New-York tribune., 1902-01-13

taker on the next block for fifty camp chairs TO be
brought in at once. After the hustle attendant
upon these preparations had subsided. and ventla-
ton had been secured by opening the sashes and
sending creepy little OF cold air down the
backs Of guests seated on the window side Of the
room, the president gave two three nervous raps
OF the gavel and the important meeting began.
The solemnity of the occasion was emphasized by
the fact that music had been prepared. The
programme consisted solely OF papers the
mentous topic, the writer's having been selected
with view to their radical differences of opinion.
so that both. all. sides might get a hearing.
There were represented the sentimentalist, the
conservative. the theoretical reformer and the
practical reformer.
Now, to these papers in detail, are they not
spread upon the minutes of the sixth regular
ing Of the Thursday Club OF Hustleville upon such
date, in the season of 1s- and 10? But out
lines may be given, setting forth opposite views,
from the paper by Mrs. Buzbee the head theorist
and Mrs. Sharpe. the practical member par
cellence.
The former was an advocate of the great infallibe
universal remedy for all labor problems-the eight
hour system. She proposed an elaborate scheme In
volving the employment Of servants in relays all
advanced rates of wages and diminished rates OF
labor. The system being eminently suited 10
the households of large capitalists, failed
the overworked mothers and housewives who had to
were employed as clerks and bookkeepers or were
working up precartous practice in law or medt-
deepened until Mrs Buzbee proposed to modify her
II n
comes. Then they frightened up. The speakers
programme was somewhat as follows: The maids.
to be troubled with the cruel requirements
Of starting their work early Such hardships were TO
women and other miserable white trash" The
siderate enough to allow her nights rest,
though 1t b was quite immateTial If they did
person who didn't seem, for some myste-
re rise y and bud 9e o es9t aoax 5e
fires and prepare the simple breakfast These per
hardest work OF the day without extra
IS house maid and s. cook one Of whom
was to condescend to wash the dishes. In addition
having actually done the housework until noon,
also naturally expect little leisure time
ing and sewing In the afternoon Then they were
Of Of any emergency which might deprive them Of
ly finish the dshwashing, an arrangement might
be be made to pile up the dishes neatly and leave
Smiths, This attsF la item too % gsh for the domestic
speaker smiled and complacently continued:
evening hours for the poor domestic servant wea
ried with toll and smarting under the contempt and
indifference OF her employers. By this system she
viii be able to obtain a good home of her own
where she can have warmth and comfort books
social intercourse and outside recreation Then we
hdnsous sfe sa and she Is
bor that w true When hs sma bs bey IS
se INTO m m an by hts Rd
ing her own way in every particular-a system
hitherto regarded unwholesome for poor human
ity."
When Mrs. Buzbee had finished the worried mem
Der turned to the audacious member, with tears in
her eyes, and said:
DO YOU believe that system will ever prevail?
We shall all die II II does!''
mo: l don't believe anything utterly impractical
BILE will prevail in the end, though we may yet
have to suffer from the tyranny of a class
than have hitherto"
But. tell me. is Mrs Buzbee the inventor of that
that piece Of absurdity. or are there others who
advocate IL seriously"
I'm sorry to say she is not the inventor; the
scheme is not obscure thing that She has
taken her ideas from the writings and reported
lectures of so-caled 'reformers' who seriously
working fasten such burdens the shoulders
OF overworked wives and mothers"