The evening world., 1911-05-17

iii oW .
HMI;A III womsn Of to-day
actually prefer
''"'' financial inds-
p~ndsnoe and . single existence
rather than wffshood and mother
hood coupled with ds~psndsnos upon
anothsr's sarnings5
Concretely. these r some OF the
questions which linger In ones MIN
after reading an article by Dlia w.
Peatt.e in the current number OF the
Dehneator.
A recent census showed there we-e
5000 O women in the United States en-
gagged in earning their own living. With
In a short p~er1od-in other words. before
the next census will have been pub
iished-that number will ave increased
to 10000 self-supportins women; or.
better. 100000 women who really re-
cetve the none they earn
Have Solved Their Problem.
A formidable army. but not formidable
enough. MOI are they the women with
whom WI need oncern ourselves.
Broadly speaking they have solved their
problem. II II the wives and mothers,
the women who earn but DO not receive
money. who work In their hNsband's
homes merely for food aad clothing.
who st1n need our lid and understand
ing. II u about them MIS- Peattie's
article centres. and concerning them
that Mn. IAllian Hasbrouck. author and
clubwUman. spohs whom I showed her
what MsN. Psatus had written.
"A husband Ind wife live together
49, O.. -o.>-Av 49, -~-~.- A--,a-
IN hurry" Ma Peatos explains. They
hAwU worked and ooonomissd In thsas
respective Departments. He has con-
Quoted me business: she has run the
house. A large part Of her sociai life
a. wol as all OF her domestic one has
been arranged with q Wow TO his inter-
ests. She has made her campai6n aux
ilfary to htA When 1t last success comes
and they have o than they need, he
takes tho surplus and continues to 'Hvs'
her what she aSls for. or what his gen.
crosby prompts him to bestow. II u
what the law allows, what tradition &C.
cords and what she IL forced TO &C.
q,Iiescs IN. She 10 expected to be CRATE
fun for the check he writes out for hsr.
she feefs the shameful injustice Of II.
fut II she desires the preservation Of
,.rectaonate relations she says nothing.
less. And ne cannot imagine why"
All Wrong From Beginning.
"And the trouble with that arrange
ment II that II Is all wrong from the
beginning" remarked Mrs. Hasbrouok.
III . w1fs's labor In her own
home 10 worth anything ct al IL
Il worth . nxsd percentage Of her
husbands income. A percentage
Axsd By b law to operate while
. man lives, just as the Widows
share II nxsd after her husband's
death.
"As q matter OF fact. too. there Ia far
too much bosh talked about the dim
culties OF repaytng a woman for her
spiritual and ethical labors as . wife
and mother. OF course you cannot pay
Q woman in vol cash for her heart
breaks and worry and tears; We al
know that. But on the other hand
we might manage TO help matters II we
would see to Il chat her purely eco
monte activities have at least their fadl
recompense."
But" declares Miss Peatt!s. 'tht
idea used TO hold that n a woman
wished TO be successful she must marry
This Idea was based partly upon thu
relation-the UNNECESSARILY important
r~elation-of woman TO life. and partly
upon . convention. Mans success wa.
one thing; woman's success another
But tho effect OF civilization Is to lesser
the difference between men and women
Their minds. acting and reacttng upor
each other in the intimacy OF domestic
and social and business association, be
come more and more alike. Woman'i
idea OF success, for example, Become!
more like mans. The m who dis
covers in herself ability Of any sor
feels an ever-!ncreasing ambition 4
market that ability. II she offers som'
practical form OF service she desires
return. Perhaps there has always beer
this protest In the heart OF womai
against giving much for little, but sh,
has decorated this misfortune Will
poetry and tried to think OF herself a.
q creature OF peculiar moral grace be
cause of her sacrifice, That there is n
longer any possible shadow Of a doub
about her attitude OF unrest, the reason
for which lies partly in the fact that II
doing this she is not sure whether sh
Is heroic or merely inept.'
Sentiment and Fact Mixed.
That is Just t." agreed Mrs, Has
brouck. I'VE all OF us have so mike
sentiment and fact in our outlook upo
matrimony that It Is rather difficult 10
US TO disentangle tho two at this lat
date. And. MS I have said. the troubl