Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-08-15

nj 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
cd 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
80 my daughter took her place. She
will be In presently from the kitchen.
You can then. face TO face, congratu-
late her upon her success"
Is II a disgrace, as many women seem
to think II 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 far more honorable one
than for such woman TO be seen car
rying around pet dog or to be seen
out driving with French poodle by
her side. You may smile II you will at
the figure | have drawn. but 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 that
the greatest work and the most honor
able work you can have IL that which
Is TO be found within the four walls OF
a cOnsecrated home.
The housckeeper Is her servants
model. Then she must give to them
her love as well as her sympathy. "Oh.
no." some housewife answers. Il coult
not love my servants. ! could sym
pathize with them In their troubles. but
] | could not love them. Why. Il loved
them | should have TO receive them
into the holy Of holes Of my heart. |
should in one sense have to maxi
them part Of my own family. !
| cannot place my servants side 10y sid
with my children" Yes. my sister.
YOU can love as we'll as synpathize
with your domestics. You can give
them your heart us 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 It, that the servants were part OF
himself. IL any troubles should come
those servants would cling TO him and
love him on account Of the love with
which he loved them. You can learn 20
love your servants just the same as
your servants can work for you from a
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. thpt love would
be returned to you In thousand bless
ings. We can prove this by the silver
cords Of affection which bound some
Of the southern planters to their black
slaves. Did not those slaves return
their masters love by a noble devo-
ton? There was many and many q
woman in the south who, after her
husband had been shot In the civil war,
would have starved to death had not
the strong limbed negroes who worked
for her as Slaves Of the law" contin'
ued. of their own free will, to work for
her as Slaves of love-" There wal
many a wounded Confederate soldier
who would have died had not his body
servant, who easily could have escaped
into the northern lines, gladly and Will
ingly and prayerfully nursed him back
to health and strength. There Is many
servant working today as hirelina
I'm some home who II she was loved
by her mistress would return a wealth
of affection and devotion such as shs
herself does not believe herself capable
of giving. The true Interpretation Oh
love means simply this: II you love
YOUR servants, you will take them into
your life and make their interests your
interests. And by your loving them
they will let you creep into their hearts
J 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
r a reality. and that the nOblest OF all
: lives is that consecrated to the service
of the Lord Jesus Christ. 1t has been
/ said that mo man Is hero to bill
valet" Therefore mo mistress couic
be a true Christian exemplar for hel
servant" That statement In only par
TALLY true. No housewife, IL she II
{ leading an insincere life, can have
E true spiritual influence over her serv
ants The nearer you come to the huge
3 piece of rock In the Yellowstone park
: which In the distance seems to be th'
, face of a man, the more you see III
( Jagged corners and distorted features
e The nearer servant comes to an In
e sincere mistress the more she Is re
pulsed by her pretensions to religion
\ hut the nearer q domestic comes to
e pure. true, noble woman, who is ear
t nestly and prayerfully trying to follow
OUI IDt VI bhS ChfADN 49, - -
C more she realizes the importance OF liv
O ing for eternity and not for time; 70
J. Christ, and not for pleasure; for pres
ent duty, and not for transient within
8 The greatest cause of unfaithfulnes
). and dishonesty In the kitchen LIS tn
O fact that your servant girl Is not con
4 verted to Christ. Perhaps the chic
J. reason why your servant Is not con
v verted is that she does not see you. he
d mistress, a protesting Christian, liV
ing the Christian life you ought t
r live. My sister, Is It not time for yo'
|, to turn over new leaf and star
r afresh for Christ? Is 1t not good re
v solve to try to settle this "servan
a question" once for all by surrender
q ing yourself, body and mind and sou
n to the service Of your Masterf
." The Servant of All.
D. The spiritual influence which a COZ