The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09


ants. for every one must admit that
1t Is much better not to be served at
all than by bad servants.
But the greatest of all the quail
ties of "the highly respectable per
son" is the fact that she is a dragon
OF virtue. She has no followers that
anybody ever saw or heard of. No
body calls and asks to see her; che
receives no letters that are not In an
unmistakable feminine hand; nobody
hangs about the gate and whistles,
and nobody has ever been seen to
raise his hat to her look after her,
or pass her the time of day, in going
by. Perhaps, however, an even great
err quality is that she wants no Sun
days or week days out, except to 60
to church, and, although she Is strict
ly religious, she sets her duty above
all things, and never demands her
right when she thinks it would be in
any way inconvenient to her mistress.
Her mission in life is to stick to her
mistress as long as her Mistress will
stick to her. To do this thoroughly,
she has to read her mistress letters.
and woe betide the mistress who, not
being all that she might be, attempts
to part with 1.-The highly respectable
person." for "the highly respectable
person" Is as srlicitous of the welfare
OF her mistress as she Is of her fel.
low servants. To attain this end, she
Is careful to keep her mistress up to
her mark. In the present deplorabls
state to which generations of women
have brought the Servant Market, the
mistress Is bound, II not to shut her
eyes, at any ratio. not to look too close
ly for faults. But this laxity does not
fuit the highly respectable person."
Her motto Is, Whom the Lord lovcth
He chasteneth," and the highly re-
spectacle person" has aggregated to
herself the role of social blister. She
tells her mistress all she does not
wish to know, but knowing. must no.
tice. She instructs her when the
sleeves were not scalded, when the
pots are not cleaned, when the bread.
pan has been allowed to grow over
full where half pound OF butter has
been put away ard forgotten, ard she
leads her around the house to point
out where the busting has been
scimped, and turns up the rugs and
carpets where yesterdays dust has
been hastily hidden. In this way she
fans her mistress into perpetual war
fare with her servants, and poses.
with Virtuous pride, as "a highly re-
spectacle person" is entitled to pose,
as being careful of the welfare and
rectitude Of her fellow creatures.
Men, who are unreasonable, and
know nothing Of what is good for
them, as opposed to the luxury OF
peace and quiet, are no respecters of
servants who are highly respectable"
and act as firebrands They advocate
the casting out of the one "highly
respectable person." ard the keeping
OF the majority, who are merely hui
man beings, who have "followers."
and who want to go out regularly. as
they are entitled to do, and they care
little how servants behave when they
are away from home These are the
lines upon which men conduct their
businesses, and this is possibly why
their managers, their clerks, ard 9th.
er employees remain for years in their
service and work together In harmony.
women are always crying out against
their servants Does any lady or gem
tleman want a highly respectable
person" with all the above adyan.
tages? | know one, at least, whom
shall be Only too pleased to recon-
mend to airy master or mistress who
has not exporter ced suck luxury.
and | promise to ask no questions.
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