the fact that the Canadian
road carries the cotton fabrics OF New
England to China because the Pacific
Mail is not subsidized. He OverlOoks
the other probability that it NAV be this
cheaper carriage which makes possible
the sale of our cOttOns in China in COM
petition with English looms The state
ment, too, made upon trustworthy au-
thOrity," that MIR. Carnegie'S group OF
corporations were phenOmenaIly pros
porous" in 1890, appears i'll harmony
with what experience has taught us
when read i'll connection with the re-
cent statement of reduction Of wages in
this same group.
Naturally he considers the coinage
question. He regards as significant the
fact that recently loans on Wall street,
payable in gold, were made at ~ per
cent, while those payable in currency
commanded per cent. Gold will sell
at premium when importers and for
eign bankers believe that it is probable
IN the near future that check drawn
upon bank i'll New York will not be
received in payment of a bill of eX-
change drawn on London" Already so
sensitive is the feeling that lit would
be deemed an unfriendly act on the
part of any national bank to send half
million greenbacks to the assistant
treasurer for redemption i'll gold COIN"
1t is seventeen years ago, says Justin
Mccarthy, since he wrote for an Amer
lean magazines an article on The
PetticOat i'll English Politics" Now
he contributes one on women in
English Politics." The difference in
the title measures accurately the
change in the relation of women to the
politics Of that country, he says. Then
it was through her influence on men,
HOW IL ID iiJlOuSl ilCi lIluutuCC OH Tue
discussion of public questions IN which
she takes an ever increasing part.
Then she used the salon as her forum;
now she uses the hastings, the platform
and the press. Then she was the sub
merged half. now she holds some
offices and is demanding others; then a
speech by woman on public question
was heard as Il curiosity, now it
is commonplace. The Primrose league
is one of the striking developments of
this evolution OF women. 1t is CON-
posed of Tory ladies who have relegated
the men to second place and who make
speeches, conduct campaigns, canvass
for voters, work at the polls. get the
electors out to vote and organize the
election arrangements. The Liberal
ladies are not behind their Tory sisters.
Il think woman Is coming forward be-
cause she has SOneShing to say which
she feels ought to be said. This Is the
strictly legitimate influence of woman.
1t is not the influence of the petticOat.
1t is the intelligence of the woman COM
ing to help the intelligence of man"
He has no fears that this Will unseX
women. Nor has he any apprehension
that female suffrage will ruin the en-
pire. p. j. S.