Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-23

l,thourh wages In domestic service
,.na shown little decline since the peak
,ovels Of 1919 and 1920. the time. Is
I.ino employment agency heads be-
,,.ro ron when the pay will be reduced to
,'s.rrsanond with the general downward
tendency. ;, ,, Al.
n-,efor of ono intelligence office.
IRn,pouse everything else is steadily
.ins down, and people will not con-
.,ans 10 nny wages that are out of pro-
uartion 70 the ordinary scale.' -.
VThe nav received by servants doing
..nsral housework varies today from
s,o m S1J q week. according to the
.nount of work involved and the
""olity Of the service.
p"pp pr general housework Is meant those
arties devolving upon single servant
u,rl In the house. inc uding cooking,
rating on the table, light cleaning and
psns addition to cash received the girls
,.a;ve food and board, which is reck-
nod nj a minimum Of 81 week, but in
v wsny cases greatly exceeds that in
actual value.
speciaI Branches Pay More
Tho more specialized branches OF do
-.st,c service are better paid, or rather
neo. a,v cases have lcss work to do for
~ . aorne amount Of money. Mattresses,
.ne instance, receive on the average
iof ~ week : chambermaids the same,
s cot anywhere from $40 to $50 n
covs' n end butlers are being paid from
va %uSA n S125 n month, although the
sro;ority receive about $50.
II Ia possible TO get general house.
xnrk helm for as little as SS a week
shq hT.SIng IJ these figures MS the average
:, ua,cs for domestic service nt pres
e. can be seen that the pay for
,nr, ,"m,ostic service. including the value
- tbs board and lodging, amounts to
s.or, s17 10 $40 week, or even more.
% .ccording to the standard of living In
NY These figures show a marked contrast
han compared with the average wage
w industrial branches, such rs textile,
,"hocro manufactures, hotels, rcstau-
,Snts, ,o candy making and millinery.
According to figures given in reports
:, ,b. Consumers League, which has
m,ds many Investigations Of industrial
nonditIons, wages for female labor In
tbsse lines are below those commanded
IN domestic service.
The following statistics were COM
,Ilcd from cases taken ut random and
examined in 1921:
Tn nublic housekeeping, which Is
similar in many ways to private house
k,epipg, the average wage OF the dish
rasbers investigated was S11 week :
rbambermaids received so n week
rsitresses (wbo make additional money
An tips) averaged S11 in pay; Kitchen
workers commanded $l2 as n lule.
Factory Pay Is Small
The average pay for girls working
IN the tobacco industry was found TO be
SIG A week; millinery workers received
6bout S13; hosiery workers $ll. and
underwear workers $I5. Some Of those
IN the latter lines receive much more
than this, but their work is highly sue
calized, and IL also seasonal.
The same holds true Cor the clothing
industry, where wages as high as $40
a week are paid, but the work is not
continuous. The average wage In this
line among the women workers qucs-
TONED was found to be Sl4.JO.
A report Of the Pennsylvania De-
partment Of Internal Affairs. published
in 1919, when prices and wages were Mt
tbcr peak in all lines Of industry.
showed that In Philadelphia, among
O,59l workers of many lines. the
average weekly wage was $l3.27.
Easton had the highest average wage.
s18.04, among 1914 workers examined,
and the lowest was CNrbondalc, with
average OF $J.T week for Jl3 work.
ers.