The Washington times., 1903-03-08
tn An INTRODUCTION BY PRESIDENT ROOSE

a result, besides the presence Of work
ing women in competition with men
Women have always worked for money.
in their homes. and a generation ago
they did dozen things in their homes
which are now done in factories. II is
from necessity and not from choice that
they now work outside the home
Mr.. Roosevelt himself has said that
those who work neither with their
brains nor with their hands are a men
ace 10 the public safety. Does this ap-
ply TO only half Of mankind? Sup
pose a worilingman has three daughters;
are all of them needed 10 do the house
work in that one homer Is there no.
some SPAR energy which might be used
IN the shop TO the profit OF the whole
family? That is the way in which the
working folk reason. and II is not a ver-
/ silly way. one must confess.
/ Mrs. Van Worst gives undue weight.
( in the first Place. 10 the numerous state
ments OF working women 10 he effect.
Il don't have 10 work; / could have all
the money l need without it. but rot
/ all that I want.
The Working Girls Pride.
/ In the majority Of cases this state
ment is due 10 the poor little innocent
pride Of the working girl who does not
! wish 10 De considered on a level with
those who live from hand 10 mouth. AMI
who go into the mills because they must
If the family is 20 have food and shelter
| Would these investigating "a lies
/ themselves have felt the same II they
had had TO work2r Would they not
have cOmfOrted themselves with the
fiction that they could have got along
somehow without working IL they had
been content with mere food and shell
ter? II Il comes TO that. most Of rs DO
not have 20 work" as hard as we do.
but would this country be what it is
II the majority OF the people had been
content with money enough TO supply
physical needs?
The owners Of mills which DO not
pay a man wages enough to support p
family OF daughters even il he wanted
10. have a great deal more than all the
money they need: but they do not think
OF distributing it among the employees.
Why should they not allow the nmploye
the same liberty OF choice2 Why is il a
virtue in Mr.. Morgan TO want more
money than he has, and a crime IN
Gretchen Hochheimer or Matte Slocum ?
Not a Serious Crime.
But. the present writer saws. the
working girl spends her money for
clothes instead OF cultivatiuF the do
mestic virtues This Is another crime
which is not always as black as IL looks.
When the masculine mind Is more at
tracted by the domestic virtues in a
cir! than by pretty clothes. it may come
TO pass that a maid will forget he- or
namcnts, contrary 10 the shrewd say
ing OF the prophet Jeremiah. but Until
that time comes the feminine mind will
probably continue TO value the attrac-
tiOns OF dress as they deserve
The prince in the fairy tale did not
find Cinderella first in the chimney cor
ner. and when a girl spends her hard
earned money in the prettiest gown she
can devise. and goes to a dance, she
will. in nine cases out OF ten. be more
likely to marry than she will il she
3 stays at home doing housework At ans
rate. IL is her own money that she
sDends. and when II comes 10 the ef-
feet on her character. perhaps shs
might as wen earn the money as
wheedIe II out OF her father or brother
II is extremely improbable that any
American girl would prefer a situation
IN a factory TO the right kind OF home
with the man she loved
woman's Love of Independence.
The number of marriages is no
likely to be seriously diminished by love
of fndcpepdeuce among women II is
true that the age Of marriage among
!Americans is later than it was genera