South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-27
BY LoRETTo LoRDEN.


Gone arc the days but not for
gotten" when. just us expected conf
pany had arrived for dinner, Gret-
chen the cook confronted her mis-
tress with a verbal resignation when
two extra guests inadvertently drop
ped .n. thus curta.ling her plan to
give Mike. her bIue-coated hero. a
royal spread Servants in these days
think twice before hastily leaving
"a good Position where they have
been wei treated on account OF
some slight Inconvenience 70 them
selves
4 number OF south Bend women
each Of whom employs quite ret
inue Of servants. who were inter
viewed his week. stated that most
OF their servants have been in their
employ for years and that they had
therefore not experienced much diff
hculty I'm finding "a solution TO the
servant problem Consequently, It
may Doe inferred that the cartOonists.
who depict American home life as
the orbit of "a ferris wheel whose
passengers are servants climbing eff
and on when fancy dictates. have
never lived in south Bend.
Help Wanted Brings Throng.
According TO statistics compiled by
South Bend clubs and employment
agencies. they have received
great many more applications for
domestic positions since Jan, 1 than
We're received during the same pee
riod last year a aull more signi-
ncant sign or the changed condi-
tjons is the Increased number OF APP
plicau,s In answer 20 openings for
domestic employment Help Want
ed" advertisements that went uu-
noticed ye1r ego. are br-nging
crowds OF wo1cn and girls TO work
at reasonable WAGES
Since South Bend factories have
dish Used some or their women en-
ployes during the las, few months.
a number Of women have sought
domestic employment A labor I'm
other fields has discarded the silk
shirt for one Ct blue Bingham. SO
cooks nave returned 10 the realm
OF pots and pans from the positions
they occupied in mills and factories
during the war and rolled up their
sleeves preparatory to mixing bis
cult dough
Pay Demanded Decline.
TIomemalJers and social workers
in cities all over the country de-
clare that the domestic employ
ment situation is Frightening. and
any ray Of light i'm the thick gloom
OF SIS and $50 week cooks and
John J. Housewife Another bit OF
brightness comes through the knOwl-
edge that outlcrs. chauffeuTs and
gardeners are not as rare and costly
as in the recent pssr
Those Who have s..died the stua-
tion declare hat the day is coming
when houscke, ners may pick and
choose good help at one-half the
peak figure Of the last three or four
years They say ;hat in South Bend
90 VIII be pos BILE 90 &c, competent
domestic help at a wage ranging
from $40 TO So week instead OF
the Cd figures ~ from SIS TO $50.
Lauudresees ., no were formerly paid
50 cents and 0 cents an hour are
now getting so cents and 40 cents
The whole atm osrhere surround
Ing the proceeding Cf engaging do
mestics has changed since a year
ago. Now tho prospective employer
receives a pie SAINT smile inst cad OF
the recent suporc.lious up and
down" look There's no doubt that
domestic relations are growing more
cordial. and now when Harriet or
Fannie come looking for work they
aren't independent and particular as
10 whether o., not their room will
be located on The south side OF the
house facing the garden or on the
north side facing the avenue.
Immigration Has Little Eject
An influx OF foreign born women
apparently has had nothing 10 do
with this new aspect OF the servant
question hmm grafton investigators
agree In stating that most OF the
more recent immigrants. women as
well as men. appear 20 be heading
for the country in search OF farm
work. Then. too. with thsr bill pend.