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Show SERVANT HEAD IN COMMONS DIRECTION LONDON, Dec. L'. Jessie Stephens, the j former domestic servant, who was re- ! eemly elected to a seat on the borough j council of Bermondsey, a London suburb, says that municipal work is the first step 1 in the direction of the house of commons. In an interview she spoke with quiet cindenee of her future arrival in parliament par-liament and gave many Instances of how work could lie saved for women. She told of plans she was making for the benefit of housekeepers generally. "I robbed myself of sleep at nights and rose in the morning- to study politics," she said. "There, I believe, lay the way to reform. My firsthand knowledge' .of housework gave me many ideas to base i my political plans upon." j |