The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-03-04
Notes and
Comment
"A NATIONAL De- USiON."
That American Woman Has No Super.
ior is Absurd.

That American Woman Has No Super
ior is Absurd.
1he idea that the position OF Ameri.
can women is superior to that OF any
other women In the world is character.
lied by Mary Heaton Worse. In "Ap.
pleton's," as d national delusion.'
She admits that they are undoubtedly
the most INDUCED and pet,od women
In 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 disparagement
about the female brain, but when he
goes out to amuse himself 1t doesn't
occur % him to go alone. He takes
with him his wife and his children
That palmetto person whose husband
neglects her fol- the society OF len.
for whom our tears flow so often In
this country, is not found In Ger.
many"
The "saeon assigned is that by her
skilful household management the
hausfrau has become source VI
wealth to the country. The part which
women play in the national lille Is
wat makes them pre-eminent o. re.
latively unimportant, says the articie
The amount of small courtesy snown
them really doesn't make much OF.
ference. Show me country where It's
women add to the countrys wealth py
participating in the business vi tLdi
country or by their thrift and w.ll
show you country where the econu
mic position OF women is a higher
one" in France. where the woman
is her husbands coclrade anu business
partner, she has the most power.
"As Contrast tc this. the American
man stands alone. The women tolk
of his .Lmily do not help him. AS ial
as his business goes. it's quite lmma
terial him whether he las a wife or
whether he has not. Our men may
talk as much as they like about the
uplifting influe.ce o a noble woman
and of the tangible support that the
thought Of her nobility gives them. 1t
does not alter the fact tha. the aver.
age American man transacts all the
business of his life without ever
dreaming of turning to his LIES part.
ner for any counsel in the matter
and generally without her even having
any knowledge of the business in
hand"
There Is comradsship between
young girls and men, Mrs. worse finds,
but 1t ceases just at the time whom
the latter begin the real business OF
life. For this state of affairs she
thinks the women are to blamL.
When a mansf first marries it is his
instinct to take Ills wife into partner.
ship with him. It's natural for a man
to want to talk about that which
takes up most OIL the hours he is
awake to the person he cares for most
in the world" But the wife checks
these advances according to her ma.
ture and disposition. Ether she will
slip her arm through Johns and say
coaxingly: Don't let's talk about hor-
rid business, lear; let's talk about
something nice. You ought to rest
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 think
that he ought to leave his business
cares at the Office. He sits bored
and silent in his own home" while mis-
wife complains that he is so absorbed
In business that he has no interest
left for anything else
u do LOT for moment mean" the
article concludes, ito bring the intu
ence C woman Ia. ner household down
to matter of dollars and cents. but
is not probable that the spiritual bond
between man ant womaL was ever
less because they were helpful part.
ner. to each other in tne affairs oi
everyday life"