The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-10

/ no small degree one OF the fine tradi-
tions OF her public service.
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| THE REnELLIOUS HIRED HANDS.
| NO work appeals to the race of men
very much. but what would YOU say
was the work least relished Of all
the great occupations? The house
wife and the farmer answer unani-
mouely. the hired girl and tho hired
! man. In modern society il has be
fallen that the oldest, si>>ylcst most
necessary and most continuous kinds
OF toll are what young mon and women
are seeking to avoid 1t is not hard
10 set clerks, tradesmen. craftsmen.
factory hands or day laborers. 1t is
nara to set man to do steady work
on inc farm. II is not hard TO get
lanndresscs, stenogra piers. sales
women. teachers or factory girls. It
is hard 10 get domestic servants. Any
woman in Richmond will swear to the
truth OF this
This is serious thing. To keep tho
mouse and to raise the food OF n nation
arc essential operations. We cannot
dodge them yet. no matter what lux
i'uries we enjoy. II is time some sort
OF commission investigated the cause
of this tragic fact, and made suggcs-
lions as to tho remedy. Why cannot
We longer secure decent reliable. CHI
! cient, industrious hired people?
Certain reasons are obvious Chores
and housework arc both mental tasks
In Il democracy we have no class
trained from birth for this status. and
content therein. In n democracy
everybody is good enough for any
thing. and nobody wants the disagree
able thing shat is hard and pavs small
wages, In Europe they depend on a
servant class In the land of Tho frec
there are no longer any servants We
must all be masters BY and large
We imagine this social reason is the
largest factor in the diminishing
labor supply.
Then again, farm and houscwork
have no dignity. regularity or chance
Tor advancement. They arc permanent
jobs on the lowest level They give
tho toilcr no sense OF Importance. no
nope OF future prosperity, no definite.
precise and limited field They are
not creative. and develop no feeling OF
personal pride. They consist OF doing
small things that wear both mind and
200! out over and over again. Milk
ns' blowing. wood cutting, cleaning
horses-these repeat themselves for
ever. Washing dishes, sweeping each
day new days dirt. making the beds.
uoihS the washing-a whole life filed
with these sees no achievement nj tho
| end In a remote way both arc nne
tasks as they lend TO the progress az
me world Yet it takes more imagina
( ton than the average hand ENJOYS 10
see the large glow in the daily grind
IN all other work there is an esprit de
corps. Even the Office boy in a prca,
Nrm speaks OF our house" In mos,
all the trades there is a chance 10 risA
20 be a master
once more both these basic labors
are isolated They have no regular
/ hours They seem never done Th.v
allow little time for recreation. thop9b
! IN themselves they are not harder than
many more popular callincs. Tho helr
are outside the main life of the family
ana have no lie Of their own. The rccre.
alton needs are rarely answered.
These hint at reasons There are
more What is the remedy? One main
ming is to do more OF the manual toi,
by machinery The modern house and
inc modern farm are using science %
abolish drudgery. In few decades
we VIII look with horror Oh the tras.
dy OF the maid and the manservan,
Meanwhile. we can take sensible
view Of their outlook. and give them
, a little human treatment. Give them
society. recreation, pride in work
snare in the profits, a chance to i'm
prove and the sense that they are vital
/ and deeply worthy parts OF the vas.
whole, and We may ease the strait,
on the Help Wanted Columns"