Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-05

cessories of manhood taken over
by women, is the herman 10 re-
tain his identity, the pioneers
asked themselves mournfully. IheS
fell back on denouncing the prac-
tees of effeminism and solemnly
swearing never to touch lip STICK
powder, rouge, hair nets, shoe
polish (for hair), or perfume
stronger than two and half per
cent.
This secret meeting shows the
earnestness of the pioneers IN
this new cause. Other signs, too,
foretell a change in mans status
to parallel the recent changes IN
that of woman. Up to now, men
have been standing back while
women picked over the bargains
in rights" Women have been do
ing radical things in business
politics. professions, and with
their appearance as well, But
men have had no organizations TO
work for their social progress.
Bill of Rights for Men.
The first political asitator for
the cause of men burst upon the
horizon only few days ago
when a Maryland senator present.
ed bin of rights for men to
the. Maryland legislature. This
bill, we understand. was taken
more or less as a joke. But the
pioneer comfOrted himself no
doubt with the reflection that all
great ideas are apt to be ridiculed
at first and that he will some
day be famous as the father OF a
cause.
1t is obvious that with the
status of women changing so
rapidly the position of men must
change to fit in with the new
regime. SO far men have met the
changes caused by women's pro-
cress by stepping back, and to a
certain extent this was fair
enough, seeing that men had been
the privileged class for some CEN
turtles.
But. eventually mere equable
adjustment Of mans status must
come, we were told by Il modest
member of the herman clan who
shrinks from being quoted. Wom-
an, he explained, once contributed
the Homework and man the money
toward keeping a home together.
Now, some women earn money in
the business world like their hus-
bands and both come home at
night as the husband once did.
The Man Pays.
The hitch in such arrangements
when a hitch occurs, is that the
man foots the bills while the
woman may, il she chooses, save
her money for herself. The hIs-
band promised to support her, and
she sees nothing wrong in saving
her salary while his goes to pay
for coal, groceries, and the cook.
The balance of responsibility
should be restored, it is claimed, so
that both parties would be required
to contribute their share to the up
keep Of the home. This sort of
equal responsibility for married
couples was one of the items in the
Maryland statesman's bill of rights
The other side of the case. which
ltiS bNOii SliDuii ~
provided for with equal fairness.
That is, the wife whose contribution
to the home is full days house
work should receive her just share
CT the family income.
This is one Of the questions aris-
ing in connection with the equal
rights problem. Another was
brought into court the other day
by a. man of seventy. He asked
that his wife, who had left him, be
ordered to pay him alimony on the
grounds that she was younger than
he and that she had money.
But the NEST serious problem, to
the mind of the college herman at
least, is the question of appearance,
which SO far remains largely UNI
settled. Aside from his stovepipe
trousers scarcely any article of his
appearance is safe from adapta
ton by the flapper and feminist
And once worn by a flapper an arti.
Gle of dress never has quite the
same dignity, even on a diplomat