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Indu siria! ? I?'' V^V-^ " - 4 - ?fe ?w? ^WJWI An American Y. W. C. A. sccrc' who have been forced Into industry du; rp*-rr* ?rs ?i orri:* y Ts 5" Trained Home-Maker ls to Have an Eight Hottr Day and Stand ard Minimum Wage. Courses for training homo assist- ; ants, wlio will so imo tlie home by the : ?fcv. hour or weet and work on a schedule of hours and Axed wilges, leave been Inaugurated by the young Women's Christian Association as a I scefiris for meeting the problem of do- . ?estie service. Tiie object of this course, now being tried oui In New York City, Is to placo domestic service on the same dignified basis as clerical work, trained nursing ! ar ot her professions open to women. The home assistant will work eight tears a day for a salary of $10 a week, j SJfee wiir not live in the home of her ! employer or take her meals there. She , will haye an hour Cor luncheon, when j sse can ero to a restaurant or eat a i lunch which she has brought with her ? jfcst as she would were site employed ta a factory. Tho employer will nor ?rfdross the home worker hy lier first name. She will be Miss Smith or Mrs. Hrown. ns the case may be. Applicants for ihe course are care-j Cally selected, and registrants are ap- j goering in large numbers. With the ! saune independence as to recreation j hours, places of earing and living as [ tile fad orv girl, house-work has a j aerator appeal, as being a less monoto- j msus* and moro interesting work tb the . ?re ra ge woman. The course is a thorough one in plain cooking, waiting on table and door, i Chamber work, plain sewing, care of | children, making of menus and the washing and ironing of light things. Eravy work is to be done by outside workers. On graduation the student receives a certificate which pro>vs her ? fjoalification as a dependable home! worker capable of attending to all ordi nary duties in a home. The Young Women's Christian Asso- i elation has been interested in the prob-, lem of domestic service both from the standpoint of the employee and from j that of the employer for some years. ! Tfie first commission on Household Employment nade its report at the fRtfr national convention of tho Young Women's Christian Association held in tos Angeles, Cal.. In May. IPI.". The difficulties of attracting capnhle i women ?ti this field of work were laid j to the long hour:-, lack of independen .. ; fat arranging recreation hours, lack <. j .?frnortunities for growll: and progr?s-,1 asid lack of social standing. Girls have acquired .1 distaste fori tfie conditions which govern household ! work since the freedom they have ex- ! porlenced in working in munition fae-: tories. By standardizing domestic serv ice it is believed by the Young Wo men's Christian Association that a Itigher type of worker may be at tracted to the necessary work in homes. The American Y. \V. C. A. has open ea" a Hostess House in Germany, wider will serve as n residence house am] ?cinl center for American women wai workers who have advanced to do can teen, Red Cross and Signal Corps wo rh with the Army of Occupation. 'TOMEN BEGIN Y. W. C. A. FOREIGN TRADE COURSES Courses tn New York City Prepare 4 Girls for South Ameri K can Jobs. Sensing a sudden call to Jobs for American women in South America, tfie New York City Y. W. C. A. has opened Foreign Trade courses, includ tmg. classes in shipping, filing orders, trade acceptances, tariff, consular in voices, documents, insurance, mail or dfar trade and other lines of interna tional work hitherto left mostly lo men. These classes are designed to meet after-war needs. South America is receiving particu lar attention as the Y. W. ('. A. is in firmed of new jobs that are opening tn the southern conhtries. Many girl.-. In. New York who combine a desire lo see the world with a craving for linnn cfal independence are registering with tfte exvectation of going there to get gs?iriuns when their courses tu U'uin figg ar? completed._ bourses in Buenos Aires :>.-5>/^g Six tary teaching South Americ:n girls ring the war to become laundresses. Eighty Weil-Known French Wom en Guests of Y. W. C. A. for Opening Session. Paris. Feb. 2.-Eighty of the most prominent women in France who are Interes! eil in all women's problems at tended Hie first meeting of the Provi sional Council of the American Young Women's Christian Association, held I at Paris headquarters, S Place Edou ard VII. Jan. 30. Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the Secretary of State, who is first vice president of the council, presided, con dueling all sessions in French, as two thirds of the members represent French associations with whom the Y. \V. C. A. h::s been co-operating. Ali women in Franco are looking for ward to the findings <>f the council as of tremendous importance not only tu women itt France, but all over the world. Tito purpose of Ihe council is to collect and make available ii.forma tion about conditions ind needs of wo men, to become acquainted with wo- j men win? are Identified with diffenent ! kinds of work und to develop II few j typical illustrations which will set standards for future permanent work. Following are the societies repre- ? seined : Union Chr?tienne des Jenni Filles. Student Movement, Foyer des Alli?es. Amies de Ia .Jeune Fille, Na tional Council of Women. Among the delegates were Mme. Jules Siegfried, Mme. Avril de St. Croix, Baroness Watteville, Countess Pourtales and Mme. Waldegrave of London. Mrs. William G. Sharp, wife of the ambassador to France, is honorary chairman of the Council and Mrs. Fran cis McNeil Bacon president pro tem. Miss Charlotte Niven, director of Y. W. C. A. work in Italy, is secretary. Departmental and provincial groups will hold meetings weekly to discuss local problems, the entire council meet ing at the end ol' each monti;. In April, at the last meeting, each group will decide bow the information and ex perience may be used most effectively in the fut ure. Delegates are guests at the Hotel . Petrograd, the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House iii Paris. Y. W. ?, I PROMOTES V/ORLD FELLOWSHIP - , I Will Send Industrial Commission to Meei Foreign Labor Leaders. The War Work Connell of the Young Women's Christian Association plans to send an industrial commission of women to England, France and Italy in April lo meet prominent labor lead ers of those countries willi a view to , promoting world fellowship among wo- j men. The commission will he marie up of Mrs. Raymond Robbins, representing the National Women's Trade Union League of America: Mrs. Irene Os good Andrews, American Association for Labor Legislation; Miss Grace Drake, National Consumers' Leaguer y Mrs. Janies S. Cushman, chairman of r the War Work Council of tia; Young Women's Christian Association-; Miss Florence Simins, Miss Marie Wing and Miss Imogene B. Ireland, secretar; to the commission, all of the V. W. C. A., and Miss Mary Colson, an authority on employment management. Miss Florence Simms soys in re gard to tho commission: '"The war has forced upon us the hearing nf international relationships in all Ihin^s, and our touch with women in other countries has made us include in ?ur international thinking the Indus trial life of women. The war has wrought so many changes in this that lt seems a timely thing that women in terested in the larger life of our wo men workers should take counsel to gether and express their interest with the hope that certain minimum st aud it rds which seem essential lo beal!h und wei fa rt' among women may be ngreed upon ami obtained. Our War Work Council is sending Abroad tkrs women's commission from iirgar.iz-clons in America directly con cerned with the welfare and largtfwt life of industrial women." i,w ' HijiiKin ? wu? ,, i?'^ V?'^AfT.""\il''^'"\'."MJii".j "? ,-I"'I,,.',''IIT:,''"''." i", . """.?-' E ''- . --^t.^.i^-{t^'V-t'''.'Wl.'.i->iJ<f".,?"';[''.??Ji'i/H11 ?'?'V .... . *,;.' 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