The Washington times., 1921-07-06
Future Husband, Home
From Work, Will Make
Baby Clothes, She Says
Mrs. Edna L. Johnson Sees Day
When Man Will Do Half of
Housekeeping - Embroider,
Bake Bread, Sew, Knit, and
Be Regular Frau" After He
Comes Back From the Office.

Behold the, future husband, a
model "seamstress" and housekeeper.
He can make the baby's clothes.
cook, wash, and iron, and do the
family mending the same as his wife
and all this in addition to holding
a regular job.
He will not leave all the house
work for his wife to do as IN the
past but don an apron and cap and,
pitch in and help her wash the
dishes and make the bread after his
days work.
And why shouldn't he since his wife
works In office, too? If the women
of today hold mems jobs and retain
all their womanly arts, why shouldn't
man, in addition to doing mans
work, learn all the tricks of woman's
work.
In other words, we hear a lot th=se
days about the modern woman, what
about the modern man?
So is the modern man pic.ureI ard
the whole situation summed up by
Mrs. Edna L. Johnston. pr ,minent
suffrage leader and welfare worker,
In an interview discussing the Md
ern man."
WHO DARNs HER sTOCKINGss
Nov that women have entered in
dustrial life and assumed roles hith-
erto held by men, the men are learn
ing some of the occupations OF
women. There is no reason why a
man can't learn how to sew, knit,
darn and cook, II woman has
learned to practice law, medicine and
other professions hitherto exclusively
monopolized by men," said Mrs John
ston.
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the women get ahead of them in the
matter of accomplishments, and If
they assume the attitude of the aver
age man that they should stick to
what has been hitherto considered
mans work" while the women go
ahead and learn theirs. too. that
would surely happen.
But l am happy to say that Is not
happening. The men are learning the
domestic arts. Not infreauently do
we hear OF men designers, cooks, etc.
And they are doing this in addition to
their regular mems work"
Mrs. Johnston's belief that men are
taking up the domestic arts Is borne
out by the fact that a man, Charles +.
Champlin, of Chicago, ILL.,, went into
a bread-baking contest with forty
five women at the Evanston county
Gil anu WON iirst Price Inc prize
was a work apron with dainty blue
ribbon FRAMEWORK embroidery. Just
what the man will do with IL is a
matter OF conjecture with the giggly
girls. Maybe he will use 1t when he
helps his wife dust.
DON'T SPOIL THE WIFE.
The forty-six loayes OF bread were
tested by the well-known dietitians,
who agreed Champnn had turned out
the best loaf He modestly says, my
mother taught me how to bake.
grew UP on little Illinois farm and
1 learned to do lots of things. / am
willing to teach any man how to
make bread like mine, but / warn
him not to do IL too often, or he will
spoil his wife"
Firemen are accomplished knitters,
and any day may be seen seated in
groups at the station house plying the
needles. The young American SOL
diers "over there" learned quite a few
things about domestic art. Many of
them emerged from the world war,
cooks and needle work
ers as the result of the hazards OF
war, especially to their trousers.
II do not mean by men taking up
domestic arts that they should give
up masculine occupations, but that
they should learn them in addition
to masculine occupations" hastily
explained Mrs. Johnston. 'I do not
wish to be misunderstood on this
point" she added.