The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-11
DooleY ON De
Servant Girl Problem.
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Copyrighted, 1900. by Robert Howard Russell)
BY F. P. DUNNE

"Whin congress gets through expellin'
Numbers that believes so much in ma
thrimony that they carry 1t into ivry
relation iv life an opens tn dure iv
Chiny so that an American can go in
there as free as Chinnyman can come
into this refuge iv tn opprissed iv tn
wurruld, I hope twill turn Its attintion
to tn gr-reat question now confrontfn'
th' nation-th question iv what We shall
do with our hired help. What shall we
do with thim?''
1--WE haven't amy" said Mr.. Hennes-
sy.
NO said Mr.. Dooley. "Ar-rcney
r-road has no servant girl problem. Tn
rule is ivry woman her own COOK an
ivry man his own footman, an be tn
same token we have no poly -gamy prob
lem an no open dure problem an no
Phlippeen problem. TIL on'y problem In
Ar-rchey r-road is how nanny times
does round steak go into twelve at wan
dollar-an-a-h half a day. But east Nv tn
r-red bridge, Hinnissy, wan iv tn most
cryin, issues iv tn hour is: What shall
we do with our hired help? An If con-
"a
rooned people.
"'Tis an oil problem an I've seen. Il
arise an shake its goary head ivry few
years whfniver tfr Swede population got
wurrk an, begun bein' marrid, thus ray
joocin' th' visible supply iv help. But 1t
seems tbs deeper thin that. I see be let
tiers in tn pa-apers that servants Is
insolent, an that they won't go to
wurruk onless they like tn looks iv their
employers, an that they rayfuse to live
In tn country. Why amy servant shud
rayfuse to live in tn counthry Is more
thin can see. Ye'd think that this dis
reputable class'd give anything to lave
tn crowded tinimints iv large city
where they have frinds be tn hundreds
an know tn polisman on tn bate an
can go out to hateful dances an moon
light picnics, ye'd think these unfer chu-
nate slaves'd be delighted to Hive in Null
ligan's subdivision, amid tn threes an
flowers an bur-rds.
'.Gettir' up at In tn mornin tn
singin' iv tn full-throated alarm clock IS
answered be an invisible choir iy song
sters, as Shakespeare says, an ye see Tn
sun rise over tn hills as We go out to
carry in a ton iv COAL All day long ye
iIic6t ilO Wdl % JO tf1P W. - -oS-S-
scuttle, happy in ye'er tile. an ye'er heart
is enlivened be tn thought that tn child
her in th' front iv TIL house ARE CROWN
sthrong on<th' fr-resh country air. Be-
sides they'se always cookin' to do. AT
night We can set be tn fire an improve
ye'er mind be r-readin' half tn love story
In tn part iv tn pa-aper that tn cheese
came home in, an whin ye'er through
with that, all ye have to do Is to climb
a ladder an fall through tn skylight an
ye.er in bed.
But, wud ye believe it., Hinnissy, man
nv of these misguided women rayruse TT
to take a job that ain't in city They
prefer tn hustle, an roar iv tn busy
marts iv thrade, tn sthreet car, tn sa-
loon on three corners an tn church on
wan, TIL pa-apers ivry morning with
pitchers fv tn society fay-rite that's just
thrown up a good job at Ar-mour>s to
elope with tn well known club man who
used to be yardmasther iv tn Three Is S,
G.. L. & N, tn shy peek into tn dhry
goods store, an other base Injuries, to
8 free an healthy life In tn country b.
tween iliyen D. m an four a., m. yens-
dshs an Sundahs. 'Tts worse thf fi tnat
Hinnissy, fr whfn they ar-re in tn city
they seem to dislike their wurruk, an
NANNY iy thin ar-re gfvin up splindid
Hobs with good large families where they
have no chanst to spind their salaries. II
they gat thin, an takin places In shops,
an, gettin. marrid an adoptin' other de-