The Rich Hill tribune., 1910-04-07

considered impossible for any other
human being even casually spending
the night in the house. They are fire.
uqently bare OF even common necessi.
ties
The position Of those employed IN
this service, as dwellers under the
same roof with their employers. gives
the latter no more right to interfere
In their private personal Affairs than
with those Of her tailor when the
service for which she pays Is properly
rendered. economic rights end I,
may be her privilege 10 suggest or
wisely guide in personal affairs. but Il
must be willingly granted her. Ger
tain personal restrictions are neces-
sarily imposed upon anyone living in
another's household. but they must be
only such as any self-respecting per
son would naturally comply with. OF
they become intolerable.
The housekeeper who does her
whole duty 70 those who are members
OF the household-may her tribe IN.
crease,-rests serenely in the conf
dence OF having performed the whole
duty OF woman. Nevertheless. every
once in a while her home Is invaded
by the reprehensible methods Of her
neighbors, introduced by one Of the
nomadic host that forms the constant
procession through our American
kitchens, with uncomfortable and
sometimes calamitous results; or
sudden demand for an increase OF
wages from a carefully trained and
reliable maid reveals the fact that
some other housekeeper In the neigh.
borhood. in dire stress OF circum.
stance. or for a less honorable rea.
son. has been tempted 20 ofer higher
wages The good woman cannot un.
derstand how she becomes the victim
OF such unmerited disaster and Won
ders why people can't mind their
own business and let her alone" and
she forthwith goes 20 the intelligence
ofice and fills the place OF the com.
petent, intelligent maid with a wholly
inexperienced and unframed emigrant.
az the same rate OF wages she paid
for competency and the next order
she sends 10 her grocer calls for an
inferior quality OF goods, because
such are good enough for an incom.
petcnt cook to spoil"
The whole course OF human deyel.
opment has had tendency 20 make
woman the conservative. self-centered
being that she Is. and through that
Characteristic the home. her special
province. became and remained n sup.
posedly selfsufncing social unit. Here
are eushrined the deepest mysteries
and sanctities OF human life. rightly
protected from public Interference As
the manufacturer IS entitled 10 keep
secret the processes wherewith he
combines his raw materials into tho
finished product. but the plant and
machinery may be matters Of public
interest. 40 IN the homo the life itself
tg personal AFFAIR. but the machin.
cry whereby Il Is carried on Is so.
ciai affair
In the days Of simpier housekeep.
ing the domestic wage earners we're
few IN number and the mlnistratlons
OF each individual were confined 20
one or at most perhaps a half dozen
families. and Il mnttered comparative
ly little II the training consisted large.
ly of unwholesome processes OF cook.
ing and unsanitary methods OF clean
Ing. since the mischief was not dis
seminated through a whole commu.
nifty. neither disease germs nor other
results Of crude experimenting were
carried from family 10 family by the
constantly moving stream OF domestic
employees We have today.
The woman who raises the rate OF
wages IN her own household compels
every other employer in her neighbor
hood 10 do likewise. either absolutely
or by accepting Inferior service. and
this result follows whether her motive
IN 30 doing was 10 raise a wage un
Justly acquired through some Other
woman's careful training. or whether
Il was done IN pure thoughtlessness
The woman who takes into her en-
ploy. IN place Of a competent and well
trained cook or housemaid. an mex
periencCd one. at the same rate o
wages. because the glrl. through nat
urnl stupidity or Ignorance Of thl
ways OF her adopted country. 'is no
up 10 the tricks OF girls In general.
/ or because the houHekeeper wants 4