,VM 4 v !WIIIiliiliiliUiJJMJUllJ''' EVENING PUBLIC LEl5GERr-3?HIIiA!6ELPHtA, MONDAY,, JUNE 9 1919 w f, , vr-. 19 Eight-Hour Day for Servants Would Do Away With Homes to tin Editor o the Woman Pane: j Dear Madam I have rend with In terest tho various letters printed on the -'subject of the servant girl and the eight 'hour day now being agitated. May I take the chair for a few momepts on tho 'abject? We have daylight-saving for business (purposes. Now we are asked to have 'daylight, eight-hour homes so servants rmay be relieved of duty at 5 p. m. This means a six -hour business day, If business people live In their homes long enough daily to get two meals. -Homes must necessarily have service hours that overlap business hours. ' But already the six-hour laboring day Is agitated, and no duuot the laboring woman's demands will Keep pace wun .those of the laboring man. So it looks as though an even eight-hour day for the helper of the home with "mother" on the job all the time, will not solve the servant question after all. Tho home is a twenty-four-hour in stitution. Can it be condensed into an eight-hour, daytime working proposi tion. If Solomon or Brigham Toung ''were living they might help to solve the 'problem through their cxtenslvo experi ences with "householders." But In this 'day of monogamy and of the slogan of "one wife for one man," which means one pair of hands for alt of the work of the home, the eight-hour working day in the home is indeed complex. Nature herself defiantly ignores it. Nature Ignores It Take, for Instance, the -stork. He Jnst will come at his own good time. When be pleases he will drop his pre cious burden Into the home, whether the union labor hours are over for tho servant or not. What Is mother to do tv these hours of maternity and the later years of ehildnursing and rearing, with the long croupy nights. But you say, the trained nurse is there. Xes, for a 'few weeks, but even she must have more meals and work done for her, perhaps, than mother and the baby. Then nature does let father and the children and other dependents of the house get in after the union labor day. Of course, mother could begin her ahlft, but she has already been on her shift before any one else started. Man's Problem The servant problem is really a man's nroblem. The erroneous opinion prevails it is for the niadame of the house, when it is really for the master of the house. The whole question of eight-hour working day in the home resolves Itself Into this: Will man and his children reduce their demands to actual needs? Then farther reduce their needs to me.et actual conditions created by the eight-hour, daytime worker?. If men and children can do this, and if business conditions can be adjusted, then the question has been largely solved. It Is a man's problem I Almost any woman can take care of herself, if she can drag herself out of bed. And the woman who brings chil dren into the world and cares for them and their father, too, is certainly not dependent upon a servant for her actual needs. Nor would you ever see her at any time of life standing in line in front of the Sunday Breakfast Associa tion doors awaiting its benefactions of food. Further proof of this independ ence of women of servants may be fonnd in the neat, cozy home of any clean, economical, lone woman. What lone man has such a homo? The eight-hour day is therefore up to the man and his children. Is a man willing to do without a home life? Or will he reduce the demands of himself and his brood? Then will he further reduce their manifold supposed needs to actual needs, and perhaps lend a helping hand in emergency. Mother Cuts the Pie Although this servant problem is for ithe lords of creation," it Is likely that ' Che woman will have to adjust it after all. "Mother" has been able to cut the pie so there will be a piece for each hungry child and father, too (even though she must go without), bo it is likely she will solve the servant prob lem with the apartment house, com "" inanity kitchen and othes "life-saving" devices. For this human animal that poets call "mother" simply cannot keep The Eight-Hour Plan in Reader's Eyes If Solomon were living he might not hae a hard time with the eight hour day for servants. But in this day of "one wife for one man," which means one pair of hands for alj the work of the house, the eight hour working day in tbe home is in deed complex) The eight-hour working day wilt mean a six-hour business day, for homes must netessnrily have service hours that overlap business hours. The servant girl problem Is man's problem. Any woman who brings children into the world and cares for thetn, is certainly not dependent on a servant for her actual needs. Nor would ypu eycr see her at any time of life standing In lino In front .of the Sunday Breakfast Associa tion doors awaiting its benefactions of food 1 Notwithstanding servants know more of the infelicities of marriage than any other class of workers and demand shorter hours with more pay they generally are most eager for marriage. his wife with a bunch of children said In bis bitterness, "I can get a thous and wives, but not a single, respectable, caretaker for my home and children 1 I suppose I shall be forced Into marriage through sheer desperation, for I cannot parcel my children out among relatives or institutions." His experience seems to be sustained by advertising for a general housework girl and receiving no answers and then advertising for a "working housekeeper for a widower" arid being overwhelmed with answers from all classes of women, as shown by their pink stationery and writing and sclf-recommendatlons. The homes that have shifts of servants can meet the eight-hour demand, but the homes of one servant certainly are Up ngalnst It. Self-help