TRAINING OF SERVANTS.
VOIDS- OULTOBSJOT SYLLABUS. , LONDON, Oct. 2.. The British Government is oubsidising a scheme for the trairdng of domestic servants, and hasi contributed £50,000, The training course lasts ia weeks, and girls are paid £1 weekly while attending classes, The syllabus includes hygiene, infant welfare, general knowledge, physical exercise, voice modulation, and singing. Miss Lilian Barker is in charge of the BCherfle;."iina'nays' that the general knowledge imparted will enable the girls •to -speak-correctly and to shop economically and properly. Physical exercise is necessary to teach them to walk quietly and decorously in ' respectable households. Singing is the finest possible tuition in voice modulation.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17585, 14 October 1922, Page 2
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