Reasons why women do not choose domestic service 140 No opportunity for promotion 141 Work in itself not difficult 142 “Housework is never done” 142 Lack of organization 143 Irregularity of working hours 143 Work required evenings and Sundays 146 Competition with the foreign born and negroes 146 Lack of independence 147 Summary of industrial disadvantages 149 CHAPTER IX THE SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES OF DOMESTIC SERVICE Lack of home life 151 Lack of social opportunities 152 Lack of intellectual opportunities 153 Badges of social inferiority 154 Use of word “servant” 155 The Christian name in address 156 The cap and apron 157 Acknowledgment of social inferiority 158 Giving of fees 158 Objections to feeing system 159 Excuses made for it 161 Other phases of social inferiority 162 Social inferiority overbalances industrial advantages of the occupation 163 Comparison of advantages and disadvantages of the occupation 165 CHAPTER X DOUBTFUL REMEDIES