Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-03-28
DOMESTIC SERVICE.
DIFFICULTIES THEREIN WHICH
MUST BE UPROOTED.
THE ONE EMPLOYMENT IN WHICH THE
'LABORER OWNS NOT \ MOMENT OF
ME-PRIVILEGEs AND RIGHTS.

Most women will tell you that their
maids make demands unsuitable to their
station in life, and that with every COM
fort supplied them, kindness and consid-
Grafton constantly shown them, they ex-
bibit anita gonism and ingratitude toward
their EMPLOYERS Few of them are faith
full few of them well trained, none OF
them equal to the emergencies of house
keeping without constant supervision
Yet whatever the fault of the individual
servant may be, she can find employment
usually with little difficulty and wages
out Of all proportion to her worth Inc
demand for good services being larger
than the supply, this state OF things Is
likely to grow steadily worse until the
remedy is found, and the discussion OF the
problem is general, though the different
theories evolved are always ignored when
the housekeeper finds a ssrvant she can re-
tain and no effort is continued against
the next emergency. Women are suffering
keenly from this state of things, and their
sufferings will increase until they are
forced to make a steadfast effort To ma
the root of the difficulty.
1t is the one employment in which ev-
ery part OF the laborcr 5 life, night ana
GaS Is uA'e.o1 stie 49, ,,or+joo of
There Is no hour OF tlhle' no POI l4o'' "a
space, that belongs to the employee.
kind mistress may accord them priTlleges
but lntelilGeh'' SCI fesIeN'i"9
quire rights.
IN almost an! o''i't uue'i,N9 ,to
ployee Is abIs 10 TURN Aet pNeh ". ~
scene OF her lapors "4leh ti4e
day Is Nnlshea, anu 'he roniaiAI.'s IN -
l.. no, hot no Z Is n
her own. II may DC 'Iia' '"e - - 49,.
reasonably snort the sun out4atAes 90
pleasant but tAe! are tHe 49, p ,l,a.
ty OF the "efhtF' anu s"e -
there Is Always pos! e.ia' -,
ability VIII secure hlsntr pa! aitN Inv az
leisure giving her greater oppot e"t't'' 40
that pursuit Oh happIutss "'iloI4 40 ~.
most precious rleh'' anu "4'iot' ~ "a '''''
includes social intercourse
domestic service aiOhe aeL4ea us - = ~,
Good housekeepers DO not desire or "l'oW
their servants to ENJOY III ID their ioii,es.
The women have no homes To "Htoh 'hes
can take friends, and II sulhclehtly Inter
nseht 10 ENJOY music 4ee' aies ttto Wv
and valuable conpaAlonshlp theS "ouio
not be allowed TO avail themselves ol ''e
privileges. Ii they are not lAtet4Iscut as
have already SAID, they cannot renew
housekeepers Il the pressure aI4aer N"'o"
they are sinking
One constantly hears condemned the uc-
mands OF the servants Tor oppoteuhi'4oS ~
indulge tastes out OF keeping with 'H'ti
/ positions. ct no aspiration WHEN Is
/ elevating in tendency should be out OF
keeplng with any pOs4NIOH' HS A4>'i4's7
system makes any desire Tor intellectual
cultivation seem inappropriate women
will get 10 relief from thelr QlLhcut!ts
until they recognize that such d S!steIh Is
radically wrong w hen reviewing tne
matter they steadily refisse TO see thal tAe
change must ne from the foundation anu
that none Of t.ie eXpediehts proposed louch
the root Of the d~hlculty. At present II the
true cause i brought to thelr hotice the!
Immediately explain now the detalIS Oh
their lives are such that no change' uhuer
I any circumstances, can pos7lpiy DE llaue'
{ ignoring, as all unframed minus IhslsV oh
doing, the fact that II the principe Oh a
system be correct the details Will slowly
work out Alright otherwise no amount Oh
ability in landing detail Will avail IN the
long run.
Evolution must always be SLOW ana
gradual, and should women make con
certed movement to Tree domestic service
from those conditions which now put
years before they could hope to place 1t on
basis that would induce women OF
reason and intelligence TO enter IL IN large
numbers In the end the housekeeper
relief must come through such change
and her only choice lies between fastening
or retarding 1t,
For her TO consider whether or not she
likes the form or change proposed is sense
less, for whether sha0eslres IL or not there
is ample indication that 1t must come
One mistake many woman makes IN
thinking OF this altered plan OF house"orh
is to imagine that all the detalis OF hei
effort must be radical changes from lhi'
present system. she recognizes that solht
of the work must be planned on a CO
operative basis, and the conditions oil CO
operation preclude her ih9ulslhs III Ger
tain personal eccentrlcltles Oh taste so 'ha'
she rebels against the experiment But i
the word " concentrated We're SUBSTITUTED