The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-11-07

N %Iltll lIlllF' dEb ill''l v t '''cii 't4 III one of our leading daily papers an ar- ticle, written by woman. announcing in bold headlines. "Idlonss The Curse Of American Women" beginning her trade with this question: "Is the American woman worth her board and keep" And decided that. gen orally speaking. she is not She further continues. she is lazy. not domestic, unskilled in the art of home making. expects and demands too much reverence on the part of her husband. (who. by the way, she be lieves is very much imposed urom claiming the French woman the ideal wife, mother and help-mate. and that the laziness of American women i- due, in a way, to the many inventions 10 reduce her labor etc. etc, etc
 In fact, the whole of her tirade was nothing short of treason to the noble, unparalleled intellectual, grand. Ameri- can woman No nationality on the earth can equal or in any way meas ure up 10 her She stands unchal- lenged, distinct Each one a queen in comparison with women of other lands And the writers absurd. un- true statements must have been of a purely sensational character.
 Allowing exceptions to all rules. the number of idle American women jz greatly in the minority The American woman is a genius in her line of work whatever it may be. she is equal to all occasions, ready for any emergency, regardless of the self-sacrifice she may be called upon 10 make for God, home or country. The thrifty intelligent economical, versatile Yankee housewife stands pre-eminently Queen of the World "
 Away with such rar-fetched ideas of circumstances making the American woman idle-too preposterous when We stop to consider the rapid rate the American people in general. are Ev- ing, and the place the American wom- an has acheived for herself, sealing heretofore, inaccessible heights of glory and honor, and raising the stand ard of womanhood the world over.
 There recently appeared in lead ing magazine, a long list of success full inventions by women. One inyen- ton was a sanitary street-cleaning device which has proven so effective it has been universally adopted in all our large cities And that by a genuine American woman of the ex- elusive four hundred.
 Look at the host of women writers They preside over their home affairs in every detail, besides giving help and encouragement to thousands thru their gifted pens Then We find a great number of wealthy women, who are engaged in gardening, the raising of stock and poultry and farming, etc. on a scientific basis giving valuable knowledge to the world besides. In the theatrical line, in the halls of music. fashion and art. the school and the church, the press, the God given calling of the nurses, in the medical world, etc, etc, We find wom- an actively engaged.
 Look at the vast, vast army of women toiling for their daily bread, with, perchance. many hungry little mouths to feed And quite frequent ly we find the case to be of a poor, little woman doing the work her drunken, lazy husband ought to be doing, Foil, toll, with brush or needle, or over the wash board. One poor woman said she wanted to rest thousand years in heaven before she did anything else Oh, the countless multitude of our over-wOrk- ed women and girls. The ceaseless, montonous, daily grinding out of their lives in some stuffy, lily ventilated. unsanitary, poorly equipped factory, mill, office or shop. Woman! woman, the consummate flower of creation. The crowning work of Jehovah. They dare not stop, for the pitiless grind, grind of the wheel of their diversity keeps relentlessly rolling on and they cannot choose but follow.
 Oh. for a Lincoln philanthropist to arise and break the manacles of the slavery of toll for over-worked women, by donating money to be used by the government in pensiOning women who must needs be the support of family.