Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-06-26

they are women. | believe that wo-
mans real mission in life is to be a
good wife, good mother to her chill
dren and a good housekeeper, but this
does not appeal to all of my sex. Those
who want to be brokers, ! say, let
them be brokers"
Hetty Green Noncommittal.
Mrs Hetty Green, conceded to be
one of the cleverest and shrewdest
woman financiers in the country and
the richest, evinced no great desire to
possess a Stock Exchange seat. i
have never seriously considered the
question" she said. RI always have
received satisfactory treatment from
the brokers in Wall street, and l am
unwilling at present to state my views
OH that question"
Now comes Chevalier Hurry with his
defense of woman's ability and his ex-
pressed belief she would prove an as
set instead of hindrance in the hus-
Ting life of Wall street. He says: AS
the trend of times points to equality
in all things between men and wo-
men, it is not impossible that when
women get the right of ballot and are
admitted to full citizenship they may
possess seats on Change. This ques-
ton has never been considered in
Wall street, and it is impossible to
say now what the decision of the mem
bership would be should woman APP
ply for seat.
"Yet the Exchange is not antagon-
istic toward women financiers, and
there is no reason to believe it will
withhold membership from them If in
time they become eligible. Our con-
stitution reads that to become mem
Der CT the Exchange one must be
twenty-one years old and a citizen OF
the United States. There is nothing
in our constitution that positively for
bids women becoming members. II a
woman upon obtaining full citizenship,
should apply for membership. am
sure her application would be fairly
and possibly favorably acted upon by
the governing board.
81 have known women who | believe
could withstand the strain of handling
100000 shares of stock IN times of
panic or boom excitement"
"Women Best Adapted"
Mr.. Hurty's ideas coincide some
what with those of Mrs. Alma Webster
Powell, a prominent suffragist and
educational leader among women. But
she goes much further than Mr.. Hurry,
and says: Il believe that women could
stand the nervous strain of Exchange
life better than men.
81 believe that women should be ad-
mitted to the membership of the Ex-
change If they SO desire. Women are
far better adapted to this sort of work
than men. They can stand more
nervous strain. They haze been stand
ing nervous strains for thousands of
generations. In their homes and in the
rearing of their children they are al
ways under some such strain. 1t Is
well-known fact that men yield more
quickly to nervous strain than women.
Women always stand the strain first,
then faint afterward. They sometimes
are sick for weeks, but they do not
yield.
woman is capable of all work that
requires concentration. Trust wo-
man to get through. She could handle
a million shares of stock If she had to-
In time there will be no field of occu-
patton closed to woman. Even the
Stock Exchange will have to throw
omen its doors to her If she knocks for
admission"
Nine. Alice de la Ruelle, govern
ment inspector of labor In France, |
who is now in the United States to
study the American woman and her |
work. says: Il believe in absolute
eouality between man and woman.
WHY should a woman not belong to
the Stock Exchange If she wishes to?
France Let's Them Trade.
ut Is unfair to say that women
could not stand the work. Give them
n chance to show what they can do.
And, anyway, you cannot judge all
women alike. Some could stand the
fatigue and the strain, while others
could not. But Is this not the same
with men? All men are not alike
either.
"A woman should not be barred