Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-13
Of Feminine Interest
SMART WOMEN OK DOMESTIC
PROBLEM.

l'ltOBl4EM.
Doubtless YOU have all n ara the
old legend OF Adams dissatisfaction
With Eve whom he returns her 10 the
Lord with this complaint: oh. Lord
this woman that Thou gavest me /
cannot live with her, AMI ! cannot
i've without her, " said Mrs. Rob-
crt Taylor In her bright address
made Friday afternoon before the
tate federation meeting OF women s
clubs at Triton
In tho many trials with my vari-
Gus cooks have often exclaimed in
evaporation, 4 cannot live with her;
/ cannot live without her. Only
onn instance has come under my OBJ
2ervation. however. ami that not
long since, in the Ntate OF New York.
when a woman killed herself because
hor cook left her, The pleasure of
being here today is only made pos
sible by the gracious Kindness of
her majesty, my cook. and when |
return | shall be compelled by court
etiquette to carry rich gifts to lay
ut her feet.
Il was very much amused the
other day at the experience of a fell
low club member when che first
came south, a Massachusetts wo-
man. by the way. who is very much
interested in the domestic service
problem She said she thought that
when she came south she would new
er work again. for wages would be
SO cheap that she would hire as
many servants as she liked, and she
would sit back and rock; but she
declares most feelingly that th2
southern women are the hardest
worked OF any section.
Her first experience was most
amusing. One morning the cook
did not appear. and after breakfast
she walked down to where she lived
AMI b gun to demonstrate with her
about leaving in such an abrupt
manner, and said to her. Why don't
you know you can't do this way.
You must come back The cook re-
piled, We'll. who's TO make me?'
Her experience is only one OF hun
dre1s in this southlani OF ours, and
Of the many problems confronting us
K seems this Is one of the greatest.
MORE PAY FOR BETTER SER
VICE.
Il recall the many Things that
have come before the club women, !"
continued Mrs. Taylor; "the color
line, for instance, when such fine
work was done by some Georgia
CAB women, and more recently the
persistent efforts I'm behalf OF the
child laborer in Georgia. and now
tho natural sequence of compulsory
education for these children, and |
come TO you In full confidence that
ways and means Will be devised
whereby this problem may be solved.
and the situation be controlled by
tho white women OF Georgia. II has
. often been charged that we pay
our servants so little as compared
with the white help Of the north.
II maintain that they are well
pald for the service we receive. end
Then you count in the toll they take
and the fact that each cook operates
dispengary from our kitchens. we
pay more than they receive. I
blink there ought 10 be some rela-
zion between the wage and the eff
iicicncy. and our women would glad
iy pay more for better service. We
could improve matters vastly II we
were as we'll organized as are the
black societies Through their So
cret orders rule are made cOntroll-
Ing tic lli-1a CHARGED rs. AMI the
Ufarst amount OF vOrk oar hous -
maids and cooks arc willing % do.
and worse stlll, all woe 20 the wo-
man who shall offend one OF these
her name IS placed on the black
lst. and a boycott Immediately de-
clared We should demand such
and such qualifications for certain
amounts oi work, refuse 10 hire euch
applicants as ar, proven utterly un-
trustworthy. AMI never be- guilty Of
The crime OF emptng To- hire the
seryan's ~ others
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