The sun., 1900-12-09
sRRvAyTs.
Comments m Mrs. B~sie and uer Arsu-
msnts for . Servants rn'eu Views ~
"Hossehsspes cf Moderate means"
-lIess.maid Maass and IIefhs' Mass.

put Into high places tho already too much
dsRruntled and disobliging servant with
out protest against her possible nav. prob
able inability to satisfactorily oil III" many
position. TO which she aspired In her attempt
10 hnd good material" for the rightful go
tabli'hmont Of a servant girls union'
II there l. truth In MIR. Beale's 'tatement
a. to tho inhumBn treatment sho received.
she must have been more than ordlnaril'
eyas asperating as servants go. or have found
combined IN one mi tro.l all the mean traits
that human nature T., hcir to. FOR In my ex
perience | have found a too conciliatory
attitude In mi.trcss to servant, which has
invariably le-sencd her chance, Of receiving
proper respect. and failed altogether To-
awaken In the servant the smallest degree OF
interest In her work. and To such women as
Mrs Beale We owe. not our thanks. but our
heartiest condemnation.
Let human nature alone and !ts average
interest In the oppressed Will show good
balance Oh the right side.
Mrs. Beale's assertion that New York
women hire dressmakers by the day and turn
them of at night without their money might
do for the foundation Of a story In the Sotur-
day Night. entitled. The Story Of Poor
Sewing Girl" but In these days OF charity
toward all" II could hardly fail to produce
a sneer. as the whole story would be so very
improbable.
What sort OF human beings could Mrs.
Beale have hunted out Of this wide universe
who In their own intere T. would not have
hesitated before requiring IA servant to make
her toilet at the kitchen sink' -, We're
that they had no fear Of hair and contaglon2
II such wa the case. We can be thankful that
strides . ''i' toward clyiliaation. and in conse-
quence servants have the greater reason
1t Is but lust to all womankind to pass
over that one particular refrigerator That
served Mrs Beaie as table and plate. That
crcumstance l. absurd. and ] am alm.st
ment containing so little sense. except %
far as II concerns the altogether too indui-
Mrs Beale might better inaupurste a cru-
sado against incompetence and begin by
opening a school for the benefit Of Ignorant
ment5 Of good. servant. being only eble TO
grasp the one idea that II Is their right to
ask the first and last questions OF an anxious
The method suggest. might not be the
b, wod be the
lasting benefit, an education to the ignorant.
and at the zane time a saving to these poor
which would not be easily loosened. besides
having demand. made. upon them for the
or The walking delesates who
the minds Of an independent people are more
TO be, summed than a pestilenoe. Perhaps
the .SSs Of ts, the ssTySn that Mrs
NEw YORK. pec'7 JUSTICE LOVER
To ru, rn,ro, q, Tn, srv-s,r. =, ror-
,ssus ~ mi. rnorn,ne r.ad With interest
th. ,stt.r q, a Suner,ng gousstesner.-
o,.o .oro =, enc .,rsr.rs" s,,ow me 70
rr,La .uog.stion
Tha hous.L.ener ohov. .nooL. .srne.,,v
., irtrodrc,no Tho C.rman systeu ~ an.
.. civ. .orr.n,, ,h.t Ia thot M ona ui,l
~. ons IN chair .mn,ov unless she h.s n
ear,. certInoats from her las, nl.ce. show,no
,h,, sha e.vo ss,,,,sctIon 10 Now tbI,
,ns,hod IA no douht GOOD hut tho c,,v govern.
r,on,. shou,d naLa e comnuIsorv for tho
who apply to them unless they can chow
, certifcate or reference OF one year Asitis.
,bev and situations for all kinds Of unworthy
creatures. whose references are oftener for
zeries than otherwise. I wish some one
would Inform me. that when servant breaks
fishes or any valuable china can It be legally
deducted nom her wagesp There certainly
'hould oe way by which housekeeper
,an protect her belongings or get some
''dre.s. BnooHLrS HoUsKKEEPER.
ELDERT sr.. BROOKLYN. Dec. o.
To THE EDITOR OF The SCS-Sir. have
-ead I'm THE SuN OF the threatened house-
.,a.. .,ru,. ,,,,or ,.o ,.,aor.hI, -, IT.
haiu' eiho uhuei .he ueish'p VI Mrs'
st, Justin Beale who has undertaken to form
4 union Of seryant girls Mrs Beale has had
). .,s.i..,no ..,a. a.
inc most ssonishihs experiences ss oo-
nestto. having been, according TO her state
nent. lf-staryed, cheated. abused and
,or,,1.,,aa 20 .loon IN a dor,n ooIIor ,ha
,oHpenea W sieep III ua,np oenaf as the
han the supply teven newly arrived, abso-
-, In,orsn, c,r,s ,ror, ~. ia oa,,a,rio.
u'eiS 'shorah. s"is from 'ne oia countries
,an command $40 per month. withXboard and
odainR. while they are learning) D. it Is a matter
b.. rora.r ,ha, arr ,asn.o,ahi. o,-i .hor,,
''i "ohoo, .,A' Guy 'e'pe.'oo 81, '"ou'u
put up with the treatment desorioed-by Mrs.
Beale.
A really competent servant Is a luxury
which only the rich can AFFORD. and they
must pay handsomely for her services Tbs
lousekeepe Of moderate means has 10 nut
~ with badly trained. careless. untidy
and generally impertinent domestics who
,onsider their employers house and BELONG
,bussl Most of the work is done 0rudu-
ngly and carelessly: china is broken. FUR
nitrre srratched carpets stained. and there
a enough waste TO Increase materially the
loueehold expenses The housek eeper hes
no redress ana the housernaid IL indinerent
haye kopt house FOR eeventeen wears in
his CITY and Ihaye a lar rye circle OF acouaint-
anoes NV obsaryation of the servants has
,aught me that they have comfortable rooms