The Washington times., 1916-11-03
viii Receive Award Of Contr'bu.
ton Made by The Washing
ton Times.
CERTIFICATES FOR OTHERS
Entries Sent to Committee Al
ready Exceed Half a Hun
dred.

The domestic In Washington long
est In the continuous service Of one
FAMILY will receive q $40 award. Mrs.
d. Edison Briggs, chairman of the
nome economies committee OF the
district of Columbia Federation OF
Women's Clubs. announced today.
This announcement followed her
acknowledgment of the receipt of $40
. from The Washington Times, con-
tributed to the domestics' prize fund.
Mrs. Briggs stated The Times con-
tribution will be used as the award
Tor the domestic who has served
1or award, yet to be determined. WITH
be for the servant longest in the
service of one family FOR two or more
generations.
Appreciates Cooperation.
appreciate the cooperation OF
The Times" Mrs. Briggs said today.
The widespread interest sho~-n in
the contest is highly gratifying The
Times was the first to respond to the
appeal for contributions to a fund
to be used in making the awards"
The federation itself will defrav the
expenses of printing the certificates to
be given to Ill domestics in the employ
OF one family for five years or more.
With entries already past the half
hundred mark, II looks as IL there
might be several hundred domestics
elig BILE for UGH certificates.
Among those who entered their do
Marks and Mrs q. Caroline Dlmond,
Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins. Mrs. Will
lam Allison, Mrs. Nathan Sargent.
Laura Buehler, Helen NJ. Mallory, and
Edmund r. Calhoun.
Mrs. Sargent's Views.
Mrs. Sargent wrote:
Most Washington servants are like
migratory birds, never content or sat
isfied after a season or two. whatever
may be the advantages of their place,
and II makes housekeeping complicated
and disheartening, but now and then
there are contrasts like a bright light
shining In a naughty world
Thank you for your kind. clever idea
of Tightening the domestic problem"
Mrs. Briggs has received many COM
mandatory letters and telephone mes
sages from women indorsing the con-
test, though they had not domestics in
their service long enough to enter them.
While primary interest centers
longest service in a single family and
for the one longest in the service of a
family through two or more genera
lions, one of the most valuable fea-
VI tHt IL lb DtlicNtu,
Will be the presentation of certificates
TO all domestics who have been in
service with one family for Ave years
or more.
Recognition of Loyalty.
These certificates Mrs. Briggs and
Mrs. Court F. Wood, president OF the
federation, believe. will help make
domestics realize that faithful serv-
Toe In their field is recognized.
The competition Is designed to encour-
age employers in their treatment OF do
mestics as much as to encourage do
mestics to remain with families. fedora
ton officials state. II Is believed the
testimony OF those who have been able
to keep their servants for a long period
will furnish valuable pointers that
Will help other women in the solution OF
the problem of domestics.
Entries Close November Is.
Mrs. J. Edison Briggs, $50 South Caro-
lima avenue southeast. is receiving en-
tries for the competition. November Il
has been set as the closing date for the
entries.
Miss Ellen Marshall Rugg has started
upon the work OF tabulatlng the names
of all those who have entered domestics.
Only District entries will be considered.
and every effort will be made to verify
the length of service of those who are
claimants for awards.