Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-10-30
THE WOMAN AND TIE HOME.
A Return to the Home and the Fire.
side.

We are beginning to swing back
TO old landmarks. This statement
is not made in the nature of Il dis
covcry, but as the expression of u
truth which events have brought to
the surface.
a few years ago there was rush
of women to the Offices and the
stores. Domestic pursuits were laid
aside and woman began the siren
uouS life in competition with her
brother. Domestic tastes no longer
appealed to her; the door of the
great world was open and she must
explore the unknown. 1t was an
other case of Eve and the apple.
She stepped forth redeemed and
disinthrallcd from the cares and
duties resulting from matrimony,
and became the secretary and stem
ographer Of the busy man, became
the clerk in the bank, in the law
office, the railway Office and the
newspaper office; she became the
clerk in the great department store
living behind the counter ten hours
day, and in not a few instances
the travelling Salcswoman, selling
everything from plug tobacco to ap-
plc vinegar. She cniovcd her free
dom and boosted her ability to care
for herself. In fact. she made a
pretty fair success of the job.
She didn't 60 out on bat" with
the girls" she didn't smoke eX-
pcnsiyc cigars, nor feed the kitty"
True. she INDUCED the ice cream
habit and would occasionally strain
the strings of her purse for a par
ticularly handsome waist or skirt
that caught her feminine fancy. but
as a whole she was able 20 pay the
landlady on Saturday night, and sci,
dom had to ask half holiday on ac-
count of the "headachc."
With true magnanimity, and
largely because he couldn't help it,
man continued to love her; to in
dulge her ambitions and aspira-
tons; at the same time mindful OF
the inevitable blow and silently
synpathizin1 with her when II
should fall.
The blow has fallen. and there is
scampcring of dainty feet and an
absence Of pretty pettcoatS IN the
offices of a great railway system
that is causing sense of sadness IL
the male employees.
The cdict has gone forth in the
Northwestern system that women
must leave the service. They can
not be brought under the rules OF
civil service governing the promo
ton Of employees; they can never
rise above stcnographers or file
clerks. and therefore must 90, says
the management. Was there sob
bling. and scenes and faintiug; Not
on your life The american girl
isn't built by those specifications
any longer.
They Immediately began looking
for hus stands; the domestic duties
that once seemed commoncst
drudgcrv became attractive accom-
plishmcnts. Half dozen girls in
the Chicago office plunged into the
work of housekeeping with the en-
thusiasm and skill OF veterans, and
a score Of Others are seriously con-
sidering matrimonial alliance. You
can't outwit the American woman.
Shut her out from the Offices where,
in reality. few Of them ever cared
to 90, and she gladly returns to her
natural clcmcnt-thc homeland
the home will be the better, the
brighter, and the more systematic
because of the knowledge she has
gained in the world.
The home is the kingdom of the
American woman. She can make
her power there absolute; her will
law. and she can more ctiectuallv
shape the destinicS Of men. Of af-
fairs and Of nations from the throne
of the home than from The forum,
the Office OF the counting room.
Napoleon sad that the great
need of France was mothers. 1t is
the need Of america today. Not 10
bear children to be sacrificed to Jhe
god Of war. but to train and teach
the coming men and women their
duties to themselves, their fellows,
their country and their God. Am
erica wants more mothers in the
home and fewer in the marts OF
trade.
Newspaper photographers may be
disposed to poke fun at this act Of
a great railway corporation, but the
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