Word: maids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...personable, good-looking fellow. Sanders had been described as too "suave"' for Georgia's political tastes. But in running against Griffin, he took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, loosened his tie and invaded the cotton lands (his wife Betty was once Georgia's "First Maid of Cotton"). He promised to try "to maintain Georgia's traditional separation.'' But he also pledged that "violence in any form will not be tolerated...
...they also know how lamentably untrue. In fact, they are ready to offer their own love for the maid's baby if only the maid will stay on. The story is told of a domestic whose three illegitimate children were adopted by her employer, whereupon she left the household because, she said, "I would never work for a woman with three children." The "servant problem" has long been a staple of female conversation among those who could afford the problem, but never, as today, have so many talked about so few. The huge increase in the number of working...
...girl.'' says a Kansas City matron, "most of my friends' families had servants. Today I know of only one family with servants who live in. It isn't the pay. It's simply a matter of being unable to get a maid or a cook to live in at any price." Many families live in smaller homes than they can afford just so that they will be able to get along without domestic help, trusting to modern appliances to make the housewife's work easier. Los Angeles Architect William Pereira, who earns more than...
...Slave at Home. A housewife who finally succeeds by some magic in finding a helper, be she live-in maid or day worker, may be surprised to discover that what passes for a domestic has undergone a vast change. Most of today's domestics are as militant as union members in their demands, which may range from a TV set of their own (practically a necessity for live-ins) to use of the family car on their days off. Frequently, they rule out whole areas of household work. Moreover, those who are willing to be maids and general houseworkers...
Endless Staple. Some families prefer to do their own prospecting in Europe and import a cook or a maid without a written contract. This can lead to some poignant frustrations when the importee discovers what a seller's market domestic service is in the U.S. Cook stealing has long been a popular sport (even the Kennedys have tried it), but it has reached fantastic heights. Anna, a cook who came from Germany to Beverly Hills-where cook stealing is as popular as wife stealing-started at $250 a month. Within three weeks she had switched to another household...