Massachusetts, number of women in manufacturing industries in, 10, n.; redemptioners in, 20; colonial law concerning wages of redemptioners in, 30; to protect servants in, 38, n.; in regard to punishment of servants in, 45; to prevent barter with servants in, 46; debarring servants from holding public office in, 47; concerning wearing apparel of servants in, 47; prohibiting setting servants free in, 47; proportion of foreign born domestic employees in, 77; large relative number of domestic employees in, 82. Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics, returns from schedules collated by, preface, ix, x. “Master,” as a term should be abolished, 207. Matthews, Albert, on fees, 290, n.; _The Terms Hired Man and Help_, 302, n. Meats, stuffed, delivered ready for final application of heat, 214. Men as domestic employees in Europe, 286-288. Mercier, L. S., on profits made by servants in France, 291, n.; on class distinctions among domestic employees, 298, n. Michigan, University of, women graduates of, assistance of, in obtaining statistics, preface, vii. “Mistress,” as an appellation should be abolished, 207. Mitchell, Maria, on woman’s work, 272. Mobility of labor made possible, 67; developed to an inconvenient extent, 68. Morton, Thomas, use of word “servant,” 69, n. Munby, A. J., _Epitaphs of Servants_, 55, n. Music lessons, desire for, ridiculed, 153, n.; of a domestic, 154, n. Negro domestic employees, their increase at the North a doubtful remedy for difficulties, 172-175; unsatisfactory service of, in the South, 173-175; deteriorating, 174, n.; character of employees, 175, n. Negro slavery, influence of, on people of the South, 1778, 52, n. Negro slaves, not allowed to travel without pass, 44; in colonial Boston, 51, n.; in the South, 51, 52. Neill, E. D., on character of redemptioners, 48, n. New England, redemptioners in, 20; high character of domestic employees in early, 54, 57. See also Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. New England Kitchen, Boston, bread made at, 214. New Jersey, colonial law regulating wages in, 31; to protect servants in, 38, n., 40; concerning runaways in, 41; concerning those who harbored runaways in, 42; to prevent barter with servants in, 46; large relative number of domestic employees in, 82. New York, colonial law concerning wages of redemptioners in, 30; to protect servants in, 38, n., 39; concerning those who harbored runaways in, 42; regarding punishment of servants in, 45; preventing barter with servants in, 46; large relative number of domestic employees in, 82. New Zealand, law providing half-holiday discussed, 135, n. North, the, introduction into, of more negro domestics a doubtful remedy, 172-175.