The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
Outdoor Life in Organization Only In
cidental to Changes in Social .
Life, Founder Says r

based on natural seif-respect and in
dependence Of character. 1t Is neither
new nor particularly feminine.
I'm the old days when the entire
family produced what the entire fam
lily used, they were equally independ-
ent and equally dependent. But when
mans work came to be done in the
shop, the store. the office. the factory.
then he began % be paid In money, and
this belonging to him personally gave
him a different standing in the home.
Now m also is beginning TO be
paid In money. and again there Is
the self-respect that comes with mu-
tual independence, as we'll as mutual
dependence.
"A second cause OF restlessness on
the part Of both parents md girls IL
that girls want to find something to do
in which they can use their own ab!li-
ties. Yet In the main we parents want
Dur girls to sit at home even after
they have grown up. and even though
most OF the work that involves skill
Is done outside the home. Girls are
becoming increasingly aware that
they are capable of doing something.
One Of the greatest causes Of unhap-
piness in the world Is having power
without opportunity TO use It.
"A third peculiarly interesting de-
sire among the girls Of to-day is the
old. old desire for friendship and COM
radeship working itself out to meet
the new conditions in school. colleges.
factories and camps. II has been said
that men learned team work by play
ing baseball and similar games to-
gether as boys. We see now that
girls are similarly forming their
groups or teams. They are growing
to understand and believe in each
other and so are able to do team
work.
There Is yet another desire among
the girls OF to-day. II is not often
expressed in words. This is the de-
sire for home. They see that many
thousands OF women who have gone
out into the community TO work have
no homes. They no longer assume
what the world has always assumed
that there is a home for every woman
and that that home Is her inevitable
destiny. This question OF home Is
before the girls Of to-day as II eve
was before girls Of former genera
lions.
Fifth and last Is the desire that
every generation fiaunts in the face
OF their elders-the desire to have fun,
adventure. a good tirSe. And middle
aged people never seem TO realize that
this desire for beauty and adventure
is one Of the greatest things in the
world for the making OF progress.
What do these things mean with
reference to achievements OF the next
generation? We must remember that
these girls are the women of to-mor-
row and that they are responding to
the forces and spirit Of to-day as
those OF middle age cannot Girls
who are willing to stand on their own
feet financially will become Women
both able and willing to marry and
make homes early. as that is the best
thing to do. They will help TO re-
move financial considerations from be-
ing a factor in the intimate relations
Of life. Girls OF to-day love beauty.
adventure and romance, and this is
going TO make them work together
with mar toward the possibilities OF
human wholesomeness and happiness.
The men OF our generation took
the industries that started in the
homes out OF them and created a new
Industrial world. That was our JOB.