The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-01

pertinent will be taught Men servants
as well as women will be furnished
provided the guild can get them.
That is precisely the point. Given
classes, it is not inevitable that there
will be pupils Che normal classes in
Brooklyn, are. always well filled; the
classes for servants are always fncOn-
siderable, when they are not in a state
of suspension. The domestic science
training school in connection with the
Clara de Hirsch Home for Working
these columns. 1t has not had pupil
in more than two years, although adj
vertisements in East side papers have
Girls has been alluded to before in
sought to allure factory girls from their
unhealthy, Woodworking lives to con-
ditions infinitely happier, if they could
be induced to think so.
What has the domestic guild to offer
in the amelioration of existing condi
tons? What does it propose. to do in
the matter of regulating relations be-
tween servants and their employers?
Every one knows that homes would be
made happier if servants were well
trained instead of ignorant and un-
skilled but what inducements does the
guild offer to intelligent women to
get them back into domestic service?
From the opening day the rooms
ing. The first day or two chaos SEEM
ed to reign. Perhaps there was some
sort of system under the general con-
fusion, but to the onlooker it seemed
as if despafring army of housewives
had descended on small detachment
of houseworkers, determined to carry
them thence by force of arms. 1t is
fact that the management had cOnsid-
cradle difficulty in inducing the would
ho Mo RI OH
lar procedure of registration, etc. They
simply interviewed the girls right and
left and engaged them on the spot, in
dependently
Order has been completely establish
ed, and all applicants are obliged to
go through certain fornalities. A morn
ing spent at the guild headquarters
failed to discover the difference be-
tween the organization and any well
conducted intelligence office. The en-
p1oyers come in, state their needs, give
the number of persons in their families.
the wages they are willing to pay,
and are introduced to any applicants
who happen to be on hand. If there
are no suitable applicants the employer
joins the association and waits AS far
as observed no employer was asked
| If she was prepared to treat a cook
with common business justice, allowing
! extra pay for overtime, giving oppor-
tunity for daily exercise in the open
air, freedom after working hours, or
any of the privileges dearer to the
factory girl and the shop assistant
| than gold.
One woman swept in. dropping her
ermines from her shoulders, and de-
| manded fretfully why the maid prom
| Used her the day before had not been
| sent to her. Being assured that the
| girl had gone to her house that very
morning. she exclaimed: ooh,
| thought told you, I am never at home
in the morning; only in the afternoon
from two to three" A second visit
| from the maid was promised her. An
| other woman arriving before girl
whom she expected to interview de-
| clared that her time was entirely too
valuable to waste sitting there. She
could not possibly wait. and she did
not wait.
Two girls, on the other hand, were
expected to wait. Two rather offens-
lively high-spirited Scandinavians were
i incensed at being directed to go up