The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04

paid to make mistakes? And how is she
going to be made to understand that the
public, especially the feminine public. il
in reality her mistress and that she is only
its servant?
Nobody has more sympathy with IN
paid, overworked women than I, but this
type of girl is overpaid. The remedy is
severe one-to report the mis- behavior OF
this girl to the proper person. "Ah" YOU
say, but she'll be dischargedw Not il
you manage it properly. The first time
she ignores her duty and is iu1pertinept To
you tell her that unless she behaves better
you Will report her. If she errs the second
time, speak to the fioorwalker about her
and at her third offense go to the head of
the firm, talk to him plainly and give him
general idea as to the behavior Of the
girls employed by him to wait on people
and not to boss them
Then there's the district messenger bow
who Will contradict what the tariff book
says and demand more money. There's
the laundress who disobeys your orders in
regard to starch and mutters at having
to eat cold luncheon on a hot July day
There's the hair dresser who. because yonr
establishment is not as fine as that of
Mrs. Glltter-who, because you have not a
villa at NeWport-commiserat YOU n in
tellSent gentlewoman, for having to STAY
IN the city a little later than other people
ana ehGs up with, oh, well, women like
The word boss is not nice one but
on, 1t does express so much. 1t expresses
Just that mean way of making one feel
small that only an impertinent inferior
can affect. You couldn't do II to save
your soul. "Bossing" is the result of ig-
noranee' cheek, lmpertinence, and a Won
oer1uI and overwhelming vanity. Some
times. indeed, very often, one is fortunate
IN having d good opinion of himself. but
there comes an overwhelming vanity
to the intensely ignorant that gives them
a power that must be felt to be appreciate
ed. And they get to know this power
so we'll! They get to realize exactly
what type of impudence is most offens-
I've to you, and, gaining this knowledge,
they rule you with an iron hand [ can
perfectly understand a woman being ex-
tremely considerable, kind and sympathet-
&c when a servant is good and worthy
but when a worker offers, with the poor
work, a continuous stream of iunerti
nent words and a superclIious manner
II is really surprising that more women
have not taken themselves unto the hades
of hotels.
Just sit down and think over the whole
thing and discover If you can who is
your boss. It's all right for a woman to
nave for her boss a dear little bundle of
white flesh carefully wrapped in white
hannels, soft nainsooks and frills of lace.
It's all right for baby to be boss in the
mouse. indeed 1t generally Is. It's all
right for woman to realize as the boss
something consisting Of six feet mascu-
Unity, with a great big heart and the abil-
ity to love and care for his wife; that's
all right. It's all right for a woman to
have these two people to boss her, be-
cause she is woman. But the rough ser
want, the untruthful dressmaker, the i'm
pertinent shopgirl, the saucy messenger
boy-what business have these people alb
solutely to fHghten women into slavery?
That's really what they do.
1t is the Fourth of July. Hold up your
right hand and affirm that you are going
to be mistress of the house and of the
kitchen, that you are going to get full
value for those dollars so hardly earned,
and If you do make this feminine declara-
ton of independence you will have taken
a good step-a step toward the increase
and cultivation of homes. An American
woman can do, and ats her own fault
that she's being bossed as she is. She can
throw aside the chains of slavery and
declare herself Free white and q. And
then? Well, then the word boss" will
have a different meaning in the language
in the American language-and the right
woman in the right place will be monarch
of all she surveys. Bah