The Washington times., 1922-05-06
HOME MAKERS
GUILD SETTLES
SERVANT ISSUE
Organization Hires Maids al
$50 Per Week, and Sub
let's Them.
BY WINIFRED VAN DUZER,
uiverHal Service.

Universal Service.
NEW YORK, May G. The
Servant Problem is being dragged
from its importance as the Great
American Family Irritation.
On the lower avenue here there
is an unprctentious bit OF office
from which n plan is being worked
out which promises to liberate every
housewife in the country from the
difficulties of securing and retain
ing domestic help.
The office belongs TO the Home
Makers" guild. 1t was founded by
Miss Alice Gutkin. remarkable
young woman globe-trotter. lingulst.
musician and editor, who gave up
her own professional career to make
professional careers possible for
other women by emancipating them
from household cares.
Something like / 900 women In
this city have reason TO be thankful
FOR Miss Gutkin and her Guild idea.
Tfalf Of this number have found free
dom in the last year.
Within the next couple Of years.
or three at most, it is likely that
Home Makers Guilds will spread
throughout the country. Word has
come in here from Chicago. Denver
and Kansas City that Guilds soon
will be established in each.
This announcement is looked upon
in the Guild office as an interesting
indication OF the increase Of pro
Sessional women outside OF New
York City who maintain home life.
Guild Furnishes Maids.
Miss Gutkin explained her organi.
zation:
"There are hundreds Of energetic
and often talented women whose
ability would run to waste II ii were
expended in sweeping and washing
the dishes. Their work is likely 10
mean something to the world and
yct they are not free for accomplish
ment until the humber duties are
aiken off their hands and performed
ronsci"ntiously.
There is the second class of WON
who already are launched upon
HVCc"sstul careers, but who need
comfortable. orderly homes. They
haven't been able To- have these be
cause of the difficulty OF caring for
them.
And finally there ia the family
woman who does most OF her own
work. but requires help for a couple
pi hours daily.
There are the women who benefit
hy the guild"
The woman who employs guild"
domestic IL not put tO the inCOn-
N",.'"1c" OF talking wages at all. She
uuNs t-r guild" 50 much for serv.
.r"s. explains what shc wishes to
have dorr, and h" organization does
thC rest. After the maid finishes
u"" work iu one home she goes on
io III" next and SO on. covering many
homes IN one day, a. her average
stay in each is between two and
three hours. Most Of the maids
according to Miss GutkIu. is more
''"u most business or professional
women could afford 10 pay for all
'u' umo service.
The, career rr the smlinC.eyad
alert Young woman who founded
.hn guud IS as unusual and lS
interesting aS IN" organization itself.
Sn' earned her way as teacher
Of languages. first IN London and
later Iu Paris when she was attend.
ing lectures ar m" Sorbpnu". In
CAIRO she studied Egyptian art and
music wh.I, working in the foreign
department Of hank. she visited
Madrid, AlE.,rs Tuuis and Malta.
ana tu'or"d ln Eomuuy. From India
ana Japan she returned To England
az q 'nu,'t pianist.
After coming Io New York she
coached musical plays FOR the Shu.
hcrts. SN" chen was associated
with Ruth 81 Denis in putting on
Hindu and Japanese dances and she
had her own studio in AcCliau Hall
when she worked for Mr. Dlppcl. Of
IN" metropolitan Opera
Finally she undertook to handle
foreign correspondence" in SIX Ian.
LunCrS for an export house
And Il WIS one night after work