A FRESH STANDPOINT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 11

A FRESH STANDPOINT.

'While it-is-pretty, evident that-the- or-, dinary wage-earning girl - will' - prefer to take up factory, shop; or. any like:kindof work rather, than - that of domestic, help, the more educated, young , woman, who has to earn a living is turning _,to' housework as a sufficiently remunerative., occupation (says, an Australian v.'writer) ; The . inducements' in .that:direction! are worth more than : ,a passing thoiight, ■as a very mild statement of the case will show. :Even a weekly wage/of ten-shil-lings in a service which includes board, and'lodging -is about equal: to ;even. XI a ; week without, for the .last-mentioned .items must-be regardfed as highly important to . those, in that,- or, indeed,;; almost, any other rank,of ...life. '.In England the "lady - servant," as.'she is is becoming a by- no means i negligible; unit in the community. The-number of actual : gentlewomen wlio have gone into domestic Service during thelast year or so is'said ito ; bo quite'astonishing. ' Many ;of them belong , to . i distinguished but.. povertystricken families, and others are. daughters of. doctors, lawyers,.-clergymen,-and such like.,., Under theso circumstances a little 1 more than a :month ago there was announced as; about' to be opened in London, for this.: class iof- enterprising women, a quiteluxurious club, : to be Conducted (of course on a suitable scale) on much , the samo lines''as most, feminine clubs. ,'. The idea, proved so- attractive that' long beforehand the list of would-be members became a fairly large one, !so that it is' confidently; expected . that when the intended joint institution gets into full swing there will be. a large: increase in tho number, of "lady servants," seeing, that one serious drawback to "profes--sion" has'.been the; lack of congenial company .after. working hours. -Naturally thfe club is to be a purely social one, ' the members -being privileged to ask ' their male and-' other friends to visit there, and-perhaps join in. a game of -bridge .or some other such- amusement.. -.. '