seems to be the only solution. A WOMAN ItEADKlt. , And So They Were Married By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR CopirfoM, IBIS, bu Pvbtie Ledotr Oo. FROM WAITER AT $12 TO $5000 A YEAR JOB Colonel Woods Glvos Instance of Army Benefits and Why Ex- Soldiors Are Wanted up with the demands of these days of progressive civilization. The following pre-war figures show that the servant problem is not so far reaching after all as many persons sup pose. The homes with even one serv ant have been reduced to some 5 per cent of the total number of homes. Enlisted men learned during their military service many things about home work, so they will be more help ful and considerate than ever before. They will Insist that their sons, as well as daughters, be taught to wait on themselvrs and their mother, which is right. Many men will do housework be-, cause It Is better paying, with its three meals and lodging, than an occupation. Mother Does All the Work Investlcatine the United States re ports on occupations and apportioning all the serants and cooks listed, it is found that in 03V per cent of Ameri can homes no servants arc employed. Of nearly 17.000.000 families In the United States only 1.000,000 can afford to keep servants. This Is a conserva tive estimate, since some fortunate (or unfortunate) housewives employ two or more servants. Probably where live well-to-do families who are able to keep a servant, in ninety -five homes mothers do all the housework, let under this United States census law mother is not classed among the workers, but swells the list of dependents. Will Shorter Hours Dignify Labor The woman worker In theihome who docs everything there is to do, and bears the children beside, has the longest hours and the most respect. The dienltv of labor In the seems to demand long hours home not short ones. The woman wto would leave her hus band without meals, or his children un cared for after union labor hours, would be called cruel, criminal or crazy, and be dealt w 1th accordingly by the neighbors, the church, the humane society, the po ll nnd the divorce courts. She would find no dignity attached to her short hours of labor. Thn itnrldnz woman cannot add to the dignity of her labor through short hours, but tlirougn ner rcspousiuun.v, truthfulness, honesty, courtesy and skill. The most superior and richest people respect the faithful, intelligent work of their helpers. Shorter Hours or Husbands? Notwithstanding servants know more of the infelicities of married life than any other class of workers, and demand shorter hours with more pay, they gen erally are most eager for marriage. Marriage means a life-working contract witnout wages to cook, wash, iron, scrub, nurse day and night, stay at home, rear children and with all of tho responsibilities of home and motherhood. The servant will leave the home of conveniences, with' its "days off," re spect of her emplojers, nnd good wages with no board or lodging to pay for and perhaps no clothes to pay for, and tie herself to a nJan whose habits, tempera ment and demands make life miserable and hopeless. She must have the ex perience. Employment "hours" do not count it a woman likes a man. A widower left through the death of START THIS STORY TODAY AFTER any nrgument or misunder standing with Scott, Ruth always felt queer and constrained the next morning. Her first waking thoughts had that dullness about them that al ways Indicates something that has hap pened, but that cannot be recalled just at first. Then remembrance rushes over the consciousness and It Is diffi cult to proceed. The morning after the argument about cards Ruth awakened just that way. She did not remember just at first, nnd, as usual, she jumped out of bed, leaned down to tuck the covers about Scott so that he might get a little more sleep before it was time to wake him, and was just about to kiss him softl) on the top of his tousled hrnrl when ahi remembered. Memory in this case helped to start the day wrong. When Ruth finally woke Scott her tone was dctold of anything bat remote friendliness. Anv husband who knows that inflection in his w ife's voice knows that it presages a difficult time. Women bear grudges far longer than men. Men forget almost immediately. Women remember purposely ; they like to' suffer. At breakfast Ruth made no effort to talk, and as the morning paper had not arrived, things were rather strained between them. When the mall finally arrived there was a sigh of relief from both of them. Scott seized the paper and retired behind it, while Ruth went leisurely through the let ters. There seemed to be quite a lot of mail this morning. To bills, a letter from a college girl from out West, an Invitation to an evening affair, and a letter for Scott. The straight, angular writing was un unmlstakablc. It was from bis sister. Ruth had not seen Alice since the pro posed divorce Ruit which had all died down. She looked at this letter from her with a queer feeling of presentiment In her heart. "Scott," her speaking to him was un avoidable. The paper went down Instantly. "A letter for you." Ruth had no intention of relenting to the extent of friendly conversation. Her remark was strictly to the point. "Oh, from Alice," he exclaimed, picking it up nnd slitting the envelope with that peculiarly destructue quality that most men have. There was a silence while Scott read and Ruth observed over the rim of her coffee cup. Finally he put the letter down and looked across at Ruth. His ver cxnression told Ruth that her pre sentiment had not been far wrong. The letter had contained something unpleas ant. "Anything wrong?" she queried, with forced politeness, trying to keep the genuine interest out of her voire. For answer Scott handed her the letter. It