The Dolores star., 1904-02-26
Domestic
BlunderS
Of Women
ny a N ERE MAN
THE HIGHLY RESPECTABLE
PERSON.

~ AAAo Now
" ~ received q large
number of letters.
Among these is one which I feel
must mention, as 1t has made me
pause and consider carefully whether
| should continue this series, or drop
the whole subject, and let the world
continue in the same haphazard way
that women have reduced 1t to. The
letter runs as follows
Il wish when you wrote that article
about women that you (sic), some
one, had strangled you; you have
made my life burden to me Through
my husband), what with your har-
ness and your bran-mash, ETC., and
your mutton chops, and so on. There
are no words in the English language
bad enough that could throw at you;
please close your series at once, as
they won't do good at ALL and are only
making strife in once peaceful homes" /"
This is signed "An Angry Wife,"
and l spare my readers the "P. S." It
would be easy to sneer at this blotted
and illiterate letter; but am not SO
hard-hearted as some of my readers
may imagine, and can see that this
badly written letter is stained with
tears. There is even pathos for me
in the vulgarity of the postscript, and
! am deeply sorry if any words of mine
have led some foolish man to apply
them too near home for his own and
his wife's comfort. My mission is not
tn mako discard It,f f, oh
| want to show women where they
fail, so that they may mend their man.
ners, and. II they will only take heed,
and their husbands will only be a lit
tie patient with them, though there
may be little storms, am sure the
sunshine will succeed.
With these few words, and in this
hope, l continue, and take for my
subject women's idea of good serv.
ant, or at least their idea of a serv-
ant they ought to put up with. She
Is common to all homes, and l am
sure all my readers will recognize her
under the title of "Such a highly re-.
spectacle person."
She is very tidy person. She al
ways carefully puts away anything
you want, and you see, by the way
your papers are turned over, that our
desk has been thoroughly busted
round the edges. And she is handy
withal. If the chair is broken, you
will not find 1t out at once, as she will
make it hold together-till you sit
down-by tying 1t with string, or dri.
wing a tenpenny nail through the
back, which is 80 brittle and old"
that it splits. If she has any washing
to do. she makes no fuss about it..
She waits till you are out, and does it
in the ath-room, and when the waste
won't act, and the plumber comes and
pulls up half the floor, and the force.
pipe smothers the ceiling with semi
decayed soap and dirt, you can satisfy
yourself that the mischief was as
much due to the fluff and hair which
somebody put in the bath as the fact
that "the highly respectable person"
forgot that hot water will! melt a bar
of soap in time II allowed to stand.
But this is only indoors. If slate
is blown off the house, the highly
respectable person" will Chamber up
through the trap-door, and march
about without fear of slipping with
her thick boots on the roof, and when
she comes down you will know ex.
actly how many states are broken. If
you send her to the butchers, you
may be sure she will pick the meat
she thinks is best for you, and if you
happen not to like it as much as usual,
you will at least know that she did
her best in your interests. by finding
that she has saved you quarter. If
her mistress wants certain kind of
stuff, and sends her for it, she will