Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-13

though Mary Anderson, the queen Of
the American stage, gladly abdicatet
her theatrical throne in order to b,
queen of her domestic Preside, a dan
gerous tendency of this age Is fol
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 a
good housewife and mother.
Honorable Employment.
Now, house&eepers, 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 1t 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 pubic speech. he said
that the most pleasant experience Of
his sojorn 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, / 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
will he In presently from the kitchen.
You can then, face to face, congratu-
late her upon her success"
Is 1t 4 disgrace, as many women seem
% t..al, it is for a mother to be seen
uy her baby carriage along the
It'll her own flesh and blood in
.I. c!rriage? For my own part |
think such a public sight of wife and
mother is far more honorable one
than for such woman to be seen car
rynS around pet dog or to be seen
out driving with a French poodle by
her side. You may smile if you will at
the figure l have drawn, but | say
unto YOU. oh, wives and mothers, that
you can never get your servants to APP
preciate the nobility of domestic call
ing until you yourself fully realize that
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 conSecra ted home.
The housekeeper Is her servants
model. Then she must give to them
her love as well as her sympathy. "Oh.
no." some housewife answers, Il could
not love my servants. | could sym
pathize with them in their troubles, but
l could not love them. Why, if I loved
them l should have to receive them
into the holy of holes of my heart.
should in one sense have to make
them part of my own family. I
cannot place my servants side by side
with my children" Yes, my sister
you can love as we'll as sympathize
with your domestlcs. 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 domestic
help in the same way that King Solo
mon looked upon his He was verbally
painting the ideal condition of his home
when he wrote, And had servants
born in my home" That means, as
take 1t, that the servants were part of
himself II any troubles should come
love him on account of the love with
which he loved them. You can learn to
love your servants just the same as
your servants can work for you from
higher motive than that of getting
money. They can learn to love you.
Cords of Affection.
Housewives, II you will only learn to
love your servants and make their In
terests your interests, thar love would
be returned 10 you in thousand bless
ings. We can prove this by the silver
cords of affection which bound some
Of the southern planters TO theh black
slaves. Did not those slaves return
their masters love by noble devo-
ton! There was many and many a
woman In the south who after her
husband had been shot in the civil war.
would have starved to death had not
for her as ''sla pes Of the law" contin-
ued, of their own free will, TO work for
her as Slaves of love" There was
many wounded Confederate soldier
who would have died had not his body
servant, who easily could have escaped
Into the northern lines gladly and will
|ngly and prayerfully nursed him back
TO health and strength. There Ia many
4 servant working today as a hireling
in some home who If she was loved
1y her mistress would return a wealth
NJ affection and devotion such as she
herself does not believe herself capable
Of giving. The true Interpretation of
love means simply this: If you love
your servants you will take them into |
your life and make their interests your
interests. And by your loving them
they will Not you creep into their hearts |
and make your interests their interests. |
The housekeeper is the domestic |
model also in religion Therefore by !
her life she should teach her servants
that religion is not a mere sham. but |
a reality and that the noblest of all |
ives is that consecrated to the service |
II the Lord Jesus Christ. 1t has been |
,aid that mo man is hero to his |
"a lot " Therefore mo mistress could |