Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-07

had to feed; and If you will pay that
amount you will have no trouble in get
ting all the satisfactory help you want.
AS to social treatment, that will adjust
itself But as a sort of indication of what
1t will come to let me tell you what l
saw In my travels.
stopped a couple of weeks in a house
at Emporia, Kas.
When first got there the servant Qhelp)
was lady about % years old, and as /
was about the house at all times of the
day / had a good chance to see her in all
conditions-saw her cooking, washing,
ironing and securing, and of all the help
ever saw, she beat the band.
And as soon as her work was done, she
put on parlor clothes, and was the life
of the company. Yes, she could play the
plano and sing with the best of them,
She owned two quarter sections of land
1920 acres) and several hundred dollars in
bank
One of the boarders, a hardware mer-
chant. was trying to get her for wife
Whether he succeeded or not don't
know, but I do know that before left,
she accepted a position in a new hotel at
$40 per month. That left our landlady with
out help and for several days young
girl Cthey called Maggie) about 16 years
old, helped her. and lowing to her rails
ing) pitied her as a poor little thing
You may Judge my surprise as she
came out on the stage as did to Burling-
ham. l asked her where she lived, and
as we got on top of the. divide. she. looked
off to the left and said: tYonder Is father
now. HE was driving a pair Of grays that
would do credit to any carriage IN this
city, sitting on sulky pillow breaking
sod. Said 1, Where. do you live, Maggie?"
'Yonder is our house." she replied
"And whose Is that field of sorghum up
yonder Go acres), and that field of corn
below there Goo acres)?"
THAT is ours"
There he was with section (64O acres)
of that fine land on both sides Of the creek
worth then $4,000. and his daughter out
playing the servant Gas we call it,.
Twelve months after the Atchison, San
ia Fe and Topeka railroad ran through
his land, making it worth $50 per acre
You see It is Just as we look at these
things, and as we get used to them, as
we will have to, or go on from bad to
worse, and wher our people see it is no
disgrace (girls and boys) to hire out in
a house, on a lot, and the farm, they Will
be just as proud of 1t as to stand behind
counters, and am sure far more healthy.
And let them study the cookbook, gar
dening, agriculture and whatever will
teach them to be proficient in their Dusi-
ness, and they will enjoy 1t better than the
trash they now read, and in little while
many of them will have bank account.
Then instead of the boys prying around
to know If your daddy can give you
enough money to pay doctors bills and
the funeral expenses of a young wife, he
will look for a healthy. modest, capable
wife that has a bank book of her own.
Then as Miss Cufhe's trade is gone, and
Mr.. Cufie's source of supplies are cut off,
they may listen to the advice of Bishop
Turner, take his everlasting flight to the
dark continent. the land of his fathers.
where he can tap the milktree and with
his little ak cur out of the forest in an
hour, enough bread to last his family
week And Miss Cutie can rest under the
palm leaf. while the flap of the elephants
ears will keep the flies on as she takes
her afternoon siesta.
Some of YOU will please pardon me for
troubling your tranquil thoughts with the
idea that you will have to dispense with
the dark objects that now fit from room
to room, from garnet to cellar. all day
long; and who as they start home, under
cover of darkness have an unnatural
bulge under cover of her dress, apron, or
wrapped up in a rag in her arms. 1t IS
merely a trife--just q few biscuit, half
a ham, your best pound cake, or chunk
of dough in that big inside pocket
say l am sorry for narrowing your
minds with the thought of your having to
lose all these little pleasures-that you
have been brought up with But this Is
only a transitory life at best. You might
get used to II after awhile; and when you
do, with everything nice and tidy, with
better food land more for yourselves and
your youth renewed, your Yankee sister
won't be jealous of you (for a thing she
knows nothing about.
To sum up the whole matter:
l. Every mother (rich and poor should
learn how 20 keep house herself.
q She should teach her daughters. so
that they may know how to do all these
things themselves and appreciate good
help.
g. The servants Tor help must learn to
do their work promptly and well, and
have common sense enough not to force
herself on the front piazza without an
MASCULINITY.