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THE WASHINGTON TIMES. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 1915. THE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAGE Wanted: Training School And Examining Board For Domestic Servants Its Need Is Evident, Says Domestic Science Expert, Rut Homcmakers Musi Show Readiness to Support Such Projected Institution. By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK Con right, li. by M;. I hrlsllne rred'rlck.i Nl MBEnfi of letters have come to ui recentb following an ar ticle explaining hon a trained tenant' day vvus airanged, tlio Work -etandatdlzjd, and idle v1m.ii extin Day for extra work. 'Uut vvln.ro aro the trained tenant." la the burden of th letter. "Wheic can wo tuin to find houseworkers trained In efriclcut methods of no.k, niuikctliK, and nil branches of housekeeping: Tho training aihuid for rome workers haii been Imagined and li ejected In nent way for a long time. Uut none of thee abortive effort haM laken Urn nlaca of the real need of a training oourae for houaevvorkeis, just aa there 1 a training couiao for niitiei, ot a l(, worth training over ft certain period for hull- Th.i.e v li n Slate board and leielve n ertlfl- cnlc-lf even the ainnll Inuinesa college Issues some nrt of diploma -or there la Mime out.vard standard nf merit, we tee no leaann vvh an examining board could not pass upon th iiinllllcatiun' of a house oi ker. ' Hut the women, ou say, will not piv for Inci eased sen Ice. That la a ques tion They do pav now for the Inex perienced, the Inefflc'ent. tho Incnk age, the scorching, the idopplness, the unintelligent nreaeiit houseworkcr, tak ing her by and Urge Also, If house work were made professional and the orl.rr could aleep nut of the house i ere Is far more chance that house. woik mum ue paid what It would then nets employe Molt houscworKera Unless they had exceptional tiuliiing In the "old country, ' pltk up tin n work now here, now tlieie learning from experience, and at the cxpenio of their various mistresses The course tie have In mind la for workers iho have never before received Instruction, but who w lsh to make n business and n profession of Houacuoik. There 1 more demand today than ever before for the girl or woman who can manage a 1-omo efficiently and at low expense More and more women aro constantly preferring to follow tho tiall of a career and yet do not wish to en tirely give up their person il home. They need unusually reliable nnc1 competent home-worker to take charge In their absence. Rut the mnnbei rj such trained workers li ramarkabtj few. For Service Bureau. t are, on th one hand, giving super-training In domestic science and home economics to glrli who Intend only to teach It when they leave school We axe giving fine opportunity to mo ralatreaaea themselves who wish to be oome more proficient In their depart ment! of marketing and hulng. Hut the molt Important figure In domestic econorni the houeworker herself Is picked up haphazard, receives training from one mlatresi and untralnlng from another. Is without anv certlllcate. any genuine recommendation, and who Is not asked to pass any examinations or quality In any wa. Tet this same houaeworker Is taken Into our home. Intrusted with the cook raf. often with the marketing, with the sanitary care of the home, with our clothes, our china, our silver, our children, and our own haoplness and health. What does this houseworker know reallv of dietetic values, of cook Ins; methods which most preserve food and health, of management which en ables economy and good standards to be maintained? Why not large center or training schools for servant where the serv ants could sleep, or. at least, stav. while out of a position, modeled somewhat after the plan of the Y. W. l There the workers could receive course In all necessary branches of home making for a minimum sum Thero could he a true service bureau which could arrange to furnish expert help by the dav. hour, or for permanent positions. Let genuine board pass on the qualifications of the girl and attempt to secure for her positions of preferment An Examining Uoard. As at present organ'zed. nothing la more wrong In Us effect than the sys tem of cmplovment bureaus No real Inquiry Is made Into a girl's record, and the only thing asked for or given Is a "reference." which mav be forged, or which very few mistresses lefuse even when the worker does not deserve a good recommendat on The omploment bureau takes a fee from both mistress and worker, and It li naturallv to the r Interest to have a girl change a posi tion frequently In older to get more fees. I.nng standing In one position Is, therefore, something not encouraged by the averago emploment agency, for the more frequent!) a girl or mistress changes the more 