Industrial disadvantages of domestic service 235 Industrial difficulties in other occupations still unsettled 236 Possible relief through profit sharing 236 Definition of profit sharing 236 History of profit sharing 237 Advantages of profit sharing in other occupations 237 Lessons to be learned from profit sharing 240 Domestic service wealth consuming rather than wealth producing 240 The wage system not satisfactory in the occupation 241 Application of the principle of profit sharing to the household 242 Advantages of the plan in the household 244 Its advantages in hotels, restaurants, and railroad service 244 Substitution of profit sharing for fees 244 Objections to profit sharing in the household 245 These objections do not hold 246 Experiments in profit sharing in the household 248 CHAPTER XV POSSIBLE REMEDIES—EDUCATION IN HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS Lack of information one obstacle in the household 251 Difference between information and education 251 What is included in information 251 Difficulty of obtaining information in regard to the household 252 Advance in other occupations through publicity of all information gained 252 What is included in education 252 Information and education necessary in the household 254 Progress hindered through lack of these 254 Cause of inactivity in household affairs 254 Assumption that knowledge of the household comes by instinct 254 Assumption that household affairs concern only women 256 Belief that all women have genius for household affairs 257 Theory that household affairs are best learned at home 258 Tendencies in the opposite direction 259 Establishment of school of investigation 259 Necessity for investigation before progress can be made 260 CHAPTER XVI CONCLUSION