Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-21
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~ LITTLE PROBLEMS Of THE HOME.
LITTLE PROBLEMS OF THE HOME.
THE PRIZE. WINNING MAID.

~ YER in New York they had a household exposition some time ago, in
which everything that has to do with the running of the home had
a showing. BY no ean the least important part of the home
machinery is the maid in the kitchen. ant this feature vas very ably GOV
cred by the offering of a prMe for thu woman with the record of longest
continued service. The maid who won had been thrty-hve years in m
family too! A prize scarcely seems IN ough. She should har had a few
Gowns and haos thrown in as extras
The reporters, of coursab uzzed about her. No trophies brought back
from Africa we're eve haf so rare. In the interviews she said some things
in regard to domestic service that are we'll worth the attention of every
woman wrestling with the seryantghl problem
1.-THE mistress makes the maid" says this holder of the prize. The
mistress who doesn't send back the first dirty dish is making a poo servant
But there's a way to send it back she furthera added, naiveEr
Knowing how to 10 things we'll has a lot to DO with liking housevork,
she alsopbserved. She believes in taking a satisfaction in ones work. h
baked pies and cakes she said. that everybody talked about M she be-
heves this is juta as WORTHY while as IN taking a dress or writing a book that
people talk about She took pride in her reputation as a cook.
and she believed if a maid looked upon her place as hr home she would
neither mind long hours nor children.
Theres a lot in what thisw oma n says both for maids ahd for mis-
tresses
Evidently this maid and mistress pulled together They we're partners
for The common good OF the home. They were ranged on the same side in
the fight against dirt an waste.
The spirit today between many "a mistress n maid is that of enmiy
They are opponents, instead of partne rs.
The mistress regards he maid suspidousy and is ready to believe she
will be wastduf lEy; that she will i'reah all the dishes she can; possibly
steal
The maid regards the mistress as NJ who is going to scod, nag and get
all the work ut IF her possible Both are OF the defensive
Unfortunately sad experiences ave brought about this attitude of mini
on the part of each.
But the home spirit can De cultivated in the maid She al b. made to
feel that the mistress is with her not against her. Even the sending back
of a dirty dish car he done in such 2 way that the maid knows 1t is really
for her w sake that the mistress al to train her into good work She
can be taught to take a satisfaction in wen-done work. when the worth Ct
thoroughness is nut to her in the right way and she AN be made to feelth at
If she proves worthy she will be looked upon as me OF the family.
~ Such al effort to be SURF, nay be wasted on some, but the majority of
women floating from one place" to another would respond to it when they
saw the mistress ws really in earnest and had their comfort and happiness
genuinely at heart The ceiling of responsibility entaled would be the m
seen anchor to hold this new sensation OFFS satisfaction mint theft work sure AMI
steady.