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It is said that the only bargain left in Germany today is in domestic servants. Greater Berlin’s organized housewives and servants union agreed upon the following final wage scale for August:
A perfect cook, 46¢ per month; plain chambermaid, 43¢ upper chambermaid, 64¢ housekeeper, 86¢ nurse, 43¢ educated governess, 64¢ girl under 15 years, 20¢ 16-year-old girl, 40¢ day helpers, 5¢
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