't means In money to them. , , If a graduate nurse can he examined Seen In The Shops DAME FASHION'S verdict this year Is fui and, consequent ly, we find It In the moat un expected places one of the leading F streot shops Is showing veils that drop several Inches be low the shoulders, edged with bands of skunk. The bands varv in width from an Inch to a many us four 01 even Ave Inches Bkunk Is also used as a background for brlght-cnlmed roses, whose silk and velvet petals show OR to gicat advantage next to the dark fur Kven the petticoats do not escape an attractive one of dark blue taffeta la finished with a two-Inch bend of skunk. Every ono knows that needles and thimbles are becoming continually mlllald. A little shop on K street offers a new and vciy attractive so lutlon Stl sight little wooden ladles, whose heads come off, hold the thimble anuglv, while theli Jaunty little partner take care of the needles. So man) women have lomplalned that In hujlng odd shades or silk stockings, they hove trouble In matching the darning silk with which to mend them One of the shops has solved the piohtein bv In eluding with each pair of stockings Just enough silk to keep that pair well mended. This also does nnay with the Inconvenience of having numerous useless spool of darning tllk scattered about the house. All women knn.v that II keeps the complexion In ht-ttei condition In applv powdei with small pieces of cotton taking n fresh piece evcrj time. A lending novelty shop is showing dalntj bags of silk which hold a dozen or so little powder balls of cotton 4ll ready for use. Thv are just the things for the dresser and are very reasonablj priced A useful box for hairpins has been rv eloped In old rose brocade and ny be had for the moderate price of fl M It II appropriate for either traveling or use on the dresser, and would look charming Indeed in the young girls' room Telfpnoiis Vmn M60 and ntk "Tks firopper" oi iitormaltan ijiuuff far names of thops which carry th ar ticles referred to lit fii column. Mail nquirtcs thoulrt be enclosed wtfa a stamped rtrfdreiierf envelop vsuufal raid for irli. Those who have bail severs! nfriant. but who have reduced their staff and In stalled labor-saving niachliierj, or who have had both Inexperienced nnd ex perienced help, know that the experi enced heln nlus the mcchanlc.il labor saver can do more for the same ex nendlture than n larger staff of un sklllerl wnikers "Will ou Mart n training school for houseworker' ' Is the questlen put to u almost dsllv. First we must know the answer. "Are the hnueeworkei themselves willing lo ntlend such a trilnlne school over a considerable peilod"' Second, are mistresses willing tc nav the Increased wages which uch titlned workei would have toiget? On the answer to these questions depends the time when It will be feasible to start such a school Women of Montclair, New Jersey, Join to Solve the Servant Problem Any Community Can Em ploy the Methods Advo cated By the Model Mont clair Housewives for Eradi cating the Servant Dug-bear. T MONTOI-AIK. N !.. Nov. 5 I UK Housewives' League of Montclair expecti that a eat hence this community's serv ant problem, that bugbear to (he women nf almost every city In the land, will be solved. Much progress already has been made tovvaid gelling plenty of effl- lent house help nf all classes, to ward slandardirlng the pav and the division of work for each servant The hapharardiies of these things done nwav with, thinks President Mr, t'hnuncry II Marsh, the serv ant problem will be solved nnd the Jokesmllhs will lose one of their most lucrative soutce of income. Five hundred letter will be mailed todnv In addition to the yt) already sent out. asking as manv housewives h series of servant problem questions, I'pnn an iial)ls of the answer will be baed the servants' standard of wages of Montclali. An analysis nf the son ansneis nlready received f Smart Adaption of Cossack Uniform The Montclair Solution How the womon of Montclair, New Jersey, are solving the servant problem: Got the school board to es tablish free domestic scierfce for maids and housewives. Arc writing 500 letters to housewives for data upon which to base a standard scale of servants' wages. Plan a municipal testing sta tion for all servants applying to housewives for work. Seeking to classify and stand ardize the work of the "one maid to a family" plan most popular. show thut a girl doing housework, hut no washing, for an average fam ily of five, should get l!3 to la mouth. What the schedule will he for the maid who cooks, washes, makes beds, minds the babies, fires the furnace, and scrub will be determined later. Keen eommunltv, sav Mrs. Marsh, should put Its own servant service on an efficient basis the way Mont clair Is doing , ' We want," said Mrs Marsh, "as every community should want, to pay a rate sufficient to attract ca pable, high-standard help, for by railing the standard of the servant we will make life pleasanter for the f ! ! 