Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-17

, had been self supporting would not
be exempted from service in the army,
! IL vas as IL the accolade OF knight
hood had been laid on the shoulder
of every woman who has ever stood
behind the counter, or manipulated
Typewriter, or bent over a. ledger, or
followed any trade or profession by
which she earned her daily bread.
Such women were ennobled by their
work, recognized for all time as reg
Mar human beings who could do their
share OF the worlds work, who could
take their place as comrades and night
ers with men instead OF being help
less ON mems hands.
Certainly the need OF teaching every
girl some way by which she can earn
her own living has been emphasized
by this war so that IL does not seem
that even the dullest and most short
sighted parents could fail to see the
Importance OF it. Every day we are
seeing the impossible happen, and the
things that we thought could never
take place occur. ...'.
Fortunes are being swept away and
people who thought themselves rich
are being impoverished. Men are be-
ing killed and MANNED. Women are
being widowed and children orphaned,
and those who had fondly believed
that they had strong men to protect
them from the hardships Of life, sud-
denly find that they themselves must
protect and care for the wrecks OF
men shat war sends home to them.
Ar Of the old feminine landmarks
of safety are being swept away on
the tide of blood that mandates the
world Nothing viii be the same for
women after the war as 1t was before
They will not even be able to count
on getting married, as the predestined
and ordinary way OF won1an's max
ing her livelihood, because so many
men will be killed that there will not
be enough men to go around as hus.
bands by many millions.
Therefore, it behooves all parents to
see to it that their girls are taught
some means of earning their own
bread and butter, for 1t is just as GER
tain uiat the yo0ng woman of tomor-
row Is gc.ng to have to SUPPORT her.
SELF as ii is that her brother is.
or course. under any conditions,
girls should always have been taught
sonic gainful occupation so that they
could support themselves If necessary. |
The reason for it has always existed. |
Ii IL only emphasized now, and the |
most curious thing in the world is |
that fathers and mothers have never |
seemed to appreciate what cruel |
thing, it is to turn their daughters
adrift in life without even a financial |
spar to cling to.
None are so ignorant as not to know
that money lies at the basis of all |
health, happiness and Responsibility. |
A woman must have food and shelter |
and sclothes. If she has no husband
or. father to supply them she must |
make money to buy them herself, and /
If she is not taught some way of max
ing the money honestly, she is forced |
to get it dishonesty.
Parents know that, and yet they |
are so careless they trust their daugh.
tiers, fates to chance. That is why |
the sin of 80 per cent of the girls who
go wrong is on their parents heads.
The girls would have been glad to I
work il they had been taught anything
by which they could have earned a
living wage, but no one saw to it
that they we're taught how to do any.
thing well enough to command de.
cent salary, and so. utterly unframed
and unskilled, they dirfted from mis-.
cradle job to miserable job until Il.
nally they drifted on the street.
The way to keep girls from going
wrong is to teach them how to work. |
Teach them skill at some occupation
for which they have an aptitude, for
there is no keener pleasure than in
doing the work we know we do well.
and you win supply them with such
interests. and ambitions that you will |
ill their minds with other thoughts
.han that of dance halls and cheap
Teach them how to do the kind OF