Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

minds US, Gnougn tne Brby uaso "'o
near, that nature is loathe to put away
her color box. -,
Books lust out and periodicals with
leaves uncut were. piled high on my
study table. Beth was too absorbed in
domestic problems to talk about books
why, Portia,,' she said. ut was
awful the way she walked off without
warning lust in the midst OF my
picking. Oh |! these servants what
are we going to doP" And Beth looked
the picture Of despair. TITS subject
that has been discussed and discussed,
. md discussed, until we wonder II there
d, anything more to be said. That good
BID Greek, Plutarch, declared his CON
viction that there was a golden age IN
whose era there was neither master nor
slave. II he really believed this he
had far more favorable opinion OF |
human nature than we are able to
cherish. Such an era, to be sure IN
the future, when the race shall have
reached more morally perfect develop
ment. but while we claim that the
ballot makes ~ men who use IT
soyereigns, we acknowledge that in one
sense al men are servants. The multi
trde Who work for the capitalists are
no more has servants than he is theirs.
The whole fabric Of society Is thus one
OF interviewer dependence. Ii the en-
ployed cannot be independent of the
employer, neither can the employer be
Independent Of the employed; so, on
the whole, 1t is exactly as honorable
to be q good servant as to be good
master, and IL this be true Of the out
eide affairs Of the world it Is equally
true OF the domestic realm between
woman and woman.
When woman buys another woman's
labor she does not buy her body and
soul, and when woman sells to
another woman her honest services she
sells the understood worth OF the
money; and 1t Is often because the
duty on both sides is overlooked that
the loud complaint with relation to
domestic service rings it's doletul dirge
throughout the land. 1t is true that
we ses In many homes a struggle to
make q better appearance than is war
rauted, the burden Of which neces-
sarily falls on Mary Ann, who ia kept
overworked. This is wrong which
nothing but an act for the putting
down OF human nature will ever right,
since pride and vanity are parts of our
natural being
But let us look st this question new
from the standpoint of Mary Ann. Her
different nationality, her unlettered
state aud her strange habits of speech
may at times make her seem like 9
creature Of another race, rougher ane
more primitive race, q creature will
whom one cannot feel to be an in
dividual Of the family or as possessing
sensibilities as delicate as ones own
1t is this want Of recognition that II
ss much as anything else the cause o
domestic trouble.
Warm and sympathetic hearts bea
beneath the scullion's gown in tun
with other hearts, like those clocks Sc
upon the same shelf, which refuse t
keep separate records, but which
presently are Ginning the hour to
eether. And il the mistress will no
admit this Ginning of heart and feel
ing it Is not to be wondered that Mar
Ann begins to look outside and TAX
care Of herself with the spirit of tn
age that tells her that she is as muo
unit as the best of the land and sh
is as important in the republic as an
other woman. IT is to this very spir
of equality. this reference to manhoo
and womanhood, that SO much progress
and enlightenment are due. To 1t "
owe the maintenance Of our liberi
and the fact that the majority of ,
have any homes at all and 1t meal
chat the son Of Mary Ann may son
day himself be the controlling power
shaping the laws TO guide US.
The servnntA who came to us
years ago did not bring these idea
The Old World habit hung about ther
1t, took half generation to open the
eyes to their civil rights. We ha
laughed at the comic pagers ILLUSION
to Mary AIMS desire to learn VIII
hours were reserved for her pia
practice and what room was kept !
her reception ofN,oompapy, but t
laughter should come srightfulIy 10
our failure to appreciate the fact th
Mary Ann can make pudding a
mix salad dressings. surely May. A
has corresponding right to KIN
what her privileges are to be.
We do not appreciate the fact th
Mary Ann Ia a human being like Of
selves. 1t is not necessary that. accol
Inc to the comic papers, Mary A
should have her grand piano in
kitchen parlor or her table for o'clc
tea, but she should have a comforta
place to rest when the hour comes
her, and neat, comfortable place
which to see friend at odd interva
for has she not her ideas of social int
COURSE as we'll as wef Above all,
msmber that her tired bones appreci
o comfortable bed, as do ours, and ii
the room set apart for this same Nj
Ann ought not to be a chesrlt
dreary hole over the kitchen or bs
of the Rarret, where when she OF
her eyes In the mornings from drea
Of the home from which she came
eyes fall on the cell-like walls oi
gloomy room. A few gay colored 7
lures, nice rag carpet, bureau {
table with q mirror and clean to
spread on Il are oil that are necess
to make q bit cheerful the temper
abode In which We ask Mary Ann to
Then there are three causes M
potent than all others which br
about the existing trouble betw
mistress and maid. and these are
4 pride of appearance, out Of propori
to the income that has become gen
In families. on the one side, and
unfair demand in proportion to
service they render that have beo
general among servants on the oil
and lastly, the thoughtiess exactio
the MISTRESS Of the house. 9
deal Of sill these troubles will
smoothsd oyer when we learn thai
each owe each other certain d
and that though We must exact
Mary Ann her work In proportio
her wages, We must also give her
sideration due human being.
'.You ought to see my nice ROY
white labelled bottles" irrevert