The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-11
17Y[RLAR]E]Y of SERVANTS
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Nobody has more sympathy with i'll
paid, overworked women than /, but this
type of girl is overpaid. The remedy
is a severe one-to report the misbehaylor
of this girl to the proper person. An,
you say, "but she will be discharged.'
Not if you manage it properly. The first
time she ignores her duty and is imperti-
nent to you tell her that unless she be-
HAYES better you will report her. If she
errs the second time, speak to the floor
walker about her, and at her third Of
tense go to the head of the firm, talk to
him plainly, and give him general idea
as to the behavior of the girls en-
ployed by him to wait on people and not
to boss them.
MERCENARY MESSENGER BOY.
Then there's the district messenger boy
who will contradict whar the tariff book
says, and demand morc money. There's
the laundress who disobeys your orders
in regard to starch and mItta-s at hav-
ing to eat cold luncheon on hot July
day. There's the hairdresser who, be-
cause your establishment is not as fine as
Mrs. Glitter's-who, because you have
not villa at Newport-commiserates
you, an intelligent gentlewoman, for hav-
ing to stay in the city Il little later than
other people, and ends up with, "Oh,
well, women like you and me have it
prettey hard in life
The word "boss" is not nice one, but,
oh, it does express so much! 1t expresses
just that mean way Of making one feel
small that only an impairment inferior
can affect You couldn't do it to save
your soul. 'Bossing" is the result of ig
norance, cheek, impertinence, and Won
times, indeed, very often, one is FORUM
ate in having god opinion of oneself,
but there comes an overwhelming van
ity to the intensely ignorant that gives
them power that must be be felt to
be appreciated. And they get to know
this power so well. They get to realize
exactly which type Of impudence is most
offensive to you, and, gaining this
knowledge, they rule you with an iron
hand. / can perfectly understand a
woman being extremely considerate,
kind, and sympathetic when servant is
good and worthy, but when worker Of
fers. with the poor work, continuous
stream of impairment words and super
cilious manner it is really surprising that
more women have not taken themselves
unto the shades of hotels.
BABY ALONE NAY BE BOSS.
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
have for her boss dear little bundle Of
white flesh carefully wrapped in white
f1annels, soft neinsooks, and frills of
lace. It's all right for a baby to be boss
in the house. Indeed, it generally is. It's
all right for a woman to realize as the
boss something consisting of six feet of
masculinity, with a great big heart and
the ability to love and care for his wife;
that's all right. It's all right for wom-
an to have these two people to boss her,
because she is a woman. But the rough
servant, the untruthful dressmaker, the
impairment shop girl, the saucy messen-
ger boy-what business have these peo-
pie absolutely to brighten women into
lavery? 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 anything she makes UP her
mind to do, and it's --er own fault that
she's being bossed as she lis. She can
throw aside the chains of slavery and de-
clare herself free, white, and twenty-one.
And then? Well, then the word boss"
will have different meaning in the Ian
guage-in the American language-and
the rough woman in the right place will
be monarch of all she surveys. Bah.