The evening world., 1921-03-28

hortatlons OF the latcst feminist phih
Il Barnott. and he is the author of
stern. didactic study Of the woman
movement which he has called
foundations OF Feminism."
Mr.. Barnett's attitude in his book
mastorful person In Shaw's You
Never Can Tell" who is always look
ing some one lercoly in the eye and
saying, you think you knOw-but
you DON'T" That Is exactly what the
author Of Foundations OF Femln-
ism" says 20 most modern womcn
lead ers who think they know some
r thing about the philosophy, history
and scientific basls OF the phase OF
social evolution to whioh they have
given their lives.
Some OF these persons it is true,
have air-balloons IN place Of brains,
and one cannot help ohuckling when
the pen of Mr.. barnett pricks them.
But how many oH US are going TO
agree with him In the declaration to
which his whole book leads 'ip-that
"the stay OF women in Industry can
not remain permanent
Tine vast army or working women
l. tinding that tn abandoning the slav-
cry Of home and husband they volun
tulrily subject themselves to the more
insidious exploitation that the h.du--
trial system otfersA' he writes in hls
book, which IS published by ttobsgt
Nj Mcbride & Co.
While the working woman IL Of
fared the choice of marriage or work,
she will consider the question on Ohc
same merits as II she were being pro
NOTED in the shop from making but
tonholes at 60 cohts q thousand, with
lay-offs IN the slack srasson, to the
steady job OF duStlng OF the boss
desk at 81 a week.
Just 80 long as industry is more
oppressive than marriage, women Will
be Willing TO lake up marriage as a
trade in preference to what tho fac-
tory offers as a trade.
For the vast majority OF hard
working women marriage (and not
economic indepe ndencc) is and will
continue to be for long time TO come
the only escape from industrial des
potasm. For the less oppressed group
OF semi skilled women 1t Will mean
merely the exchange Of one type OF
monotony for another. For The In
tallectual woman who is honest with
heTvelS il will offer a field for the de-
veiopment OF her personality which
no successful career can give
~To the large majority Of working
women marriage means not only the
release from work that they hate and
arc thoroughly weary OF, but il onerS
the only medium for the satisfaction
OF their sex and maternal impulses,
There comes a time in the life or all
individuals, workers and non workers.
when the general failure they have
made OF e6ines pom them with
great force. " IS Then that the neceS-
sntv for chiid becomes most acute.
with worlhng women Il offers the
only divertant from an ,otherw Use IN
tolerable existence.
."The employment Of women In the
monotonUus and health destroying
type OF factory work for Which they
A re now being 80 widely used In COM
petition with men is particularly the
fieId from which they must be re-
moved As thev come more and more
under tho influence of the trade
union, women will realize that they
are merely diluting the labor mar
lxet thereby lowering wages, ana
diminishing their chances for mar
rage, which, after all, is their uIti-
mate goal . ,,
'SThe STAY OF woman in industry,
concludes MIR. Barnett, though II mas
produced temporarily harmful eHectS'
has been the type OF education uhat
1youen need most Confined to the
nome and home industries, as they
had been in the past the worldly ex-
teIligent understanding OF life was
unknown to them. This invaluable
education" (of Industry has brought
al enlightenment TO woman that no
enA OF preaching or exhortation could
sznpress upon her. The disillusionmeM
that labor brings, is known 10 her'
and the ideal OF an enlightened ca
roer OF motherhood beckouS TO her;
Buck to the kitchen ranFe-~there Il
be no strike today why shoulu any any
woman want job when she can
have a baby? Why should she work
in a hygienic factory, with plenty or
i Sompanionship, definite hours and
p sbsolute freedom for her evenings
and SUNDAYS, o pay envelope all her
own "and no Questions dsked"-when
she can toll in an unsanitary' III
arranged tenement for board and
. clothes. her work never done, even
Q her babies leaving her as soon as
-thpV reach the age when they are
mething more than a beloved bur
den?
- Mr.. Barnett has mustered an i'm
.anoSinE array Of biological and soCi-
illogical arguments in support of the
, honored platitude, "a woman's place
is in the home" But the feminist
answers him that the home will have
10 be a different place II the woman
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