The daily Alaskan., 1913-04-23
HOW SHE SOLVED IT
 By EDITH W ROSS
By EDTHW ROSS

"rho servant Quesaonr remarked Mfrs. Tldbou to Mrs. suathmoro sTarE about Che cost Of nvlngI It0 not Co be spoken of In Che same breath ! as he servant question And tho trusts! What do care about their cztoruou when ! can't get a servant without paying her double what ] used to pay3 And she won't stoy with me anywoyw
 aIts tho universal experience" re- piled Mrs sruthmoro. "l'm having !. tho same trouble"
 "When ] found ] couldn't use white or black servants" continued Mrs. Tld- ball. "I thought I'd try yellow. So l got Chinese cook, who was highly recommended by tho employment neent who sent him to me. l thought that coming from the Celestial king. dom gar away on the other side Of che globe. where bIs class are very poor and must live on mice and such things, . he would bc ln clover Ut S25 month, with as good food as Che market of. lords. notwithstanding roUG beef is worth nearly lts weight In gold. But . found that be had come over to make money In order chat be might SO back home to feed on tbc more expensive diet of kittens. and nothing but hls wages In dollars and cents counted !. with him. What do you suppose he did when ] paid him his first w0ges2 !. Why, he said | had agreed to pay him SgO a month, and when . demurrcd, although che dinner was to be pre-. pared. he said: Belly good. [ SO to mother place where l get &5O,'"
 "uow provokingw symDathized Mrs, . sraghmorc.
 "WeII there wasn't any use to begin back where had started with white help and run through Che races to the l Chinese SO l must stick to Che yellow. ! determined to fight It out on this . line lf It takes an summer and told Che employment agent to send me an- other ChIuUman. He sent me mild eyed man, who looked as Innocent as . a dove. though not the same color . Ha went Into thc Kitchen, cooked an ! excellent dinner. asked mo for a small !. advance on his wages, which ] was ! silly enough to give him, and the next ! morning. not hearing sounds below, l ! went downstairs and found Che Are gone out in the kitchen and not a sign of breakfast My man had departed !. with his advanced pay"
 "What a miserable creature" put in ! Che listener to the tale of woe
 "T was obliged Co make a Are my ! self and get breakfast Luckily ! had ! learned to cook before ! was married ! my daughter shall learn to cook if ! worth a mlIu0n-0nd ] got up a break . fast which had paid thc ChInUmun to . get thought that it would be better to keep ou getting It myself without .. paying some one else to do it for me- . but my husband objected, and since . ] hadn't get got through with the vel ! low peril called on the employment ] man for another cook He didn't say . anything. but he looked surly, and ] . knew well enough he was thinking that didn't treat my servants kindly ! But smothorcj my anger and paid for ! another servant
 "THis one remained with me two . days. got up excellent meals, and ] ! was congram1adng myself chat at last l. l had found a treasure when, on the second day. hc par0'yzcd me by giy- . ing me notice that he was going to leave me.
 "'For heavens sake [ exclaimed,
 why do you go? Why does every . Chinam0u who is sent me goT
 "uc hcsImted and ! urged him. Fi- D0Ily he said'
 "'You no pay ChIuaman'
 "Dont Duy7 The last man ! had ! advanced bis wages. and he left me without even working out what ] had paid him.
 "Thc man shrugged his shoulders.
 Tcu me why you think ] don't pay my servants their wogcsT ] urged,
 "Ue went Go tbe kitchen table, turn. ed lt upside down, and there on Che lower side of Che boards in red chalk were Chinese characters.
 How did they come MercF ] ask. eH What do they mc0DF
 "'You no pay ChIHamnn. He write that to tell other CbInamen,' was the reply
 "A light broke In upon my stupid braln. ] had engaged a Chinoman to work for me. thinking the Chinese in. noccnt Of Che ways Of western serv- ants. and. behold he had gone far be- yond them in shrcwdness. He had de maudcd more than had agreed to pay and. when refused him, not only left me with thc dinner uuco0ked, but left behind hIm f4Isp statement
 "Tuns.oUe Il. ! wjd.
 "TbIs lady heIy bad She no 7ay wages
 "Artcr urgnlug with Che man a long while ndu ed him to remain with me on condition rb0t ] pay daily, but he was satisfied that thc swiudllng was on Che other side and preferred to get his wages at the end of the month But when he was advised by a friend chat be could get more aranother place