Deseret Evening News | 1900-03-15 | Page 3 | Eight Hours for Servants

J nouns Ion TS New Alt house says say The servantS servant or of the household ot of Mrs Irs are no now work lug Ing under union rules ruka Eight hours constitute a days work The Ideal idea Is said to have been suggest suggested ed to Mrs Blame by Prof l Geddes of Edinburgh who lectured In Chicago a couple of weeks week ago aco The scientist offered the proposition that there was a chance for tor the betterment ot of the condItion of household servants and so well ell did Mrs rs regard the suggestion that she decided to adopt It ItIn Itin In her home Cooks maids laundresses coachmen anti and grooms have haO been so eo classified that the they labor but eight hours at II a stretch The system has hils necessitated the forces being divided Into watches utter the manner on boned board ship Those servants whose duties begin at C 6 In tIme the morning are relieved at 2 In the afternoon b by n a force that stays slaYs on watch until 10 at night The system tem was Inaugurated about ten days ago and It Is saW to have proved high highly successful Society and club women are Inter Interested eted ested In Mrs In malnes experiment and If It continues to work well the plan may ma bo be quite generally adopted