The evening world., 1918-04-05
"A Misfit in Marriage?"
Cheer Up! You May Fit
In a Business Career
And II You're a Misfit in Business, You May Be Intended foI
Success in Marriage, Says Or. Blackford in
Article on "Picking a Woman
fr CIIccoeeO
for Success

TOT OuCCGSS.
Katherine NJ II. Blacktord, NJ. D., coauthor NTH Arthur Ncrcomo
of "Andlvsin0 Character" THE JOB, the Man, the Boss" and inventor 4
Of the Bldcktord employment plan, has authorized The Evening World
TO reproduce from their books a series Of articles describing how to 1T
each tvDe Of ma" TO the JOB which ~HH bring him success. u
HE present day finds women at work in practically every field Of
/ human endeavor. There is no profession, business, trade or call
ing which does not count women amongst its successful repre-
%sentahves.
Perhaps the saddest of all the msfts are to be found amongst
women, or it may be that their cases seem to us to be addest because
there are so many of them. Women have entered nearly all vacations
But even yet there is much prejudice aganst. the woman who "derends"
out Of her traditional sphere" Husbands, except those who do 50
through necessity or those who are unafrad of convention, do not per-
NIT their wives to work outside of the home. And so thousands 81
women sigh away their lives at work they hate, while a hungry, sad
world suffers for what they would love to do.
The waste of these msfts Is threefoh. First, the women lose the
opportunity for service, profit and enjoyment which should be theirs.
Second, the world loses the excellent services which they might render.'
Third, otenimes these women are very poor h~ousskeepers They
simply have no. the aputudes. Their husbands and their families suffer
Another very large class of insists. and perhaps even more etc be pited
than any other, is composed of the women who are compelled to arm a
living in the business world. in the professional world, " elsewhere. whose
true place is ii the home. The natural tendency of the majority of women
for maternity and home-making must be taken into consideration, Educ,-
ton ought especially to develop the natural aptitude of most of or girls
for efficiency in home-making and child-rearing Most young women enter
upon the vocation of wifehood and motherhood practically without any
training for these duties. "
Occasionally W e find a girl who has n o talent for homework o homo
management She is not particularly interested in It, She finds It mon
otonous and distasteful. For these reasons she probably does mol do It
we'll. On the other hand, she may have keen. reliable commercial instincty
and be well qualified for a business career. OIL she may be educational.
artistic. literary or professional In type.
ouCn d woman mas OF course, no business trying to keep house. She
may nave % owe nature m arden materna desires II so, there
Is no reason why she should not marry and become the mother of chldren.,
II she does however she should turn the management of the home over
&c some N else INT seek selfexpression and compensation In the vocs
ton for which she is best fitted. This, Of course, is no easy matter. Many
men either have violent IT stubborn prdudces against I'M such arrange
ment Whether IT not she can take her true place in the world depends
upon the courage, determination. tactfulness and personal force OF each
individual woman.
The profession of teaching, for women, is overcrowded and becoming
more overcrowded. The work done is, OF the whole, mediocre Dr. worse,
and as a result Of these two conditions the pay is ptfuny small consider
ing INT Importance of the results. Because women can become teachers
wnho losing On notch u their social. standing in even the most hide
bound communities, thousands of women become teachers who ought to be
housewives. Thousands of others struggle In the schoolroom, doing work
they hate and despise for a miserable pitance, when they might be happy
and successful in a store o a ONCE. We have met women teachers who
ought to have been physicians; others who ought to have been lawyers:
thousands of them. who ought to have been in their own homes.
The true teacher has three fundamental qualifications: First a low. =,
knowledge; second, a desire to impart knowledge, and third, = love Of
young people. Added to these should be patience, hrmness, tactulne,.
knowledge of human nature facility IN expression rsasorIng nouor %.
husasm and n personality which inspires confidence.
The business world suffers from the presence in the ranks OF It's work.
business or even for the minor detailed processes OF commercial activity
Most OF these girls belong in the home. They re quite justified in looking
forward to ma"imony as their true career How much better IL they
would only earn the necessary pin-money in domestic servicei
From a monetary point Of view, thirty dollars a month, with board
room, laundry and many other necessities furnished, is a princely comu.n-
sadon compared with the five or eight dollars a week received bv most
sHIs IN IN once. rom a n economic point of view, the coming into our
homes OF thousands of intelligent. fairly well educated. trained and nm
bilious young women would be a blessing and benefit Socially, OF course.
'he nst ong ONE VINO adopted such a radical change in custom would
be pariahs. They would also doubtless, suffer many hardships IN tbs w.S
adequate place ia entertain their friends, and other such injusices. But
with a higher and more intelligent class of household servants doubtha.
these abuses would disappear.
One of the consequences " our deploreble self corgct0r,n. = a.
matter OF sex Is that we have been too prudish frankly to train our p4rIs
to become successful wives and mothers, The result IS that when ~ bs-
comes necessary ior them to earn money before their marriage, instead NJ
gaining experience in housekeeping, cooking and purchasing. tbev .a
taken up the stage. teaching factory work, office work and retail selling
a great many OF men re insists in these calHngs. Good food is wasted
good somachs are impaired and good brains and nerves deerIorato 10
cause, s a general rule. only those who arr too ignorant " too Inefc,ont
for office work Or factory work can be induced to take service in our
kitchens. ~"
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