Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-08-11
They Should Have Education
for Domestic Work.
QUALITIES THE MEN MOST ADMIRE
Household Work is Not HumiIiatinG
or Degrading, and Such an Idea
Has Brought Much Trouble
to the WOrId..The Home
Needs Women; Not the ln-
duStriaI World.

Lnem HOuSeWlIefy. rake women out
of the shops, stores, business offices,
out of studios, colleges, laboratories,
and music schools. Let them work
as domestic servants. There is no
field that offers better opportunities
of success for women than that of
domestic service"
This is the kernel of an argument
by Charles NJ. Schwab, the steel
magnate, in which he disposes, in
one sweep of both the servant prob
lem and the question of the wage
earning woman.
THE business world is no place
for a woman" warmly declares Mr..
Schwab. The domestic life is the
only life that gives her chance to
develop her best"
In an interview the former head
of the United States Steel Corporation
expressed these opinions.
as it possible for any woman to
make a great financial success?" was
asked him. Has she the ability
the requisite brain quaIities?"
Mr.. Schwab smiled.
81 decline to be quoted on that"
he said, with just twinkle of amuse-
ment in his good-natured brown
eyes. He is all good nature, is this
Of bo Nuoc1d
His very presence, which is simple
and unaffected, seems to radiate an
ample kindness and good will. He
seems more the man of the home
than the man of finance.
Greater Work Elsewhere.
at isn't a question of whether
woman has the ability to succeed in
the financial world" he said, ''it is
simply that she has greater work to
do elsewhere. Home is the only
place for a woman. She is entirely
out of her sphere in business and
the professions.
But suppose conditions compel
her to adopt a life outside the
home"
Then it was that he made this
startling assertion.
There is no such compulsion.
Every woman who is obliged to
earn her own living should seek a
position as servant in some house
hold. There is no disgrace in be-
ing a servant. 1t is the proudest
position any one can occupy. l was
a working man Once-indeed, | am
now. And l am not ashamed of the
fact l only hope l deserve the title
of servant"
But you can't expect women of
brains and talent in other directions
to be content with work in the
kitchen"
why not? It's the noblest work
on earth for a woman. No matter
how clever a woman is, she should
be proud to fill such a position. L
can say with all my heart that the
best, sweetest, most accomplished
woman | ever knew was a house
keeper. She filled a place in my
household that a different sort of
woman could never have filled. My
wife and | were so deeply fond of
her that when she died we both felt
for a long time we could never re-
cover from the loss"
But domestics in households are
not treated with the respect that
women and girls command in stores
and shops and various professions.
The domestic is treated as a mental,
isn't she?"
Not at all. 1 have found just the
opposite to be true in my own ex-
perience."
But have servants the same in
dependence?"
Greater independence" emphat-
ically asserted Mr.. Schwab. 81 do
not hesitate to say that the domestic
servant has far greater advantages
in every way than the woman wage
Garner in any other field"
Then you would discourage the
woman lawyer, artist, merchant,
and all the rest?"