Milford chronicle., 1903-07-31

America are being closed. The husbands
and wives. with their children. are
going to live IN boarding houses and
hotels. If you ask the average wife
why she gives up housekeeping, she
will answer: Il could no longer endure
the unreasonableness Of servants. The
servant girl question simply racked
my nerves until was in torture. One
day / would seem to be getting along
all right But If the washing was
little larger than usual, or l complained
about my servant being out too late at
night. or had some extra company for
dinner, suddenly 1 would find myself
servantless, with all the work to do in
the kitclAn / could not stand the
strain" when the servant girl goes
ont of the American home, then the
front door Of that American home is
barred and locked.
A Vita; Iustttntion.
"But,F says some one 10 me. 'Is tie
responsibility of the American EiEl viso
win not become a domestic servant so
great? Cannot men and women who
live in boarding houses ana hotels be
Just as good as those husbands and
wives who have their own homesT'
10. MY lro,hcr. l 90 not think so. l
believe tie Christian home is the most
vital institution for good in all Amer
len. l believe it is the foundation
stone not only Of the altar of Christ
but also Of tie temple Of neighborly
love and also of our national legisls-
tive hall. II Il man is not anchored Ia
a locality by home that implies he
has. rs a rule. no indiudual church
connection. lie is not iring under the
shadow Of tie church spire where his
father lived and where his children
were hor-'
Now, when a woman dcserts Jne po-
sitions for which GOO has specially
equipped her what is the inevitable re-
suit? Her work is not only left un-
done. but she becomes a competitor
against her father and brothers for
theirs What * again the inevitable
result? By the law Of supply and de
mand she not only underbids her
brother for his position, but by that
bidding the Whole system Of wages goes
down. She is the sufferer. He is the
sufferer The mischief is far reaching.
1t IS the result of her turning aside
from her natural employment in which
there is pressing need of her service
and in which she could find constant
occupation at rcmunerauve wages.
She leaves a place untitled and forces
her way into a walk of life already
overcrowGed and in which her cOmpe-
tition is injurious to other workers.
"Oh" some one says to me, that IS
the old argument Of jealous man.
You do not like to feel that your sister
is just as smart as you are and per
hnps a little smarter and can take
away your job and do it better for
less money" No, my friend. l can
conscicEtously say ! have not one
jealous hair in nay head. The more
other people succeed the more / glory
in their success. and 20 me there is
no more beautiful sight than to see a
young girl whose father and brothers
are dead 90 forth ANA seek Il position
which her talent gives her a right to
fill and bring money home and throw it
in the lap Of her widowed mother.
But this is the social condition against
which l do protest: l protest against
our daughters and sisters pushing their
fatLers and brothers out of work, so
tLut the girls have to support the male
mcmbers of the family. while the fa-
thers and brothers are idle because
their places have been taken by wom-
On. have known scores and hundreds
of men over fifty years Of age who
were physically able to DO work, but
could not get work merely because
their daughters. who ut that time
should have been at school, We're fill
ing the positions which their fathers
and brothers ought to have flied.
The Christian Domestic.
Now. women of America whom God
has called to be c0nsccrated Gomestics.
1 plead with you TO enter the Kitchen
and the nursery and the home because
that is one of your natural sYharc5-
that IS place where God wants you to
work. The Christian domestic should
be honored both Oh earth and in heay-
en- because she is not only able to do
her own work, but also to impress her
consocratcd life indeli5ly upon others.
Did she not do it with the emperor of
all the Russias? When the old nurse
of Emperor Alexander Gied did he not,
as well as all his brothers, who were
grand dukes. follow that sacred body
to the family tomb? They not only
followed it afoot, but walked for three
/ long miles through a binding Russian
snowstOrm Did not a humble Chris
tian nurse start forth Lord Shaftes-
I bury upon his great mission Of life?
When the famous English philanthro-
pist's hair had been silvcred by the raw
ages of many winters he testified in
public meeting, "All that I have been
able to do for Christ and my fellow
men is due to the gospel teachings of
my old Christian nurse" AS tho little
Jewish maiden who was a servant
girl. sent the warrior Naaman down to
( the river Jordan to be cured of leprosy,
has there not bean in oar pas. lives