DOMESTIC HELP.
An interesting reference to the domestic help question was made by Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., in the course of' an address on "Education" at. Christchur.ch last week. "We should make," he said, "our system of edu- i cation on the girls' side, afteffc. a certain point has been reached, bgar directly upon the.duty of wifehood and motherhood. We should see that the question 'Who shall do the work of the house?' is solved by qualifying every girl in l the, country to do her share. (Applause.) The majority of women are frightened to death when they are called upon to wash and dress their first baby." Mr Taylor went on to say that the common sense of the people would demand that their girls should be properly educated in domestic duties. There would be no question as to who should do the work of a house if those who inhabited the house were properly educated, and there would be no cause to call for assistance from outside labour. After a girl had passed the Fourth Standard the built of her instruction should'-be in the direction lie had indicated.. -
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10156, 4 February 1911, Page 4
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191DOMESTIC HELP. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10156, 4 February 1911, Page 4
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