The Washington herald., 1919-02-12

/ A woman writes:
My husband feels that he has a
right TO boss me and the house be
I cause he supplies the money 10 sup
port the establishment. He says JHa.
q MiS word is law in his store, and he
I expects il to be law IN his hOu-e.
that when he gives an order TO his
clerks or steUoErapheTs they carry D,
out without argument or question.
and he expects me to obey him jus,
as implicitly as they do.
4 claim that II he wishes 10 run
: his home on business basis h"
should pay me q salary for tho WOW
do. and treat mr as he would u. ar
] am right
Certainly you are. II "a husband
wants TO eliminate sentiment from
! the home and put it on tnanci Il
/ basis-if he regards matrimOny no.
4 a. n partnership. bit as a COnc'rD
! or which Ec is urof- cUor. ard -ul
owner. and ,lIna=,r--ar is no. Ev-
I in- his wiha, square DIAL unless h"
tl,alS her as an cr7ployc and no,
As d slave
No bus.r.s- man would cXDrc' t'
/ fnd an .nto.NScNL CompctcUt woman
VINO would work for him FOR her
board and clothes. Not w.u'd nc 7N-
pcct an emrloyC % give him "a rCver
failing loyalty and devotion without
10, ing adequately rewa. ded.
These are qualities for which anv
crnDlover must nav dearly. Also an
employer must treat his emplovcr
with Justice and cOnsidera iiOn. Thor
is such a thing as an eiCht-h"ur la 70.
and II for any reason employ es labor
beyond this specified time they ar"
entitled TO extra pay
( Likewise. il an employer has au
eruplOye who is industrious and faith
fuI. and who watches out Tor his
interest in every way that employ'r
i, careful not to hur' such on,'S
feelings, for 10. such employees can put
on their hats and leave at moments
notice.
Such is the status Of the employ.
If a man wants to pU. hi~ wife i'm the
same category she i certainly entitled
TO definite hours Of work, and TO Il
stipulated salary commensurate with
hcr ability and the services she per
'olrns. and 10 the came de-rC,. of 10
IucnCss and consideration that h.
would show 10 4 jewel OF a s'"nUa,Tu-
rher, or a craCkeTjack sales woman.
No employer would ask "a lady ,u-
ploye to work fourteen or fifteen hours
day, yet that Is what the uNCTaSr
wife docs. No employer would expect
10 find any highly competent woman
who would come and work in his
store 70" whatever he chose 10 give
her Vet that is what the average
wife gets ont OF her lifetime OF l~A0r
No emp oyer would cNrs"ct any To-
fined women 20 stGv "u in his '-ra3-
llshruc II II he adCpted ur'y afutr e.
I wards hrr, and n,v"i spoke iD N"r
cycrI,t to find fau' with her. and II
he made her tho lurnin= rr1!n' 'u~
an the bad temper that h dared no'
show to anybody else. Yct TINT i=
wrat thousands of wives hay. 60 'u-
dUrc.
n man PIT his homo on 70 business
NaSis his ~. would ae entitled go
ring ir a ~ as hoU.af.cN,I. scans
trcss. nurse. baby tender. I".uf"s- .oU#l
.sh7ppcr, social secretary. md ,ut,r-
tanner and companion and r Nou
would compute these items even on
moderate estimate they would come 70
a staggering amount
No what :ea'izcS what she is worth
until his wife die and he tries to
hire somebody TO run his house, aud
take care of his children. with results
that are so bankrupting that he gen
orally hastens to get married again
az the hest way Of coping with the
.EiGh cost Of liv3ng.
And that does not take into con-
sideration the spiritual quality that
the wife puts into her work, the love