Domestic servants with at least two years/ experience recently met, at. Vjh instance of tho Advisory Committee of Wimbledon Labour Exchange, to discuss betterment of conditions. One girl proposed that they should be addressed as Miss or Mrs-, instead of by their Christian names. Some with nico names were called "Jane" or "Sarah," which was objectionable. When visitors camo to a house, suggested another, tho servant should ba paid overtime for extra work. Caps and aprons wer,e objected to as a "badge of Borvitudo," and it was proposed that servants should be allowed to use the bath.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 3, 29 September 1919, Page 5
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97Untitled Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 3, 29 September 1919, Page 5
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