Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-02-15
SERVANT GIRL QUESTION.
lne Country Where This is Not a
Ncxatious Problem.

INC 1ChnuV W0cIc lfb u MOI u
vexatious Problem.
SCnortO Carolina llnldObTu. OF Chile.
. 20 is TO be one OF the foreign speak
Vts nj the coming international sui
Iaeo convention in Washington. mas
becn Swing In Boston series OF lee
.s on the Women of Spanlsh-Ameri-
ca says the philadelphia North Amcri-
can.
The senOrlta says the domestic ser
vice problem is not SO troublesome IN
chile as In the United States. There
are two distinct classes of cooks. Ad-
vcttiscmenta read; "Wanted-~A cook,
with ucd inside. or. "Wanted-A cook
with he'd outside The latter sort OF
cook can always be had. Doinestics
prefer the bed outside. because n
cock who does rot sleep In the house
has more liberty She does not begin
so early In the morning and her mis-.
trcss cannot get quite so much work
out of her. yet her services In the main
are satisfactory After dinner every
evening the cook comes for orders as
to the next days meals. Even II un.
% lo to read she viii remember every
item OF an elaborate menu,
She is given q certain amount OF
money to buy Tie provisions, for every
thing is bought In small quantities.
just enough for one day. The laundry
work is all done out. Every servant
who sleeps In the house brings her
own bed and furniture. A girl from
the country will arrive with only a
,ula mattress and ono poor coverlet.
and will leave at the end az three or
four weeks with "a cartload OF goods
tnat she has accumulated. When sew
% N faYtrttfn "a with
their bedding and furniture. it looks
as II the whole family we're moving.
The Spanish-American lodies. even
those BELONGING to the richest families.
all know how to cook. and II the cook
takes offenso and proposes to leave,
the threat mas no terTors for the sen
ora She simply says. Very well, |
will go into the kitchen and get the
dinner myself" This answer generally
brings the recalctrant cooks to terms.
She says depTecatingly: "Ah. no. sen
ora. YOU must not spoil your pretty
hands and with this she puts on the
apron that she had taken off In sign
OF leaving. and goes quietly back to her
work.
The Spanish.American women are
not lazy. They have gained the repu'
taiion of being so because OF their
calm and easy manner. The Spanish
American woman never hurries; she
thinks II INJURIES her dignity. but she
accomplshes vast amount OF work
and she never gets nervous prostra
ton.
The rich and well to do women have
many societies tor church and charta
bic work and there are an immense
number OF mutual benefit societies and
labor organizations among the WORK
ing women. Women Of ali classes take
a keen interest In politics. Whotnoi
you listen to the talk OF ladies In The
parlor or market women on the street
Won will find them well informed abou
public affairs. The mother hates worse
than the father To have son go ava,
to war. The women OF Chile and the
Argentine had much to do with pre-
venting the threatened breaking on
of war three years ago. and Senorit'
Huidohro expresses her heller tina
woman suffrage would help greatly &
check the frequent wars and reyolu
tions IN South America.