New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-19

woyaH's pIsCovERf-THE pLLl'hl or F"NNl-
,xe-srRvANTs ONCE MoRE-FEAR OF THEM
WHAT 1T ENTAII.s-How A HOME
y,v BE TURNED INTO IoDG-
r>G-HOCsE FOR MIGRATE
FIJI HE'LL"
., .rd that there comes time when 1t behooVes
- ~ remember that youth Of seventeen
nv" ar thereabouts is a very sensitive animal
ee',so5 the pretty little mamma of tai. shy
reH" - more little anecdotes OF my Tom
81" ol escapades which ii used TO be such
lo, 20 me 10 talk about. or laughing over MS
r'S childish saysings, His lordship must on no
c''' 10 mentioned especially before himself
-. sond alluson to his deeds or aoili"es "
SH~ =, 10 discouraged at the time by pro'eh'o"s
,-oun and private ie''''' 90
has departed , MA, seams
Ia" md even rather absurd 10 their elders
o'Ls no allowance for the natural seil-coh-
.s.,s,ess and shyness Of young people ne ia''
t''" 20 ant 10 fancy themselves ana their AFFAIRS
!" =, fer more importance than they reaIl! are,
!" -oalz,nr. poor young things that the worio
10 90. seldom # ever. listens to any account Oh
Ao,,rs or at least. pays no attention 10
theh .,,s fond nrattle which causes them so
,.eir mother io"u P'
H.D" a. lack is wonderfully clever. said a
.ort who was seated at a dinner-taoie
w.. r,,bir oarshoi OF her agonized son, VINO mace
- Efforts 10 distract the attention OF MS laii
"'Aho-s Il am told by the professors at harvard
~. -. will be a remarkable man. why wheh ne
''N ..-v little bay he used to- etc. until
va INV fellow felt that he would ike TO shy
'H' p ,,,hi,e AZ the head Of his fond parent
20 ber simple condolences 10 the general pub
" .-,n,ci~c a hot sensation Of mortihcaton
=" an older man would have felt only tender
We FOR the love which prompted the foolish
talk
.u.,s rn,15.c-agcd maiden lady, who has
- ,ea-s Of pleasant living between the Drown
80 bopse Of her ancestors on Murray Hlh ana
-. divers fashionable watering places on lhe Az
~, eos, varied by frequent trips TO Europe.
r.roo,ked In a naive and pretty way the other oas
49,. she had experienced quite new sensation u!
,"-.,ng some climbing beans near the post OF a
i,,la norch belonging to cottage annex "here
eve had taken rooms for a couple or months 10
o. yro,, mad never planted anything before
49, said and It was strange TO see the dear
,,,e things come up-t was ike giving NE
~ ,cr realized before" continued the kind
,.,,stcr rather wistfully. what strange oeauu-
al miracle il is the continual resurrection una. Il
..nr ~, about Us and the transformation OF what
:. sroarenily dead into a lovely new existence,
y. o,,.rse knew things came up from seeds ana
,r s,, I have often seen them planted With
-. .,i,Li,0 about them one way or the other'
IN. I never thought especially about II until
,l,n,od hem myself and saw them one dtN purSt-
g.. ,nr,,,ch The brown earth-the very same seeds
,bs, had put into the ground myself Only ie"
dav. before Why felt Ike a creator
.pu, made one funny blunder she added
,errhinely when my nrst seeds came up the
49, saved Oh TOP Of the leaves. so thought they
I'D mad. a mistake and turned them over ana
,i.n,ed them again and then found out all the
others did exactly the same thing so cohciuueu
TIA, they knew the!r own business best ana ie'
them alone ! hope ! dd not XIII my hrs' Gear
,,,,e nurselines SIZE concluded. rcgTetfnlly but
never saw them again
woman who T. afraid Of her servants leads
v.rc.ched life and there IS tyranny more hu-
initiating than that exercised by certain class or
lampered menals over certain type OF woman
oddly enough the latter is usually person De
fore whom the rest Of the world trernbles' mart-
YET In her family and oftentmes an organizer and
manager Of various societies abroad, and yet this
imposing being quakes inwardy when she the
cloudy brow Of her cook coming for her matutinal
orders for the day. She detects the latent dscon-
tent apparent IN the wOmans short. aggrieved an
swers 70 propi,laory propositions about dinner
she would rather take any amount OF trouble her
self than sugg,s that it would be d great con-
yenience for once If Jane. the housemaid, could
lad decreed belonged properly to Mary. the
waitress Il is wcll-known fact that the more
servants there are the more apparently there Is TO
DO the harder Il IS 20 arrange the work 10 suit
the olgarchy of the servants hall
There must be a kitchen maid 10 wait on tho
cook and either scullery maid or woman by
tie day 10 tighten the labors OF the latter. while
FOR the homework and the dining--oom service the
same doubling up OF labor necessary 10
he Id
Enlistment more servants really kept 10 serve
the than the family, and ii is not unusual
10 fanny consisting OF man and his wife
with couple 0. children keeping ten twelve
servants The point seems 10 be where the serv-
ants cease TO serve their employers and the
latter begin 70 the servants. II not n actual
manual labor at least in worry and great expense
attendant upon the furnishing of food and incomes
10 80 large a contingent. who half the time
neither happy nor contented with what is given
them
u found" SAID an intelligent woman. who In
The course OF conversation on the subject had
suggested the above point Of view Of the situation
that / had for years actually kept free board
ts-house for a lot Of noisy Irish Biddies, and TO
this exalted aim and end I had sacrificed my health
sno spirits for years. Our establishment was a
large one and servants multiplied almost without
knowing why wherefore. and from mistaken
Of making things easy ! kept on increasing
ne number whenever an apparent need occurred
until say what with portioning out the work
settling their continual difficulties and providing
Tor their table. life became burden. and asked
myself seriously IL worth while. Finally, upon
'ehecton resolved 10 make a complete chahse
and a trip TO Europe having been decided upon Tor
'ae summer. ! decided TO dismiss every one close
me house and start fresh upon my return. when
thought carefully over my work and engaged just
ssuthciency TO do it well and no more. actually
half of my q
servants and as they always TOO busy 70 grum-
DE have peace and quiet and look back TO my
past slavery with wonder at my sinful stupidity
say sinful advisedly. for actually sacrificed my
husband and children. well az myself before
mis- juggernaut Of modern life yclept American
domestic service. ! was too tired and worn out in
'hose days to do my duty TO either"
HOW wise you were" exclaimed the friend 10
"hom she was speaking. land how few women
would have the courage 10 make radical change
III The household unless forced 10 do so by neces-
a'y preferrng the silly distinction of having foot