Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
Fables of the Wise
Dame
By DOROTHY DIX.

Working " omen COW eittoIi
- pulled off in which the Ladies
Mo neld Jobs that had q Pay En-
v,iope Attachment met together TO huil
Bououets at themselves, ano pass
resolutions denouncing the Useless
Parasitic Female who did nothing but
1--WE r. Homo and let Husband Sup
port her.
Oratory was on Tap and after each
Female Wonder had told how she be-
came q Lady Drsmahst. OF an Author
oss. or an Actress. or Lady Purchas-
ing Agent. or y Lady Longshoreman,
or something else at which she worked
four Hours a Day. and made money
enough 10 Wear French CONNECTIONS
and. Diamonds. the Balance OF the
Bunch gave her the Glad hand and
Chautauqua Salute
At last, however, Reporter VINO
was Present. observed p small and
Dowdily Dressed little Woman who
was sitting Far Back chewing the
Rag In Silence, and he went to her
and thus addressed her
Ny Sister he said tell me Why
YOU are Paperng the Wall instead Of
getting your Share OF the Spot Light,
and why YOU miss this Glorious OPP
portunity to hand yourself few
Heartfelt Words of Praise"
Tho Busy Parasite.
Alas" cried tho Humble One Il am
not a Working Woman. have done
nothing that would Entitle me to ask
my Fellow Creatures TO listen to me,
z
Parasite Women who does nothing but
be WIFE and Mother
1T is true that / have to Rise with
the Worm who gets up even before
the EARLY Bird, because I must Pre-
pare Breakfast for my Family. so that
It may be ready when they Awake,
and from that time on I have to Strain
on the Collar all Day until after my
Husband and Children have gone 10
Bed at night, doing things to make
them comfortable But ! know that
this is a Snap, because ! have been
Told so. and that I ought to be Crate
ful that ] do not have to Earn my
own Living, as SO many Unfortunate
Females do.
1T is also true that it is continu
2 NY up to me to Doctor my Family
and Nurse them when they are i'll,
but as nobody ever Thinks of Paying
me the Salary OF q Trained Nurse, RI
get my Recompense in Growls and
Kicks and Reflect on what a Privilege
It is for a Woman to have a Husband
at Home with a Sore Head and to be
able to Promenade the Floor half the
f~l
Some Referee!
~ is Of course, a great Comfort to
Know that not much is expected OF the
Domestic Woman in the WAY OF
Brains, yet 1t comes my Way to know
Few things I am expected to be
able to Referee Fight between my
Children ana Settle Disputes whose
points are so Mixed they would Tie the
Supreme Court up in a Knot
Personally, do not care for Anna
teur Detective Work yet | am expected
TO be q Sherlock Holmes, who can al
ways locate the Cork screw. or the
Ratchet, or week before lasts Sunday
Paper, and who can follow up any kind
Of a Clew as 10 where my Husband left
MS Latch Key,
Neither do I pose as a Financier
yet I must know how TO Spread the
Dough where it will show. and Pare il
Thin where it is out OF the Range Of
Public Vision. | must know how to
Manufacture my Glad Rags at Home
and wear them with Brought 1t from
Abroad Air. I must know how to Trim
over my Last Years Hat so it win
Deceive my Dearest Friend | must be
able to Cook q Dinner Ike French
Chef. to dish out Theology like a Sky
Pilot, and to run a Quick Meal Res
taurant for those OF my Family who
ike to Eat at odd Hours
Why Not Work?
In the Morning, after | have got
en- Breakfast and hunted up my Hus-
bands Coat and Hat and Gloves for
him. and hustled him off to Catch the
SIS Train and after have washed
the Children and Dressed them for
school, and Heard a few Lessons, and
SeWed on Button or Two and Bathed
TIE BABY. ana interviewed the Trades
people, and answered the Telephone.
and Cleaned up the House I have Moth
ng At All to do but to get tho Baby to
Sleep, and Run the Sewing Machine
until II is Time to Get Luncheon for
he Children who viii bc coming Home
hungry from school
After Luncheon - over and have
cared away the Dishes | am at Per
rect Liberty again TO resume my Baby
IenotnP and Sewing until I have to
stop to get Dinner. So You viii per
eeiNe that lead Life Of Inelorious
Ease and that the Dolce Far Nientes
Existence or q Wife and Mother does
not Entltie me TO Seat upou the same
Platform with these Working Women
mo earn tneii own Livncs. Woe is
me am Parasite Who Is Supported
by her Husband
Ginning Vine Job.
You are right replied the Rcn0rt
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