The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-27
PROPOSES A HOUSE
MAIDS UNION IN
SEATTLE.

10 free themselves from the yoke
nf oyerwork. Miss Annie Maekey, a
pretty demare little woman who
came tu Seattle from tauch, but
who has mind Of her own. urges
Kitchen aifls aud heuaaina ids % got
tpKetner aud form a union, with an
eight hnut daN as their goal Mas
Mackry came tu seattle fresh from
the farm and took position ia a
prominent family residence. There
she learned that Htria have a. toll
"a % "a hours Jay and while 40
warklaR. gained the idea of form.
ms Kitchen Girls and House
maids Untnn.f
In discussing the trials aud trihu.
iafiuns Of the hQueemaid and 90 her
proposed remedy. she said today
Nurn has been said ahnut the
sorkinHman's problem. but few
ever think the working girls prob
iem worthy OF ranatdHfiuH. espc-
tiallY &c hsr who tolls in the
kltehvns
'srho labor organizations have
made howl for eight hour lays Tor
men long before new while women
and kris, Who are less strong phys
tehilY. must work longer than men.
The laws ~ thia land should he
such as TO protect the wRKe-earn Z
ans women and RsrlA an AL Hines pf
work. aud regulate the hours 81
labor taf them all. Including mo
huusnmata Aud ~ our "a wfnakerA
refuse So FiAha The wFauH commit.
tod against women and xifi workers
as far as they airs Hhle 20, then. In :
deed va nave cause ga blush for our
medefn chflagtan civilization
Have Mr. Palmer, e representa-
isN from kias cynnty, end others.
who 50 stfsnuauAiy fight against
the female L. asaF law. AYES 60 grind =
Sc WIS should the3 oppose tho BAH
WhfNh would hftnk rrltef 10 tho
large army IL eemeg saa Nifl wage.
rafuetaf such mau are not repre-
senttng the people whaar servants
theY are. hut miaFepFesrnitns them
tIsa.esaass oyer~sFk~d.
4 served Ia the capacity 81 a
houHeuiatd fer = short Time in one
81 NfaftlHa homes. and the work
which } had so perform took we .
and : huura nearly every day And
besides having such uarnaa9nahiy
ioag working heara. tns experience
taught nae that the life OF an aver
asr aers ant aifi is not an ehviahis
one
q came from my couhtfy hogne 20
took for a position Ia town. Ike
many ceuutrN girls urn Obliged 10
80 aud aa uts means we're very lim-
stad. / was compelled tu secure EN-
plnf mrnt az once And NOT being
able e. Wait and ehoaee position.
took place Ia a private family
soon discovered that there wah
much MOTE work than / could conn
fuFsAbiN stand For the first tufHr
weeks 1 was aa the 80 fog ~ ana
~ heuS1 weAFfv every Gay, Without
any rest whatever When this Might
eaM / wnWhA be 80 tired that i
arhad an over There was no time
for recreation a. reading a. eil pit
not even have ehaueF ~ read tar
new spaperi
Merely = neest 81 mard~a.
ia h no wonder that ahr house
efrt+H mind beeemaa dull and SLUG +.
etsh. her movements awkward art
riunnas sd her step heeve She r.
merely 4 beast 81 1urtter. ~ = piece
"a psaehinaff. euugosrl % Keep 90
Ruina without eumriainluE and
without afoppink There r. no
chance Ter Intellectual dee sierntent
or srlfsimpfas rfnHut Of any Htnd
These people whom ! worked Tor
were very nfee good chuFrh people,
tool. but they seemed q furNct that
tne airi sha II paaf and las 10 sork
fnf her tistnE u human iike every p
body else.
aNoN. have nothing personal
aEafnai these people. faf I suppose
they simply followed the custom ahi
yreated me a. servants gvnMrsiiy
are treated iiut saeh iife did not