Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

sheep as q lamb, to use her own ex-
preston. the Senator's wife took pen
In hand and wrote the articles for the
magazine.
Then she went to Peru where her
wit and personal charm gained her
signal popularity among her new asso-
ciates. Before her return, she was
decorated by the Order Of the Sun of
Peru. the highest honor which may be
conferred by the Peruvian government
upon a woman of foreign birth.
Added to her keen sense of humor
and certain vividness, Mrs. Poindexter
has undeniably ready tongue that can
lash upon occasion, but can also praise
generously and charm as only the
tongues Of the gifted few can charm.
To sit for an hour and listen to her
describe a scene that has impressed
her; an incident that has intrigued her
imagination or an anecdote OF one OF
the many famous personages she num-
bers among her friends, Is to have been
entertained and stimulated beyond the
telling.
Knowing the predominating trait Of
honesty and fairness in Elizabeth Gale
Poindexters makeup, one feels conf
dent that whatever remuneration Cor
nelio and his co-worker may have re-
ceived In her home. she ut least thought
1t an adequate and just amount to pay.
In addition to having advanced several
hundred dollars in having them sent to
the United States, their mistress has
provided them with practically all of
the clothes they have needed since their
arrival: has fed and housed them and
incidentally broken them In to their
new environment bought books for
them and otherwise encouraged their
In haPnpnino rit
such should be their desire. This much
We know from actual observation. Their
moderate salaries were due to be raised,
in accordance with their agreement, at
the end Of six months service in Wash
ington, and another raise had been
promised at the end of a year. Neither
Cornelio nor the maid (who Is not his
wife as was reported and who still re-
mains in Mrs. Poindexter's household)
had been there six months at the time
of the mans sudden change of position.
Disregard Agreement.
Whatever the merits of Comedies
complaint, the fact remains that all
too often American families import serv-
ants from other countries at their own
expense with the understanding that
they will repay the money advanced In
transportation by service, only to have
them cheeffuily disregard their agree
ments once they have learned their way
about the new country and succumb
to the enticements Of other housewives
on the lookout for good servants that
some one else has trained. Not so long
ago, here in Washington, there was just
such case reported In he diplomatic
corps, wherein an attachc Of one Of
the embassies was the victim. And a
very jrate victim he was when his
well trained continentals departed
hence without even Offering to repay
him the passage money he had invested
-lured to another's kitchen by slight
ly larger salary.
Promises made on the other side Of
the ocean seem to fade away in the
glow of prospective wealth in this land
Of promise"
Mrs. Poindexter had had both Of
these servants for four or five years
in Peru before they joined her in her
N street home at the Capital. Her
resentment over Comedies departure,
those close to her say, was directed
not at the diplomatic Intervention on
behalf of his countrymen or his criti-
cism Of her wage scale, but rather at
the method used in "rescuing" the
serving man. especially in view Of the