Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-22
a w oman and
Her Money
ny Frederic j. lgnskIn

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! tn that Of the workers, doee not seem ~
have depressed her. she makes no " u
| and blamcs only herbelf iiut she 10
want other women 10 hear her story, NJ
! take to heart the moral thereof W .ic -,
that woman and her money Oft
soon parted, for the simple reason that
women either scorn or neglect 10 earn
| anything about business.
That Is not new idea. A recent no
| totIous murder case brought 10 light some
| Of the methods 10y which wealthy women
are legally robbed But The point is that
! they go right on being robbed Thousands
/ Of them today are at the mercy Of lawyers
| and other agents, 10 whom they bnYc
trustingly gwen full power over their
wealth.
Take the casc Of this girl, who will bo
called .Iane. She wanted to 90 to France
and do relief work She called on the head
! of the business firm that handled her
affairs tho day before she lnft
i wouldn't know anything more about
| bonds and mort cages over here than oyer
! there she told him My signatures
| Oh. % b. SURE But ism there pgwcr-of-
attorney or something that would take
| care of that
Three years later she was caring for
eight little refugees and Ind nearly sur
/
| Onc afternoon she went back to her pen
slon, 10 find her mother IN tears aud = neaf
/ legal doenment on the table. which m
| formed her IN cordial business terms, that
certain Investments had turned ont badlY
and hat she had no more money
This Is James story. as shn told Il tho
! other day sitting before highly polished
! o k cs /. one of I Q cw b ~ n
/ at Washington Her good looks are of the
sturdy type. IT was difficult 70 place her
IN the role Of Tho sentimental, trustfnl
| heroine who permitted nm unscrupulous
/ fn4ilcss man ~ dlycst her of her worldly
goods
want YOU 10 write my story" aaid
| Jane determinceIly and mike mc look
! INST IA silly as possible | waa supposed -
be q we'll educated American girl. Yet I
had simply turned my 5000 year ovor
/ to man ont Of sheer stupidity ! do not
! even rlairn that Il was misplaced trust.
/ There was no reason why ! should havp
trusted the man particularly. ! simply
i did not realize what | was doing when /
/ signed that power of attorney.
WOMEN SHOULD NAVE BUSINESS EpUch-
TfoN
"eince this has happened N me, have
! heard Of many other women, who have
/ lost their fortunes through the Same aort
/ of Il sin 81 ignorance 4 friend ~ mine,
! who ie \ Wsll street broker. can tell You of
hundreds of FIrh cases Mra Hopkins
Of the government employment bureau
here. who got me this Job. can tell you of
many more I think that Il busIncas edu-
cation for women should be compulsory.
! md that no man should irtve ~ = tat
~ the hands of 4 woman who canno'
manage Il The feminine attitude IF
! trustful ignorance may vnry romantic,
but TINS u not n romantic wori II
Hamen arc ever To achieve economic
equality with men, it vii be through the
assialous cultivation Of business senge
| An interview with Mrs Grace Porter
Hopkins. chairman Of the Government
Ffnplo.1ncnt Service in Washington, re-
! veard that she had the Same viewpoint
] Mrs Hopkins has not only been It the
| head of this service Tor the last three years,
/ hut she has started several other govern
| ment employment bureaus in other cities.
/ She has found Jobs for thousands Of
women and about every type Of human
has passed through her office To Use
! Mrs Hopkins own words. her business
is. to fnd round pegs for round holes.
| Sometimes. shes avs, II" takes only a
little whiting 10 make the peg ht;
sometimes It regaun~ an axe
The value of business training for
women. SAYS Mrs. HopkIn4 cannot be
overestiu.ated Life Is D sIness IN
which every human being has his value
but be should know what tLat value Ls
It il this knowledge Whlch women lack
We have women constantly coming IN
here. who demand salaries of | 400 a
wear as their natural nght. when they
! actually are not worth $500 There are
| lust as many, on the other hand, who
underestimate their abilities and get put
In the wrong pl ces.
Mrs. Hopkins is strong adherent oi
that venerable and much esteemed lnstl-
tuition the home The home. she be-
lives, Is the foundation 81 the nation.
But she also believes shat IN order - run
the home efficiently md get the most out
OF it. a woman should nave u>theSa tram
Ing and. If possible, business experience
A woman must prove her efficiency before
she is permitted to buy goo 5 for a de
partment store, but any unframed, mex
perlenced woman Is supposed 10 have tht
ability to buy goods for her family
Women still shrug At the word system.
and the majority of American homes still
lack budget system. Il Is this indltter
ence to the principles Of business whiel
makes a woman such an easy prey 10
the unscrupulous.
NEvEK KNEW VALUE OF MONEY.
Not long ago, . rniddie-aged woman
driftcd into Mrs Hopkins office in searel
Of Il Job She was wcll-Olresscd, but IN III
course of the interview. she explained ha
the clothes she had on were the only one
she had She bad pawned everything
else. and she was now pennlless. Yet u
her youth, this woman had been a wealthy
belle, whose social activities and photo
graphs had been featured IN at least thre,
large cities Il have never understood
the value Of money, she told Mrs Hop
! kins II l had, should not be in thu
condition
YES, Mrs Hopkins agreed "Peopl,
have usually got to earn money be,or,
they lean 70 appreciate its value
New, at the age oi IS, tins woman ].
for the hrst time. earning her living. tn,
government employment service has plac
cd her a chaperon AT 2 ladies seminary
mother mlddle-aged woman, whC
recently losl lat income through hel
inability to resist the temptation o.
doubling it through the magic Of W al
Street, is nov working rs . aeamstress foi
he young war Workets of Washington
BV darning the stockings and mendlna
the clothes OF these Young girls, tins
woman is able 10 fulfill 1 very great need
and at the same time earn a substantial
salary But if this discipline could only