Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-24

and ornament garden parties. They
try to conceal the fact that no man
has asked them to we'd Poor things ;
that does not imply necessarily thnt
they are without charm. for there
simply are not enough men to go round
British younger sons migrate to the
colonies. and even before the war had
killed off the blood of the nation. taking
the choicest males and leaving the phys
ically unfit to pcrpetuate the race. as
war always does--even to this. Eng
/. land normally had n million moro won :
en- than men. Think of it-with the
best intentions. men can marry but one
woman, and million British girls for
ever must remain unwcd Yet all the
while. snobbish ideals prevent girls go
ing into trade II their parents have any
sort OF comfortable income. And so
they rust.
In France the lady" does not work.
cficitntly, and girls retain all their chic
when in business and professions.
In America land more or less. just
recently. elsewhcre). however, the fact
of single women earning their living Is
now regarded with complacency. Par
ents and friends. even II they once op-
posed the girls taking up career. show
PRIDE in her success. OF course. they
prefer her to do. something extremely
feminine" but in any event she is
respected for her achievement, IL she
"Cts away With it.
But when n wife works-ah. that is
different. Almost universally she il
ccnsured and frowned upon. Her hus-
band bears certain obloQuy: he Il
regarded as man who either is unable
or unwilling to support his wife. Or
il 1t Is we'll known that neither of the1c
accusations possibly can be made, he
is pitied. as one who has a hCadstronG
and eccentric spouse.
Now. in spite of all nast traditions,
and customs, thousands Of married
women are lnboring in business nnd
Professions for regular salaries. and
yet homes do not 60 to smash The
entire system of male supDolt of the
family was based on the primitive dis
tribution of labor. in times when condi e
tions were wholly unlike anything
existing today. Tribes that ceased
wandering and settled OF permanent
ground left the women to do the aGri
cultural work and cooking. the weaving
ind pottery. along with baby tending
while the adult males went forth t.
bdtRe ana TO nunt game. Even tn'
squaw. however. was far mere cco-
r,omicnl'y independent tnan the modern
city wife. in hotels and non -houso-
keeping apartments, who contributes
nothing whatever to the support OF
herself or in any way does creative
work. The Indian did basket weaving
and made costumes and bcadwork, anc
pottery and rugs and blankets. as vel
AZ cooking for her family; she certainl,
earned her board
Civilized families who were pioneer
divided the tasks as indoor and outdoo
cnes. along the same lines. the woman
doing the washing and ironing. cooking
sewing and baby tending. while TIL
nan did the wood che piping. the house
tuilding. the blowing. The Pilgrim
mother certainly earned her board also
But modern life. as we have sa id re
peatedly. has taken away wolnan's an
lent industries-her tasks are light
ned almost to nothingnesS. Often sfl
las no children at all. Yet. she ant
her man trot along blissfully, keepin
up the tradition that he should do al
the work. and she should reap all tn
benefits of idleness
There is no logical reason why an