THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTIC SERVICE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I comment upon one of several sweeping state- ments made by Mr. S. H. Sweetman in his letter on this sub- ject ? I can well believe that many householders who would like to ,keep a servant or an extra servant can only offer sleeping accommodation which " is unsuitable—to say the least "—but there is at present more suitable accommodation in innumerable houses in London and the country than can be filled by suitable occupants. It is one of to-day's ironies that while houses are insufficient in numbers and overcrowded by those who sleep in them, there are well-furnished rooms yawning emptily to receive the young women who seem to prefer their overcrowded quarters to more airy and com- fortable rooms and better opportunities of privacy.—I am,
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