Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-08-10
ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR. MONDAY. AUGUST TO- 1908

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,sabellas feet; not the chains. not the
prosecutions. not the upbraidings. not
the indiferences. So. my sister. If you
expect your servants TO be sympathetic
with you. be as Queen Isabella, who
sympathized with Columbus troubles.
You must sympathize with theirs.
The housekeeper is the servants
model also in devotion to the home.
The servants will inevitably fail to
appreciate the dignity and nobility of
domestic service unless their mis-
tresses feel that the highest honor any
woman can have is to preside over and
dedicate her life TO her home.
The name of home ought to have for
every true housewife charmed sound.
1t ought to be spelled by her. as her
grandmothers used to spell it. in many
letters of gold. 1t ought to be spelled
in tongues of fame. glowing above the
hearthstone. 1t ought TO be spelled in
a word of eleven letters. opportunity"
in another word of nine letters. hap
piness." 1t ought to be spelled In two
words, the one of eight and the other
of three letters, maternal joy" 1t
ought to be spelled in another word Of
seven letters. liberty" The true wife
should never want to be anywhere but
under the shadow of her home. But
though Mary Anderson. the queen Of
the American stage. gladly abdicated
her theatrical throne in order to be
queen of her domestic fireside, a dan
gerous tendency of this age is for
wives and mothers to vacate their do
nestle thrones. They want to hand
over the kitchen to their cooks. They
want to leave their children under the
exclusive control of the nurses. They
want to be separated from their hus-
bands, on account of their clubs. They
want to be literally educated in every
thing on earth, except in the old fash
toned way Of learning how to be
good housewife and mother.
Honorable Employment.
Now. housekeepers, is it right to ex
pect your servants to be proud to work
in the kitchen when you yourself are
ashamed to be found doing kitchen
work? Is it more of an intellectual ac-
complishment to be able to speak poor
French than it is to cook good bread ?
Lord Aberdeen. the governor general
of Canada, did not think SO. A few
years ago, in a public speech, he said
that the most pleasant experience Of
his sojourn in America was in the fol-
lowing incident: He was in an official
capacity, travelling through one of the
Canadian provinces and was stopping
at prominent officials home After
an elaborate meal. perfectly cooked
and perfectly served. he turned to the
hostess and congratulated her upon her
cook. With that the lady's face light
| ed up with pleasure, as she answered:
my lord, l thank you for your COM
| pliment Your words of praise sink
deep into my heart. This afternoon
our regular cook was taken sick and
so my daughter took her place. She
You can then, face to face. congratu-
late her upon her success"
Is it disgrace, as many women seem
to think it is. for a mother to be seen
wheeling her baby carriage along the
street with her own flesh and blood In
that carriage? For my own part /
think such public sight of wife and
mother is a far more honorable one
than for such a woman to be seen car
rying around a pet dog or to be seen
out driving with a French poodle by
her side. You may smile if you will al
the figure l have drawn, but l say
unto you, oh, wives and mothers, that
you can never get your servants to ap
preciate the nobility of domestic call
ing until you yourself fully realize tina,
the greatest work and the most honor
able work you can have is that which
is to be found within the four walls OF
a consecrated home.
The housekeeper is her servants
model. Then she must give to then
her love as we'll as her sympathy. ''Oh
no." some housewife answers. II could
not love my servants. l could sym
pathize with them in their troubles, bu
/ could not love them. Why, If / loved
them l should have to receive then
into the holy of holes Of my heart.
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them part of my own family.
cannot place my servants side by sid
with my children Yes. my sister
you can love as we'll as sympathize
with your domestics. You can give
them your heart as well as your hand
You can make them part of your house
hold. You can look upon your domesti,
help in the same way that King Solo
mon looked upon his. He was verbal,
painting the ideal condition of his hom
when he wrote, And had servant
born in my home" That means. as
take 1t, that the servants were part O
himself. If any troubles should com
those servants would cling to him ant
love him on account Of the love witt
which he loved them. You can learn +
love your servants just the same a
your servants can work for you from
higher motive than that Of gettin,
money. They can learn to love Won.