Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-19
Biological w a ste De-
plored-Women Intel
lectually But Not So
cially Independent

at twenty-five she is young and is i'm
pressed with the Importance of the pay
envelope-she thinks she holds the key of
life. At thirty she is still content; at
thirty-fvc she is beginning to ask what is
the meaning of it all and what she is
working for; at forty she is downright
worried and at forty-fve you have the
tragedy biological waste. She is un-
married and every unmarried midde-aged
person is a tragedy"
1t seemed fearsome picture.
what is the answer | asked.
Get rid Of the girl CRATER in the first
place" he replied. "She is the girl who
CRAFTS on the old regime-who is not en-
tirely self-supporting-and therefore ruins
the market for women who must be wholly
Independent, and for men who must compete
with woman labor
women are not playing fair: they are
playing in two camps, and wOman's eco
nOmic position will never be firmly estab-
lished until this type-the girl CRATER is
wiped out"
But perhaps It will not be the pay
envelope, but a paucty of men. after the
war that will be responsible for the un-
married woman" / argued.
I'VE will have new laws and new ideas
then, perhaps" Doctor Barnes said, "to
meet the new situation. II is quite possible
that polyEamy will be legitimatized by that
time. a member Of Parliament who vs-
tied me here the other day told me amazing
things that are happening in England about
the breaking down Of the old social preju-
dices, such as pensioning the unmarried
| mother accepting her and providing for
her rather than ignoring her"
When / advanced the theory that Shaw,
| who wrote somewhere that the majority
| Of women would prefer a tenth-rate inter-
| est in a hrst-rate man to a whole interest
| in a tenth-rate man, knew not whereof he
| spoke, Doctor Barnes blue eyes twinkled.
"The women of Utah are the least jeal-
! Gus of all women" he said, "and l am sure
| that each one Of Brigham Young's wives
| thought that she was the favorite!
| But at any rate he continued seriously,
! Il am not one of those who believe that
! this war will do everything for women. on
| the contrary, l believe that the day peace
| is declared she will, in England, at least,
| slip back into her old position. The mu-
| nitions factories will close the day peace
| is declared Industries and business and
| professions in general will be dsorganized
| There will be fewer jobs. The well men
| who return will be the heroes; they will
get them. The i'll men, the lame, the halt
the blind, they will have to be cared for
! This is womens work. 1t will be the wom-
| ans nature to want TO step into her role
| of nurse and caretaker. But it is unstand-
ardized work. work that is not paid for
And there you have the woman back again
on the old basis"
Despite the fact that he pursues the
| woman question with a pessmistic per-
| sistenCe and relentless logic, Doctor Barnes
has always been for us" He wants us to
have every advantage but he is not blinded
| by u.s. and talking to him you get the i'm
| preston that should we not put our ad-
vantages To good advantage no one would
be more keeny aware of our detection than
this impartial feminist