The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-08

Womcn's lives are supposed 10 be
composed Of a multiplicity Of little
things. The great mass Of women
spend most Of their mental ~ well NJ
physical energy on such questions M
What shall we have for breakfast,
dinner and supper? What will I
wear and how can get II made7 How
should ] dress my childrenf" and
few mothers are beginning 10 ask
themselves the question. How should
] feed my children7" Nor would we
belittle such important problems
They are the fundamental problems
Of the human race, but they are 20
common. 80 every day, 50 absolutely
essential 20 life, that the world Just
accepts them without thinking, like
we do the rain and the sunshine and
the air, There could be no home life
without these multiplied millions o.
duties, all Of WHICH seem 10 belong
exclusively 10 woman's sphere So
satisfied is the world with the way
women have cooked and vasned dish
es. and done the worlds ~ hing,
ironing, sewing, sweeping busting
and child-rearinR, that no ore has
ever challenged their right or their
ability 10 do these things The world
has never seemed 10 want 10 take
these privileges away from the WON
en-, not even for the pay and promi.
hence that goes with most % womens
work.
But the women Of The world have
caught n new vision Of their duty 10
mankind. For centuries women were
taught that their whole duty TO the
world could be performed within the
four walls Of her home That. her
entire life belonged 10 her family and
no one else. But she has discovered
her mistake. A new conscience mas
heen created within her, aud ne
woman Of the Twentieth Century
feels and knows she owes a par. Of
her life to every other woman IN the
world, and her interest IN little en-
drcn has reached out from her own
family--until II includes the whole
human family, and every child Ia il
Men are thinking IN broader terms
than ever before. why should no,
women And they are
Now don't worry. Women are not
going to neglect the millions Of little |
duties They may obliterate some Of /
the unnecessary work they have been
accustomed to doing for centuries.
and by working together on few big
things they may make their work /
easier. Why noty Men are planning
every device imaginable TO make their
work easier and more profitable /
That il progress
The women thinkers Of the world /
today are not thinking Of their own
comfort and happiness only but they
are thinking Of the comfort and hap
piness, the health and rights Of all the
women in their State and Nation. |
They are thinking farther away than
that They are thinking Of the safe
- and the welfare Of all the women
Of the world The real mothers Of
our Nation are not working for the
good Of their own children alone, but
they are working Tor the welfare Of
all children.
Women who used 70 saowi nothing
to talk about buttaeb own ailments
and Affections IRE nov talking about
"The League Of Nations. 'The Fed
eral Amendment" "A World Peace"
"A New World for Women Ind Chill
dren," True Democrscy,"."A Bet
ter Government and many other al
lied subjects. Women are learning
to think in Statewide. national and
Information terms, and who can
ID - uenee for good such
We upon the home and
~. the present genera
victory LO The reason 80 many
Of this day seem to
;, no convictions, no
}. p. WEBing except their own |
J. r. REEL because their moth
$. s. RUSH, Of anything else;
IN WARD CRher children about |