“We are able to answer this question satisfactorily. She simply did not need a servant.
“And why not? Because Adam never came to Eve, lamenting over a pair of torn socks, asking her to darn them, or with a shirt that had parted company with its buttons, or with a pair of ripped gloves that wanted mending at once. Neither did he walk around in the mud smoking cigars and then come back with boots that needed blacking.
“Neither did he sit yawning behind a newspaper, and, as soon as the sun went down, ask gruffly: ‘Will supper be ready soon?’
“Instead of this, Adam lit the fire himself, put the kettle on, pulled the radishes, pared the potatoes, and, in general, did his duty. He was satisfied with one dish, and did not grumble, if Eve did happen to make a mess of it for once. They didn’t bother with serviettes, they used a palmleaf. He didn’t put a boiled shirt in the wash every day. He milked the cows and fed the chickens. He never brought half a dozen friends to dinner, when one was not in the least prepared for them. He did not stay out late at night playing cards; it was not necessary for Eve to sit up and worry. He didn’t lounge around saloons, while Eve sat at home rocking little Cain. He never scolded and looked for his slippers in the corner where ‘he knew’ he had put them. When he took off his boots, he put them in their place under the fig-tree.
“In short—he did not think that Eve had been created for the sole purpose of waiting upon him; he did not harbor the fixed idea, that it was degrading to a man to lighten his wife’s burdens. These are the reasons, gentlemen, why Eve had no need of a servant.”
Would Suit Exactly
A vivacious woman, who was talking to a statesman about the Woman’s Rights question, suddenly asked:
“What position would you give me if women filled government positions as well as the men?”
“I would give you the management of a deaf and dumb asylum.”
“And why?”