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Show H The Demands of H Servants. H Tho first domestic servants' union H formed east of tho Missouri rivor is H reported from Duluth, Minn. It Is H presenting to omploycs a list of do- H tnands. Tlieso include n nlno hour H day, time and a half for ovcrtimo, H ( ouo full day each week for rccrca- H tlou, aUo higher wages. Una can H Imagine tho groan that will arlno M from tho omploylng housewives of fl Yet this 13 probably what tho H serving cla&3 of tho futuro Is going M to roquiro. Tho kitchen lady al- H ready has pretty much hor own way. M Sho may be Impertinent, may know H practically nothing about cooking, H and may nover swcop in dark cor- m nuro. Hut even if ro, the mistress m puts up with her rorvlco becauso H tho old typo of faithful, competent, H( contented service grows harder to H find each year. Hj From tho mlstrcrs' point of view, Hj tho girls aro committing an act of H folly In turning down pay plus cost- H ly board. She feels that the girl BAB should bo happy sweeping and tend- H 5inK'; etovo from C a. m. to nearly Hj bedtime. Dut servants are very hu- H man treatures, and have their own. BBBVBHBnBHBHBHBiri Ideas, alms, and ambitions. Tho mistress must reckon with them. Servants llko other people havo their own social Interests that aro tho things that for them mako life worth living.. If tho boys of tholr own set nre turned looso at G p. m. that girls will demand their freedom about the same time. It may seem silly or positively dangerous to tho dignified lady of tho house. Dut It Is tho law of life; and the attraction attrac-tion of sex and tho deslro for pleasure pleas-ure aro elements that affect every form of industry and must bo considered. con-sidered. If housowlves could adjust themselves them-selves to this demand nnd mako their tholr evening meal a less formal affair, af-fair, they would keep their servants with far less difficulty. It thoy could clear away tholr own table whllo Bridget was turned looso with her friends, housohold servlco would bo infinitely more popular than It Is now. |