| Show the servant problem is i going to be one of the most servant problem in in difficult facing the people of japan and china this country in a few years by ALFRED THOMSON the chinesa and japanese I 1 make the best kind of servants servi 1 in every foreign household in china and in those of the chinese upper class the servants are men of the so called coolie class persons in circumstances that could not be called affluent keep half a dozen servants and the housewives and girls eirls of the family never think of doing any of the household work chinese women act as nurses for the younger children and it is remarkable how faithful they are to their charges I 1 have seen a chinese woman nurse defend her little one against the punishment of its mother and take the lashes that were intended d for the child notwithstanding the conditions which have made it difficult for the lower chinese to rise there are notable instances of servants who have become famous and influential in china the greatest difficulty in this country I 1 have observed is to get servants who are satisfied to remain servants for any length of time in a free country where all the people are entitled to the same liberties it take the servant ion long to acome imbued with the idea that she is out of place and she seizes seize s the first chance to quit I 1 believe we should import all of our servants from either china or japan and for a long time to come if this could be brought about tho the american household would not have to struggle with the question quentio of g getting c t servants |
