The leader., 1900-05-02
4 WHITE WOMAN SOLICITING 4
COOK LADY.

4 WHITE WOMAN SOLICITING A
COOK LADY.
The White Woman in her dire ex-
tremity unmindful of the usual sly
lish appearance of the up to date Cook
Lady and of the fact that she
must needs recommend herself
to the aforesaid lady if she hoped
to win the favor of her services,
hastily donned an old sailor and in
housedress somewhat defaced by re
cent friction with the baby, kitchen
utensils and other household furnish
ings, started out to seek servant.
Taking back street made prominent
by reason of numerous negro cabins
thereon, she entered one where, in
three separate beds, lay three colored
ladies in the condition of Peters wife'S
mother, though unlike the ancient
mother inl law, each one was clothed in
be ruffled wrapper OF. latest cut, while
Peters jug, fresh from Canton, was
conveniently in evidence. Now Peter"
had been loafing for many moons and
there was no bread winner in the fam
lily save little girl who, through the
kindness of the White Woman, had
consumed several weeks wages in
shoes and dresses sorely needed. DO
you need anything said the White
Woman. I'VE have plenty to eat"
said the Cook Lady. Well, plenty
to eat, sick enough not to work and
whisky besides; what more could an
African want, unless he were South
African.
Another cabin. would you like to
COOKE" said the w. w. Nom" said
the c. L., Use restin; | cooked four
months fur Mis- Jones and Use broke
F., down. | can't stand de summer, no
ways Another! No ma am, de las
one | worked fur nebber glib me nuthin
but money and nebber glib me dat till
my month wuZ up, and she'd rather
feed her chickens dan glib me de cold
vittlCs fur my chillun and she'd fuss
when I'd miss gittin' there for break
fus. The w. W., broke in, $50 you do
without both money and vittles?"
I'VE gifts plenty" was the reply, and the
half dozen roly poly pickaninnies that
half naked tumbled over each other in
the dirt of the street, testified to the
Eden like JOY that still rules and
reigns, where the daily bread comes
not by the sweat of the brow
Another hut! This time along with
IA corpulent old nanny whose good
armful and bucketful proclaimed the
fact that she was fresh from a white
oman's kitchen. $50 you work, aunty"?
"Yas'm." well, tell me what's the
matter with all these dozen of women
that have asked to cook for me. Don't
they want to work." LA, ma'am. dey
pertends ter but sum of 'em hunts
work and prays de Lawd every step
dey won't find none The w. W., took
courage. "Well, won't Mollie work,
your grown daughter? You'll let me
have her. I'll pay her -"She shook
her head: Mollie's mighty pertickerlar,
ma'am" and just then that same Mol
lie, vision in green and pink with a
yellow face, and accessories of fan, par
asol veil and slippers that made the
w. VS.. garb look disreputable 'in
spots" stepped airily along going to
town, fur hit wuz SADLY" nanny
said, and Mollie said she didn't be-
lieve she wished to work" Why should
she with the luxuries of life thick
upon her? Shades of Abraham Lin
coin!
The w, W., mentally, bodily and
heartily weary turned toward home and
"de hot Kitchen cooked her own sup
per while her perturbed brain tried in
vain to discover how SHOULD she ever
secure oney she could keep a cook,
keep her grocery bills within bounds,
keep regular hours for meals, keep
her dignity as mistress of the realm
where the cook wants to rule, while
giving that same cook "ev'ry day after
dinner" land just as soon after dinner
as she can hurriedly "clean up" and
clear OUT together with the marvellous
baskets full remaining after meals; let
her go to church on Sunday, never
have hot supper cooked" give her all
the old clothes and some that are not
old, all the sour milk, all the cold coffee,
all the hed-ake medicine, physic for
"de misery in my side" and so on ad in
finitum, besides all the biscuit dough,
left (?l over, ham bones with the ham
ON and other and various lagniappe,
and months good wages thrown in.
Verify, the White Oman am in
trouble! and The LEADER thinks she
and her sisters ought to go on strike.
When the New York Tribune, Hor-
ace Greeley's paper, was founded in
1871 there was no Geographic commu-
nication with any part of the world.
Only one line of railway was in oper-
alton between New York and Washing
ton and that was owned by three COM
panieS The iOurnev that now takaC