The Detroit times., 1910-01-04

Doubles Original Estimate 4 ~
York Husbands who Eve 81
Their Wives, Making II 5000. 3

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-When Mn.
carrie Chapman Gait gave q JOLT e
the public the other day by statfn~
that $4,000 women In New York Were
supporting their husbands she did no> 4
speak rashly. but was conl1ninx ho>.<
SELF TO figures chilled from the la1<
census. 10 years ago.
Now" says Mrs. Gait. the tfnes (
nave been 80 hard and conditions have
changed SO much that the number n
probably doubled, which would moon y
mat 10000 husbands are living IN IN
nocuousd esuetudc while the feminln~
half or the firm thrusts her hatpino
nrmly through her headgear and st1rrS
downtown TO her daily work.
The number NJ women who are
helping To support their families by
working in way that does not reach
the public--doing fancy work On the
side or making articles for women's
exchangeS-can never be known. Ii
city with population OF approx
mately 10000 Il is a conservatives
estimate TO say that several hundred
thousand women are part sharers in
the money-making end OF the house.
hold"
Why do women do ito she was
asked.
1T usually starts from necessity"
she replied. The man gets out Of
work. can find 40 new job. rent day
and the grocer loom ominously. Tho
woman starts out to see what she can
do, and is simply luckier than the man
In finding employment.
II had a stenographer In my employ
whom I had known before she wa9.
married Her husband was highly
educated man, a teacher In q boys
school. but considerably older than
she. He was thrown out Of q position.
and IL seemed impossible for him to
locate again. Then he tried doing any
thing he could get. He took Jobs as
night Waterman, and work Of thar
kind. which to a mar OF his equipment
was a distinct comedown. and fo-
which he was badly equipped physical.
ly. The little he made was Insult
Gent to keep his wife and family, so
she took a couple OF boardcrs. and
her business, and as the man was
they really kept the family for whole
winter. Then the wife. went back 70
making so little, and some one had To
look after the children. the husband
quit his job and stayed at home 70
do so.
But this woman had to contend
with the same Inconvenience tduf
most women meeG who have families
and 60 TO business. While doing ~
mans work she was not released
t1rOm ner duties As housekeeper. This
| woman got breakfast before she sefS
tfaga " Gruk< 1Dmu( 80
jshe came hc&n<< AZ mn ne *
children their snpp@r MI
to bed. and then cooked her husbanns
supper.
Now. contend this" and II was
hard to tell whether or NOT there wns
twinkle In Mrs. Cats blue eyes. or
whether they were brighter with
earnestness. since all agree thar
every girl should be soesquipped that
| II il becomes necessary she can be SELF
supporting and do what we have
always considered mans work, out
that every boy should be taught do
nestle duties. so that If circumstances
force him into staying at home while
his wife goes OFT to work he can capa-
bly, and creditably perform what Is
then his bounden duty
DO you think IL right for a woman
to earn money after marriage except
as an absolute necessity"
III she hasn't any children and net
ienough home duties to occupy her l
! do. think the woman who sits idly
! in a clearinghouse or furnished room
is an indolent creature and parasite.
when there are children someone
must look after them. and nature has
made woman the natural. person to do
IL. When she does that she Is working
for herself. her husband and her chill
dren. and is ahsc'ved from wage earn
ling. Besides. that is the nearest duty.
Public opinion in regard TO "A mar
RED woman being wage Garner has
changed wonderfully in the last 10
wears. Once Il was thought a disgrace
( To a man II his wife contributed to
the family income. but 1t Is not so
now"