The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-08

engaged In the luxurious trades. /,
was natural enough that many wo.
man should say to herself. I can't
afford to pay. ESQ (s250) for dress
this fall She undoubtedly wouldn't
realize that by her action she would
be taking the Jobs of several women
who might have worked on the dress,
But already the pendulum has be.
gun to swing In the opposite direc'
ton. ! was talking recently to an
English friend OF mine who is at the
head OF large banking system, with
branches In many towns. AT, the be.
ginning Of the war about a third OF
their men left. The work was divided
among the remaining two,thirds.
These men soon found themselves
overburdened and therefore began
throwing up their positions to enlist.
Now said my friend, we are trying
the experiment OF taking on women,
whom we have never employed before.
We already have a large number in
the transfer department
"of course, we may admit for the
sake of argument" Canon Hannay
added dryly, that these women won't
mako good. In that even they will
have to give up their jobs to men as
soon as men can be found. But II they
do make good, as firmly believe they
will, there's a whole new bushes:
opened to women.
Old Victorian Ideal Is Dead.
ION the Continent, women already
take the fares in the street cars aud
buses, and 1t may come to that in
London before long.
I'VE have simply done away with
the old Victorian ideal that girl
should sit at home and walt till some.
body comes along to marry her. The
girl doesn't want to do It, her father
doesn't expect her TO do II, her
mother doesn't like to see her do II.
II Mr.. Chesterton wants such a condi.
ton of affairs I'm afraid he wants it
alone, and that he won't find It.
Take my own two daughters" the
Canon instanced. They are nearly
through school and of course'-his
voice emphatically capitalized the
words they will go to college.
Equally, OF course, 50 years ago they
would have stayed at home. They
know now that at home they would
receive food and clothes and shelter.
But they want to learn and work"
Family Work underpaid.
"Mr. Chestcrton thinks that girls
should work for their fathers" | sug'
gested.
Again mirth flickered in the blue,
gray eyes bent on me.
.'If you work for member OF your
family you're nearly always under.
paid" quoth Cannon Hannay shrewd.
~. "Also II a girl works for her
father and lie is kindly father, he
he won't feel like Raging when she
doesn't do her work well. Such a
scheme would make for inefficiency
in all directions"
"Mr. Chesterton argues that the
family will be destroyed by the en-.
trance of wives into the industrial
field" offered.
Evidently Canon Hannay agrees
with Shaw's discerning comment on
Cecil. "His British shrewdness and
humor," says G. B. S., enable him
to use his intellectual ingenuity to
play the very exciting game OF max.
ing the most imposing cases for all
sorts of quite desperate causes
Home Still Her Sphere.
For this Is how my wise Irishman
dismissed the menace of the married
woman's reaching the slave market,
via industry:
Most married women will never
be in industry" he said, because
they will have an honorable and alb.
sorbing profession of their own
that of bringing up children. They
will be paid for this by whatever
money their husband gives them.
They are in no sense financial Deepen.
dants on him. Now and then you
find man who can run two Jobs at
once. Now and then you find wo.
man who can take care Of children
and do something else at the same
time. II individual women are inter.
ested In work they are now doing
and that they wish to continue after
marriage. children or no children, that
is a purely personal matter to be
settled between them and their hus.
bands.
"As for the matter of voting, 1t
seems to me that Mr.. Chesterton
gives his whole case away when he
says that the way man should be
determined after consultation with