The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
By JULIA CHANDLER MANz.

One day last week met young friend
of mine who has not been out OF couege
q year. 1t has been months since last
saw her and / confess j was shocked py
the change / found, for instead OF the
buonant young person 1 had known, met
silent. sullen young lady from whom
I had to fairly pry q confidence IN oroer
10 obtain IT, A year ago Jane would
have simply deluged me with prattle OF
her interests and plans. bubbling the
while with the exuberance Of youth, and
so, when / met her the other day. L foi-
lowed the one-tirne tactics of rushing pell
nell into inquiry concerning herseu.
Imagine my surprise when l was IN
formed that nothing Of interest had
happened"-in a somewhat sullen tone.
Nonsense" 1 fairly shouted. Nothing
of interest for a girl of twenty
THAT'S it." she insisted. But 1 knew
all the while that something's very big
unhappy something was the matter-so 1
went on prying until 1 got at the very
root of the trouble.
q What makes You prate about pm
money for wives; starting bank accounts
for babies; men having regular allow
ance of spending money, and never so
much as give a thought to all the girls
in the country whose parents object 20
their entering a remuneratfve occupa-
tion?" she asked me with APPARENT ire
levance.
I denied the charge.
Cause Of Change in Her.
.It never seems TO occur to any one to
pity the stay-at-home girl. who helps
mother with the house and children, per-
forming dozens of homely tasks every
dav she lives with never a penny which
she can call her own" the girl protested
Then the cause of the change In her
all came over me. l suddenly remem-
bered that she had wanted to accept a
position, a few months after her grad
uation, and that her parents had indig-
nantiy protested that there was no need.
and so IL was decided that Jane should
stay at home and here she was, at the
end of a year, looking at life through
indigo glasses.
"Why," she went on, IF worked in
a shop at "a week I would not be as
penniless as I have been ever since
left school"
II all sounded very shocking. for I
knew quite well that the financial stand
ing of her father is excellent, and at
once protested that / was sure that her
father would give her money If she but
asked him.
That's Just it, she exclaimed. ''If
ask him. He pays for my clothes; for
my food: for a roof over my head, ana
there Is Wnere ne uuNS "
ends. 1 am tired OF depending on father
for every cent get Why there is never
a time that l ask for a dollar that l am
not ask what I want it for, and then
II is given with condescension. ] cannot
see why the girl who stays at home;
helps make the childrens clothes; does
most of her own sewing; assists her
mother in entertaining: mends and darns
and cleans, isn't worth little more
than her board and clothes"
should Open Parents Eyes.
I sat pretty still as the torrent Of bit
ter rebellion poured from the young lips
of this girl. who struggles between her
daughterly duties and her desire for
financial independence. and it seems to
me that her angle should open the eyes
of hundreds of fathers and mothers
whose daughters are dependent upon
their bounty for every penny.
For YOU see the girl is right. Her
work entities her to financial indepen-
dence. In any other circumstances she
could be more than self-supporting. for
she is we'll educated. has att. --ctive per
sonality and is filled with ambition and
energy. A grown daughter-even grown
daughter who lives at home-has her lit
tie financial obligations. There are
small treats to her girl friends, matt
nee ticket here and there. car fares, dress
accessories. and what not. and II isn't a
pleasant thing for her to go to dad