The sun., 1907-12-19
The SERVANT GIRL PROBLEM
a GOVERNMENT EXPERT ,(MALE)
GIVES SOME ADVICE.


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ShOruer H~nFs Avn" Ns~"ey WA1os VA,S. tae
fhlnks, would Help--rnngles Which
tho New Domestic Science DEPART
mpua nj Tenehers CWl,eKe MAY S0lN e.
4 DavcholoQical aOoiOlORiOnl economic
and stat,SticaI Isc,,,rn an ne .ervant girl
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PsO"i0H" "aIN0u '"S Ope"'ne ySsVoy y.:y
afternoon OF the new department OF domestic
science At Teachers College. l. NJ. Rubi-
now of the DeDartnoont OF Commerce and
J.hor I,,as ST., I.,,,,r.r
vs. NV 0o'
ne remarked that the oCner sex hau Oeeh
wrestling with the problem for many years
and had vet found no solution. Whereat tho
women. who conatitutad an overwhelming
,.;l,;,., 80 ~" .',SI"..o. ,ri.,I.S ,,,.;hI,,
~ Wy W 'S ~"N''"So' " a,
woman - 100 prominent IsctOr IN the
problem, said tho lecturer soothingly.
"She has suffered too much through entan-
claimant in tba natwork oS its conplexitV
40 ha otIo ,o view h from, the nroDsr Der
70 Oo aO'e 10 VIC" T" i'""' '"o P'"P0' PO
epectlVe'
Men have done little better, II is true.
Their contributions to the literature Of the
.uhiac, have Tina far baaD confined to the
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comic supp.ements OF Sunaay .;a newspaP,eIhs rs
lno !usu,IlcloIC suppy ~ ~ Dli';.'''.., saSJ
was not 10 pe attr'outeu. MI nupII,ow '.i.. soiu,
W any uecIsase III .ho so"sSia ~
SS'P.y A 70 'ne Iao' .ma. .ai sst,,p ioas ~
woe" Mo 'S',as e.S,s srN,s.s Ssnal =, sIis,ics
nc io.S IIo,,, ne ~ th S.1,,S,,
70 snow tnat IN Ie Ene-nalL oI INC ',iI,,s,I
lnnS .tleI o" 1sso ~ r,,.o,lor,;o,,
nouso soLvs.s s t IN ,Ly s1oy Vno "el +; yoo, A.,
% nou 1 HecLvhSou Z" W. "N "
u .,,ita r,,u,, sO,,r.s o, sbo,v mat
e quoIIeu HiTLe iS Ls. o.;caN w ,,oyoan
~ ISM use s s;i .nSS soa''s., - tha so;ai
.;u ui'i, .sIhI -, S 4. ~ ai,nra,hsr yronS
'rhs 'rhs~ ~ olII W ,as;oao 10 ,~ovS,sr nrs
ssi ssJ "o' ~ I..a.Sa - goro;nn h,y+h
L. o;J ~, y,,oIo,,oJ ~ don.stic ssryantS
-, th,n .hors Svaro th;rty vaars ago
~. v,rssss.'d a.. cyein;oS thst the nonu7ar
MIA Ia vrsatIv nTsSrsrated the ssoc;al
a.iu.,as 30" 100 -S%sSt;n. cs,'-a ~ tha
Jas..L % sL,,a,,S s,;Si. N'
u 81 -sc.;,v,s ,,v,o, ,,.raoDaI
pL.S III .,.,,.'.'. "a s.-.c, ~ go
.Gya ~" 80 y. s.I sa,s,s g.
a. S1r,;,,,, ,sS shinh 49, aSsrs1S vo,,s,
lo SNoISiOn m VIII ~u.oI ~ ~ - ~..kSs~so y.f
MoLNne woman Ts9aru~u .n0 '-I!s,,''. us.e y.
anotner woman nouse' One W pLO"nIlIoli uIi
p. rpI.i Sp.Ii,Un ~ pr...s ss,,.'
me Dustph .S DoLnesuV nN S ,'s S"asue s.'s
nou topheu tudt SotNhnS oei1 hOt Dut ~
tnIhss eSNIne ING nI9hest Esg9s 'Vi '"V
Iesst work. ana GetnnG married.
oeVerai persons 10 tns auuIencS nOuuou
enPhatc apprOVaI OF Jnis PpluL .. NeM;
Ana wnat II tnsy 90! eskeu nv huDl-
now iOu musI 5emenDoI thas every
problem mas TWO sluss, IL your oDyect ie
70 8e' goou ser'lce ICE TOT I1e IoTeet Ps.l PosssiOle
sum. naturally ner prODlem ~ 70 OBTAIN
the largest possible price for her time and
aoor.
A servant ~ paid not entirely IN money;
her room and her board constitute nearly
hall Of her wages. Vet many employers
consider ~ an lmpertlnence she asks
any questions about what KIND OF room
ehe IL TO have, and l don't KNOW what
would be the result II she made any in
quiFies concerning the sort OF food she was
to eat.
Then, too. most mistresses expect to
regulate the conduct Of their servants
according to their own ideas Of propriety.
making stipulations in regard to their
callers and to the frequency and length
Of their evenings out
Alter admitting tnat he naO mo RQaTnp-
teed panacea TO Oner. Mr. hnbnOw suggested