Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-19
Can a Woman Hold 7iuo Jobs
and Do Justice TO Both9

business freedom tndt man enjoys.
, But ! must differ with them. Perhaps
| it Is because l am old ashioncd. Yet
! il has always seemed 10 me that mar
riage Is n contract which carries with
It obligations and responsibilities for
the wife. as we'll as the husband. When
/ n woman becomes wife she surrcndcrs
! some OF her freedom 10 do nS she
plcases, just ms when man contracts
with his employer 60 serve him for Il
/ year or FIVE years he surrcudcrs n large
part OF his freedom. There is implied
j in the marriage contract the agreement
of the wife 10 make Il home for her
husband, 70 preside over It, to bear him
children, 10 mother them and /" train
them 10 the best of her ability. Now
II she takes another Job outside Of
the home which absorbs her attention all
day the home job must inevitably suffer
Necessity forces some morrjcd
romcn and rpany 1ridors seiih Ci,i-
trrcn 10 ~ in'O business, bat mast
Of them krom that they arc copipclicd
TO ch0oSe dctwrcn iro eriis and ficy
select "tdi seems the least.
DOSALlE. Mr. Hutchinson hcro,u"
~ was not compelled 10 go into buSi
ncss. Sh" had been impressed In he"
earliest childhood with tho hardness uf
wumen's los and with the "superior.tv'
Of man. She decided that she wanirG
~ 60 into tn" world and do what a man
did and - have the same freedom that
ho enjoyed and to escape from tho lin.
-. ly.,.. I L.. ii.
ter. rsprning for wifehood and mother
hood and going insane berause they w"r"
denied h"r. had drowned herself. Tuis
sister told Resale that being woman
- hard Years later another woman
told her tha, being n woman Is dam
gcrous.' Eu' she sought to escape the
dangers and 'I!e dfiicTIties by following
course which would have been per
tcHly natural for a man. She du.s nor
perceive thar when She mRrrics and
bears children obligations havo boon
pur upon her ihat a man escapes. She
organizrs her household SO that her
servants run &. She has nothing 10
10 with The training Of her children.
Thst j. turned over 10 hirelings with
notions ot their own. But when hNr
first born IS twelve years old she dis.
corors with shock that hr hnS no
faijn in the fine things which she
'carHcd in her childhood. and IN an
impulslvc moment she abam0OnS her
business 70 assume the functions Of Il
mother. The children who Lav" never
known hcr IN the role which sAo tries
10 asSume cannot accept her IN that
capacity. She was too late. ThNn she
guns back 10 her business again and
sends IL" children away to school and
salves her conscience with tho Thought
that as tie children are away there j.
no longer need for her n home. But
rA astrophe Cones. Tie Oldest son, who
has got among evil companions. is con-
.yiFcd Of sw!ndlins and sent 80 prison.
The daughter. unrestrained all her life
bv the influence of motAer, goes her
own gait and dies as tho result nf IN
illegal operation, and the y"uus"s' son.
Who vas deceut sort Of n follow
throws himself IN front "f u rain he
rHusc he thinks he has killed tho man
responsible for his sisters dr&;H
This tragic ending IS The logical con
o,ustOn Of tho premises which Mr.
Hutchinson has la!i down. just as
Rosalies persistenre ~ ber business
career Is the logical result of Lor ms Tor
premise that 4 woman has The same
right rs n man 10 q business career.
Her husband vaiEiv tries n make her
soc thar the mere farL ehc Is a woman
limits her freedom of action. But she
r"iu1e. to admit it. and goes her CoUrse.
u - not uutil III" "atRslrophes pile
upon hor that she discovers that wife
aud mother has obl.2u lions which Size
rAHlO' safely shirk and that there sra
'omptusa,ionS worth considering. 7 Ia
book "uds with her nothcring her l?''Iu
granddaughter, the child Of h." way
ward son, and doing her, LeSr :" gil" ~
the "h.d what her own ln'"rtvLa..
ia S4,cr failed to get
!" is Il moving and tragic ra.". WitrA
r..CH, /" set every student OF ,.n1"..,
social tendencies to serious 'h.nki'g
We NAV be on the eve of II i,r'y ~,. e.,
Orge e1.zaton in which ,h" S'J,r ~ ..
provide nurseries FOR all IN" ,... .d.,...
and thus free The women ~ "rg"sr ~
vad'c}rr activitioS outside - i,r-
r.a' may please them. TJi uuGr" ,.,r
a system the word "motLer w.H .o,,
AZ hur is purely physical .n1n,ara"nr,
The fan iIy bond which has oonc H.. .
- bold society together vii h,.,...
..h" yop" Of sand. and We >!a.. A..
q community If extreme inG.y.@ 3a..>'>
eacu member nf which will Soc. g.. On .
pleasure regardless OF the cons. .3au,c,.
IN that event Mr.. Hutchinson : rprc,
vii cease TO have any p"!N'. ~ !.
seems pointioss today I" tn" fer .n!s's.
GEORGE w. DOT GLAS.