Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-23
LADY HELP.

LADY HELP.
Women Who Work for Less Wages
Tor Certain Privileges Two kinds
ofIIired Girls.
New Zealand. Correspond
ence ST. Louis Republic.l
N4ANTE, Lady help. Address Pri-
yate Family, Herald office
WANTED Situation as Lady Help or
Nurse ii small family Apply to MISS
Mary street, wellington.
" .ANTlsD Fly Dome sticated Young
Lady. posatien as Companion or
Help: soNn OF country. Apply X o.
T.. Herald office.
Thess three advertisements clip from
the situations Wanted column Of the
Morning Herald. Thsy give you some
idea OF one Of the distinct professions
open 10 women in New Zealand This is
know II ~ lady helping. Theaterrn lady
help is as common here as cook" or
cham hsfrnaid is in the United States,
II is used as TO a certain class of serv-
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to Dc treated as a member Of he family.
There. are tAso CLASSES OF hired slfis
IN Nsw. Aeaiand one Is tils lady help,
tili other Is the general hps8ss servant
Tie lady help does The saille work as
ne general She eeslks- makes the
hsslS, swesps the iieei Washes and
irons aud sometimes reps lisi mistress
dl'sss She IS suppose 70 ST. down a,
the table With the fasa:iy a meals and
TO be treated as an assistant of her
mistress sllesi IS not Chased a seiv-
ant, altho she IS expected TO do serv-
ant = work. ana 9ifsii tlois taati would
pts demanded OF itie general house seiv-'
ant
When first heard the IMPRESSION Of.
lady helpl though y was one rfleieiy
eNItessise Of the reign of the servant
Bit which now preytt.is in Australasia
soon found that Il mad distinct
meaning. To get al the exact difference
Between lady help and genera
servant inquired Of he lady clerk On
to!s OF the chief hotels in New Zealand
she repisd.
Ille chief difference is in the manner
lot address. You call a general by
bsr first name. such as Polly, Mary or
jsSal!se. butathe lady help is always adj
dressed as miss. The mistress is sup-
lToed to assist the lady help in dong
1.-The housework. but in some families the
lady help IS treated worse than soul
hon. She does all the work of the gen
I eral servant and receives only half as
much wages. believe some women adj
vertise for lady helps Just because they
can get them more cheaply.
But will they work for less wageso'.
i asked. should think they would
want more
They usually get one third less than
the general house servants, was the re-
/ ply. know some who work for 5
tshillings 81 .25l per week, while generals
Get 10. IL and ~ shllings and upward
4 You see. the lady help pretends that she
4 Eas little better blood and breeding
than the general. she wants to rank
higher N the social scale, and she pays
i for It,"
4 have been much amused at the airs
of the New Zealand hired girls. The
lady helps in some families are greater
sticklers for their dignity than any
i queen upon a throne. They seem to
think themselves guests of their mis-.
Z tresses and express their Indignation
4 when asked to do what they consider
4 raenial things. "One of my helps" sale
+. a dear old New Zealand lady to me
. came down to dinner the first nigh
!. efter her engagement in a decollet,
. evening dress. She wore low slipper,
and had earrings and brooch Of past,
: tamonds She paid no attention u
), waiting on the table. and when he
!, master asked her to to get up and hane
something from the sideboard she grew
very indignant"
"How about the ordinary servantse.
/ asked. .Do they like the lady heInso'
"You mean the generals2. said IN,
! old lady. THE ordinary hired girl i
known as the general honse serva 4
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