GENTLEWOMEN NOT WANTED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 3

GENTLEWOMEN NOT WANTED.

.. : An., , intereEiihg]c6htribiitibh;tp'the r question' or.damesfcjc'sefyiie ;i.ii ''Anjerica' tfas' l'ecdiitly' niade.'.by';a ;wbmai|' who has}tried' hard' se-icureya'-.position jri'-.sy'hpaseholrl'fp'ryanbther :Woijia.ri- r wli.o such .>traightened, ! circumstances -^, that'it wi(s imperative fctaying for. years' reifd : .-articles'';iii "whichVtho mistress cjass'was rcfire'seritod. as ;being eager ...to: get .a 'better type of" (?fßcientVd6n'i'cstic tliaii prserits,- itself in, .ipteljigeiice. pflipesj'.. she naturally. supposed that she should have no diifflculty • in; securing a desirable : place 'for Her frienaywho;is in. : robust- .:healt-li; and ' still <a .-ypu'ng . w6nian,.: bQßidcs haying, had !ttie ,rie'nee of .'successfully managing, n heme and' several servants ef 'her own. - Although the applicant fcr.' a :, pla.ce. was;< filing-to, oat .in--the, kitchen and;' to-wait" thodoor, tho women to,whom tho appjic-ation.was made h'ad 'beferi distracted'over," the domestic, problem 'of . no help, and. were;'offering ; £5; with no sweeping or; washing; were not ! disposed'to accept tlie 'service. of the' gentle-: ;w'oman, aiid in the few instances whore'they.: signified :a 'to. do .'so- offered hfcr ■£2 a month.in a home where £4,85. had been paid for the 'services of a liegro' girl, and £1' J a :mont)i.;where; £5 ; was the;inyariablo, wage.': rate. 'Small wonder that tho friend'who had] intorcede'd in hor behalf should'conclude t-hat'i all'.the clamour:in-regard■to.housewivcs.de-1 siring a .better class of servants is' mere pretenco, aiid'.'tha'ty.thei'e is no encouwgemorit for-higher-class?women-taking .up ; domestic service., .'. ... ,'.