Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1910 — Servant Women No More. [ARTICLE]

Servant Women No More.

During the last thirty years the demand for servants has doubled, while the supply has increased only by half —in the last decade only by 5 per cent In 1870 there was one to every twelve; even in the recent crisis, when the cities were filled with unemployed, the demand still outran the supply. And yet, during the thirty years past, the number of self-supporting women—that is, the actual labor more than trebled. Forty years ago a woman thrown upon her own resources would tend to select housework for a living; in fact, one woman In two did so select Thirty years ago only , every third woman engaged in domestic service. Ten years ago only one In four rapped at the kitchen door. The others applied—where? Everyone knows; at the shop, the factory.the store.-* McClure’s.