Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-07-12
TACOMA'S SERVANT GIRLS.
A Claim That They viii Not
Stand MOnOtOny.
WHY SOME LEAVE THEIR PLACES
Various Reasons Given for This
Restless Tendency--Whcre
the Girls Come From.
WHY SOME LEAVE THEIR PLACES

. ~" " hhN bNtN uoAltcNl'
aud how to keep her, even when re
lations apparently iu every way
: satisfactory have been established
between her and her mistress, com
pSAtively few seem tn know.
y year or 50 ago it was suggested
by several prominent citizens o
Tacoma that several trained servant
girls be induced to come 10 Tacoms
from Scotland, aud several offers oi
steady employment were made in
anticipation Of the time when girls
should arrive. The plan was all
formulated and prog reSslug finely
when it dawned upon he gentlemen
that their scheme would be direct
violation Of alien contract labor law.
and the matter had Ia be given up.
As n rule, help is scarce IN Tacoma.
aud good girls command from $50 To
$50 per month, and are sure Of per-
manent positions if they suit.
To the question As to whether girls
who do domestic work are prone TO
change their positions frequently r
local employment agency said to
News reporter to-day:
Good girls, as q general thing,
stay a long time in place. But
even they sometimes make but
short stay. Aud the fact that girl
has stayed long while in one place
does not necessarily imply that she
will stay at the next, had lady
come here 70: girl not long ago.
and gave her WHIST seemed 10 be
very good girl, who had been three
years in her last place. The lady
was delighted with the girl-while
she was ST the office. The girl took
the place, and in just two weeks she
was back hooking for another posi-
ton. She made three or four trials
before she finally found place
where she seemed 10 fit. And there
Is = guoAt deal in that. The gir and
the mistress must Be cOnSeuial toa
certain extent, and the one will get
better treatment and the other bs;-
ter work. But the trouble is often
that the girl is lazy or the mis,rrss
is Tifliug and hari 10 suit. Then
the girl will probably make short
stays Just now this class Il .arv
girls are alleging the heat And out OF
their places they so. E>l<cally are
they likely 10 do this II they have
homes 70 which they can so. II in
the country - much the better. for
they are always glad 70 welcome sn
extra pair of hands in the summer
in the country.
"One cause that does great deal
70 Nacale places in hOUSeWork i the
influence Of the factory OF shop eirl.
As a general thing she considers
herself above a hired girl. but il
she does dsisn 10 s:oop - low - 70
associate with her !, Is time 70 De-
gin hooking for another girl. The ,
factory girl paints her life in glow
ing eolOrs IS COMPARED with the
drudgery Of housework. and the
inst thing you knew the house eirl :
sSNHomes = factory girl.
Then another cause ot the girl
leaving PLACES Is the tinicAl manner i
q mis,geSSss You will find some
women who are - particular that :
girl dO<S j. proper. They 6
are SlNAys complaining and nag
Sing ss the girl. The result : before :
they know it tie girl pats cn her
hat and saiis out. Thea the women
complain that they can never aceD
their 'heip-'
some women seem 10 look upon 4
The girls As p~rSoas WhO Are No, % f,
reoeive even the same FOOD - the q
'SnliIy. Any 6elic=acies &re ~ aside p
= uoS for the girl 70 rAt unless they I
Are stale or in ~oule other way uu6s-
Srao.e- Now this Sorg q thing
\ girl viii not tolerate, uo- %
Name hsT. Looking up the The f,
sugar, cotts'e, and - oa, SlSl tends :
10 lesssu the AstrSctions q ths p,AcS G
ior the girl. Ii casts = rs1ecsion on '
them 70 have things kepl under
.ock aud key.
The nlS,rimOniSI bee se,S into the
s'rl's bonnet sometimes aud theu os
No0nse, you lOse her. But tog that
yea don't cg rather. shouldn't
o,Aule her, il she only mArr5es scu,e ]
3eNnJ fellow and not souse worth. G
less VSgaoOnd, "a ho Wil eNrSct her :
10 marry foT love and wash for
living. In sonAe csses they pNsuer
and IN a hJ,le while ~. up &u g. {
,So. ,shmeli Anj kevp = girl ~ their
own. Bug IL has beeu remarked - {
4 sirsngc thing that tho>e Very ,
Nomea NhO have bevn nirei siI,s ,
,hemselVos are the oueS Who are the .
haESiest On the girls and yNpect the
nos, ~ them. They do nOS seem 20
have any NenaemnsFSnce q the toll
aud hANlships ~ their own lives ~
giris
"WheUe 10 most of the girls tonle
fr0me'
Most ~ the girls employed AZ
ho0seWOrk are younlTy giTls, 90 are
t1Nain the east or newly over fram the
elier oo0ntTies. The city gil SsSn,s
10 eFeAth in with the city air the idea
that hoOseW0rk j. degrading. aud
she sVneuAlly gus % lhe factory or