El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
Woman, Not Needed in the Home, Is
Entitled to Position She Can Fill
Childless Married Woman Justified in Working for
Money If She Finds It Gives
Her Happiness.
Her Happiness.
" BEATRICE FAIRFAX


wheel hats tbs second season and
wear them. over q face that bore the
I sorrows OF Mater Dolorosa-but never
/ again
/ Ny correspondent has renewed her
youth IN congenial occupation. and Is
! terrified that Industrial conditions
changing with the conclusion Of the
war, may again drive her back 10 the
status OF an unpaid servant, who could
never do anything quite satisfactorily
for the gentleman who got the work
OF her hands gratis. Her conscience
is not quite secure about her right
to keep the job inasmuch as she
would not actually starve II she gave
It up.
To which I an going to reply with
quotation from the Old Testament
Man doth not live by bread only"
not actually starVe OF hunger II she
went back to the drudgery Of her
five-room nat, her husbands sulks
and niggardlinesss and the discarded
hats Of her nieces. her heart and her
spirit would undoubtedly perish.
Entitled to Rights.
For every human being is entitled
TO a few constitutional rights. And
work. and the fruits thereof are
among them But why should a wom-
an who has been trained in a difficult
and honorable profession cast aside
the results OF years OF study and ex-
perience, and do instead work that is
distinctly inferior and for which
neither thanks nor money is given2
And the cOmmonsense answer is.
there IS no reason at all. II there
were children, and the mothers pres
ence were required in the home. that
would be a different matter And II
the husband were i'll and IL became
necessary for her 10 nurse him, that
too. would be something else.
But that a trained woman, capable
Of earning an excellent salary, should
hide her talents in a dish cloth and
devote her gifts to a surly partner
who was not even thankful for haV-
ing his chops broiled by a cook capa-
bic OF earning S125 a month. IS very
poor economy, to say the least.
The present arrangement is that the
colored elevator girl, in her hours OF
ease. broils the chops for both hus-
band wife. She also does what sweep
ing and busting the fiat requires, and
the stenographer-wife pays her by
the hour. And the gentleman pays
the butcher and calls on high heaven
TO regard his plight, and the mad Boil
shevism OF his wife, and the topsy-
turyy condition OF the world, gener- /
ally speaking.
Yet he was never happy when his
wife brOiled his chops. and he seldom Z
spoke TO her. even to say good morn I
ing" And he never offered TO re- ]
the debutante nieces by anything suit /
able for a woman Of 40.
No. he took IL all as a matter OF 4
course, but now that these conditions I
have passed, he groans and signs and /
talks about the Good old days"
IN the meantime. the woman who /
describes herself as dead for Is I
years" is very pleasantly conscious
Of having had a resurrection The 4
people with whom she Works-old /
business associates, some Of them
are very agreeable and good humored,
and she enjoys immensely the atmos-
1here Of the office The firm Is well /
thought Of and prosperous and very
square with its employees The office
is fairly alive wit hthe tinkle OF sue
,ess, and yet the people are all pleas
ant and courteous, and love my
work"
We hope this lady, having found
her niche in life after much blind and
ruthless cropping, will cling TO It as a
impet to a rock II is ever agreeable
Tor an outsider to dwell on all the
-eJuvenating little enterprises that
are opened to her-the ticket for the
concert or theater. the new book, and
/ self-respecting hat utterly unlike
he beflowered cart wheels Of the
roung nieces.
Hat Night Now Be Becoming.
However I should not be surprised
Z she tried on one of those hats now,
% find they were not at all incongru-
,us. Congenial work and self-respecti
AVE doubtless worked their custom
ary miracle in her prematurely old
ace Besides it's feeling you have
o wear someone's discarded hat. years
90 young for you, that makes the
ragic n 'sfit so apparent. II you have
he wherewithal TO buy a suitable hat.
doubtless the unsuitable one will
rove becoming-and that's just how E,
contrary women are.
For any woman to imagine that It