The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
DEFENDs APPEARANCE
OF WIVES IN INDUSTRY.

OF WIVES IN INDUSTRY.
-I think this row about married
women working is all nonsense, )"
said Allen Thomas, employment
manager of a large factory in Gin
cinnati, who is staying at the Ra-
leigh. II can see absolutely no rea-
son why married women should not
work and get some money to make
life a bit easier and pleasanter.
TT Is better for the women and
better for the home that she do
this-that is, in most cases. Ger
tainly the great majority of mar
ried women with whom 1 have come
in contact in my position as en-
ployment manager of q large fac
tory employing many women are
entirely satisfactory-as a whole,
they show a much greater sense
of responsibility and loyalty than
their unmarried sisters.
The married women have achiey-
ed the great aim OF womankind-
matrimony-and so they give them
selves more thoroughly and whole
heartedly to their work. The un-
married ones are ever on the alert
for the possible husband-saye per-
haps few who have renounced the
prospect Of marriage land yet. when
does q woman ever do thar sin
cerelyO. This distracts them and
prevents them from giving an un-
divided interest to their work.
MEN NOT so SCARED
OF MATRIMONIAL NET.
TT is better for the men. too. to
have married women working with
them; they are more at ease with
them and are not disturbed by fears
that matrimonial nets are being
cast to catch them in an unguarded
moment. This situation certainly
results in more accomplishment
from the masculine element.
And as for the economic need"
continued Thomas with emphasis,
Il feel quite sure in saying that,
generally considered, married wom-
en- feel the necessity for working
really more than the unmarried
ones. In conjunction with their hus-
bands, they are in most cases try
ing to establish permanent homes
which will be an asset to the nation
AsPEND THEIR EARNINGS
MUCH MORE WISELY"
The same people who are troubled
by the spectacle of married wome IL
working awav from their homea ere
also disturbed by the sic Of families
popular nowadays. Well. il many
ma rried women didn't work and thus
Increase the family exchequer, the
size OF present-day families would
be still smaller. 1t is not economi-
cally possible for the majority Of
men to support even a moderate
sized family in any degree OF COM
fort and respect for the demands of
current civilization.
Married women certainly spen !
their earnings much more wisely
than their unmarried sisters. For
the most part they dress with wis
dom and discretion-there is little
thrown away in cheap, decorative
finery-and they seem to have got
ten nearer to the fundamentals of
life and are not attracted so easily
by the baubles and the tawdry. On
the whole you will find them care
ful sane spenders, who are eager
to save for the future home that
they plan will some day be theirs.
"I believe that II statistics were
taken, 1t would be found that the
actual necessity for working is just
as great among married women as
among the unmarried ones. So il
seems to me that there should be
no discrimination of that sort in
giving women employment. The
ability of the worker should be the
deciding factor. To limit the activ-
ity of married women in the field
of salaried employment. to my
mind. is to make still more difficult
the marriage of our young men and
women"
G. n. K