The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1901-06-15

the ministers, OF ali men, should take
this view? Have you looked about the
congregation any Sunday morning on
one Of the occasions in the last twenty
years that you have CHANGED to be in
church? II you have been in place Of
vantage where you could observe the
worshipers without appearing to stare,
perhaps in the slow length Of dull ser
mon you have deliberately counted them
and noted the preponderating mum.
Der Of women to men. II it we're not
for the women. even in villages where
recreation is rare, the churches would
close. for lack Of nourishment. The
sisters hold fairs, entertainments and
wheedle men in new and old ways to
give up enough to support the churches.
The men, exclusive of the ministers, do
not make church calls, they do not
bake cakes, and the piousest of them
would not, not to save the church-social
from extinction. And would not the
churches be lonesome Of Sunday morn
ing il it were not for the women? Yet
the Rev. Something -, a little man
with q very solemn pink face. was par.
ticularly anxious that something should
be done to put woman back in her place,
where formerly even little men were OBJ
jscts Of some dignity to her. Come to
consider the subject. most of the men in
this town who object to a woman's at
tending to her own affairs are very small,
fat, and pink. There are plenty Of short
men who take large views of the ques.
tons Of the day. but all the small men
are afraid that woman is going to get
ahead Of them. Is it 90 in Omaha?
You ask il cooks and maids of all work
are scarce in Lincoln. They are rare,
good ones, all over this country. In
New York. which is the lending place Of
Ireland, Sweden, Norway. and Germany,
the well.to do population lie taking rooms
in hotels because Of the scarcity Of
"help." Lincoln house. wives are bak.
ing. washing, scrubbing. washing dishes,
sweeping and cleaning lamps. not be.
caase Bixby, the funny man Of the,
Journal The is funnier than he THINKS.
he is) says that house work is the only
womanly occupation and the only one
they can understand. but because there
is dearth of ''girls." Women who
would be about the business of the leis.
ure classes. are cooking three meals a
day. Their hands are hard as day
laborer's, and their faces have the set
look that hard, manual labor finally
seals its own with. There are few
people to whom it has been revealed
that maid is human being even as
the mistress is, that her bones do ache
and her heart doth yearn for recreation,
for the society Of her own friends in
seemly place, and above all for the sym
pathy and respect of her mistress and Of
the family she tolls for. In a few in
stances self-respecting, competent gir
has found mistress who recognizes the
chronological connection between indi-
viduals Of all races. When two such
women once form the relations of mis-,
tress and maid the connection is not
quickly broken. 1t is hard relation to
establish, but the mistress who can
gain strong, intelligent girls affection
has solved the domestic question in her
own household for a while at least.
When the good girl marriee, dies or re-
tires. the mistress will have had train
ing that will be OF use to her in associ-
ating with other "help."
Penelope. Won sneak of the experisnres