El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-01

I whether cook, maid Or nurse, the date
OF her employment. the date of her leav-
ing the job, and, in the next column,
Wrltten py the emloyer, the reason why
her service was terminated in that
hCuSehOid- In the next column is the
I official stamp, seal and signature of
the police officer who certified to the
correctness of that commendatory or
conservatory character. Then fill
lows the same thing over again for
every 1oD the girl has had
The HOusekeepers, Duties.
II the housewife finds from reading
the service book that Anna Schmt is
hkely/ 10 De a serviceable cook, she
employs her But the transaction does
not stand alone between mistress
and maid The mistress must fill out
FORM for the police, declaring that on
that day she has employed as a cook
one Anna Schmit, pOssessor of a GER
tain specified and numbered service
book The cook has to take her book
then TO the police station. and have
entered in it by the police the fact that
she has taken new job. and the po-
lice will fill in the necessary data
as to the residence, and social position
OF her employer, together with the
date Of the new contract.
Obligatory Insurance.
Anna Schmit enters upon the dis
charge OF her duties. but the police
have not finished either with her or
her mistress Every Monday the mis-
tress must affix a five-cent stamp TO
the insurance card which the law says
the servant must possess Once
month the employer must take these
cards with stamp affixed TO the post
office for cancellation. Generous EN-
ployers pay for the stamps themselves.
but many require the servant to pay
half If the card with its stamps af-
fixed is not exhibited at the postof- j
flee at least once month, a policeman
viii call every Monday morning and
see to 1t that the stamp is pasted on !
the card This five cents a week Is /
credited TO Anna Schmits insurance !
fund, and IL means that when she has |!
reached the age of 20 years she will |
receive from the state an old age pen /
sion Of from SO TO S. a month. If
she marries she may drop her insur- 4
ance, and receive sum OF money rep |
resenting all the stamps she has COZ |
lected with interest for her dowry /
However. she may keep up the insur- /
ance and get the same benefit in old i
age.
But this is not all It is provided /
ia the contract that the servant may
be dismissed after a certain notice.
not under FVo weeks, and usually four 4
10 six weeks. The employer is legally /
bound to provide for the care Of the I
servant in case Of illness for as long 1
IS the notice term. In Berlin, and \
other large cities. most householders
subscribe 50 a year to an Insurance !
which undertakes to provide
medical help for servants stricken while |
f.el
maintain a hospital and a corps of |
'lsiting physicians and nurses IA
Germans Like Red Tape.
Do the mistresses and maids D. |
'lain because OF all of this red pc |
nd intimate police interference? ey /
% not. OF course there are indiy d.
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ress and maid will heartily apprd r.
f the system. The mistress says
: enables her 10 know exactly wi
lind of a servant she is getting. whd #e
he has worked. and what she has do
he servant cannot deceive her in
ace Of the certified record under
cal of the police Further the m
ress says that the enforced old a
insurance contribution relieves h
rom any obligation to extend priva
harity to aged servants, and that
mall sum paid TO the sick insuran
ociety relieves her OF the bother
aving to care for sick servants p
he house.
The Servant Protected.
On the other hand. the maid SAYS
he is protected from cruelty and ne
lect because she is able always to
all in the police TO settle every queS-
ion at issue between her and her
Mistress; that she is insured against
overly and old age and against sick
ess while at work. and that IL is i'm
ossibIe for her to be the victim Of
lander or a boycott in seeking to OBJ
ain new employment. OF courese,
-hen a servant has done something
eally bad. and the fact is entered in
he service book it is usual for that
ocument to get lost" But that will
Dvolve the recreant servant 81 all
inds Of trouble with the police and
i'll make il well nigh impossible tp
acure q new job. Both mistress and
laid agree that this fact strengthens
ervants against yielding 70 tempta-
on. Servants in Germany are not SO