The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-06-09
THE SOCIAL SIDE
CHE WAY TO SOLVE THE
SERVANT PROBLEM.

CHE WAX TO SOLVE THE
SERVANT PROBLEM.
m the discussion of the never-fail-
i 1nx subject of the problem of inefi-
Z Montgomery women. gathered on
y yorandah recently. grew into bunch
of oloQuence. In q short time. as is
APT to be the case, one member OF the
party disclosed the fact that she is an
authority on the subject and all the
I. others fell into line as willing and in
terested listeners.
i .Thcre would be-" she said. no prob
lam TO solve. II only the demand for do
meattc service, or rather the need of
~ were to be as far as possible elm
mated When in a question OF supply
ana demand, the former is unobtain-
able. the latter should De done away
With. Why go through life struggling
for what most housekeepers declare is
not In the market-good servtcef
Tt 10 in degree degrading to allow
one's self to become dependent on an
other for home comfort and happiness.
Superior intelligence and education
should bring about increased independ-
once. II 1t In difficult to get domes-
Ito work done. then diminish the work
70 be done. Don't become slaves to the
need OF service. However. II Is not
necessary to decrease comforts in de-
sreasing the amount OF labor required
to obtain them. 1t Is better to adopt
The Simple Life rather than the SER
vile, which comes about through beg
cling for help that cannot be procured.
Begin the revolution OF the house
hold economics in the kitchen. which.
to the dependent woman is a night
mare. Put everything out of 1t. start
ers have In this much-abused. and
most important department of the
home a wealth of trash, rubbish. and
unused Inconvenience which require
cleaning. regulating, ana keeping In
order. and add nothing to the beauty
or oofort of the home.
Cover the floor Of this empty room
with linoleum-it lasts a life time.
Put shades and swiss half-curtains at
the windows. Then begin the furn-
fishing process. Don't start out by In
vesting In all you think you need; let
the only articles of furniture be a
Kitchen cabinet. a double shelf side ia
table covered with oil-cloth.
Z folding sewing table, two chairs, and
o gas stove.
AS for the cooking vessels, get as
few as possible, and add to them by
degrees as the need presents itself!
Start out with simply boiler, dou-
BILE boiler. a stew pan. frying pan,
& biscuit pan, a baking pan, conee
pot and q tea-kettle.
sWhere is the hardship in prepar-
ing q meal in such quarters? Here
the necessity of one servant has been
eliminated Probably the presence of
the sewing table In the kitchen re-
woman should stand at work that can
be done as well in a sitting position.
walking Is fine; sta-nding Is bad for
woman's wel1-being. A sewing table
is the proper height for many tasks
beside the one for which it is manu-
factured.
at know of a family, with a small
income, whose kitchen answers to the
above description. They paid cook
90 month. On one occasion the cook
announced her intention of taking a
vacation, and there being two women
in the family. they decided not to sup
ply her place To make it worth while
they kept account of the home ex-
penses the month preceding her de-
parture and the month following. The
difference was $40, and the family num-
bered four. Her wages were SO, the
difference in the grocery bill, $13; the
difference in the market BILL IS; the
difference in the gas bill, 81; and the
difference in the milk bill, 81. The
time consumed in doing the work of
the absent cook was two hours day,
and those two women are quite proud
of the fact that they can so easily add
$50 to the family treasury.
II know of many family in Mont
gomery, the head of which tolls hard
all day for anywhere from SIS to 800
q month, while two servants, by the
immense expense thereto attached, cost
hlm nearly half of it: all simply be-
cause the women of his family know
no middle course between the roles of
lady OF elegant leisure and tired worn
out drudge of the household. The
man prefers his wife to play the for
mer, she accepts the situation and his
sacrifice. He thinks personally that life
IS not worth living"
Time wis up; some of the party had
TO go to ''see about supper" but the
verandah gathering did not disband
until the lady OF authority had promis-
ed TO talk again on other departments
of the household, and how to become
independent and cease trying to solve
the problem
No rich woman need read the above
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
WORK AT CHISHOLM. .
In response to q call from Mrs. Sid
ney Yarbrough meeting was held at
her home for the purpose of organizing
a School Association. The election OF
officers resulted as follows: President,
Mrs. Sydney Yarbrough; Secretary,
Mrs. John Chisholm; Treasurer. Mrs.
William Daniels.
Their object Is to secure the neces-
sary $500, so as to enjoy the benefit of
the 800 State appropriation and to
complete the arrangements for better
quarters in the fall for the school:
The teachers Principal Miss Craw-