The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
TRADE OF TRAINING SERVANTS
BOui> % no Rt " I BO ,RDI>G
nor ~ TOR TH.ig ri RPOSJ.
BEGAN u, Tak,ns tnIrainrd Giris To save
NonrN AMI Iound rhat she Gould
tnarsr zee for LETTING Then, go
tta> Pour Houses Tor Her school.

If am not rho only che. then | feel
quite srlr- am IN" first woman in the
courtryto carr a living training dnul-si rc
servants u woman who's" nom" il in "a
Thriving N"w England city told the
reporter
i have, been IN ~" work LOT sonnet hing
like i've YEAR now and | got the idea from
newspaper article Ny beginning was
very small Wa 1t, that time working
IN a dry gods store IN the credit depart
meat and must admit that hated the
work THREE nj rs women We're board
ing IN the same house One shared the
room w'h me. and every evening Ne
tisr to ;.ih about the tim" wh-u "" would
get enough money TO take a small fat
together. We had figured on rho prob
lem -o often thai W. knew the cost Of
household u't---~Iti'. ~ perfectly a. r.
we hal he"1 hpIs'N""pers InSt"li of
shopslrh IL Wa always tho servant
QueSJ ION that shut - of from having
thar flat
though "" reaIi v ling To do house
wOrN We knew enough about IT to he sure
We couldn't kerp things IN the proper
condition IN the lit'l. time We could count
ON getting mornings and evenings On
reading thar n"wsp paper article about the
Necessity for some InS;itut ION whore do
mestiC helpers old be- trained II flashed
into my mind thar We might got an IAN :
trained servant ~ small wages tram her
pass her IN tn some family in need n.
trained help. and 10y continuing this PRO-
cess a"'P ourselves going in the Hat until
the expected Increase IN salary Carle
That was IN" WY "" began and We
kept ~ up Tor 'Ho years Al first Just
pass"t n" girl on u a good place without
cha-g" iu. the raining These positions
wee all -htdiu"t through customers in
the shop Nt"-" "" worked All we had
Ia do was - speak 10 some woman. tell
her We hal - bright Si-I training To-. -
gen--tl hog~"wr-h"- Cos whom "" wanted
a place II -h" ditr't need such "A l;irl
she Wa ur"tIv SUI" to he ahle to toll vs.
OF some one who did our only object
AZ first was to get cheap labor for our
selvc,
Tn" first two Gigl~ "" had trained in
two months Tn" thr-i. because she didn't
know a word Of English when So Sarne to
US. required almost twic" a. long, and
although IN. was v"-y bright at ii ST II
wis uphill work
Indeed u WAS 80 very difficult - get
her 20 understand thlt ~ first We feared
". would have II send hog back 10 the
Immigrant NOM" II hadn't been taken
six Just at that lime | h.lI.v. W. woulr.
certainly hay. don" "a NV being
iO:C"d 10 stay 81 home thos. TWO DAYS
proved q blessing ~ Disguise sine. IL
ca4 bleed me 10 S.." mat instead Of the sirl
being stupid she was realIv very bright
and willing From hen b-gap a regular
co".s" OF training viii n included teaching
her 10 read and -p-sk English Becaus.
this WAS my work more than my two
Partners the girl treated me ~ tn, head
of IN" household
when sh. was sufficiently trained To
leave us one Of my partners suggested
that she dIdu see why don't charge a
fee from tn. person To whom | turned
her over just A. they dad IN ampIoymen
bureaus. You 80" by speaking TO Gus
TONERS in th.. store We had already made
little reputation for having trained
servants on hand. For this third girl we
had six applicants. on" Of whom was the
junior partner IN the business The girl
who suggested charging the fee worked
III rhe mlllinary department and advised
turning over our helper to the one whom
We believed would he IN" most willing Ia
pay tins bonus. az course this proved to
he her own host customer whom she had
kept posted about the helper and all her
good points This woman was perfectly
willing TO pay So. prov ided the girl proved
satisfactory aud remained with her As
much a. three months
When consenrIng IN this fec our GUS
TONER mad said s. for the training and
IS for teaching her English II was
this that caused ~ ~ TAX" girls that
=.
You see sine" had h"nn able To- teach
one girl enough English to enable her
TO get along decided ~ was best 20 get
others and So earn that EXTRA s. Ten
dollars every three months may not
seem very much "a some persons but
when YOU work IN "A shop from : IN the
morning To- and sometimes y evenings
for 81 a week SO seems pretty larg.
The NEXT helper was h~-pok Ell before
We got her FROM the immigrant horn.
That wa- the way stay ..i n the Junior
partner hv promising hirn IA" very NEXT
one after had accommodated one Of
the best customers 81 tho firms books
Even now -" think that Vas pretty good
business Al rh" "ud II that first wear
We had 4 waiting l'-t OF ten who wanted
our trained helpers IN their homes. and
ten tunes a. many Rector" that second
year wa- hall Eon" -" had discUsss-I IN"
matter With IN" women Wh" SUPPORTED
and manaEc'i Nh" Immigrant hOrn. ami
they had agreed - gin. us the pick ~
their girls provided W. carried out Ger
tain ~r,pula'i"us.
The first ~ that 7 tai" n regular
cours.. III household economics After
! had accomplished this "" were - oren
a first class boarding house ~ a good
neighb"rh"'d IN which there w..r" 20
be h"al'hful accommodations for the
servants Before accepting their con
ditiDn- So" -Ibr!I't.d them - ih" Ilrr.r
partner ~" adj I-"i ~ To- accept the
terms offered by IN" home. hut sriRgost.-i
renting rwn hnG-"s instead - "ur ~
the tim" / nai "urnpi.'.ri nay course q
hpu sbDd economies "" had found ne.
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