Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-24
MANY SOLVE PROBLEM
OF HELP IN HOME
Recent Letter to Every Evening
on the Subject is Helping in
the Solution.

4 recent letter printed III Every Even
inc has given rise to = good deal OF conf
mcut from housekccpeTs In Wilmington.
The letter was from a Negro woman de-
ploripg the effect of high prices demanded
Tor household work hv Negro women ~
Wilmington, rs elsewhere. The era oi
high prices has passed, tho writer &c
clnred, and she urged her sister WORKERS
10 return to moderate rates, IN order 20
hold work at nll.
Tho letter suggested p number Of peril
mont questions and remarks and the tol-
lowing opinion from prominent VII
mirgto1 woman Is we'll worth reaolIe'
30 woman IN The city entertalns more
frequently il IN informal way thah Mts;
l,rcdcrick Bringhurst, the president 81
,ho %cw Century Club. who expressed
herself rs follows concerning the result o.
,bo high cost of domestic service
..Thc question Have Wilmington
v-,p,en profiied through = scarcity ot
household help is quickly answered
They have pro6tcd 70 such q degree
tb.. rcver again viii they bc willing 70
accent the dictatorship cf maid. Il used
IL Ic that housckcepCrs accepted thc
verdict III the maid on how household
labor should hc accomplished. Now that
i ali changed TODAY the housekcepcr
vho for year or moro has known the
i,dcDcodrnce Of freedom from household
aid i much more cxaCtlrg then formerly
Sbc has become a much more exaCtlnR
mistress As servants will ind when they
rot,,rn ~ domestic service Formerly the
,,,st rcss II tie household was content
with sirs .stious To hcr mald Now Sh@ i
not willing 10 accept tie maid Ncruit'
IN the household supplies needed. Or the
manner of their use In the PasSlng day
Il nc huckstcr Wc allowed the maId 70
a. our hu>ipG at the door, Now ihat y
cbanreJ All al us q q market ana ai
II us have become less wastcim. icss care
less IN the purchase Of food.
Anothcr iov of the sorva2tiess house
hold Ia. been tho freedom from con
venfione and an attained simplicity which
nro,,liscs 20 continue. Formerly we mace
'rreat mans for our guests, now we look
1,ron their presence IS VIC do upon mcnl-
1ars IL our household. and the result IS
for less conventional service, ana con
sao,,rat lntimacv OF relation most charm
ing il effq-t.
have no maid. we simplify our plans
to a degree which will admit o. hospitality
canhined with some degree OF leisure.
80 lar as entertaining IS concerned,
fhe 'no-scrvent problem has done wonders.
Personally. my husband and have msnv
of his friends 10 EiSit us. As ] never
leave nv table when a meal ls IN progress,
Il has been nv jov 70 see how willingly
ard gladly men respond 10 the O. :.
for sid in the butlers pantry, Many
hostesses will profit hy allowing their
men guests 10 asst them III serving =
meal. while the tea cart Is an Invaluable
asset
does Mrs. Bringhurst, but she deplores
the lack of opportunity for care in the
details Of service, brought about through
a scarcity of domestic help The volng
Deonle of today are much less thoughtful
Of dainty service than were their parents,
she said Nowadays il Is the big and
vital things of life that seem 20 interest
many Young men ard women, con
seouentlv such minor affairs as daIntllv-
served meals and exquisIjely-kept sur
ro,lndjngs are oulv oi secondary I'M
portancc. L is true the superfluous thlngs
are pessing. but with their passage we
lose nanv Of the little Tefinemcats
Still another Wilmington holsekeepcr.
whose name is Synonymous with teauty
and care in home-m4kiFg, thinks women
have proftcd almost heyond expression
through having TO do their own work
She said 1T Is a wonderful thing 10 be
able to lie physically active; to feel the
satisfaction Of work in the home well dOue.
Ollr families, though. may reap the out
come Of our ard0T. i we do rot take care.
Tired bodies make cross tcmpers. 4
happy medium in housework IS needed.