The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-18
From, Other Pens
MISTRESS AND MAID.


"As civtlixation advances" we do not
imagine that the domestic servant prob
any any % rate. With S some % interest @ % to the m
formation which the Women's Industrial
Council is about to disclose as the fruit
Quoted simultaneously in kitchen and par
lor. Five thousand mistresses and kO0O
the suS3ect of their m%us
ship, and while we may be prepared for
variety in the replies. It appears that GER
prepondersnce. Il Is notewoSthy not M : that hattie the
secretary Of the Women's Industrial
cSSns 's.d ssss essses The ses: Of tine
the 81 sSeir 1e emp1oSess tnfa
whole matter is the failure Of the ordi-
deliberate and clear thinking that is re-
in which both sides have been undergoing
Al: kinds Of change in education. senti-
how it may Be adapted 30 as to 1T these
alterations Of personnel. the ordinary
mistress is too much Disposed. perhaps.
things are stiil @ ss in her no srand@other:s hra:s
titne. and. when friction arises. to throw
TO be mistress Of a household is H a IN hishIy %
| skilled occupation. and without the rec
ss1'1t,on Ssnitlon Of Of that truth there can be NO
seem. to be the verdict Of many maids
that there is no trouble in getting along
Jumped up rich" have not the art t" Of treat. at.
ing thefr servants properly. And we may
hhaIsrd ha;ds e guess cue that It T. not 4 the house
families which have been suddenly elevated ID
| and Lady Midas might be ready enoueh tn
play the petty tyrant and deficient enough
IN the graces and qualities which make
themselves held in check by the esprit de
corps and professional tradition OF their
known. there Is nothing of which the the
newly rich entertains such a whole
some awe as the opinion Of his own estab-
planes Of commercial success ''ths that the
conflict between mistress and servant il
who ne n What Is
fs.;ta resist the tsmptetion to bssk in her un-
stacle to harmony and the principal be-
getter Of "class consciousness" It is q
provision.~Paii Mali Gazette. e"nA' 'oa"'
SOME FACT FrcrroNs.
The romances that actually happen are
50 many that we are in a fair way to
miss their full value. Consider the case
OF Adelaide N. Brance. the woman whom
an upstate lawyer In New York hid in
his offices for three years, with whom he
spent great deal more time than with
his wife and family. and all this without
tOWn ever
once suspecting it! This mysterious ro-
nance was published only when the sud
den death OF one of the principals cut it
short; yet 1t is more improbable than
tales OF Ba1zac and of Mrs. Wharton
with much tho same plot. In the name
week that saw publicity given to this
story four men sat drinking in a sailore'
hotel on the New York river front They
plotted there piece OF night briganda 9e
that transcends in sheer efHrontery anv
tale Of Chinese river pirates published be-
tween lurid covers. On Christmas eve.
amid circumstances that would have 3is.
tinsuished q novel by Eugene Sue. they
seized tug. kidnapped a railway barre
looted q string Of freight carp turned the
barge adrtft, and transferred their plun-
der to waiting wagons in eomnolent
Brooklyn. What their next move Was no~
body knows. And here Is one more news
British peeress (by niarriage) enters the
convent Of the Poor Clares'' AZ Edin.
burgh. one OF the strictest conventuaI
establishments In an the world. Beforo
she was Lady Lyveden this woman Wa =
shopgirl. Shopgfrl. baroness, nun. There
!: no more striking series Of transmut..
tions in Marie Corelli. Ouida, or (We're
thinking OF "Si0ter Teresa'J C3eoree
Moore. No wonder Stevenson said fhse
there was matter Tor an epic in every
issue Of Q 1-cent Newspaper. Only some.
ttme0 lack thu f-fynifs>rs vry.~r-e-