Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-22

ed. "In some ways they are far SUI
perior. much finer, In others not sc fine.
But they do have their wi place In
the world. and there are things hat
they can do far better than men. The
urging of right and privileges should
not be based on equality alone. but on
the qualities women possess that set
them quite apart from the other sex.
Women don't want to take mems places
In the world they want to create their
own"
Mrs. Bachelor. who came from her
home In New York to Philadelphia to-
day on n brief visit. vas herself n vivid
and charming refutation to all the fears
of the anxious man who is afraid things
are never going tc be quite the same for
him since Uncle Sam invited his fair
sisters to try their slim but capable
hands at his some thousand varied jobs.
Feminine and all real woman she look
ed from the tip Of her smart, close-ht-
ting hat to her trim shoes, which were
not h one might cal. ground grip
pers.
And yet Mrs. Bachelor is a believer
In careers for women and progress.
THE women workers to whom the
war has been somewhat Of a revelation
will never go back to the old ways OF
living" she claims. Where they do
It will mean sacrifice. And right here
I ' a to say nat there will be n strug-
&c from now on between the sexes
that can mean ncthing but progress"
Behind the scenes In the life of any
writer of note Is supposed to be par
ticularly Interesting. But Hazel Deyo
Batchelor' has a special. well-dehned
claim TO this popular attention. Mrs
Bachelor was one of the pioneer writer's
of the daily and Intimate serials of mar
ried life that hav during the last five
years or so taken newspaper readers by
storm.
Fol- readers of the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER Mrs. Bachelor has especially
intimate interest. for she is the author
of the And So They We're Married"
serial now appearing daily on Its
woman's page. and also Of the Maid
and Two Men" serial which preceded It.
In that first story readers folio wed her
famous character Scott to the trenches
and then saw him returned to Ruth.
the girl who almost married the wrong
man n whom 1t tool a world war to
lure from a match which spelled luxury
TO one which meant only love and a
~workaday life In n little New York
apartment. Now readers are watching
the married life of these two young per-
sons. fraught, as such life sometimes Is,
with o
Mrs Bachelor has distinct and clear
cut ideas on trying TO manage careers
and families at the same time.
II don't think a woman can rear a
family and have a career at the same
time, as a general rule" she contends.
people have quoted Ethel Barrymore
TO me many times when i have said
this, but, somehow. she seems to serve
as an example In every way, which
somehow falls to convince me there are
many women like her. I think raising
babies is a distinct career. and I do
believe hat when women begin to think
so there will be less chafing and rest
lessness."
In spite Of the fact. however, that
Mrs. Bachelor speaks of the progress
of women. she does not take the stand
of SO man progressives. She Is not a
woman booster Just because she Is a
woman. .
'T am afraid / never could picket, no,
could I address a mob from an auto
!, mobile. But ! know l can vote, an6
that's what matters, after ALL" this au,
thor holds. Seriously. I believe tina,
! women still. have to Justify themselvei
as far as voting Is concerned. an
afraid i simply can say that womer
: have simply been given what they de
s~erved-not yet. But 1 do believe tina
when they have emerged finally from
the transition period they will be abb,
!, TO vote intelligently-as a class.
. mean"
3 Mrs. Bachelor. although a younl
e woman, has had wide and varied ,ex
uerience as n Journalist Che Ia