The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19
TIE llOUSEW YES APPEAL.
IHHF DOS'T KNOW WARS 7Hn
M4TTER UIIH JHE SER AVIS,

So They Ask the Municipal Assembly to
Sow. the serNnnt-Girl Problem ATTEMPTS
of the German Housewiy.-' AssociatIon
to Give Good Servants to Everybody.
To wrestle with tho servsntcih problem was
the main object Of the organizatiun Of the German
Housewives Association. In its four years Of
existence the problem has assumed such proper
tons that tho women who BET out 10 solve IL have
concluded that nothing but municipal invcsu-
CATION will ever bnng TO light that mysterious
something which stands in the way Of absolute
harmony betwocu the kitchen and the patlor.
Tue German Housewives who decided tina, orr an
i,.unn among people familiar with the cc,en-
ticitits Of tho servant girl sary 10 solvs
the problem speedily found that they he'd under
taken Job Of larger proportions than they mag
| ined They called in housewives Of other ma
uorsliucs and asked for their views They got
the views but not the solution. II was then that
young ma,ron Of Harlem jumped into the game
with resolution. most wonderfully woFdcd, but
with an idea concealed in IL which The members
decided on tho spot good one Tie idea
was that the attention Of the city authorities 10
called 10 the subject and In the discussion that
followed II was declared that more harmonious
relations bstween domestic and mistress could
Be secured by little Legislation
Its matter for the Municipal Assembly.
then, said one member
-Oh Is it'- said the young wife from Harlem.
Then We can tx it all right DearM Go,dman,
the Alderman from our district vii introduce
ANY resolution for me
/, was leii TO tie young woman from Harlem
70 see that the city st the servant girl game
Mt Goodman stood ~ lac a man under t4r sIg-
ge-ton that he should introduce the resi- non
IN the Assemtly lie inir"duCci IT IN the : als
datlon. but IN the confusion over tic .ond hold
ups II was lost Mr Goodman didn i.,l. Jut
the housewives did. with the result tnat on Tues
Gay inc Alderman requested the board To ElNo
the petition immediate consideration a. soon as
1t is through Ni;h its worA a. a board Of County
Association II confident
The peuuon requests the hoard TO assign to
INC issk ~ holding ruh4, hearing, on the ant,
always has been some mysterious bst to good
| feeling between servants and nIStrcssss. and
thai II has been impossible to gct at this ny ste
| nous something since private Iu'C t!ES ion
has failed the pctition declares tact tine ILai
the Gty should taSe up subject Of - general
| the committee Of the MunlriHal 49, luly which
conducts the public hearing. should summon
IT and give them cnance to say what thry Ike
on . su3!rct E&Amlnauon ot some OF tho
trutl IN short order Alderman GopGaian j. eo-
ing tFnE up zoe mHtIi os%n a., NJ rSS;
until some action 10 taken
Twas 10 hnd out the same things that II wants
man Housewives Association was organized n
1885, A numbcr OF housewives, VINO Gal nal
unfortunate eIHcncnccs with their servants Cd
ciIai that their nrst duty was 20 improve the
diton Of things IN their own households. They
formed themselves into sort q, employment
agency. and invited servant Of ell nat,pr.lt."s
TO come TO them and get work he serv nis
were 10 pay no feeS all the Ipcnses vi the agency
bring borne by the members
Servants came for wor" last. but new mrUhrT!
who wanted servants came faster A drra,fi
state oi al airs was rcyeried by the iniun Of new
momhers, and tho inNoStIS atoms into the cause
Of i all which have been iruitcss, were h"gun-
I q ~ n
prove things Ii began by getting liaccS only for
serrsn,s .hs couli prove good character II =
and came back for another shr had 10 til why .hs
leg the reason wa good the gIrl got an"'hrr
te,tions she h ID hale 10 her ptl-reaplovcr The
housewife who was left got another servant II
first one th- housewife MAS summoncdto the once
a. W. assols,on a. once and Io.l VA! sctN"niS
ing to mcmH:r. The housewives never SUSPECTED
what h rcol trouble was, and when they found
on, they i,nm.diaw!y rrmcdicd i In his way
the association has improved the relations be
tween servants and miSIr 's>eS in many mouse.
holds Il seryant lci, her glHcc without COOL
sent 10 place was Obliged to accent II unless shs
wanted 10, ana the wages 10 he paid waS per-
Th- ASSOCIATION grew So fast hat r,crey hcgan
to pill. Up In Its irGasury Thc initiation tor Is
. me1hcrs!lip Of several hundred women, Money
Is rs fui in solving any IGNi'w even the strI MT
Ws, ,o sen gI ,nsI p ns ana min
thu advantage 81 having a clean record ON mo
ASSOCIATION y books 80 great thsl servants NOrid
he mighty careful not 10 losc its favor Conse-
qnently system Of premiums for conscientious
servants was adopted. and is in operation now.
After two years in one Tlacc want gets $40
from the association after three years SIS; after
five years so and after tn years, 500 Tho
money is paid promptly at tho expiration 81 two,
hrr. Ave ard ten years, so NAT in all \ want
who has stuck 10 one Job for ten yoafs gets 500
In premiums.
Servants on the rood hooks ~ the association
are taLen care of while i'll getting medical trat
msni and medicine free. II nredy they are helped,
hut servants who have shown ihcnSs Ives L. 10
refractory and have intentionally neglected their
work are drorH~d and ln-e all the adva ntNRcs
Of the association Equal attention is given 70
complaints Of servants and housewives