Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-23
HAPPINESS AT CUT RATE
Women Discuss Contentment
 on Fifty Gents a Day.
LIVELY DEBATE OF ILLINOIS CLUB

Mrs. Ward of EngIewood Says She
 the Tropics, While Another Mem- her Said There Would Be "some-
 thing Doing" if She Had to Make
 the Attempt.
 Gan a woman be happy on 30 cents day?"
 This question stalked into the reef procity meeting of the Englewood Qll) Womans club the other day and put harmony to flight, says the Chicago
 The club was discussing "The Work ing Woman; How Can We Help Herr" at the time Mrs. Coonley Ward made a plea for the simpler life, and Mrs. Corinne Brown in answering her brought up the 60 cents a day topic.
 "If the leisure classes would share the burden of work and live more sim ply" declared Mrs. Ward, "the condi- tions of the working people would be greatly bettered. The extravaganza in overdress by the leisure class is what causes great deal of the misery in the working class. The poorer try to imi- tate those who dress extravagantly, and this effort to initiate eats away their wages. If women would not be so prodigal in dress the working wo- men would be better off,
 Mrs. Brown and Dr. De Bey took is sue with Mrs. Ward and wanted to know if she could live on 90 cents day and be happy.
 T could live on 90 cents a day and possibly be happy in the tropics" de- clared Mrs. Ward, "whero tue demands of fashion arc not so great,
 1T could not live on 50 cents a day and would not" declared Mrs. Brown. ''If anybody told me I'd have to there'd be something doing.'" Mrs. Brown said the working woman could best be helped by being given better wages, taught independence and the value of organization. She said it was the duty of all women to stick by the working woman in her fight for higher wages.
 Higher wages is the chief ingredient of happiness. Money is the surest path to happiness" said she.
 "A woman can be happy on 90 cents day if she has contentment of mind and sweetness of spirit" declared Mrs. Le Grand Lockwood. Education should simplify and sweeten our lives. It should give us enjoyment of what we have, no matter how little it is, and not make us miserable
 Mrs. Lockwood urged that the best way to help the working woman was to teach her contentment, to be happy with her lot.
 Mrs. Charles M. Henrotin declared that the best way to help her Is to give her greater opportunities.
 First" said Mrs. Henrotin, "both the working woman and the woman of leisure should, above all else, keep in touch with their generation and its actfvities-they should develop intel lectual hospitality.
 Secondly, give to the working wo- man opportunities and she will take care of herself It Is within the prov ince of the women's clubs to see that greater opportunities are given to work ing women. To the women of leisure I would say: Develop your understand ing of the daily lives of those around you, those who are the great mass of humanity. Listen to the heartbeats of the working woman and be in sympa- thy with her efforts.'"
 Mrs. Henrotin read statistics to show that working women receive far less wages for the same amount of work than men. She cited figures in four in dustries which together employ 10000 more women than men and which pay $30O0O,OOO less in wages to the women workers.
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