El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-11

created solely for the service and
pleasure Of man; and that they have
no rights in the world, not even the
right TO make an honest living by
their own labor, and that it is a sac
religious thing for them to dare to
compete in business with men. There
lore, he was delighted to hear of any
thing that would cripple their earning
power.
1T serves them right" he exclaimed
1ubilantly; "a lot Of them have been
sent back already where they be-
long, and lot more viii have to go,
too. I wish they would pass a law
that would send every woman in the
world back where she belongs"
So say We all, brother. We would
all ike to see law passed that
would send every woman in the world
back where she belongs.
Where Every Woman BeIOnEH-
Before you could pass that Law.
however, you would have to pass an
other law that would usher in the mil
lenium, and, unfortunately, YOU can't
create the ideal conditions of king
dom come by enacting a statute
The place where every woman be-
longs IS IN the center of a happy home
with plenty to eat and plenty to " ear,
and a husband who loves her, and IS
good to her, and faithful TO her, and
with little children, amply fed and
clothed, playing about her feet That's
where every woman belongs
II IS disgrace to civilization, and
an outrage on pOsterity, when women
are forced to feed the race as wen
as tC bear it, the young girls exhaust
every ounce Of their vitality in store
or factory before ever they come to
the great work Of motherhood, and
that married women are compelled to
give their strength to performing the
york they are hired to do instead OF
giving il to their children.
Every woman belongs in shell
tered home. But suppose she hasn't
got the home, where does she belong
then?
Where does the old maid belong for
instance The last census report
showed there were 100000 unmar-
ried men in the United States. That
means a corresponding number of old
maids, since no woman can make a
man marry her unless he wants to-
Are these women to become parasites
on other people, or are they to be
self-suppOrting2 Is 1t an old maids
place to settle herself down on some
family that doesn't want her, or to hUs-
tie out and get job Of her OWN
Which way will the woman be hap
pIest and most useful to society?
think she belongs among the work.
ers' and not among the hangers-on,
don't yOu2
Where Do ABIe-Bodied Girls BeIongg
Not every man is eminently success
1ul IN business. Many men toll hon
never succeed in making more than a
bare living. Suppose a man has grown
old and feeble, and he has a houseful
Of able bodied daughters.
Where do these young women be-
long? Isn't the place where they be-
long some place where they can make
a good living for themselves and help
their parents, instead of working their
poor old father to death to try to feed
and clOthe them2
In a family where there are healthy.
and intelligent girls, are they where
they belong when they hang like a
milestone around a brothers neck,
keeping him from marriage and estab-
fishing a home Of his own, because
he has to support them2 Or are they
where they belong when they devote
their energies to work instead of
playing golf, and leave their brother
free to live his life unburdened by his
female relatives2
Where does a woman belong II her
husband is invaded, or if he dies,
leaving her with little children and
Doesn't she belong out in the work
ing world then, where she can earn
the money to support those dependent
upon herr Surely she is in her ap-
pointed place doing whatever work
comes TO her hand, and the pity Of it
Is that the place is often so hard
and its wages so poor.
Wherever There Is Need You VIII Find
Woman.
Send the women back to where
they belong" They go there, brother.
Wherever there is need and want;
wherever there is sickness and suffer-
ing; wherever there are infirm old
people to be cared for. or helpless lit
tie children to be fed and clothed,
there is where a woman belongs. and
there YOU will find her
To begrudge q woman the right to
earn an honest living for herself and
those dependent on her is the quint-
essence OF human meauness. That
any man could do it passes compre-
hensiOn. A billion souls the size of
his could exist on the point Of a cam
brio needle-and not be in telephOn-
ing distance Of each other.
(This is one Of the regular features
Of The FL PasO HeraId.)