The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
French Dramatist Predicts
Bitter Sex Conflict
Over Labor.
MEN WILL EXPECT
OLD PLACES BACK
Women. Having Proved
Their Fitness, Unlikely
to Yield, Writer Says.
SEES ABOLITION OF
THE DOWRY SYSTEM
Return to Old Conditions Of
Inequality Said to Be
Impossible.
Special Correspondence TO Tus srs.

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Special Correspondence 10 Tus srs.
PARIS. April i3.-Le Journal. having
decided TO open an inquiry as to what
will DO the lot Of French women after
the war. has asked N. Eugene Brleux.
member Of the French Academy and
noted playwright, TO write the first
article.
NJ. Brieux has always taken a deep
interest in the question OF woman and
her work. and his last play dealt with
competition w men n women
workers engaged In the same employ
ment. His reply gives an interesting
sidelieht on the position Of women az
workers In France, and his statements
will probably seem to many In the
United States to he almost platitudes.
expressions Of truths recognized there
Years and years ago.
Frankly speaking" he begins. II am
somewhat afraid ~ after the war J
fear that. after the war. competition.
the economic struggle etueen men and
women, another var between the sexes
VIII assume a violent character. I had
nv fears before the. war. Men had al
ready found at their sides. in the work
shcp. u: the counter or in the Office a
rival. 4 competitor. He gruribled a; il.
sometimes un%gallantly. sometimes with
out generosity or even Justice.
"W'ha: vi! 1t he then after the war?
'Ou. s,ld.err, when they return. hav-
'-g rtcei,cd the homage they will ave
50 well deserved. will hang up their
ladrels az the walls OF their homes and
l!ss their little ones and then want 20
resrme their employment OF before the
var they will And in their place. often
enough, = woman who hiss taken II by
, necessity and will not leave II by per-
suds.CJ.
Sex struggle Inevitable.
The women will say. I have acquired
me hahi, % earning my livelihood. I
have proved that ! can do this work
which YOU used TO consider me incap-
able u, and I am accustomed 20 the
Independence that n salary gives. Here
! am, here | emain. ON with YOU =
The men will reply: TIL war Is over.
J have suffered and fought for my coun-
ny, that is for my liberty and MY work.
! return viii glory. Give me back my
place. ~ with you"
The Vomel will have reason on their
side and SO Will the men. And II is
when adversar.es both are right tha' a
struggle II harshest, II 10 well to dis
tgss This struggle now so as to prepare
minds 90 accept the inevitable and seek
means to alternate It's manifestations
and causes.
.r ~ 80. t.. ur .tt.
point Whether ~ like Il o. not,
whe'rcI We ~rajoi'e over il or regret II,
g cannot ne disputed that feminism has
Just taken a slants stride. 9
"rur women IN france have been 3D.
n'rable. 1t must he admitted that .
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r. such a woman the answer can no
longer be a quip or a subtcrfuge when
she comes afterward to ask to share In
the administration OF collective prop
erty by election TO municipal councils.
sh, is told hat a right to vote Is
'4horlinHted TO the duty OF paying taxes
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