The Washington times., 1918-04-14

counts Tn: general emancipation O!
their sos - IN process already Woman
suffrage may he slow to arrive: the
Kaiser cane down like a falling
house on the first tim.d movement to-
ward the cnfranch iSement Of women
and women in Germany have never
been taught to think politically-or,
for that matter. 10 think at all. But
il is clear that German women have
won a place. in industry and place in
commerce and most astonishing and
TeVolutionary place OF SOME dignity
in their own homes. Tirey will be
slow To r"linquish II.
I remember woman in a huge
cost driving trolley car. What
..chestiness." What huge self-im-
portance: What a mannish pose! The
whole aspect OF that clustering, swag-
gerinE creature expressed indepen-
dence. not to say downright AFRO
Gance. VIII she meekly accept the
three KS as the boundaries of her
existcnC,. after the war and kowtow
to her husband and bear a dozen chill
dren at his bidding: Not IL l know
her. And this was not by any means
an uncommon case. Women employ
ed at mems work in Germany put on
all the masculine strut they can
muster.
Looking on while innumerable
armies OF women dropped their occu-
pations At home and took TO every
sort Of labor from munition making
TO driving express wagons. one might
have supposed that the German inn
perial government had ordered a mo-
bilization OF women as thorough and
systematic as the mobilization OF
men. In reality the German imperial
government did no such thing. Why
should il" Women by the hundreds
of thousands found themselves bereft
OF support. They saw employment Of
fered at fairly good wages. There
were arrangements provided for in
struction in new trades by the con-
Germs that offered employment. All
went smoothly enough without help
from the German imperial govern
ment.
BUT while that government had no
hand in starting the thing. il might
pay Wilhelm ii and his counselors TO
ask themselves where the thing Is
TO stop Industrially. women run the
empire today. viii they manage
to run it politically after the
war or at least to have pretty
active finger in the political pie?
There are signs that Just this may
happen. The bread rioters are main
IL women. 50 are the peace rioters.
Nom women's throats most frequent
" come the cries Of Down with Wal
Down withzkhe. Eovernme ntpgSs= ashey
have little eject at present, but The
spirit that calls them forth Is spirit
that may exert itself to tremendous
effect by and by.
Women becoming Important.
A nation OF men until August. 1914.
Germany became all Of a sudden q
nation OF men and women. For the
first time IN history German wives.
sisters. ami daughters became i'm
pcriaut. Their opinions began to
count. Their opinions have counted
more and more disturbinEly ever
since They influence men. They will
continue 10 influence men. And the
women - the masses IN Germany
hat" PrusSiauisrI.
What =" you suppose the female
coal Hcave- says when she returns
home tonight. weary. sore. out Of
temper half sicl, from underfeed!ng.
and black from head 10 Icot-and
finds that her man - back Dn leave
from the front? Does she say. with
= fine. broad smile overspreading her
coal bla"l, face. All. the war you
men l"J your masters force you into
- mgCuific"nt and glorious and
Hardy And what can
the man reply IT, her trades against
autocracy when lie sees how thin she
IL and how thin the children are and
what outrageous yuung scamps they
have become"
Copyright. IH!' By 'ue TrIbs.ne Coz
Miss SlOrum'S neat artIcIc. ter
man Morals Ia Wartime" will appear
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