HELPING THE MOTHERS

NZ Truth, Issue 1301, 20 November 1930, Page 20

HELPING THE MOTHERS

l|/^Calfe

Women Who Answer S.O.S. When v : y'' Help Is Badly Needed

Hl)ME .'■ SERVICE ASSOCIATION

*• (By„Mrs. H;-,C. Hewland, Secretary of the Home Service Association, ■ Christchurch, m a special interview -with. "N.Z. Truth.") So far the activities of the Home Sei'vice Association is confined to' Christchurch, and a move is now being made to establish similar' bodies m. other centres of the Bommion. , . • —This- Association was formed m Christchurch about eighteen moiiths,,ago J '.and is. undoubtedly filling a long felt w.ant m the com--m|||aiy;aiid making its activities and usefulness felt m and about * tjie|(Ji%r ahd 'also ih. many parts of Canterbury and Westland.

TI|E originators of the scheme were ■I women bf practical common sense . <|van&' much kindliness of heart who, having known of the organisation called ; ,- I'Usef ul WcHnen" m/ London, yyere /anxibus- ... to 'found a similar fedciety m Christchurch. ; '"When illness or any sudden emergency Visits' the home, extra i assistance of some sort is necessary^ where can .. assistance be obtained'? The Home Service can do it, for one of its main objects is to bring together the harassed and over-burden-ed mother and the good, homely, sensible woman who can give the needed help sympathetically and well. The- association can send at short notice reliable, honest and trustworthy workers who will carry out iall sorts and kinds of duties—housekeeping, nursing, .-, sewing, mending, /darning, readirig'to' and caring for the elderly people, taking charge of home and children m the parents' absence. There are -those who will undertake daily .work, ' such as washing and 'cleaning, and these are the '■■ vwbmen who are .. , m- • : valuable at sprtng cleaning tinae. The, Home Service workers are of proved-ability for housework, nursing

and homfc and to .most of theni^rbcjcasionaj employment of this kit^|s: ; : a ; , great boon.' Women of small ' nteansi-':-. whose own family no. longer needs their Undivided attention, ; are glad and thankful to do some part-time work m a home where "an extra pair of hands is needed. So with the daughter who. has tended her parents m their old age, and then is left alone with only limited means; she is glad to have ""employment m suitable and congenial surroundings, and comes to Home Service to find first t&& position she seeks. Many ahd various are the calls that come to the /Home Service, and. the secretary- endeavors to find the right person for the Ispecial" requirement. '-.- Often is r the anxious who calls^his •wifesis. ill andjbis and home are -needing care and attention, and he asks Home Service , tp v sendj as soon as possible, ,a : kind, ; motherly, capable person who will take charge until the mother can take up her work again. : It may be that father or child ■ is ill, and the mother ne^ds help m the nursing or m the work of WELLINGTON .GAS COMPANY LIMITED. FREE COOKERY DEMONSTRATION By. MISS MARION CHRISTIAN. (Liverpool School of Cookery Diploma). WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1930, ?JtO,p,.m' 64 Courtenay Place. BUBJEGT^-^Ghristmas Pudding, Macarbni Ple^ Raspberry Sandwich.

the house; or possibly mother needs a holiday, and a temporary housekeeper is required. Thefe are many phages of the Home Service work, and it is hoped that women who do not yet know it will come to. realise the value of this association, support it by becoming members, and make use' of the advantages it offers. '