1WA1' IK' aiaiaB sasiiiiHBH? 'v-')' aiaiaiaK saiaiaHiaiaWit , tfi iff M& .assiiiiiiiiiiiB" iaiaBiaiaV sOQsKA'i sBttaask-. aiaiaiaH v aiaiaViaiaHX j:skkHflajkkkkB. . aakakaKkakakaBri - ' 4skkkkkPkk xkakaVkakaVkT" fcs?i I ""ajassssssa FrT: sasMsssssssssssssK fWmz tjBv - 1. iKXu.i .aslm,-,- akakakaTOsHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimam .--skakaHl.'akaHskakakaKK '-1 aaaaaaaaaaaaaar'vka1LvbTBaaaaaBaaaaaaaaaBiBaaK "IbIbIbIbH'.IbIbIbIbIbIbIbIb - 'HllK'ilHBllllBPsHw VK Bb-b1b1B '"' f.'w ..'?! ?x , '- MHIHB!s.lHHHB mrM- h - V LibbbbbVbbHbbbHbbIbbbbbbbbbbbJbbbbbbbbHbV HbHbbbbbbbbB wKfVStSm k9L. I Three-Minute Journey S "Aoiveoo antoewocoof Astrakhan Ih the chief note in this new enstumr which is patterned after the uniform of the Russian 0'i..ickl and worn by Mme. Louiae Kdvina, the grand opera singer, on her arrival in New York laat week. The long Ihrec-quarter coat is edged with the astrakhan and docp collar and cuffs of the same material heighten the mili tary effect. Kven Ihc turhan is made of the trimming, while the belt, a girdle affair, is heavily embroidered and elaborately trim med with silver. THE OL73 REUMBLE ROY S BAKING POWDER Abmotuteiy Pure MADE FROM CREAM OF TARTAR By TEMPLE MANNING. AFGHANISTAN Is one of the world's "closed countries " It Is nearly as dlfltult to penetrate and come hack from alive as Tibet Indeed, there was a time when to have visited Kabul was a great a feat a to have Journeyed to l.hassa Hul that was In Ihe old dava. Today, although a trip to Kabul Is a jouriic of which lo be proud. It has been made bv so many Europeans that It has Inst II uerullar distinction. To glance on the map and see that Afghanistan lies tike n delectable inorsal between Russia and India, gives somewhat of the truth of its political Importance a well Indeed "u the northern boundarle of Afchantstan the Cossack keep guard, while on the southern the Kngllsh Tomtnv talks not so much or Afghanlatsn as of the land that lies berond. It Is through the Kvher pass that one take the journey Into Afghanis tan Uut before you enter you must have a passport from the political officer commanding the Kyber. Is sued only as vou prove In writing that the Ameer wishes you to entei his country. Then, when at last it has arrived you present the permit to the British commissioner at l'eihswar and he supplies vou with a guard of soldiers to take you Into Kyber x fai as Jndl-KJiana the) go with ou there the soldiers of the Ameer are drswn up to greet vou and conduct nu safely to Kabul Then It Is lht im s,( for the first time the vehicle of r n Illustration It is called a 'takht-raman" or 'moving throne" henus the Ameer of the long ago Journeyed through Afghanistan In this wav alone Today no one save the loval family Is permitted to use the ve hicle, except those to whom the Ameer wishes to show grest honor. And yet. after a day' Journey In llils rocking chair hun between two horses elimbmir un hrongh tht ro ' v hi'ls miu mlgiit aree with me that Ihe xmet r s wav nf snowing honor Is lusilfv lug nd'ed iCo.orlfht. HIS, S rppupe,- q -e Jerl0 1 Untrained Help to Be Mar shaled Into Line for Edu cation and Appraisement of Values By Means of Ex tensive Campaign. housewife, huiband, kiddles, and the servant themselves. "Hlnce Superintendent Bits ha opened the schools' domestic science classes to housewives and servants, the teachers have been swamped with students anzloua to Improve their cooking, aewlng, etc." Housewives may now catch their servants vnung and educate them In suit, without cost other than taxes that they nay anyhow. In the public schools. A co-operative serv ante' organisation to work with the Housewives' Ieagu may also be or ganised a little later Advice To Girls By ANNIE LAURIE. Dear Annie Laurie I am a voung man of twenty-on. and would like a little advice. Lat winter there was a crowd of us that went tog-ether continually. Although there was nothing serious In our attitude toward, each other, each man had lit favorite girl Till um'ner we went to the mountains, and, a I was late In getting: there, found that my companion wa practically monopolized by one of the other boy o t turned mv attention to another girl Whn I returned home I went to call on inv fnirner girl, but her attitude wa o i old that I did not go hack. The jlrl I am going will, now i verv Hire nd ha been verv good In me. Would ou advise me to gn back to the other girl BIZ NICK to both nf them, )ou focdisli t,o 'mi are not In love with either of the Ihe girl nf course I don't see vvh? vou should not h verv good friend to both II w .uld hatdlv he fair to give up the friendship