Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-03
DONATES $10 GOLD
PIECE ASAPR|zE
The Star to Make Award in
Contest for Most Faithful
Servant in District. :
NINE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES

A ten-dollar gold piece as a first prize
for longtime faithful domestic service
in Washington has been donated by The
Evening Star.
The award will be made by the home
economics committee of the District
Federation Of Womens Clubs. which
has taken up with enthusiasm the sug
gestion made by The Star and already
has received the names OF more than
100 house servants, who will be con-
sidered in this contest.
Entries close November Is, and
soon as possible after that date the
awards will be made.
There are to be four prizes of gold.
A second prize of IS has been offered
by Mrs. J. Edison Briggs. chairman Of
the homo economics committee.
Monday, October %. Tine star made
first mention of this project to hunt out
the most faithful servant in Washing
ton and publicly reward her. through
the cooperation of the District Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. The announce
ment also was made that certificates OF
some sort would be given to all do
nestle employees who had served FOR n
certain specified term of years with
one mistress. The purpose of this cam
paign was given as zeal to promote
efficiency in Homework and to show the
domestic that the public was Interested
, IN the work she was doing. 1t is hoped
in this way to solve the servant girl
problem that is vexing many MONIES
throughout the country.
To Enlighten Employers.
This campaign is as much to awaken
.nistresses to what they should do to
make their domestics contented as II is
| to encourage the servant girls to stay in
one place. 1t is a cooperative scheme
| to show how mistresses who have treat
ed their domestics as members of the
family and considered their welfare nave
been able to retain efficient services FOR
long period of years.
| Each day since October %. The star
has been printing the records OF some OF
those entered in this competition. rang,
| ing all the way from six years until
one has been found who has been for 1o2
years in one family. The Star proposes
| to continue printing some OF THESE To-
ords each day. Men as well as women
are eligible for the competition
A number of EMPLOYERS entered their
domestics today as follows:
Miss Mary T. Dayton g street.
sent in word that Annie Scott Brown
| has served her faithfully for thirty
one years and she considers her "invai-
uable.' 900, ~
j L.
street. has had as her cook since she
started housekeeping Annie convey,
! who now has been twenty-six years IN
her service and whom she treats like
0n Miss Laura Buehler s2s I'd street
southeast, has entered the name OF Ell
len Tinney, who has been In the en-
ployment of DR.. Charles X; Luce con-
| manding the sanitary detarh'n-- = NJ the
District National Guard at San Antonio.
for at least thirty-five years. Durlns
4 the absence of DIR. Luce this domestlc
has entire charge of his home as
| housekeeper.
Also Enters Name Of Cook.
Miss Buehler also enters the name OF
Estelle Norris, who has been with Df
Luce eight years as cook. as an appii-
cant for one Of the certificates to De
awarded for service of more than nve
years in one place.
| Irene Roy served Mrs. Edmund X
Calhoun at 1440 r street faithfully Iof
| MANY wears until the death OF the mis-
| tresS and now is in the service of her
Miss Helen NJ. Mallery. 1923 street
| has sent in the name OF Reoekah
Rivers. who has been with her for SIX
teen years and nursed her through
continued Illness" This maid, II 10 ex
nIained. had lived with the family OF
Senator Davis. for twenty-eight years
and still is visited by members OF tha'
| family.
| street, sends in the name OF her
( laundress. Annie johnson. who now if
employed by her daughter. and VINO
has been in service for mother and
| dauphter for more than thirty years.
| Mrs. Isabella Sergeant, 925 Farragut
| square, mas entered her laundress
Sallie Winfield who has been with her
| for twenty-four years, and her butler
| Joseph jackson. who has been with her
| for fourteen years.
| Mrs Alfred T. Marks, 1901 New
| Hampshire avenue, has entered for
diploma Mary Smith, who has been In
| her service for eleven years.