The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-25

tress, and that is the reason why many
| of them are spoiled and unfit for the
station in life in which they have been
! placed. If the miStreSSeS would but set
! a good example to their hired women
and remember that they are response
BILE for a great deal, then the servant
will have no silly ideas of fine ladies,
| but will be good, true women, whose
minds will be healthy and who will I'M
derStand that no calling which is hon
| est is beneath US, and remember that
| when we think our position is below us,
| then we are below our position. Ii this
! fact was taught the servant girls by
the women who employ them, then a
reformation would take place that
| would Stagger US.
Let the new woman who clamors so
loudly to vote give just a little of her
attention to this question. wonder how
they would get along in household mat
/ terS If their servant girls would sud
denly rise up and demand so much
time for attending q WOman's suffrage
club, so much time in which to vote, and
so much time in which to electioneer? 1t
is the woman who has nothing to do or
to keep her at home who is preaching
suffrage just now, and who is trying to
make those women who have always
| been faithful wives and good house
keepers dissatisfied with their lot.
| / 40 not mean to convey the idea that
l am not in favor of the advancement
OF women. l am in all ways that will
make her a good wife and good mother.
4 mother should understand the affairs
! of State so that the sons she brings up
will be men of whom the United States
will be proud.
! A woman is mans equal mentally;
morally she is his superior; but as
race she is not his equal physically.
Women have been downtrodden for
ages and it must be remembered 1t is
not the servant girl alone who suffers
| in this way. They are opposed by men
who are afraid they will realize their
strength and some men would make
! slaves of all Womankind if they could
But they cannot, and woman Is at I'D
! erty to choose any profession she likes,
| but let the men take care of the politics.
1t is a filthy pool; let them revel in it
and be happy, and let the women look
to her unfortunate sisters. There is
something that she can do, and do well,
if she has a mind to. Let her begin in
her own household and teach the women
there that to save a soul is greater
than to reign over a kingdom. Let her
teach her servants that we are all chill
dren of one great mother, shopgirl,
chambermaid and all are one in the
great ocean of life, and it is only the
THINKER IDdC makes us dIAd VIC
all can think well if we wish
Some men are possessed with the idea
| that girls who work in store earn
great deal less than those girls working
! in families Some, to be sure, earn less
but as a rule those girls have homes
and are not expected to pay very much
toward their board and lodging.
The pay for the average servant girl
is SO per month; you will find few fam
| there q
many of them, and washing to be done.
| She has one night off, and a very good
mistress Will give her an afternoon, and
allow her to sit in the dining-roOm when
her work is done. To be sure she has
her board and lodging, but what chance
| for advancement has she? AL girls are
not ambitious to marry and keep house
| for a man.
| In a store a girl starts in on 81 per
week She has many opportunities to
advance if she is bright and capable,
! and she comes in contact with the
world, and people speak to her respect
! fully. Who among us would not better
ourselves if we could?
| II a girl who is in a kitchen thinks she
can better herself by being in store,
let her go in a store, Men are the ones
who harp most upon this question, and
as they have never worked in a kitchen
| they are incapable of judging of its ad-
yantages and disadvantages. Some
women understand their duty toward
| the rest of their race, and set an eX-
ample that is worth following, but these
women are not numerous, and no Won
der the servant girl gets indignant when
she realizes that she is better than her
mistress, and it would be well for many
of them to demand reference as to the
| character of the woman whom they are
| to serve before they enter her employ.
Many a good servant is spoiled by
worthless mistress.
| Let a woman choose the profession
that will bring her the most happiness.
| If she is happy as servant, let her be
servant; if she is happy as a business
woman, let her be a business woman.
And as long as she is suited, whose af-
| fair is it? Because a woman can earn a
| few dollars more in a kitchen, she will
not stay there if she is dissatisfied with
that life Money is not the only object.
| She is looking for advantages to sue
| coed, such as cannot be found while she
is in the employ of woman who treats
| her as a slave as a great many women
treat their help.
Still there are many men who will not
be convinced that Mr. Gardner is cor
rect and to those / would say: Go and
work in a kitchen seven days in the
week Take one night off, and all the
contempt and GOODNESS that is given
you, and pay for everything you break,
/ and learn to tell falsehoods and have a
thousand different follies thrust before
you every day, and if at the end of two
| weeks you don't understand why a
woman who has her living to earn pre-
! fers a business life, you deserve to be
/ thrown in the river and left to drown.
LOU E. DRINKALL.