was short and to the point. "Dear Scott I don't suppose that you and Ruth are going to like these arrangements very well, andf course, if they inconvenience, jou too much, I can go to a hotel. You know how I should hate to stay alone at a New York hotel, however, and you know, too, that mother happens to be out-of-town just now." Ruth paused here. How like Alice to begin her letter in a roundabout way like this, leading up to the point in question instead of being perfectly frank and stating what she wanted Immediately. "I thought," tho letcr went on. "that If you and Ruth could put me up for a week or two, that I would try not to be any more trouble than necessary. Let me know immediately, will you? I must arrange my plans. Yours always, "ALICE." Ruth dropped the letcr by her plate and stared across ot Scott. Forgotten now were all thoughts and memories of last night. This news was tragic. It was bad enough to have Alice in New York and to have to be pleasant to her and to do a certain amount of enter taining for her, but to have Alice in this tiny apartment snooping "around, to have to have her constantly around would be intolerable. "We can't do it!" Ruth exclaimed. "I don't see how we can get out of it," Scott returned. "She is my sister, you know." "But we have no room for her." "We can put her up on the daven port." Ruth had known that the davenport would be Inevitable. "But, Scott." Ruth wailed this out, "it will be awful in this tiny place. We'll have no privacy at all. I'd rather pay her hotel bill, no matter how much it is." "That's just it. I'd gladly do that, but Alice is a coward, and simply won't stay at a hotel alone." "I don't see what she's coming on for anyway. She knows I don't like her and she hates me. It-seems as if I simply couldn't face it." In the net Installment What fright ened Rita Whltmore? Washington. June 0. (By A. P.) "I know a young man who was a waiter In n small town restaurant in pre-war dajs for $12 a week and tips," days Colonel Arthur Woods, assistant secretary of war. He had been in the Nntional Guard and managed to get an appointment at an officers' tialnlng school. They sent him to war as a second lieutenant. He came back a captain, with a medal and a citation. " 'Nothing doing.' he laughed, when the bns offered him his old job back In the restnurant. with the promise of a head waiter position in a few months. ' 'I am a ViOOO a year man now. , 5 "So he is. Tbe other day the young 1 q captain got his $OW" joo wun n u-k concern which has a large number of men to handle, nnd he fits in admlr- " 'See if you can get us a discharged armv officer for the lob.' "As Industrial conditions improve, this seems to be the general run of letters to the army employment cen ters from large employers who arc look ing for competent employes. Such lit tle stories as these and figures show that the average honorably discharged k h. nn difficulty whatsoever in placing himself again in civil life. ITn to date. accoruiuK . OBS GfVEN SOLDIERS Three Men Who 8erved In France Given Eelctrlcal Bureau Posts Four returned veterans of the world war, three of whom saw nctive service on the battlefields of France, havo been given positions In the Electrical Bureau of the Department of Public Safety, continuing tho policy of Director Wil liam II. WllSon to place discharged soldiers and sillors wherever possible. The men ur4- .loseph Cnll, Jr., 1001 North Ninth street, and Hamilton E. Ford, 1P21 South Sixteenth street, tele phone operntors: Horaco II. Magce, 2024 Olenwood axenuo, stenographer, and John T. Haines. 2130 North Fif teenth street, laborer. Haines, was wounded In action. He was imitated Into the army on April 23, 1018, and sent to Fort Slocum. lie was later transferred to l'nlcral Camp, Washington, D. C, 11 ml as signed to 318th Medical Unit. Eightieth Division. He sailed for Franco on .Mnj fi, 1018, and was in action nt Argoime forest and St. Mihlel sectors. lie was discharged from the army on May 2(1, 101!). Ford was inducted November 4, 1017, was Bent to Camp Meade and assigned " to Headquarters Company, 312th Ar- tlllery. He was transferred to Com pany A, Thirty-seventh Engineers, and sailed for Franco on Mny 8, 1018. lie participated In the battles of the Mctue nnd the Argonnc Forest. Call enlisted on July 5,' 1017, and was assigned to Truck Company F, 103d Supply Train, Twenty-eighth DMsIou. He was In action at Curle Vesle, In the Meuse-Argonne sector nnd the Thlacourt sector. He was made corporal on November 1, 1018. -gsfegBBy v Sa ,. i ASCO. ASCO. ASCO. I I Uflfltll I II ASCO' ASCO ASC Ai a STORES CO. M A, MIH.MI S.tdKUH '? ... , , w u a state - Flowers for the Table No table is complete without flowers, be it the breakfast, luncheon, tea or dinner tabic. Even field flowers gath ered from the roadside are quite ac ceptable if they are nicely arranged. Violets, mingled with their own green leaves, arbutus in flat dishes, spreading bouquets of dogwood, mountaiu laurel and wild 07alea, daisies, red and pink clover buttercups, goldcnrod and asteis as the season change there arc lovely flowers for the table to be had for the picking from spring to fall. BACK FROM THE DEAD ment b Colonel Woods, there have been about 104.000 officers mustered out o , .. x.. .. m hack in civil service v,uu - -- - 1( . - life. Of these 8000 have applied for assistance in securing cnum - MEDICAL ROW DENIED Report of Lack of Harmony at West Phlla. Hospital Deciarea u.h.. Friction between the medical and -surgical staffs of the West Philadelphia nospital.ls not the reason for the with holding of the $20,000 appropriation for that institution by the committee of legislature according to Dr Villain McKenzIc. chief of staff at the hospital. 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