CLUB FOR "DOMESTICS"

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2145, 11 May 1914, Page 2

CLUB FOR "DOMESTICS"

One of the nflwesfc clubs for' women workers has its promises in ft basemfent room in South Moltoit Street, Ijoiidon, states the '•Standard." All its members.aro cngttgnd ■in deniestic se-i'vico, and heltiiijx to the Domesfcic Guild, whose object is net merely to. provide them with a place for repreation and social intercourse, hut also to influeaeo iwdiroctiv tli-e status of domfistio service.

"We -hav-o paperSj" said the secretiir.V, Miss GiiiS-san, "so thist anyone niflv »ad, there is a pia-iw for those tt-lw li-ko music, a writtng-table, an«J if ui-cmbors wflwti to (Iα none of those 'things they can p'ia.y-,games. All tireUi.embcrs enjoy th-emselvDS. and isaids who don't ivs-nt to wnlk obotitivhcn.it , . is wat, or go to lio 'pictures,' cmi jtist come to the dhih and hrjag their friends ii thay.Wish, "VVJicil we have a few ftwrc iiveinbeis wo'shall ( be abte to move into biggef premisfcs, awJ improve the club in many ways."

hope to provide .a hostel fcr dcr-mesik servants wlion .<m-t of af®<- j litoyntent, to Wgasiists. a'■registry uffico on sotixl lines for mutual besiclit, and . t.(i cst-a-yish a pension scheme for- the • kpn&iit of servants, when tboy.aro. pajstii work. .' ■' :' "i ■' ■■■'''•'■ "" i

'■ iA mistress who is very utterestecl ift ilia scltetne'said .-tkatislle'tJicwght. it an 'eiooll.ent onn. : ,. ].',' tiiiujf dorajvstic ser-vants-have always rather suffered from . tlio fact that they, havo no organisation si tlicir own," she added. . "Each,o(io. has always had, as jt were, ;t.p %bt fo-f hej. pw-ij luMid, and that pcriwps" raafees. ■some of. tiiem mclinerd to be rather on the doicn-sive. Moo;- is needed, not OJily between the niistfesses nud maids, bit between the. Maids th-Miisfflives. The-kiea of tUe guild is to <mcG*trtigc its niismbci'-s to take a Bi'ido in their woric."