27 JULY 1918, Page 14

[To THE EDITOR OF Tar " SPEOTATOR."1 SIR,—I have read

with interest the correspondence in your columns on domestic service, and have discussed it with bachelor friends who have houses of their own. I find that they are not aware of any servant difficulty. Speaking for myself. I have had a small bachelor household for about forty years. My servants have two evil habits. They will sometimes marry, and they will some- times die. Putting aside these two bad practices, I have never as yet had to find fault with a servant for anything. When my married friends grumble about servants I point out to them that the remedy is in their own hands. If a man wants to have devoted and attached servants, all that he has to do is to get rid of his