[16] U. S. Industrial Commission Report, op. cit., p. 751.
[17] Three Sample References for Domestic Workers, New York City
July 14, 1921.
Winchester Ave., Bronx, N. Y.
To Whom it may Concern:
Doris X has been in my employ and performed her duties satisfactory. She is honest and capable.
Signed ——
The following person had two reference blanks containing the same questions filled out by her former employers. She had been a child's nurse in the first position and nurse-maid in the second.
| First Blank. January 27, 1923. | Second Blank. Jan. 30, 1923. | |
| Is she honest? | Exceptionally so | Yes |
| Is she temperate? | Yes | Yes |
| Is she neat? | Yes | Yes |
| What of her disposition? | Best I have ever seen | Wonderful |
| Does she thoroughly understand her work? | Yes | Yes |
| Why did she leave? | Presumably to be near her husband | Because she was tired of permanence and had a chance to go to the states with our friend |
| Remarks—Her services with our family for five years have always been most satisfactory. | ||
[18] Haynes, George E., op. cit., p. 87.
[19] Five Sample References for Domestic Workers and one Letter from an Employer, Washington, D. C.
Woodford Land, Va.
Lillie worked for me for a long time and she is a nice worker and a fine cook and she worked for Mrs. —— three years going on four, and she got married there with them and she worked for Mrs. —— and she nursed Mrs. ——'s three children.
From Mrs. ——