East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-17
British Peer and Publisher
Starts Lively Discussion
Among American Thinkers.
written by Margery Rex for the IN
ternational News ServiceO


NEW YORK. Aug~ l7,-Must two
million women remain forever single
In England today there is that
number of 'superfluous' women, the
breath of men occasioned, of course,
by the great war.
What is the best answer to Eng
lands woman problem then?
Lord Northcliffe, famous British
publisher, brings up the subject when
girl writer visits him in search of an
idea for syndicate story.
TELL your chief to find out what's
to be done with two million superflu-
Gus women we now have in England"
he replies without an instant's nesita-
tien.
I'VE have that many more women
than men," he continues. THAT
should interest everybody. Id like to
have such story myself
Far be il from us 10 insist that
young English ladies emigrate here
and marry our extra male population.
although there is sufficient number
| of men to provide husbands for all the
women in this country and for the
"superfluous" British girls, too.
Census statistics for 1920 show there
are now 107 men for every 100 women
in the United States.
Latest available figures on popula-
tion announce a surplus of 2,6S2,2S
males over females and a surplus Of
males, over twenty-one, to exceed by
2,443,397 the number of females over
the same age.
Some OF Solutions Offered
But there are various solutions Of
fered us for England's problem by
representative American women:
Emigration to countries where men
are still at large.
Women making of themselves such
excellent matrimonial material as TO
| lure men from other countries.
vicariously satisfying the maternal
instinct by caring for the youth of the
country, sons and daughters of women
who have found husbands.
And the belief that there is mate
for every one and not finding him
| woman is better off alonei
Hailing the surplus Of femininity in
England as a great stronghold for the
nation, Mrs. Olive Stott Gabriel, law
yer, does not think England has a Sc
rious problem in this predominance of
women.
Big Asset, Says Mrs. Gabriel
Two million women in any country
are an asset, not a liability" asserts
| Mrs. Gabriel.
Women are the equals of men in
any capacity, politically, economically
and constructively-I refer TO the re-
organization of any country after
war
THE trouble with the majority of
men is that they look upon women not
as human beings, but as inferior bits
of creation by means of which they
may exploit themselves
But what of the human side OF the
problem, the almost absolute certainty
that these women can never marry?"
Mrs. Gabriel was asked.
That's what I mean she replied.
Men think of women only as hus-
band hunters Me trouble much more
| bout what WON'T want than women
do.
Under modern conditions I think
women marry to have the right sort
| of children, to bring them up with the
| best ideals.
Women don't wed for meal tickets
any more. Few women wish to marry
unless they meet the right man. Yes,
/ I am a great believer in the theory of
I pettiuor fha sriOht ope
Il believe there is a true mate for
every one of us. and women nowadays
want him or don't want to get married
at ALL"
( Mrs. Raymond Browns Opinion
| Mrs Raymond Brown, prominent
suffragettc and managing director of
the Woman Citizen, a suffrage organi-
zation does not think the eternal
maternal should be wasted.
Two million extra women" Mrs.