THE NEW SERVANT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 118, 12 February 1919, Page 2

THE NEW SERVANT

./■•■'UNJ.FOEM ; ;AND 'L'fVE''oife"' ■'■ : Tho Dvitish ■ 'iliuister-'of' Labour Tlias' ■"' •apnoin.ted'Miss 'DlirhaMi,' fanricrly of the Lalmur .-Exchanges;.'and.- Miss..Sriuire;'"of' tho •-Home ■ Office,- -us" ; houxls -of the: .Women's.Jlranoh .of.,'the Deniobjlisation and Resettlement:. Department."- , t\hny .. women employeee"..iidniit tliat they. ;'do ■ not (Vaairo ■ to.*,return "to. : their'jite-war . occiijiations. and lower- pay, - '..'. . This.aiu'Jies..particularly.to..those Vho, were domestic servants, •a'nd as they form ;. a very large .proportion';.-bf tlie women: cmployod on. lAunitio'n- worluspecial ut. tention is Iwing'direpted to-, 'their position. .;.'.'.:'. ."-.■■'.: _-'-'C It is pvoliahle'that fe-nn'oiikolnc of- : a coming gpfltprence' rit v wij[ be recom-. ■ mended that'domislW.eoi'.vanliii.Bhall live, " out and bß"femployeri- : by ■tlie'"day ond. >' paid by Ilia hour.j'"AL'iaigge.sti6ii is 3d.; - or 9d. an- hour anil- to--provide. their ■■ own food.';; ~./": ' .T N ~'•"' "The domestic: servant..who is leaving • munitions-wants three'things,-" said an-. . Employment. Excli^ngo'official;.'.'(l) Fixed ■ hours foiv work arid.tirrie to ■liei'self. (2)' Exact rules 'for: work; "(3) ,To;:live out if possible. . ■ She: , 'uniform..'.'and is ;. willing- to .wear-it, butrshe.•_dte9. l: not • intend to pr'oVide it for liefSQlfaiiy more .. than A-i man - servant provides hie •' : Hvory."'; ''/'.' ~: " ' ,- Mistresses reply to demands 1 and '2 : "Certainly," but to 3 (to livo out) they • give, a very, .decided,.'' No',", Soine eay; that servants who live put cannot be; : Telied on te turn up regularly at' their ■ work.-'Daily Mail. ".