The Washington times., 1915-01-02
Seeks to Divert Girls From Trade
BY Putting Science Into Home Jobs
Mrs. William G.. Smaller Tells
of Task Which Will Be
Undertaken by the Club
women of Washington.
Young Women Who Take Up
New Vocation as Hourly
Visitors Each Will Be
Specialist.

10 put housekeeping on a scientific
basis is the big piece Of business fac
ing the clubwomen Of this city at
the beginning of the new year
Mrs. William @. Schailer. delights
FULLY genial. devoted to the feminini-
ties that show In laces and draper.
les. and soft color schemes in rugs
and and wall coverings, yet withal Of
the woman who has a plan for ac-
complishing this end.
Mrs. Shailer Is chairman Of tho
home economies committee Of the In
ternational Child Welfare League,
and her hobby for several years past
has been to find solution for the
domestic situation. which she Is con-
yinced Is becoming more acute every
day. She has observed carefully,
and has been particularly interested
in the kind of work entered by the
girl graduates Of high and elemen-
tary schools.
Has Tried Out Theories.
As a result Of her interest along
these lines. she has evolved certain
theories as to the cure for the serv-
ant problem. She has tried these out
with actual experiment, and she is
now ready to present them to the
clubwomen OF the country.
The women of Washington, goaded
on by the fact that housekeeping
alone. Of all the industries. Is tho
one that has not taken on the scien-
tific clothing Of the age. and sensing
the responsibility Of women for this
situation. are determined to take inn
mediate steps toward bringing house,
work into the front rank Of scien-
tiflC management.
Two broad tendencies-the need to
make domestic labor a profession.
and to train workers for that pro-
fession-have crystallized in the plan
about to be launched by Mrs.
Shailer. The Housekeepers' Alliance
and the Federation of Women's
Clubs arc planning to hear her talk
in the near future.
Sitting In front Of a desk. piled
embodying the substance OF a cir
cular explaining the movement,
which Is tc be struck from tho press
In a few days. Mrs. Smaller told Of
the results Of her investigations.
1.-THE time is coming. she stated.
when our kitchens will not know
the ignorant, unskilled worker who
now holds sway there. 1t IL purely
vestige Of barbarian. to entrust
the preparation Of our food to the
class which is The most ignorant
for the task.
Our idea in brief. Is to divert the
thousands Of girl graduates from the
maelstrom Of business. which swal.
lows up tho majority Of them at
ps,t Psessnt;, t., to ein tas TRACES ho. snn. h'nee
I'VE mean to classify the indus
tries Of the homo, SO that 1t Will not
be, as II now Is. one huge and un-
wieldy condemnation Of widely
diverse functions, but number OF
highly specialized tasks.
THE young woman who goes into
this field will not be a maid Of all
work, shut into the rear Of the
house apart from the rest Of the
world and the denizen Of an infer
ior world. but a specialist. respected
because of her training. paid by the
hour. and her efficiency in her line
Of work, and performing the specific
duty for which she Is engaged.
Opens New Opportunities.
"She will have the opportunity.
Mrs. Smaller continued. growing In
enthusiasm as the picture took on
greater clearncss, Ito make friends
Of real value to her In her patrons.
Her life of going from house to
house opens possibilities of securing
fresh air and new world of ex-
periencee and opportunities, and the
wide range Of occupations covered
by the home will give her the chance
to follow out any prediction or par
ticular bent, which the work in q
factory or store, with Its deadly grind