The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-11
WOMAN'S
WORLD.

MFH huEA EEAAt AAANANEs 1AaNArEAttE TINS
servant girl question In the New York
Herald. says:
A the present moment I know ladies
q eu,au means who are managing very
eors fortably without servants al all. They
do trsir own work with the help OF an &C.
c.s,5nal charwoman: and the residential
Fat, which are now being built so extern
,,ve,y in London ana other large cities
greatly facilitate arrangements OF this
kim
Personally think that this mode OF life
will more and more prevail among inteili-
rrnt people who have TO manage on lit
lie IL will knock many absurd eonven-
tsors on the head and will promote health.
c,mfort and a more natural and simple
life
There Is reason 10 believe that house
work viii become profession for ladies,
I'm exactly the same way as nursing has
become a refined profession There are
several Indications that this will be so.
as for instance, the establishment OF tine
Woodland Institute for training ladies' as
chndren's nurses. and the numerous pri-
vate experiments which are being made
IN that direction.
TIE lady help" who appeared upon the
scene some twenty years ago was fall
ure. because she drew a distinction be-
tween mental work and work that was NJ
for a lady 10 do. She had 10 learn. as the
hospital nurse has learned. and as Chris,
has taught us by his years OF labor in
carpenters shop that all work done for
the good Of humanity Is dignlned and
sacred
ANY Christian man or woman who has
seen the Passion Play at Oberammergau
will realize that in the scene OF the feet
washlug az the Last Supper Christ abol-
ishcd mental work forevemore The hos
rita nurse has many rough. laborious
ana repulsive tasks 70 perform IN the
course OF her vocation. bat they are part
OF her duty and she performs them intel
ligentiy and without complaint. Cleaning
crate floors and saucepans may not be
pleasant. but il Is honest work and has
It's own dignity. In the quaint words Of
George Herbert
Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws
Makes that and the action fine.
Tho nobility OF any profession is made
by the ideas which people bring to Il.
and the appearance OF the lady may DO
the nursing profession.
Apart however from these possibilities
OF the future I am more and more con-
WINGED after years OF experience that much
OF the s,-calcd servant diniculty arises
from the fact that mlstresses cannot bring
themselves 10 realize that the same hui
man nature exists In them and In their
servants They have a fatal lack Of imag-
mat on tn dealing with their servants. and
the hfI-
man desires ASPIRATIONS. failings and con-
tradicti0us as reign IN their own bosoms.
Tho servant must be always contented,
respectful and cheerful She must not
Erumh.e. she must not have moods or
nerves" She must not be eager for hol-
days or visitors. and in all things she
must put the interests and convenience
Of her employers FIRST
Many mistrcsses u judged by the stand
ard with which they measure their ser
wants. would be found fatally lacking. Ia
spite 81 all the difficulties OF the present
day ! know people who succeed In getting
and retaining their servants and who win
their true affection and loyal service.
they are. however, people Of large
hsarted imagination. and they really be
leve that Susan Jane. Mary and Ellen
90 beings Of like passions with them
yves. They realize that servants hearts
arm 70 love just as their own DO. that
hey desire the freedom. pleasure and in
rfcsts OF life just as they themselves do
lat they have the same temptations pre-
4 isrted in slightly different forms. the
anne natural desire for their own inter-
sis and that n Is possible for them 10
b. weary, depressed and irritable, Just
n e. they themselves are al times.
know a lady who has 10 manage
bryce stan OF servants IN a very busy
house, She has had many years OF exper-
+. 'snce. and although her servants have 10
york hard and constantly. she has told
ne that she can honestly say she has
r,yer had any d'ficuity with servants be-
y5ud the squabblcs that arise from time
70 lime between themselves When ] ask
+ d her how she accounted for this In the
lace OF modern d .ficulties she replied:
.It Is simply that ! realize the COM
ron human nature between myself and
nv servants. / have had maids come 90
me perky and impGdent. and with their
noses IN the air. but IN week or two
iao- tone and attitude have completely
sts-ed I give them honest human love
end sympathy and they give II back 70
me again. My servants have been among
my anectionate and devoted friends
My own experience agrees mainly with
taat OF the lady whom have quoted. The
Transitional period through which We are
passing will doubtless result In many
changes. but mere is a present and prae-
teal solution OF the difficulty, which arises
from the attitude Of mind on the part OF
tho mistress toward the maid. The atti-
iudc OF the mistress toward the maid soon
determines the attitude Of the maid to-
ward the mistress.