HOUSEHOLD AIDS FROM ABROAD
Britain is being invaded by foreign domestic servants at the rate of 100 a week. The reason is that English girls refuse to take up domestic situations; they prefer work in factories and shops, which leaves their evenings free for dancing, tennis, and cinema. Five thousand permits for foreign girls to take positions in English homes have been issued in the last 12 months, the chi of countries concerned being Austria 1,500, Denmark 500, France 800, Germany 1,500, and Switzerland 400. There w 7 ere also hundreds from Holland, Italy, and even from China,
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Evening Star, Issue 22382, 4 July 1936, Page 25
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98HOUSEHOLD AIDS FROM ABROAD Evening Star, Issue 22382, 4 July 1936, Page 25
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