Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-05-30 | Page 4 | Woman Brings Golden Rule to Bear on Servant Problem

WOMAN BRINGS GOLDEN RULE TO BEAR ON SERVANT PROBLEM! By MABEL ABBOT OMAHA, Neb., May 29. Dr." Jonnie Callfas, Omaha physician, has solved tho servant problem! Proof; She has had only three maids in It years, and each, on leaving, has brought her another as faithful. Dr. Callfas says her solution is nothing newor or moro startling than lhn flnlflon T?nlo hut enmo nf hnr j friends say there is nothing in the Golden Rule about giving your own ! beautiful drawing room and waiting on 1 her and her Swedish friends yourself; and that Dr. Callfas is setting an alarming precedent. Three Weddings Dr. Callfas' first "Jewel" was Ellen iSu'ensen, who stayed with' hor five 'years. When Ellen loft. Dr. Callfas gave her a wedding complete in evqry detail of flowers, candles, lovely rooms and gleaming supper table; and Dr. Callfas and her friends were the servitors. ser-vitors. Ellen introduced Huldah Callfas Call-fas home for four years and then left via Iho drawing room and the roses and candles. Huldah brought Ellen Carlson, five years ago. And on April 23, Ellen Carlson married Hennlng Gottfried Charf. a young Swedish house painter, in the traditional surroundings. sur-roundings. Tho Callfas maid has a room as I comfortable and pretty as any in the house; she has her own bathroom; the basoment is fitted with Jabof -saving contrivances; and off tho dining room there is a pretty sitting room for her very own where she can receive guests. Prefers Untrained Girl Sho has Thursday and Sunday afternoons after-noons off and a two weeks' vacation on full pay each year. "I feel that I am responsible for any girl under my roof," says Dr. Callfas. Call-fas. "1 prefer an untrained Swedish girl. 1 teach her not only American methods of housekeeping, but usually the English language. I also teach llor to be careful about her friends and her conduct I let h r understand that I hope sho will marry some day, and that I will give hor a nice wedding when she does, but that I don't want her to make a mistake. I keep an eye on the young men who como to soe her, and warn her against those that do not seem desirable. Anna Caught Bouquet "I also talk to her abput saving hor money; and to make this easier, I give hor her wages in two checks, a little one to live on and a big one to save. Ellen and her young man have been srtving for years and they have enough to buy a home." The Callfas home has 14 rooms and it is kept Immaculate. Other housewives house-wives have tried to steal her well-trained well-trained maids One offered Ellen a substantial advance. Ellen tossed her head and went straight to her mistress' with the story. "Not for S25 a. week would I go!" she cried. "Here I have a home." Ellen has trained her successor, Anna Johnson, in the ways of the Callfas household and jt was Anna I who caught the bridal bouquet.