Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-10
ICE SERIOUS PROBLEM
| WHEN WAR IS At AN END
|iiat VIII Happen TO Iiuropr's
Women? Is Question to
BE Solved.
iIEUN PREDICTS NEW Sen
Pm Will Come Back From Field
Only To Find Their Jobs Taken by
Females, Who Will Not Quit by
Persuasion.
~ OCTAVE; BRIIsUX,
nous French Pinyvvripht mud Fcnf-

~ OCTAVE; DRIEUX,
rnous French Playwright mud Fcmi-
mist.
ARTS, April a.--Whai will happen
l.uropc's worron after tho war
am afraid this ~ the most in,por-
NJ question VIC VIII havo TO face once
ACC lis declared. am afraid wc
All n new eek Tho war. with
economic struggle between mon and
omen. is taking on violent charac-
Before Tho war my anrrcMensionn
this respect we're sufficiently acute
I'd wcro Expressed in my play. LA
cmnIe Sculc"
The workshop, counter and ONCE
an has already found n female com
sutor facing him and he hse COM
aimed. sometimes without Eallantry
Fnernsity or Justice.
En' what Will happen after the war?
III. FIND THEIR JOBS
OCCUPIED ~ WOMEN
Once demohilized. and having re-
,ived their we'll dcscrved homage and
umr their laurel wrcaths on the fam
walls and kissed their children. the
orh they left when they were called
the colors. But often ,hcy Will f,nd
1clr Jobs occupied ny women, who
ere called In moment OF necessity
nj Will not uuit BY persua1ion. Tho
omen will say:
u am used TO earning my living:
ave proved can do work which
bought I was incapable Of doing I
N ua"d to salaricd independence. I,
IN here TO stay. set out"
The men will reply:
The war IS over I have suffered
or the defense OF my fa,hcrland. my
.serty and my home return COW
rcd with glory. Give me back my
OBJ"
Both will be right. and when both
'tdoa IN dispute are right. tho strur-
gle rs bound TO become most bitter
/. would be wise to discuss this
,-oh'cm RICH. now, SO that the minds
III the people may DC prepared 10 ac-
crt tho inevitable aud go that at
empts may be made 20 attenua,e tho
.vil
II IA undeniable that woman's cause
ias made another giant stride In this
var our French women have been
admirable Enemies o! :heir cause Will
Sag That there are exceptions An in
Hnitely small number Of women, In
deed. have ceased work owing 10 thc
war allowances. distributed sometimes
with more generosity than discern
mcn. md in the dram shop. some fcw
have learned 70 behave like men But
apart from these Very few exceptions,
l. i.I God i'm ~
ably In Frances hour or need In fact,
women have done NOR. than ncu ever
could have expected OF them
The French womaN's devotion 20 the
soil and TO her children need not sur
prise any one. what does astonish us.
Is that She has shown herself so p-ac-
teal. careful we'll informed and willy
in business. pcrseverinE without eX-
as prudent and courageous as the men.
Now that tho women have proved
their ability TO w!sely conduc; their
husbands affairs in their absence, {,
.vll not do 10 scoft and jcer when they
demand that they he allowed TO help
administer tho public affairs through
elections.
When told that only taxpayers can
vote, tne "OHlaH VIII reply tnat Sns
has paid her tax in money and nature,
and that she has held the handles or
the pillow well as the purse strings.
To prove ;hat she also has paid the
;mpost OF blood. she VIII poin, 70 the
empty chair where her son, flesh OF her
Ncsh bono OF her hone sat.
The comic sketch writer's must no,
jokc of these things. Most Of the ar
against woman's rights arc
Bankrupt.
Women have displayed their abilities.
both IN town and In the country. We
SEQ them as cafe walters and street
car conductors. We see them doing
the work which We used 10 think was
800 heavy for weak organism
This weak organism has resisted tho
strain OF the iron works Those iratl
hands have polished steel helmets, load
ed shells and verified the keying-up
guns.
7 SEQ now two !aundresses trying to
move heavy handcart loaded with
linen. One OF them is pulling at the
shafts and tho other is behind, push
ing. Both arc scarlet with their exer-
ton, their disordered hair waving in
the wind I admire them as symbols
0t feminine efficiency
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