Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-03-16

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vIos'' b. Lucy - SslD0a q The Dc
pzrfnent q bistoV. Yassar college
The author j. . self-msde yo0ns
Americzs, . native q western NeN
YORK. uho worked Der Nsg thrOugl.
MIebigsn B~1IFersify, taught 10 ~
Jogs bizh syb0ol Z number q gesrs.
wOn . scholarship al BUu Mawr sen
inzV. occurred ne chair q English
history 10 the Indiana state Do'uial
scbool. and then received the position
she nON holds a. the had q the DE-
partment o. history In America
greatest woman college. 10 IsG ard
1880 she seat out ZOO sets q BLAKE
20 employers sDd emDlOyes 10 the
field u domestic service. asking r.
plies D. an elaborate series q qu-
lions barring On the problem and a.!
It's difficulties. Her replies we're carr
fully complied and tab1lated and the
result is this book, published By the
Hscmili0n Company, New York
g. %. Her exposition d the subject
- set forth 10 clear. strong English
her historical mastery u arrange
ment and utilization II details max
Jog the whole a well written book foi
popular resdlBg, yet not falling below
the highest standards - a scientific
and literary achievement. Domestic
service ia Europe and our country
before and after the colonial period,
its present status and difficulties, the
advantages ahd Disadvantages Of such
employment, doubtful aud possible
remedies, and the social problems In
VOWED are all considered 10 carefully
written chapters, making up a volume
Of three hundred pages. The subject
has not been treated before, and no
one need take the trouble 70 write
another book On the question 10 this
generation. Miss SalmOn's inyestiga-
lions are thorough, as her conclusions
are courageous. She strikes at the
root Of the question by saying that
Democracy among men and aristo-
cracy among women cannot exist side
by side. Friction is az Inevitable as
IL was between free labor and slave
labor 10 the Ia the a~nte-bellum days"
She noted a tendency toward greater
industrial Independence on the part
Of wOmen. The bousekeeper who
would get along with her domestics
must have a knowledge Of household
affairs and a respect for them, must
have been a household labOrer herself,
aud above all remember that fact.
She shows that idleness Is practically
regarded as a vice In men and q Vr-
tue In women, and a philosopher has
said the true equality OF mankind lies
10 the future and not 10 the past. In
conclusion Miss Salmon treats profit
sharing, and we close this inadequate
notice OF her book by making a few
extracts In proof OF her liyellness Of
dlction aud wholesome common sense.
Marketing is a science and might
be made a profession.
"A woman with no talent for artlhas
been known after four lessons In oil
painting 70 offer for sale the products
Of her work without blushing for her
audaclty or incompetence,
"The typical h%ousekeeper like the
Turk, IL a born fatalist; because
things are as they are. they must al
ways have been 30 and they must con-
tlnue 70 70 be-.
"when a strong educational force
eKerted FROM the top shall have pulled
che household and all questions con-
necsed with IL out Of the slough ~
st~agnation, In which II has been for
90 long a time, then viii trainlng
schools for domestic employees be sue
cessfulp
zone h~ousekeeper reports that she
gives her cook five cent for every new
soup. salad, made-oVcr dish, or dessert
that proves acceptable 10 the major
10y OF the family. She thus securts
economy and variety In the use n
materials.
"under the present system the en-
ployer expects 10 ind In u indi-
AZ % a week and expenses al