The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-17
BY AUSTIN HARRISON
Editor of The English Review,
and one of the best known
prh1;ci~ts in Brittany

editor of The EnEilSh REVIEW,
and one of the best known
puhlicists in Brittany
London. Nov 1.-THE aAhrnath
OF the war is upon rs. Many changes
are already apparent More are conf
ing.
we are evolutionizing, like a
chrysalis. The truth IS we must
eyolut;onize. to get straight again.
to get on, to make good. But no.
where more SO than In the domestiei-
ties.
when YOU come TO budget. Britain
is spending twice what 1t makes 70
day. srni ruor.. when one faces the
problem Of taxation. the aftermath
will be there, and -nanv folk VIII
find that great chapEes will be ira-
perative.
These changes will probably not
be tconvulsive. because they are
largely present now at least in spirit,
md England has grown so receptive
that change is \ household word
OF course. the Frenchman was
right who said. The more things
change the more they femain the
sArne." They do. CHI. ietrMas is Christ
mas. and a ! iss is kiss. also. we
have to get up in the morning-and
shave
IT is the manner Of doing things
that changes. In which, respect GER
tainiy women have taken the often
sive
OVER POPULATED BY WOMEN.
Why do women want to rush into
factories, do mems work. clean win
dows all day in overaIls, strain. shove
and struggle? Is this to be a "con-
slant" or is this merely the rainbow
Of victory 4 little Of both. + fancy,
The fact is Britain Is over twomen)
populated.
It is mans land. He lis the spoilt
child. And at last the women have
turned. not against man, but decid-
edly against the man-made restric-
tions OF sex. from divorce to prof.
teering.
Women mean to profit now. mean
To make and break lays; arc doing
so. with what results we see in the
Communication of parliament and.
on the other pole in the 'apper."
And that Is what we are coming to-
communication or the new order.
SNOBBERY HAS VANISHED.
Formerly the British were an un-
sociable people Hence hats were all
red Indians. They lived in sections,
in compartments. in iSoiations Snob-
berry was king Society was antf-so-
cisl
That has gone. Elton and RalIioi
talk "Bo,sh" now. as in the old days
they cursed kipiinr War In a ter
rible adiuster. it is dwelling up and
dwelling /,wn everywhere
Erriard II saw England 1a}iber-
atelyl has become companionzed.
What does that mean It means that
the, English all know one another
pretty we'll now. Marriage is today
p rompaionahie adventure Fans
don't count The new girl chucks
Cupid flag" The new woman, In
out TO eliminate. She demands part
iicipation in the fruition Of life. Her
danger clearly is the uniform or ini-
tation.
The sonnetecr who writes about
broken homes, empty cradles, no
mothers and no love, is mistaken.
for in the new order the home will
he a live agency for reform and In
nnyation.
4 woMAS-NADE WAR.
Women Will wage war on waste. on
dust on convention on the vanity of
show The fine feathers won't count
l. sssl3. s2issts la, he new order s.ga Con
venience will he the cry. not ohedi-
encc. Self-help will be mistress.
Families will coalesce. cooperate.
Marriage will not be Il desperate at
temp to Standardized a honeymoon, it
will be bond OF mutual self-adjust-
ment II VIZ return in part to the old
! pa trisrchal state. it will be to social
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