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members, but from auy responsible parties in their county, 

 and that terms of service, qualifications, and wages offered, 

 should be distinctly stated in all such applications, and 

 guarantee of good faith given. 



Then, if the agents appointed in the North and West 

 would advertise largely in the cities and country towns, as 

 Florida Service Bureaus, the problem of competent help, 

 not only in-doors but out-of-doors, would be solved. 



The seeker and the sought would be brought together ; 

 thousands of needy, deserving persons, singly, or in fami- 

 lies, provided with comfortable homes, and the life of the 

 weary Florida housekeeper relieved of its worst trials and 

 tribulations. 



Of course there would be many points to settle, as to 

 fees paid by applicants for servants, transportation for the 

 latter and other necessary expenses; but these could be 

 easily and smoothly arranged by the several associations 

 acting together. 



There is one point, however, that should be fully under- 

 stood by both parties, the employer and the employe, for 

 without such clear understanding from the outset, discon- 

 tent and insubordination on the part of the servant are 

 very likely to ensue ; several such instances have come 

 under our own observation. 



The trouble is just here. When white servants, whether 

 men or women, see neighbors whom they recognize to be 

 no more educated or refined than themselves received as 

 guests of the family, they are apt to rise up in rebellion 

 and claim the same treatment for themselves. 



They can not see that though they may really be the in- 

 tellectual suj3eriors of the rough neighbor, whose ways are 

 not as their ways, yet the social status of the latter is dif- 

 ferent, inasmuch as a land-owner or householder, who is 

 free to come and go of his own will, ranks higher than the 



