The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-08
MAID VS.. MISTRESS.
The OLD QUESTION OF DO
MEsTIc SERVICE.
The whole system Il wroag-Preseas
Conditions Put the Two 81 swords
Polat ana Threaten 10 Keep Them
There.


Polat and Threaten 10 Keep Them
There.
There are two classes OF women !
enyy-the women who are spared the
infection OF managing their servants
and the women who have no servants
10 manage. Great wealth gives the
one class a go-between In the shape OF
the housekeeper; the other class. never
having known the luxury Of having
others TO toll for them. escapes the
eternal friction that the presence Of =
servant or servants In the house %
sure 10 bring. says a writer In the
Philadelphia Inquirer. Whore the
evil must be met II Is the general
opinion OF housekeepers that a single
utility woman Is 10 be preferred 20
second girl" The instant two heads
are put together there Is trouble. and
naturally. for We are all. high and low.
rich and poor strangely alike In our
feminine desire TO secure a sympathetic
ear. The cook Ia only human. She
has grievance real or imaginary and
she conAdes II TO the housemaid. say
Ing more no doubt. In the heat Of the
moment than she intended The
housemaid listens and concludes she 10
under the rule OF a tyrant Of a ms
tress. Or the case il reversed. There
10 a great deal Of gratuitous advice
given below stairs. The chambermald
Is anxious 10 please and the indopend-
ent cook calls her fool for being "a
conscientious. or the cook Il n good
naturrd soul. and her companion. be-
Ing tartar. tries aS soon a. possible
10 arouse In the pleasant cook some 1T.
tie show Of spirit. /, has always been
10. and will be TO the end OF time. Two
women brought into a family together
may pull togeher or they may pull
apart. but upon one thing they are
united They will talk over the ma
tras and her family down TO the In
FAINT In the cradle. and the talking I,
frequently done In vicious way. NJ
amount Of kindness ever seems Il
shame either maid into silence. Tn,
average servant considers herself al
aggrieyed party through her entir'
career. She works because she need
the dollars and cents. NOT from any mo-
tive OF duty. There Ia no heart In he
work. Now. We women all know Wha
that means And yet how can We ex
pect much interest shown Us from
set OF shifting beings here today an,
gone tomorrow? With the old fam.l!
servants. and they are wcll-niyh eN
tiuct. Il was quite another matter
They grew into the Interests Of IN
family. taking as much pride In every
ching and everybody A. II they wer
Sighuul owners Of the home and II
belongings. We expect entirely 70
much from the uneducated class look
Ing for employment We aSk 10
trims In our kitchens. We deplor
the want u self-sustained diplomac
that can be- given only where the pei
son has been cultured 20 a degrs
which clashes at once with the dutis
60 be performed by cook or housemai,
The absurdity oi our claims cann'
be rcfuted. We should look at n
servant question from a common-seni
standpoint. II We need brains In q,
house service We must stand prepare
to pay FOR H. -Four dollarp a week wi
not buy H. Many women pay but 4
paltry sum 81 81. and are enrAEed b
cause the poor soul working for ia
mere pittanee refuses 10 do gener
homework Stop and count up no
much such wages will net woman p
day who IL expected TO be- up at
the morning and drudge until bcitim
| can So no sensible solution % N
pulling problem until We make
our minds that the woman or won,
whom We engage 20 work for us a
taken upon terms vastly different fro
those that We oier our maids At q
present time Reform will cost
something. We should save In {
, end The awful waste In the panti
, the narrowing up Of ones ieclinI
which means a damaging waste
I, nerve force. might all be done aw
/. with II We could be given a service n
Z, Intelligence alone would supply.
. brainy woman would expect the rar,
. consideration She would demand e,
. tain pcrQuisitcs In the way Of hot
!, and food and lodgings that We do Z
-, give our servants at the present tir
OF courre ! do not crrcIsc the v,
wealthy. The comforts they Offer IN
maids are many. Discipline Is. no
ever. very severe Ia the homes "
rich. Without q doubt the present
% stiou OF domestic helper ls one n
% sayom of extreme acryility. II Is b.
p rem of a single social aspiration I
j. hours are all wrong. the pay Is 20
70 the duties are too many A char
IL must be made Until II is. We m
p treases will rest under a yoke VIII
II will grow heavier and heavier as It
e goes on.