Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-11-14

| floor the helper must get the hot
water ready and bring Il to me, with
the soap and brush-and l cannot
sweep the back steps or porch"
"Stopi Stop" 1 cried. Hannah,
where are we to find a helper, and
what can 1 get one for?"
THE helper" read Hannah, from her
paper, must be not under Is years of
| $3.50 a week for the first six weeks.
| and three dollars a week after that,
until the Amalgamated Domestic
Union Of the United States issues
other orders. She must be a member
| Of a domestic union in good standing,
and she must not work as helper to
I anyone not a member OF the same
union, nor in the house of anyone who
employs nonmembers of the union In
household work"
But. Hannah" I expostulated, 10
you know OF any helpers?"
| NO" said Hannah, I'VE haven't got
any In our union yet"
| What is their work to be?" asked
'The domestic service helper" an
swered Hannah, seems to be some
thing like the helper that comes along
with plumber, you know, and hangs
around and goes errands, and so on:
don't know what shall ever do with
one tagging at my heels, but 1 must
have one"
And Edward was away. He left no
post Office address; said he was to be
In the woods the whole time, and there
was no way to reach him,
The door bell rang. Hannah started
to answer 1t, then stopped. took her
rules and regulations out of her apron
pocket-it was baking day-and then
she looked at me, slow red mount
( Ing to her cheeks.
l went and opened the front door to
/ the new minister's wife, who was max
+ ing her first call.
We talked about the weather. the
church, the Sunday school, the chill
dren. the apple blossoms, the next lee
ture course-and thought and
thought and thought about the union,
hannah and the mysterious helper.
! / have heard, since. that the minis
{ ter's wife declared her opinion to be
that 1 was "a singular woman" am
not surprised. nor even offended.
When she had gone l went on think
Ing. and when the dinner hour came
was still engaged In that unwonted
occupation OF a perhaps too quiet and
Injurious mind.
That evening there was a meeting of
the union In Odd Fellows hall, hired
for the occasion. In the morning.
descending to breakfast, found Ham
nah sitting upon her trunk In the
kitchen. The trunk held all Hannah's
effects and was strapped and locked,
and awaiting the expressman. Han
nah had struck. paid her the weeks
wages and. after she had gone. l pre-
pared breakfast and ate II with the
children
And Edward was away!
Two weeks afterwards I was aroused.
early in the morning. by loud thump-
ing and heavy jar. The sound seemed
to come from the back part of the
house. I dressed quickly and ran down
the back stairs. There. on the porch,
sat Hannah, on her trunk. She looked
pale and hungry.
/ opened the door.
"The union has busted" said Han
nah. Lend me an apron and let me
get breakfast"
When the mornings work was over
Hannah told me her story.
I'VE had a good time" said she. eat
first. But when our money was gone
we got tired. Miss Kennedy has gone
to Beech Ridge. organizing, and we
never heard from the general fund for
strikers. The boarding house keepers
wouldn't trust us. nor have us around
after our money gave out, and I, for
one. haye Ne her. g o. - L.. -iskt
we met On the stsps q EAs sshosG
house and voted to dissolve"
"And so The Sandy Beach Domestic
Service Union. No. l. is no more?" l
said.
at is as dead as door nail" said
Hannah. cheerfully
Edward came home that evening.
after It was all over. and when I told
him what had happened ne only
laughed.
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Indiana Man to Fonor Memory of
Black Frank. IA Famous Trot-
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A beautiful marble monument, sculp-
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