"WITHOUT ENCUMBRANCE."

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16324, 23 September 1918, Page 2

"WITHOUT ENCUMBRANCE."

—♦ — TO THE EDITOR OF "THE FBESS." Sir, —Under the heading of "Situations Vacant," in a recent issue of "The Press/' I notice an advertisement for a married couple, without encumbrance. I would like to know, sir, if a married man, working on a farm, putting in the usual long hours, while his wife is kept cooking and slaving for some so called well-to-do "fannt>r," :s not entitled to and bring tliem uj» respectably without their being called an encumbrance. 1 think, especially eft this time, that married couples with children should be given come more consideration, and 1 think the above term is an insult to the working class, especially those who are obliged to live in the country districts. Quite a lot couid be said about imr provod conditions to farm workers, both married and single, and wnen a man or couple is engaged to go to some outlandish place he or they, as the case may bo, hud the painted picture ot their future home far from real. "Found in everything" the employer tells the applicant for the job, but oh, what a difference when the wanted list is put in, only the bare necessities that are forthcoming, and a note attached from the employer telling the poor unfortunate woman to be very careful with tho stores. Of course, there are isolated cases where tho ordering ot stores is left to the housekeeper, but such is the exception, and not the rule. In conclusion, I trust that tho person who inserted the advertisement finds applicants for the position few and far between, proving that a man who has a child or children looks upon them as more of a blessing than an encumbrance. —Yours, etc., FATHER OF TWO.