The Detroit times., 1912-06-03
IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP


, help good woman. or a bad one.
either, If the latter shows any desire
to be good.
Man Who Talks Loudest.
The man who talks the loudest
| about a womans domain being her
home and fireside and babies is usu-
ally the last person to make home
fit for her TO live in. She has been
literally forced out of her home, If
she has one, in order that she may
make a decent home for herself-one
| that will bela a solace to her in the
evening of her life, when the average
man will not look at her because she
hasn't a pretty ankle. a hobble skirt,
or sufficient activity to cross the curb
on a rainy day.
And SO a woman who enters the
business or professional world in an
attempt to do these big things in
big way. to operate on a large scale, to
get somewhere in the worlds work.
encounters this opposition on every
side. The woman journalist Is not an
unknown quantity and far from an
unknown quality True, she first
started in the enemy's camp, but since
then that camp has been turned into
feminine stronghold that has
weathered the cannons Of opposition
so long as to render II practically
bullet proof. Over half of the special
feature sections In the New York
newspapers are written bywomen.
And these women earn salaries lar
ger by FAR than those paid to men
for the same work. But mans ego
prevents his admitting our equality,
although his common sense compels
him TO acknowledge oar speriority.
Some day men will wake up to the
fact that they are so far ahead OF
women that now we are meeting them
on their way back to the place they
started from. and from where they
must begin again, minus pride, van.
ity and hatred:
WomaH's Advantages.
Given an equal opportunity, or even
ar unequal one, the average women
will be successful in a mans field
just because she realizes that 1t will
be bitter fight-and all women like
to fight Perhaps 1t is because the
chip has been placed on her shoul-
der. but fight she must and fight she
will. Provided with more intuition,
keener imagination. greater grasp OF
detail and a thousand and one other
advantages over a man, Il is little
wonder that women are making an
enviable place in the history OF our
country.
Journalism is but one of the many
fields dominated by women. Arts,
sciences, the stage. music, law and al
most every conceivable avenue OF eu-
deavor has its women workers, and
tremendous successes they are, tool
We women like to work, to be success
full, TO achieve, TO overcome. Person
ally, would rather get a good story
on the front page OF New York
newspaper than have all the men In
the world making love to me. Speak
Ing OF love, believe there are more
women killed by cupid than by lions.
Love is bobtail flush and MARRIAGE
Is the draw. Sometimes we fiji our
hand, sometimes we don't, but
whether we do or we don't, we have
TO stay In the game anyhow-So why
be bothered? Very few men allow
love to prevent them from getting dol.
lars, so why should the women?
Creatures Of Environment.
All of us are creatures OF our en-.
vironment, so let us make the most
of what we have Even II we do find
ourselves in the camp OF the enemy
mere man-its not such bad camp
after all, and II has pretty good soil in
which TO grow our career. Just think
OF the fun We can have Watching the
camphres burning and the strong.
verile, handsome soldiers-sleeping. II
isn't fair TO strike these valiant war
riors when they are enjoying tired
natures swet restorer. so IL behovoes
every woman TO keep peace in the
camp.
In spite OF the fact that men have
placed almost insurmountable dificuf-
ties in my way, II you would put all
the men on one side Of the ocean and
me on the other, would swim II in
Is minutes.