The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-27
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A Talk on the Servant Problem

r CLIP the following paragraph from
O. popular daily.
4 "A correspondent suggests that
uistresses uolII have Jess trouble
with d0mestles 81 they showed mose con-
sideraJi0H for tHe Hir-Iiugs- comfort.
Why not she asks. add 10 the en-
tertainueuJ Of tHe maid ay d pretty
little sitting room. with something 10
amlse her there always =Icn as books
ma gaines. and the daily rap=rs2H
NOW my dear Lady ef IG- Loving
Letters" a- one of our masculine cog
respondents calls EoE. what 30 goa
( tllln1 of such -tufe believe m treat
ing nay maids as human beings Auu-
have comfortable rooms. good beds. ana
Otker furniture. and just The same fare
that my children and their parents eat
When they ale sick, Z have Them tended
5y my own physician. and look after
them myself az Z would ans member ul
my family proper When they ct weI.
see tlal they age not overweight
until they are strong again. 4 ann rea-
s1uabie in my demands upon them 81
all times. I never seoId. considering il
il-lrrd anu lueATistiaG.
This is not Seit-fatt-TE. s-r simple
truth. Bur da uor allow my maids
,sho are better lodged. better Ild. and
in ala respects . lnousaudfoId more
comfortable than they ever dreamed OF
being ia their own homes and country
"a private sitting room, ntted up as
iibrir.. Nor DO ] believe IL would he
for their best good if [ did 81. They are
not my equals, socially and intellect
ualIy. and i should do them a positive
wrong were q 90 put such an idea into
their heads. They are as respectable in
they de- their dutg ID that staItnn-glu
keep Ia It.
] am not ara aflstoarat. but seal.a
who taught for living uutiI her mar-
riaEr ana whose husband is well on
but not rich. But viewing the subjEce
passionate. consider advice such
as / qoote harmful 10 mistress as Col
maid. What do you say Have y0t|
experiment was made If so. with
what result Ana viii you call for a
comparison Nf experiences on The part
OF other uoI-a-llpfher-t
Ana ] iuhumau. oT g. LLe s3-caIIed
philauthrcpist Nho recommends the pri-
Fate sitting room and library unpTac-
Dcalt ~ the maids have "A musical bias
why not laV, d piano, guitar, and
mandolin for their deleCtatlon2
A. :. Med. 5PirtsbuTg, Pa
Before calling together 90. experience
meeting 81 which our very clever MEM ,
Der speaks J viii answer briefly two
questions she put to myself.
/ have known Iamily' Iu which an
experiment. similar 10 that proposed bv
me Ilil1-tiEsHlHt was made Many
wears ago ! lifted Up a room adjoining
tle kitchen 100 city house as a uarluY
for the use 4L m- three maids Id was
sarpeted; tae furniture was ncw and
L1ttt. use WINDOWS We're curtaiued. a
oto9 lsut hung above center table. on
which lag books and ma EaZines: the
place was warm light and more cheer
POI Iuau The kitchen which had q north
era exposure The girr OF the uarIor-'
was retciFed-uot gratefully. but gra-
elouslN-auu / was assured that il would
t- n great lucurTidgt mint t. rbe b
u1ItIs IN my home tract One of the
maids Wss engaged 10 be married 10 q
decent young Fellow, whom I allowed To
WISH aef tn the evenings [ sluposed
naturally. that they would take sdven-
taee OF tie room FOR tetc-1-tets t4flss
IN fact Z found that they had act5I.iI,-
SUI together There cn two stormy niEIfs
Al The end OF month ] learned that
the maids preferred 10 eatEer +, ~
ola familiar kitchen when IL WAS I'D !
ub and the days work done When !
ELLEN had her 10" the others eqt iU /
stlit place ana took "A hand i'm the I
t,,liA or went on to walk. All shuuued /
inc paIinr bV common consent
nen inquired into the reason. Ellen.
lleH I'd her seventh year Of service +
+oueo. Hesitatingiy; ITS All yer. MIC. 4
I'D tnhL room. ma am, but We girls feel
-3tt OF lJueSaite-like iu there. ana the
.,itcHlA seems more natural somehow
} A-a r-ih, there's none of our ac-
% Ns-ii 'i-.ie6H as has anything of the kind /
and uus a. them do laugh at us about
j. laf5a and rnf was sdyin' last night 4
q wa wonder YOU didn't make a /
GROOM 81 &C. btlu' more convenient
a. The EttcIen nor the cellar"
lEt ais o. the despised ''parlOr''
p ere painted, and a pretty frescoed
illeze ran up % the ceiling At the end /
81 the second month ] had the Garnet 4
taken UP the curtains taken down fbf
iuluiture stored I'm the attic ana Inc
books sent 10 keep il company. Maggie
had The incest stOrerOom in town. ana /
rej0iced therein.
In nly country house have put forth