The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-31
MANS LIFE Is TOO HARD,
WOMAN'S IS TOO EASY
Don't Swap Stove For Typewriter
Says Mrs. Newell Dwight Hills.

Lon OWap ScOVS tOE Typewriter
Says Mrs. Newell Dwight Hills.
The Tribune is in receipt of an in
terview given the press by Mrs. Ne
well Dwight Hills, wife of the emln
emit pastor of Plymouth church, New
York. This interview was sent us by
Mr.. E. H. Wickersham formerly a
resident of Caldwell. and we'll known
IN this city. The interview follows:
Hints For American Girls.
Don't forsake the gas stove for
the typewriter.
Learn to cook square meal with
put the aid of near foods"
Study to make mans lot easier.
Beware of Club intoxication."
Avoid Mysteries by going in for
athletics.
Don't go into business if you do
not have to.
Don't worry about getting a vote,
for there is plenty of real work az
hand.
Mans lot is too hard and woman's
too easy in America, according to
Mrs. Newell Dwight Hills, wife of
the pastor of famous Plymouth
vi DIOOklyH.
There's a reason for this, and Mrs.
Hills, in an interview in New York,
gave some of the causes for this con-
dition and their remedies.
Modern methods" said Mrs. Hill
lis, have so changed the conditions
Ia the home that our women have
too much leisure, which all do not
use wisely Prepared foods, gas
L.. IL
vices, ready-made clothing and num-
erous other so-called conveniences
make life very easy for a woman.
with small families. another un>
fortunate phase of modern life, wo-
the sweet old-fashioned customs have
when a mother and her daughters
would be together under former con-
ditions, uninterrupted by telephones,
der that American girls are high
strung, nervous and frequently on
the verge of Mysteries.
81 am glad to see a growing pro-
pensity among the young women to
60 in for athletics, as a sound body
means a sound brain, bringing both a
material and a spiritual uplift. AS a
matter of fact the coming women
seem likely to become Amazons,
while the men, chained to their desks
are growing smaller.
"Our girls should be educated so
that they may lead more useful lives.
OF course they should learn to cook
and all of those other housewifcly
duties for which woman is vastly bet.
ter fitted than to engage in business
pursuits. Girls ought not to go into
business unless necessity compels
them to, for then they are competit-
ors, not helpers, of men.
"The club idea has been much over
done. Some one recently proposed
the forming of more women's clubs.
Certainly the woman who is a men,
Der of a dozen or more women's
clubs is indulging in club intoxica-
ton and should have retreat pro-
vided for her.
She is a rare woman in these days
who knows how to cook we'll enough
to be willing to risk the humiliation
for things nowadays. There have
the world women who have had such
AACCdOllA NUN ACSPOhSlDAAlJ dS tAAS
American women. 1t is not true OF
the men. Intense competition has
made their life harder. The chivalry
of American men has been our boast
We have gloried in it. But it is a
question as to whether it can last
much longer. Why should it?
in the feudal days it was neces-
sary for the man to protect the wom-
an, but six-foot captain of girls
Basketball team laughs at frai
youth who would protect her.
s'What shall we do? Be men? No
There is steady march of progress
and it is for women to ascertain theiI
capabilities. There are some duties
of citizenship which they can exer'
else. Let young women make a:
their definite work of life, citizenship
Here is special sphere for young
women coming out of college. Rist
to your opportunity.
"There are lots of frivolous womer
ia the world, but believe those will
A. serious purpose in life are in The
great majority. For this reason / an
hopeful of the future of American
womanhood. l have taken no stanC
on the question of votes for women
don't believe in worrying about tina
now. There is plenty of real worl
close at hand for all that are willing