Council, M. Joseph Denais, has been inquiring why, in view of the known difficulty in finding domestic servants, there should be over 1,100 of them on the list of unemployed. It appears from the official explanation that the women who have put their names down are nearly all charwoman who worked in factories during the war and are now returning to their former kind of employment. As a rule they have husbands and families and, therefore, decline places in which they are required to "sleep in." Some put their names down at several municipal registry offices in the hope of getting more jobs than one or being able to pick and choose. Many, however. are regarded by housewives as having been spoiled for housework by their factory experiences, and there is no disposition to accept anyone who may happen to come along. Out of every two women whom the reistry offices endeavour to provide with a job, one is'rejected, and in reality the "number of women'
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