The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-13
CHILDREN EMPLOY PARENTS
Fathers and Mothers in INDECENT Cir.
cumstances Go 10 Work for
Sons and Daughters.

IN me once OF young and tnteWrs
49, VAIL street broker Is an old CLERK
x.bn works as hard and az long as any
,ne in the business. and though he has
le.n IN his present situation for three or
,.tr wears few parsons are aware that
b., \ the father Of his successful en-
,t,,er Indeed he Is only tolerated Ia
the ONCE ON condition that the secret Is
LOT allowed 10 leak out
The exact circumstances say the CHI
caro- Tribune. which have Jed 10 father
Ind SON being Ia such strange business
relationship are mysterious bun ihe old
man. bankruptcy which 0c urled ume
,ears ago was oi course. ile cause OK
Ms having 20 hnd a situation. though
.ssou could well have Afforded 90 make
INN an allowance sufficient Tor his
wants Doubtless The old man age rem
,ered IL impossible for him to obtain en-
pio,ment where be- had no claims and
I'M. son was just sufficiently human 10
make a place in the office to save his
rather from the worhhouse
There rs something really pathetic in
,he unnatural connection between the
two men the idea OF a successful yo ing
man employing his ruined father e1-
rociing him 10 Go SO much work in con-
sderafinn OF SO many dollars Week.
and treating him as any other clcrN In
nts office Is not pleasing one and il S
rotreudered less distastetul by the Prob
ability that If the old man were not a
really valuable servant be- would not be
employed
That however. - not an exceptionally
eiaring case The facts came 20 light
some time ago Of i strarsa case in whics
a well-to-do woman employed her moth
IN as cook and treated her worse than
she would have dared treat her had she
been an ordinary servant though the
worst OF the case was not made public
AZ me time the facts leaked out
The mistress in this case was woman
~ nearly so the widow OF wealthy sa-
fuonkeeIer. and her mother and cook
was turning 20 when she entered her
daughters service They We're humble
uoople and shortly after The daughters
ucky marriage the old woman lost all
her little savings in a famous swindle
She therefore. applied 90 her daughter
for assistance. and oallous TO degree
Dne cannot understand the daughter
onered her situation as cook in her
house Asthe alternative was the poor
house. the offer was accepted
For seven years the old woman acted
the servant of the child she had
.r.ught into the world. and while n
after drove about in smart carriage
the old mother used no scrub the kitchen
nDo~ ar clean the front door STEPS and
a. other similarly mental work. and
during that long period Of her service
She vas not allowed a single holiday or
day rest in bed one Of the fellow
servants was one day dismissed On the
sr0t Tor trying 10 prevent the inhuman
daughter striking her mother because
Size had oversight herself or felt III AM
wished to stay in bed. Yet the relation
shin between mistress and cook was kept
a profound secret until after the old
vomans death. which occurred in q
noorhouse inGrmary. for when she was
-a ll as 10 be incapable Of properly ful-
filling her duties. she was handled out 81
The house without so much as the wages
which were due her
10 is balm TO ones sense Of justice 10
know that the daughter found herself in
prison a short time after her mother
death. though not for any offense con
-erning the poor old women.
More pleasing reading Is found in tn
story from a Pennsy ivania town Of a ia
Their who. a master printer az one time
for some reason or other refused 10 take
bis sons into partnership and in a spirit
Of defiance they established themselves
a. printers In the same town. For LONG
time their business was badly handi
raped by lack Of capital but by appli-
cation they eventually succeeded IN
sorking up a splendid business. With
ont underwriting or any other shady
methods. they in time obtained many
or their fathers most valuable custom
ers and he was compelled To shut dow
one OF his printing rooms. Later they
establi shed a local paper which. being
really needed was a success from the
first and proved SO profitable that they
extended their premises With the
larger premises came the remnant OF
their fathers business and he vas mad
bankrupt
Directly they heard Of heir father 8
insolvency the sons went TO him, OF
fered to buy up al his plant at prize
sufficient TO pay a large proportion OF his
debts and give him employment in their
business Such magnanimty must have
been triie bitter to a hard-headed, oh
,tnate man. but he gratefully accepted
De offer and no one Is more pleased
with the arrangement than he is now
It has been in operation for some time.
As foreman. ne received from his sons
.alary exactly equal to what be was
making as a master AT the time he re-
fused To admit his sons into his business
Fished for Him.
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