The Dolores star., 1904-02-26

ants, for every one must admit that
it 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 dragon
Of virtue. She has no followers that
anybody ever saw or heard of. No
body calls and asks to see her; she
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
er quality is that she wants no Sun
days or week days out, except to go
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 "the highly respectable
person." for "the highly respectable
person" is as solicitous of the welfare
of her mistress as she is of her fell
low servants. To attain this end, she
is careful to keep her mistress up to
her mark. In the present deplorable
state to which generations Of women
have brought the Servant Market, the
mistress is bound, If not to shut her
eyes, at aEy rate, not to look too close
ly for faults. But this laxity does not
suit "the highly respectable person."
Her motto is, Whom the Lord loveth
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
sieves 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 and forgotten, and she
leads her around the house to point
out where the dusting 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." and the keeping
of the majority. who are merely hu-
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, and 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 gen.
tleman want q highly respectable
person" with all the above advan.
tages? know one, at least. wAom l
shall be only too pleased to recon-
mend to any master or mistress who
has not experienced such luxury,
and promise to ask NO questions.
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