“THEIR HAPPIEST DAY.”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16952, 6 February 1926, Page 7

“THEIR HAPPIEST DAY.”

LONDON. Jan. 26. _ Lady Cook, addressing 50 Barnardo girls, who are sailing on the Berrima, said: “You will look back to the day you sailed for Australia as the happiest in your lives. II is customary for Australian womenfolk to get their housework done early in the morning, leaving them free for other things for the rest of the day.” “MISLEADING.” The acting secretary of the N.S.W. branch of the Barnardo Homes says that. Lady Cook is “quite wrong.” To say that the girls will have so much spare time is misleading. “On our schedule, domestic servants are allowed one dav a week free, and evenings off only. In the ease of younger girls, discretion is used as to allowing them time off at night.” she said. “It is cruel to delude the girls in this way.” said Mrs. K. Aronson, one of Sydney's leading authorities in household management. “Also it, is unkind to good mistresses, for .such statements will cause discontent among domestic servants. ■ In any well organised household, maids and cooks should he able to have a couple of hours’ rest-, say Born 3 till 5 o’clock each afternoon, but then cooking and preparing of tint evening meal, and washing up afterwards, an important part of the duties of every servant. will keep them busy for a couple of hours,” was her opinion -of Lady Cook’s happy promises.