The Washington times., 1907-08-12
Famous ERglishman Says
America Is No Free
Country.
Would Compel Women
to Study Domestic
Science.

NEW YORK. Aug. I2-"Pass a law
making it compulsory for women to
spend ten years in the practice Of do
mestic science before they can vote
That would destroy the false idea that
housework is menial. That would els-
Vate home making to its proper place.
1t is far better to be a splendid moth
er than famous woman surgeon"
This astonishing suggestion is the lat
est scheme proposed by man Tor the
solution Of the woman problsm.
Caspar Purden Clarke. director OF the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, is its au-
thor
Making no discrimination between
England and America as TO the increns-
ing desire Of women for a career IN
preference TO the home. Mr.. Clarke. IN
an interview, declared it his belief that
radical method should be employed to
teach the gentler sex what an exalted
profession home making really is.
He was interrupted in the task Of
writing a letter to ]. Pierpont Morgan
concerning some important data on art
collections and the prohibitive tariff
The Englishman was very much ox-
ercised over the exorbitant art duty
levied by the United States on objects
Of art brought over from other coul-
tries
High Duty an Outrage.
why. it is an iniustice-it is an out
rager' he asserted. Imagine paying
more than 5000 duty on a vase that
cosc 5000. That is not just, is it7''
Has this exorbitant tariff anything
TO do with the fact that rich Americans
are leaving this country and settling
abroad2" was asked.
Certainly. Wealthy Americans who
Aave spent their lives in collecting treas
ures OF art prefer to live abroad with
them than to pay the inOrdinate sums
required as duty. They purchase
homes abroad and have private rnu-
seuns fo-~ their collections. Really, the
tariff forces them to do Il. There is no
choice"
Then. is that the reason Mr. Nor
Now. pIease-I prefer not to talk
about Mr.. Morgan. It would not be
right Just two words moro now-just
two words more. I don't like TO Lo
quoted at length
Views on Women.
But you'll talk about woman. won't
your
Very weI,r he said, smiling. He
pushed the writing materials from him
and detached his mind from the all-ab-
sorblng data on art and the prohibitive
vinces one Of sound. healthy mind in a
sound, healthy body. Although his white
hair and mustache indicate age. his
clear, ruddy British complexion and his
keen, young blue eyes give him the ap-
pearance OF youth. He has been mar
ried forty years and the father If nu-
merous children, married and unmar-
ried.
Wage-Earners Experiment.
What do you think Of the wage-earn-
ing woman? Do you approve Of herr"
'She is an experiment" he replied. I
am neither for nor against her. Time
Will show whether the experiment was
worth while"
In America there is much distress be-
cause OF her" was said. "She is crowd
ing men out of business. they say"
Not any more in America than in
England he declared I'VE have the
same problem. Girls leave their homes
and work for small wages in shops and
stores and offices. For what" Merely to
deck themselves in feathers and ribbons
that's all their slavery means. The
worst part is that, because they are
willing 10 accept small pay, they are
keeping men out Of employment. These
girls can afford to accept meager
Is where the parents are at fault. Pa
rents who support girls at home. so
they may work for little or nothing Fl,
business. are thereby simply contribute
ing TO ill the Golfers OF rich employers
You believe II all wrong, then ?''
We shall see AS a 1 said, II is an
experiment"
Home Place for Women.
You favor the home for woman don't
your"
Most certainly. Home is without
question the best place for her Home
is the best place for every one. Par
ucUlarly is II woman's sphere 1 do not
mean by this that she hasn't the brains
for any other work. What I contend
is that home making requires the very
highest order of brains and talent. II
is such a mistake to speak Of home
making with contempt, as if an inferior
mentality alone would be content with
II. Why, the fact that a woman can
succeed in managing home indicates
plainly that she has superior mentality"
Home making is the greatest profess
The greatest OF all Far better be a
splendid mother and home maker than a
famous woman surgeon. Woman can do
what men cannot do. Why should they
abandon a great work for "A lesser?
They do this when they leave home for
career"
But II Is QlIIlCulL 10 convince women
OF this. They are not content with do
mestic life alone"
Housekeeping a Profession.
We'll. compel them TO see It. why
not pass a law making 1t compulsory
for women to spend ten years in the
practice OF domestic science before they
can vote? This would settle the ques-
tion quickly enough"
You believe housekeeping should be
exalted to a place among the highest
professional"
Il firmly believe IL. II is a false idea
that leads US to minimize it's import
ance. Why, il requires brains TO rule
home Remember, the wife and mother
does not alone manage her home and
children. She manages her husband.
Doesnt II indicate superior mental pow
er 10 be able 70 rule a MANI"
Woman Suffragists..
Mr.. Clarke should certainly receive q
vote Of thanks from woman suffragists.
for he approves OF the ballot for the fair
sex
women have the right to a voice In
the laws he said ts-~bo l,,,,,,t t,io-t