This leaves most of the evenings and Sundays entirely free.

The average hours of household labor are from six in the morning until eight at night, with little difference in seasons.

There is one afternoon a week, with an occasional evening, but Sunday is seldom wholly free.

Even these evenings and afternoons take the form of a concession from the employer.
They are called "evenings out," as if the time really belonged to her, but that she was graciously permitting her employee to use it.

This attitude, of course, is in marked contrast to that maintained by the factory operative, who, when she works evenings is paid for "over-time." Second, in regard to permanency of position, the advantage is found clearly on the side of the household employee, if she proves in any measure satisfactory to her employer, for she encounters much less competition.
Third, in point of wages, the household is again fairly ahead, if we consider not the money received, but the opportunity offered for saving money.