Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-16
WOMAN'S POWER
GREAT IN BRITAIN
Her Influence Will Eventually
Re-Establish Equilibrium in
Wars Aftermath.
LIFE MUST BE SIMPLiFIED
Great Contests Lcveling Has
Gone Far Toward Abolishing
Snobbery in England.
ny AUSTIN HARRISON.


LONDON, Nov. l5.-Thc aftermath
IF The war is upon us. Many changes
are alerady apparent. More are com
ing.
We are ev6lutionlzlnr, Ike a chrys-
ais. The truth is We must evolution
re. TO get straight again. to get on.
- make good. But nowhere more so
nan III the domcsticities.
when you cone 20 rudgc', Britain
Is spending twice what Il makes to-
lay Still more. when one faces the
problem OF taxation. the aftcrmat
Eli be there. and many folk viii find
INT great changes viii be imDcrai Ivc.
Tne3e changes viii probably not b.:
""nH uis!ve. because they are largely
present now, at Least III spirit ana
England has grown 50 receptive. that
'"ans" - (. household word
=. or c cur .. rhe frsnchman was right
the moro they rcU ,in the same" They
40 christmas is Christmas, and a kiss
IS q KISS; also so have 10 get UP IN
II IL the manner Of doing things
iainly women have taken the otfer-
sive.
0rerpopuinted by Women.
Why do women wan, TO rush into
factories, do mems work. clean win
,io%s al day In overalls. strain. shove
s SIAM, S;ro or t. ~, - In:s to nc ;on-
The ,tac, is Britain is over ,wd 5niGi;
i is mans lard. He is the spoi,t
child. And at last the women have
tu'ncu. not against man, but decided
~, asa'nst me man made restrictions
ol sex, from divorce TO protit-ering
Nonen mean to prof; nov: mean
D make and break laws: are doing
,.pnmunization OF Parliament. and. on
ne other pole, in the "apper" Ano
, 10, ~ wnat we arc coming to--cur
"Hh!HttlOn or tho New Order
Snobbery Has Vanished.
Formerly the British were an un-
s"ciaol" people Hence hats wera al
important. like the feathers or .be
re rSo Indians Indians They lived in sections
social anu
That n, has gone Elton and Baltic,
hey cursed Kipling. War is \ terr;h,s
anluster. II is leveling up and laye!lne
Town everywhere
England q say England aersberateIv,
nas necom. compa nioniz"d what doas
NAT mean? 1t means That the English
~ Know one another pretty VOL now
ve Irrrse Is E, toaaX a eonpaniorahle ad-
rirl chucks Cupid a ''foG" The new
Woman ,o. ~ ont 10 eliminate. She de-
nhnus pa rticin1tion in the fruitior. o.
'oEm or imitation.
h-o ne sonns;Her VIII" write- abom.
mothers and NO love. is mistaken. TO-
in the New Order the nom VIII h.
tioe agency for reform and innova.
Womnn-Made War.
Women will wage war on waste. or
nust. on convention. on the vanity OF
snow. The fine feathers won't count
SO So much in the New o-da- CONVEY
Sheif-help will be mistress.
:, Families Will coalesce. co-operate
MARRIAGE will not be a desperate at
n do Il
VII he bond of mutual self-adjust-
ment We return IN oar. "a tn old
pa, nIatriarcnai state. il Will be TO socialize
business will :,e elimination
The PRINCIPAL requirements is the wo-
ma architected house. tc cut on.
demand dustlcss busters stainless
knives. no brass. few carpets central
heating. :"
Must Simplify Life.
h,rh t ,a1a cGnditions Of high prices and
NE must be simplified, as il is in
America Al home the new attituds
VIII De: Eliminate. The people wan,
wnrt houss Sn lnli OF cupboards, the self
:. II half of London were burned down
II would be start in the right direc-
The pressure will come. I'm not sure
anat me cooperative dinner will be
a :,nnG mnor pleasant but that will de-
IN the past u. English haven.
cooked; they grilled or hotch- po;ci,ed
meat. meat. Eut meat is dear now. and
nSid Bit can make an omelet,e. In
me kitchen tho English cooked bv
proving away; they will compound in
me future there and in the family.
Lhey will fashion life on the nrin-
ci2,e OF the safety razor.
r, but how? How. to brothcrhoodize?
mat is the question. It will dtncnd
upon the Intensity of Observation-Disclosures
taxes; English folks will nass into
me New order according to prices and
,aaSeS and eliminate in proportion. II
omeg can make an excellent cake with
VI an egg cut out the 12-ccnt egg
zen are happy anywhere in - inh
or IN n palace. but If a woman hosn't
nome she hasn't a man.
oc d,er trouble viii be not politics. bu,
rioiioInlcS. The father is at staka
me. ne New Order Will depend ,h"n
i'rsely upon the mother ~