Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-04-09
Notes and
Comment
"A NATIONAL Dsl usloN"
That American Woman Has No Super.
ior is Absurd.

That American Woman Has No Super
ior is Absurd.
The idea that the position Of Ameri
an wcmen is superior to that OF any
otner women IN the world is character
ized BY Mary Heaion Worse. In "Ap
pleton's." as national delusion.
She admits that they are undoubtedly
The most INDUCED and petsod women
n the world" but as for real respect
she thinks that the downtrodden Ger
man hausfrau gets more. The Ger
man husband may seem to US unchiv
alrous in the minor details of life. He
may talk with brutal disparagemeni
about the female brain, but when be
goes out to amuse himself it doesn't
occur % him to go alone. He takes
with him his wife and his children
rhat palmetto person whose hIsbano
neglects her for the society OF men
for whom our tears dow so often in
this country, is not found IN Ger
many"
The "Sason assigned is that by hei
skilful household management tn,
hausfrau has become a source u
wealth to the country. The part which
women play in the national life il
what makes them pre-eminent o. re
iatively unimportant, says the article
The amount of small courtesy shown
them really doesn't make much dif
ference. Show me a country where it,
women add to the countrys wealth by
participating in the business OF tha.
country or by their thrift and / vii
show you a country where the ecuno
mic position OF women is a highe,
one" IN France. where the woman
is her husbands co-lrade ant business
partner. she las the most power.
AS a Contrast tc this. the American
man stands alone. The women IoiS
of lis dmily do nor help him AS Ia,
as his business goes. its quiz. imina
terial him whether he las a wife OF
whether lie has not Our men NAV
talk as much as they lie about the
uplifting inhue.ce O. a noble woman
ana OF the tangible support that the
thought OF her nobility gives them. II
does not alter the fact thai the aver
age American man transacts all the
business OF his life without ever
ureaming OF turning to his lies part
ner TO- any counsel ID the natter
and generally without her even having
any knowledge OF the business in
hand"
There is comradsship between
young girls ana men, Mrs. Worse finds
but it ceases just at the time wh~n
the latter begin the real business o.
life. For this state of anairs she
thinks the women are TO blamL.
when man first marries it is his
instinct to take his wife into partner
ship with him. It's natural for a man
to want to talk about shat which
takes up most o. the hours he is
awake to the person ne cares for most
in the world" But the wife checks
these advances according to her ma
ture and disposition. Ether she vii!
slip her arm through Johns and say
coaxingly; Don't let's talk about hoi
rid business, lear; let's talk about
something nice You ought to resi-
when you get home. or less agree
able and more honest. she may admit
rankly that business bores her
So the man actually comes to thina
that he ought to leave his business
cares at the Office. He sits "boreo
and silent in his own home, while his
wife complains that he is so absorbei
in business that he has no interest
left for anything else.
81 do LOT for moment mean" thr
article concludes. ito bring the inaa
ence &C woman III ner household dow
to a matter Of dollars and cents. but
is not pro bable that the spiritual bont
between man ant womaL was ever
iess because they we're helpful part
ner to each other In ihe affairs
everyday life"