of your summer inpxnloti fur the girl who has so charged hi r attltud- Hee both of then- at dlsrreet intervals, and see If sou won't be much happier (ropjrisht HIS Ne wsraper reatur Fen If s j Jflst LnUrie via trennme letter of ttiflufru on subfi nf inttr'tt from reanert of thi paper, Ja4 uill reply 10 rnem n rncse columns. Thru slould Be flflrfreJirrf care ran orirr Amino-Acids Triumph In Synthetic Chemistry Of Nitrdgenous Food By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG. tn er. (Copyright, IMS. bv Newsri HUMAN lire, as at present consti tuted, depends upon oxygen, moisture, and sunlight. Vege tation grow from these and feeds animals and man. Without plant life, man aa ou know would he no more. Starches, sugars, fata, albumens and fertilizers are necessary for nutri tion, health and growth. In the albumens or proteins nitro gen, the fleah maker. Men or ani mal fed only on oils nnd sugars which contain no nitrogen, would ale, Hants take nitrogen from minerals, where they have heen often deposited by nitrogen bacteria, which grow on the roof nod ules of clover, peas, beans, and other legumes. Huch bacteria seize the nitro gen from the air. One of the ambitions of chemlatr has always heen to bring about In the lab oratory what the plant doe in nature. I.uckll), early success rewarded the ef forts of chemists sa far as oils and sugars are concerned. These have heen triumphantly, made by man for some veara Ilecently, ever looking forward and upward, and led by JTof. Emll Ah. derholden, chemist determined tn cross the gap that still remslned, and to man ufacture flesh or nitrogen stuff While It Is true that an eg, a piece of meat, a nut or any other protein food has not been made, the nitrogen compound pressed In these called "amlno-acld have actually been con structed and used In place of vegetation and flesh to sustsln life When fowl, meats, egg or other pro teins are digested In the stomach their component parts called ' building tones," which are the basic principles of foods that contain nitrogen, are broken up from the more complex albu men What Amino-Acida Are. The are the "amlnn-aclds." The) pass through th walls of the stomach and Intestines, and are rebuilt b the tissue fluids and blood Into flesh, brawn, brain, and blood Amlno-aclda have at last been made chemically In the experimental labora lory. Not only have a number of these "building stone" been made from am monia and nitric acid, both of which contain nitrogen, but animals have been kept alive for month and month with sugar, oil, and amlno-acld. all mad from simple sources and artificial ly by the hand of man Indeed, each food haa Ita own special kind nf amlno-acld. and scores of these different kind have now been manu factured bv man At lesst one person, ill with ulcer of the stomach, and un able to eat ordlnarv, undigested food, has been kept alive bv a mixture of these amlno-aclds. ugr. and huttcr Th proof of nil pudding la In the eating and weighing The chemist takes white rats or chicken, or any other animal that Is found upon the block or In the slaughter house of antl-vlvlsec-tlonlsts, feeds them after he has meas ured and weighed th-m with his labora-torv-made provender fter thl trulj home-made diet had ben taken a long while the animals were found to b happier, heavier, and larger than ever before Th case Is thus closed and decided In favor of the chemist. True enough, ambrosia and angel a Mr I'tutuis ftrvi. ni 1. Hr?,.ii1i'Jr,c.t.",il.e. !'!'" ".1 P?'l-i'eh- k;;,"'; -.- "" "own' re in signi. rnia. tr? th "ii-iW? ""'" encouragement m; ..J "" always seeking anal force, es rt '""" power over Inanimate forces of nature. vJi.mi'i'lc'u'cUMCI'1 mmethlng for veiv tender ante feet I am on my Jcet XV,'., h'uew'"k In the day. time. " vviiat will remove callous place-, from ..".ei-nf mj f0"' s I Bl" have. ZY iVl r "'"'.Painful corns. What do vou recommend.' . My two-j ear-old ff .u7'r eonllnually from constipa tion. What vvll) cure him? Applv each night to the tender and ore feet tannin acid, 1 dram: glycerine, I dram: khthjol, 1 dram, distilled wa ter. 1 ounce 2 ind 3 I'vlnt the callous place and coma at night with a little of 10 grain of tlcllc acid to one ounce, of collodion t Lllve your baby scraped appli. carrot Juice, orango Juice lad.vflpgcrr, bran cracker, po tato cereal, oatmeal rice, wheat, and grit, barlev gruel, mutton and chicken hrotlii lots of distilled waler, a teaspoonful of milk of magnesia be fore meal and Ift him drink plenty of olive oil. fresh milk, and cream PERSONAL ADVICE. Readers desiring advice should remember: 1, To address inquiries to Dr. L. K. Hirshberg, care of Tht Washington Times. 2. To enclose a stamped and ad dressed envelope if a personal reply is desired. 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