Some sidelights on Europe, of the kind which do not seem to have received a great deal of publicity. are given us by a local' resident. He spent the war years in Denmark, and his statement of conditions, especially relating to developments in the ideas of the domestic servant, are illuminating. To start with the master of the house brings up the coal and firewood from the cellar in the mor ing, while Mary Jane rides at eight and breakfasts with the family. Indeed she has all her meals with them, and the policeman on the beat, or whoever else may happen to be her best boy, has the privilege of paying his respects every evening, when he, also, dines with the household. Mary. Jane requires 9 pair of gloves for even opening the door of the kitchen range, and her work ends at 7 p.m. Thereafter, if anybody rings for her services, perhaps requiring nothing more than a mild after-dinner drink, she promptly charges them extra time. Our informant saw no inclination on the part of anybody to do any hard work, and he understood that the employers. of labour, despairing of the present situation, were contemplating strike during the present month as the best antidote to the prevaili inclination of the workmen.
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