New-York tribune., 1916-07-25

10 face with a crushing financial prob
lem. and the state will be unable 70
support the millions Of mothers
widows and orphans deprived Of theli
natural protectors. Instead OF meagr'
pension" she anticipates, the country
will provide for them by giving them
occupations in which they viii earn
their own comfortable wing
As 10 domestic life, Nine. Pelletier
looks for a complete transformation OF
the household to put II IN accord WIN
new conditions.
DIRTY dishes will be laid out on the
doormat TO be taken away by spcclaI
lists, who will deposit them properly
cleaned in the same place she THINKS
stockings will be darned by other spe-
eiahsts. leaving the women OF the
family TO earn the price OF two palrs
in the time they would take to stop up
the holes of one.
"Cookinc. as well as dishwashing and
darning." She adds. "will be done by
specialists while the lady OF the house
concentrates her attention upon the
shop or the factory
Children Complicate Problem.
Nine. Pelloticr. a. well the
Academicians. neglect the question as
20 what will become of The children
"It will be quite necessary for franc
10 think of the children, though,
writes woman temporarily working
al the lathe. Future generations she
points out. "must make up the waStage
of war in human life. and nothing
could be more inoppOrtune now than
announcement of the separation OF
woman from the home and the smother
ing of family sentiment
Hundreds Of women contributing to
the discussion agree with the sentl-
ment of the woman OF the lathe. In
reply 10 il NJ. BrieuX reminds them
that every married man who falls on
the battlefield leaves a widow; that
every young man killed leaves widow
bv anticipation-a widow without
weeds; that all these added TO the
widows. orphans and mothers that had
lost their protectors before the war
make up a formidable army of women
for whom husbands cannot be readily
found and who must be permitted to
make living.
"We allowed ourselves to be sur
prised by war" says NJ. Brieux; "let
us not be surprised by peace; let US
think now of what shall be the tate
Of these victims"
"Women will work in France after
the war as they always have done y
answers one correspondent, "but they
will put no obstacle in the way Of
men. If employers are tempted by the
prospect of getting cheap labor they
will be met by this general doctrine,
equal pay for equal work; the woman
that runs lathe after the war will
get mans pay for her labor"
"The best way of caring for the in
terests Of women after the war is 10
look out first for the men," is the
opinion of another female munitions
worker. when the victorious soldier
comes home he will find in woman a
companion and a collaboration. instead
of a competitor. The only thing to do
now is 70 roorer~" those who are
hting for US so that they may come
back to their urcsIGes without an
guish."
"The long separation will reveal in
new light the joys of hearth and
home" says another. Even those who
never appreciated it will realize the
meaning of the family. and would it
be at that delightful moment that the
woman would fly from the house to the
workshop by choice?"
The majority of opinions Of women
thus far gathered seems to be against
Nine. Pelletier and the Academicians
so far as concerns a possible conflict
between men and women, while admit
ting that the latter must forcibly dur
ing the reconstruction period take on
considerable part Of mans work.