Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-11-17
PROTESTS AGAINST
!.A|I]LlENNHOV WORK


T ACKiNG the courage OF his or
ner convictions which would
have been sufficient to induce
the writer to sign the communication,
somd citizen OF Camden, New Jersey,
has Eritttn in to me d TRADE against
women in the business world.
Declaring contradictarily that wom-
en- are taking good positions away
from men, but are not liked as work
ers because of their feminine propen-
sity to get married aud leave their
jobs, the writer says that women are
not fitted physically or mentally for
business positions and that therefore
they should stick to the home"
can hear a chorus OF protest
against the statements Of this &C. l..
D." OF sex unknown and the idea that
women should be queen of the home,
that if they did not usurp mems posi-
tons men would earn enough TO sup
port their families, and all that has
been advanced year after year, but has
as yet made no difference III the de
mand for women in Offices Of every
sort.
The letter has, however, raised one
question of interest which is worth
discussing, and that question is: II
woman is making as large Or per-
haps a larger salary than her men
friends, why does she make him foot
all the bills when he takes her out?
Why shouldn't She do her share Of
lne ing the expenses Oh lneater
trips?''
&C. L. D." apparently eliminates
from his thoughts ali questions OF
chivally, or, for that matter, of
mans pride. Do any Of you girls or
women i'll the world Of business know
any man who would allow you to pay
your share towards some little pleas
ure trip?
1t is fine ana wonderful to have a
bond Of comradeship between man
and a girl sufficiently strong for such
a thing to be done, but it is too eXcep-
tional to be taken into consideration.
1t offers opportunities for many
Quarlels, as we'll as many stabs from
outsiders who would believe such an
arrangement meant that the man was
"stingy." and [ personally know that,
taking it all in all, girls spend more
on men than the men spend Oh them
Absurd? Well, let's come down to
facts.
A man takes a girl to the theater.
His tickets, if he gets good ones, cost
him SO; perhaps he sends her violets,
hat is 81 more The majority of girls,
that is young girls, don't go to sup
pei alterWard: Tor that matter, the
majority Of men don't ask them to,
but. even So, it is only dollar or
two more.
Now, a man doesn't 90 that very
often, but he will go to see the girl
once or twice a week. He will take
dinner at her home, and she will buy
extra things, jelIies and olives and
chicken, to add to the home menu,
for in most homes her guests are con-
sidered her charge.
She buys sailed nuts to MUNICH after
dinner; she buys new music to play
for him. Perhaps one Or two others
drop in and they cook something in
the chafng dish whose ingredient will
run UP to two or three dollars, just
for the little things; and as is often
the case though you may not believe
it, the girl gets the theater tickets and
asks the man to go, saying vaguely
to save his feelings, that "a friend
sent them to her.
Sunday they go for a Walk-that
costs nothing, but on their return the
girl will make fudge, and they will
have cake to eat and perhaps he will
stay to supper. And these are the
ways that the girl pays her share and
more The mans expenditures look
bigger, but the girls counts up the
most.