DIGNITY AND DOMESTIC SERVICE.
[To ILI EDITOR OF Till "Srrcorsr0n.-1 Sin,—I gather from your note at the end of the letter last week from Miss Ellen C. Tait, on the training of young girls for domestic service, that you believe it to be a new idea, and feel I must inform you that there are several such institutions which have been doing good work in Glasgow for over twenty years. Girls are admitted from fourteen years of age by paying the small fee of five shillings and being of respectable character. They live entirely in the "Home" or " School" free of charge, under an experienced motherly matron, and assistants chosen by a Committee of ladies. The girls do all the work of the insti- tution under careful supervision, and are thus initiated in the proper method of working. After some months of training the girls are sent out by the hour or day into private houses requiring extra help, returning in the evening to the " Home," in this way getting an insight into private service and bow to work with other servants. At the end of their training suit- able situations are found for them, and a complete outfit pro- vided. Their careers are watched with interest, and they are always welcomed at the "Home" on Sundays—sometimes going to church, as of old, with the other girls—and on their evenings cut, and can always count on kindly advice and sympathy. Fully ninety per cent. of these girls turn out well and become useful and happy citizens. The demand for theta is always greater than the supply.—I am, Sir, &c., A FRIEND OF GIRLS. (late President of Committee).
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