Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-02-22
WILMINGTON DELAWARE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ~ 1894

pressed with the idea that women have
tucks in their dresses and let them ont
or take them in as they may desire. He
will assert that ho knows well-dressed
woman when he sees her, and yet If he
is asked to select one from among
number, he will choose her who wears,
not q well-mado frock, not an absolutely
fashionable fruck, but frocI the color
of which pleases his eye. He has q de-
cided liking for silk, and vague idea
that silk frocks lasts forever, and after
your gown has come down to furnish
Innings and cover sofa pillows, lie will
wonder why you don't wear that pretty
blue silk that he always liked. That
you wore the silk for five years, and
that even ii ii were together now it
would be out of fashion means nothing
to him and he says, "W hat If il is out OF
style? 1t was pretty color, it was
good silk, and IL was ladylike." You
might talk until your face was the color
OF the silk, but you would never be able
to convince Lin that he was wrong.
There is one consolation in this, that if
man does criticize, women does not
dress for his benefit, That is to say, she
does and she doesn't, The general effect
is for him; the means used 20 gain that
effect are to beappreciated only by other
women.
THE BURDEN OF GETTING GOOD HELP.
A society has been formed in New
York for getting situations in the cOun-
try Tor those servant girls who are will
ing to leave New York. Personally, if
this country service would include II
course Of training with whip, for
one would be very well satisfied. l
have always maintained that the woman
VINO could not keep her servants had
something wrong in her makeup, but |
am willing TO take all OF that back. A
sitting Of one afternoon with friend,
who wished to get cook, convinced
me that while lie evil may exist in
some mistresses, 1t doesn't in all. This
lady gave to her cook good wages, and
a most comfortable room. well car
peted, warm, and quite rs well fur
nlshed as is the average room in
hotel, The maid she had for long
time was i'll and had TO 20 away, and
she faced the terrors, for they We're that,
that came from an intelligence office.
The first one to enter was a young
woman in II large hat with pale blue
feathers upon it; you noticed this first,
and afterwards you became conscious
OF pair of huge red hands, heavily be-
hinged. Looking down you saw pair
of miserable shoes with half the buttons
of. This young person, when she heard
there were only two in the family, said
that it wouldn't be lively enough for
her, but even after this wanted to re-
main and have little gossip. When it
was impressed upon her mind that it
was cook that was wanted and not a
conversationalist, she went out with her
feathers waving in the air, and an ex.
preston of indignation ON her face.
THE GIRL HAD A SWEETHEART.
The second applicant suggested that
she had just come out of the peniten-
tiary. She kept her eyes steadily on the
floor; agreed to do everything; said she
never wished to go out, and all that she
wanted was the privilege of having her
sweetheart come to see her at 10 o'clock,
as he was in business that would not
permit his getting away any earlier. She
was little shy about her references,
but eventually gave them. went with
my friend to look them up. We found
that the people we were sent to had
never even heard of her, and two days
afterwards we saw her picture in the
paper. She had gotten q situation the
week before, had let her sweetheart in
at the hour he wished to come, and he
was good enough to bring with him two
gentlemen friends. They took away all
the silver, presumably to clean it, and
the queen Of the kitchen accompanied
them with the intention, undoubtedly,
of overseeing the job. After this there
was a stream Of good and bad girls, of
impudent and polite ones; that is to say,
there was one polite one. And she was
so very polite that we felt there must be
something wrong with her. A pleasant
inquiry to her elected the fact that she
was just out Of the insane asylum. My
friend is still without cook, and l 20
and condole with her, and we both
wonder why some of the kindly societies
don't do something in the way of fur.
nishing New York with servant girls
instead of giving SO much attention to
the country. And then we ask each
other few questions.
SOME uNTRUTHFUL WOMEN.
Why will woman write that SER
want is good, capable cook, when this
hhoNieuSS VI Cunning CONSISTS IN Know
ing how to fry beefsteak and bake a
roast?
Why will woman give an undated
reference to servant?
Why will a woman say that Mary
Jones is sober, honest and industrious.
when she is dischargipg her for'drunken,
ness, doesn't dare to tell Mary Jones the
reason, and persuades Mary Jones into
the belief that she is going to break UP
housekeepingg Men don't do this sort
OF thing with the people they employ.
A bookkecper has to be very certain
of his ability before he can send his
new to his old employer. | think il
queer little fear, feminine bit of cow
ardice, that induces woman to write
down what she knows is not true. The
servant girl question will never be set
tied until the police take it in hand.
And by this mean until each girl has
a book in which she keeps the certif.
Gates OF her character, and one older
than three months will be counted
worthless. Not until her history from
the standpoint of honesty anu good be-
havior is written out and put in IL direc
tory. Then, perhaps, one Can believe
in reference. just now should doubt
one sent TO me by anybody unless it
were signed Ran