The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-03


aha psoTh4ns topic among the society
people OF this city the pas; few weeks.
W hile the good people I'D A. Dawson city
are wondering where they viii ger food
20 cook. their friends n this city ara Try
Ing - find out where they will Eet SER
wants 20 cook the food after thev get il.
In fact. the discussion On Fhe servant girl
question has reached that serious period
Where no one knows what 20 say II ne
Few servants now in the city were 70 form
some mild organization. SUCH as Save
( Money-and- Buy-a-Gun Dees sdvo-
T Gates the fees they would receive would
only ne exceeded by those Of she average
lawyer Where this gentle maid - ahe
rear room 81 the house has hied herself
/ ) a question 10 which no ore gives an
Swer, bat that the coop has a deserted
appearance every housewife in this city
VIII testify. Even the man Of the house
viii speak for the truth OF the statement.
+ He has been employed for days ana DAYS
( IN searching for servants. Time was when
X was an unwritien law that he did not
dare 70 speak 70 the servant girl. he was
condemned IL he could tell Il she were
( black or white. That DAY Is gone The
average wife viii permit her husband 70
pass through the kitchen once week Il
he viii only get her servant. Bur they
cannot Be gotten. These maldens % the
sweet dispositions have gone and nauEht
but tradition remains OF them. They
have scattered like dust and leaves
when the mighty blasts OF October seize
them and whiri theIn aloft and sprinkle
them far DER the ocean" When you say
servant girl nowadays the housewife
murmurs. That word IS familiar" She
has heard il sometime ia the dim and dis
taut past. But she remembers it. When
she pass through her kitchen she Is re-
minded OF IL. The dusty dishes push the
word into her ears BY humming Gene
Fields Little Boy Blue and saving
that. like the pIaythings Field tells about
they. too. have been deserted. They have
not been thrown on the floor or allowed
20 20 of the handle for many weeks
They miss the servant girl. she was their
friend.
II is admitted that " = cargo Of servant
girls were TO come 10 this city and agree
10 stay in one night out OF the week
they could secure employment at profta-
bic wages. At the present time the few
who hold the boards are making money.
receive courteous treatment and are never
compelled 20 report for duty. The Seattle
servant girl is a regular Klondlker, except
that she has something 10 eat.
The series Of lectures on "sketching
from Nature" which has occupied the
attention Of the Seattle Art League and
School OF Design during the outing sea
son is drawing TO a close. Commencing
with the humblest things upon the eartn's
surface the lectures have led up 10 ocean
and mountain subHmity. and Will clcse
with the invasion of heaven itself After
an analysis OF tbs three principal cloud
regions a comprehensive view viii be TAX
7 en- of the heavens and earth conjointly as
Witnessed from balloon above the clouds
I IN June Of 1850. Included in the remarks
OF Tuesday evening last was the follow
( ing: What Is the sad refrain Of the
vast army OF artists OF every cline?
The world does not appreciate my work
Many OF them toll from d. Wight till dark.
even then not earning enough 10 keep
body and soul together in comfort, and
they never cease 10 wonder why good
work should not be appreciated. bought
and paid for. A moments thought might
answer the question convlncingty. though.
aias not satisfactorily. Who cares a 5ut-
ton how the angels labor. or casts a
glance AT their work. tFansceudaut ard
divine in glory though IL be. and beside
which that of the mortal artist IS vain
( pretense and childish imita ton az the best,
TO say nothing Of what Is absolutely bad
Behold how with incessant and tireless
( energy the angels fresco the armament,
one exquisite picture melting into another
i'm Infinite variety beauty grandeur and
glory. Day and night summer and win
ter from the dawn % the creation TIL to-
day they have t0iled unTemittiugly 70
show us something new. systematic or
broadly free in subtlety ~ form and vaTi-
ETY. ~ color, and they will continue doiag
50 TIL the last great day when the world
shall b. no more.
We have seen the ocean In its many
moods the sky is rs twin companion and
duplicate In all. whether ~ b. the mild
ness and geutlene%s 81 the cooling dove.
the capriciousness Of a efddy girl o. the
awfulness 81 wrath which is beyond com
rartson. The main difference experienced
tsy- most people IL that 10 observe the for
mer they must go down 10 the sea in
ships while the sky like the poor. IS
with Us always and 81 little regarded.
When the sea = raging we 20 below and
try 20 look uuconCerned: when the hosts
81 heaven are IN angry commotion Ne
may contemplate the s~ene with some de-
gree OF equa ninity from the shelter %
our own flreside This difference IN crea-
ture comfort may have had correspond
ing eject in enabling artists 70 master the
SKY ia all ITS aspects whether Of tender
r@~S or terror and iu causing them 70
throw up the sponge when confronted b
the sea or troubles u hirr the ocean prs
sNrfS 10 the ianaiubaer whether artist or
layuan Most - us look - the sky As
a sort ~ celestial barometer and Their
rruuetsr soynetiune= pretty and sometimes
plain but ~ small moment either way
If the evening clouds take on the aspect
Of circus Or cstV adre rnHy ~
diverted for z moment from ths chronfc
instpid.ty 81 oUr Thoughts and buEy
tuanities ~ our tVes. ard - shall er-
claim Isn't 81 funny-prettg- grand-wcn-
Gerfui~ Of whatever eXciamAtory utter
arce Hrst comes 10 The tongue Many %
rot knor nor would they believe OF care
= told that iu every moment - their
Z Hv~s scsnes as Beautiful. II nor ~ greater
IsvelluaSs have heen constantly o0tspTead
tnon the SKY for their admiration u they
would bar cast "A searching look They
have never ws->n ffe most exquisite u sN
zer.s-cf~ presented tgv ne SKY namely tts
tram hBfrx Transparency. which unlike
water fs without surface yet perfectly
visible fcr miles apou mites through Us
t~e~8-s depth What 0ouGr1uS qu3v-
arfrx hzhe and hres king njuE4ug melt
ing q hEes attend those d@ltcat9 rays 10
f-resslnx their way among the taln trans
rAreus vapor 81 ethereal - t3e vision
rhat IL III easier ta believe lf spiritual
faau a material phenomenon. A rncDof3ss-
on ocean ~ blue With cccaR3o1aI
patches q white ard gray waaglsorne %
ere gaze is a. tNe casual glance vii De-
t=cf The heavens uaEsf 30 a9arnr or
streaked wt31 hEhfring and r~verteratsTg
wstH thuuder 60 awaken the 8u8 rns8l.
a. ~sleit a cor EcEcemdiuE Ts0csultAon frarn
rnoss % go We a~e too restless ana easer
for excitement ~ fnd anything nurre~g3af
lr SIS profound cain and 1rsoatrzstve m j.
esry We are TOO self-ooruplee 70 saarra
For taamffas not Rlzy3nglv obvious F-or
thts h35ud ir8oience the Aaysuan may ~
forgiven h1f ane artist caunot he SIX
+ rusea IL = bis sas2ress ana ne snoui4
master il TIE Celestial s-sF~tsz~ ~xiil
! - TIRE subject Tuesday evening EExL