Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-06-11

erS salary equal to that demanded by
/ a tutor or a music master. and who. in
addition. would he glad to part with
servilty, Ignorance and responsibility
+ They have only TO enter into communi-
cation with the teachers Of household
( economies in any way of one schools or
1 universities. Young women who now
/ think only of teaching or Of going into
some sort of business. would 80 gladly
( escape from the monotonous drudgery of
/ the school room and the counter into
the private house with all its varied de-
mandS on intelligence taste and indiyitl-
uality, its unlimited scope for the plav of
I personal quality, its natural conditions
/ for normal and healthy life. This is
the opening that thousands Of Young
women are longing for, provided their
work be lifted entirely ont of the plane
I of mental service.
At this moment, l have in mind the
/ home of rich manufacturer i'm one of
| the large cities of New England His
I wife was the daughter of southern
/ planter. \ few years ago she learned.
I by chance. that the granddaughtcrS of
/ two old friends of her father were study
/ ing domestic science in 4 school in her
| neiGhborhood; she made their accuain-
| lance. she was attracted toward them,
and finding that they were entirely de-
pendent upon themselves. she offered TO
gave her entire house in to their charge.
/ them: they were equals. The older wom-
/ an was haraSsed by rude ungrateful
servants; the two younger ones sought to
1 earn their bread in surroundings that
4 would he congenial to them, The ar
! rangenent was Il blessing to them all.
/ When the servants had gone away, the
4 Whole family felt aware that Il strange
/ and lrrcconSilable something had passed
out of it. The two young women. occa-
sionally assisted by the daughters and
( sons OF the family. do all the work of the
J house, and do il as it never was done
1 before. Their dinners are celebrated not
4 Tor extravaganza nor display. but for
/ me qualities that are essential to good
dinnerS. The house is altogether charm
/ ing: Ii Is much freQuented by scholars
] ana artists, 10y intelligent men and wom-
en- of the world. Nowhere is there an air
OF vulgar pretcntiOuSness and of crude
4 iormality--for formality is the mask of
! crudeneSs, whether il reigns in the an
cestrai palace or in the gaudy halls of
/ the parYenu. In this house. there re-
mains not viStIge OF the crude age--no
llNerlCS. no automatic standing behind the
| chairs. no recognition anywhere that il is
/ lawful To degrade ones fellow man.
/ Here exists in all its beauty and fnllness
! the poetry of domestic relations: and no
/ one can remain long in the house without
Ifehhg It's charm-many realize how fear
| ful waste is going ON in the ranks Of
/ utillze the energy. the talent, the cheer
fulness of our proud and educated Young
/ women by opening our doors to them on
an equal footingE The conditions obtains
ing III TINS one house might he multiplied
now many thousand times?
Of course, as things are at present
TINS step can be taken only by the we'll
! to-do. In the vast majority Of families
/ lne ola condition must remain. But the
chahSe would come by imperceptible de-
@FeeS. y few years ago, an artist de-
! pending on Il rude and arrogant PATRON
! had scarcely 81 good foothoid in the
social world as Il servant has today The
/ noble race of artists. more than any
other, has suffered from the caprice and
! SelhShncSS of the dominant classes. And
! who has freed them from the hateful
/ yoke of kings and mobiles? the people
have freed them-the rich. the educated,
/ the generous, the true lovers of art. Is
not this the element in society that is
! everywhere mt work abolishing human
slavery in all its forms? The fact that
II great artist is everywhere honored,
/ that he is master of his fate. that he is
economically free deScends to The hume
hleSt artist and dignhes his life and
calling. The piano teacher who receives
50 for lesson does not on that account
claim a different social rank from the
enc who receives but small fraction of
that sum. So it would work. in time.
1 in the domain of household service could
we but wipe from it the stigma of slav-
cry. There is power in wealth, there is
power in intelligence; combined, what
might they not accomplish? They can,
ii they will. make it an honor for the
young woman to go out to service. They
have only To recognize and to maintain
substantially that the family is aS
worthy of noble service as the state and
the school.-Dr. j Frances Cooke IN
The Pilgrim.