The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-07
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SERVANTS MORE PLENTIFUL
SUPPLY OF DOMESTIC HELP BET
TER NOW THAN FOR TWO YEARS.
Work of Free Employment Bureau
in FiiIinG the Demands of House,
wives-Probicm often DinicuIt to
HandIe-Many Orders Last Month.

The ever-present problem OF the SER
want girl In Seattle Is a matter, in the
belief of Labor Commissioner CIRCUIT,
which Is daily becoming easier of solu-
ton. During last month the city's free
employment office. over which Mr.. Grout
presides, filed no less than $50 orders for
domestic help of the female sex. Accord
ing to Mr.. Circuit, the visible supply. In
the idiom OF the wheat pit IL greater
now than II has been In two years. This
Is due to a considerable immigration of
servant girls from Eastern cities. who,
attracted by the stories of the prosper Gus
West and the golden North, with visions
doubtless In their minds of landing a
husband here have come to Seattle in
search of employment.
The seryant-girl problem is one that
perhaps presents mure interesting phases
than my other with which tho public
employment OXIDE NJ the city hall deals.
There are servants and servants and the
eternal question is how to get the right
girl into the right place. Says Mr. Circuit,
this happens as "A cule IN a snla per
centage OF cases, comparatively speak
ing Now and again, a capable house gisi
will have the luck to get billed 10 jest
the home for whi,h she is suite !. and
there she will remain Tor years, or until
the policeman on the beat. the grocery boy
or the butcher by trfmphantly oarries
h~r on to the altar.
sometimes It's the fault of the girl.
said MIR Crout yesterday, and some
times the trouble lies with the lady OF
the house. All we can do Is 10 DO cur
best to bring ahou, happy results. We
have on our lists the names OF serving
women who are never satisfied with Their
positions, and who are almost continually
In search OF new places. Then. on the
other hand. we have the names OF fami-
lies on our records who. apparently. can
not keen a good girl. for they certainly
get chances enough
With the migratory serving girls. the
complaint y usually that tho mistress u
the house Will not allow them enough
personal liberty. Sometimes they ask
for every other evening on. with Sunday
afternoon additional In some cases. 4
seems. the servant girls after securing a
position, become nnhued with tho ideS
that they are really AZ the head % the
,irunt Is comneled TO believe. the lady
of the house hhs late and elaborate dim
ners too frequently during the week and
IS more eN0ct!ng than the occasion war
rants
Lastly. when Il comes to a question q
knowing how to handle servants. many
women. Il would seem, are atmo4t inca
pahle ~ the undertaking Mr. Grout say $
b.. never attempts 20 decide hg;wsen khe
two parties. lie bends his euargics o
securing fof the . dissatisfied housewife
the servant she wants and 20 obtaining
for the uuGlhCgd servant g,rl the position
which shs can tai satlsfac .nrily.
servant girls IRE paid on an average
So per month aad given their board and
lodging This Nj. Circuit says. is as
much as many women clerks IN tho de-
nartment stores receive, when the cost
~ living Is taken into calculation. TheEe
arQ argtarS on she books constantly FIR
servant girls. bat the supply. as stated
h. now nearer the demand thAn II has
been In TWO wears. There are more ap-
s,llrausx for nusitiNns a. second girls
who receive from SIS 70 sls per month and
sDs,a This class OF domestic employ.
,rent il less hurdensome than that % the
house Girl who looks after tho affairs Of
the whole domestic establishment. and
fbersfore more popular