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The attached cartoon depicts one of the unintended consequences of the First World War which was the creation of what was known as "the servant problem". It should be understood that the difficulty in question caused no particular hardship for those who were supposed to be the servants; they were simply delighted to vacate the collective domiciles of Mr. & Mrs. Got-Rocks in order to pull down a living wage in a nice, cozy smoke-spewing armament factory some place - leaving their former employers to fix their own meals and diaper junior.

Click here to read about the New York fashions of 1916.

       •The Group Portrait Posted Above is One of the Most Famous NY Pictures: This Documentary Tells the Story of that Image•


Manhattan Servant Problems (Vanity Fair, 1918)

Manhattan Servant Problems (Vanity Fair, 1918)

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