Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-13


uits that do not call for these especial
rats.
III IS we'll known that many women
marry who are not suited for the
eole of mother. and that. on the other
band. many are forced through some
Unfortunate circumstance to remain
lnwed and never to have the joys 0i
motherhood. Fortunate indeed are
these If they can find employment in
the business of ''mOthering,' in which
they can use their talents and employ
their pent up emotions: and fortunate
hre the Youngsters who come under
&heir administrations.
Il For centuries some childless women
have cared for the orphans and the for
0orn tots Of the world-sisters of charity
Ind philanthropic workers are numer-
bus, Then came the kindergarten, that
10 attractiyely interests the tiny young
keneration, its specialists often bringing
Into subsection very refractory children
whom mothers cannot always get hold
bf properly.
h1OW, it comes out that new pro-
NN fessions Of mothering are very we'll
being developed and girls who have
ktarved and failed at some fancied art
lind a practical. wcll-paid trade in using
their natural inclinations and fine tall
ents in caring for the babies of other
beoplc.
H The children of the rich often are
&aken care of by expert baby nurses,
who, like any trained nurse, know d
Thousand times more than does the rea
ijnother about disease and expert treat.
ment and feeding. Dietetics and proper
nursing may save baby's life.
\ At the other extreme, the very poor
where the mother is forced to labor by
khe day. as janitress or laundress. and
leave brood of little ones uncared TOR
dare benefited by creches, or day nurser
lies, in which number Of infants are
tleposited in the morning and cared fol
by specialists, and called for at night
mt some nominal sum. say tive cents.
!DETWEEN these far extremes OF
I'D modern society is the necessarily
big army of middle class women who
kend their own children. but among
Ehom are some who are not at all adapt
led for the task. Some of them are really
able 10 earn good living at some ar
hr craft or trade, and with the addet
Income can pay for luXuries for baby
and remunerate skilled nurse or en-
itertainer. who IL naturally clever a
baby tending.
4 How sensible of girls whose voca
tion seems to lie along the lines o
ibaby tending, yet who have not hat
Infants of their own, 10 seek some slc'
hob, instead of frittering away thci,
time on line of art for which the!
ihave no unusual talent. and iE which
hoo many people already are starving
I In college centers. girls often worl
hheir way through by tending tcv
babies Of the professors wives. IL /
bleasanter than tutoring. or wearing
6ut their brains with dead languages.
tTVEN in so sophisticated a place a
fC Greenwich Village, where art an,
n starvation delicatessen diet abound
and girls bob their hair and smoke, an
wear batik blouses, there are womeI
Mith babies and homes. A girl OF talen
Nor marketing. sod planning, and cook
ing, and baby tending. is prize Of vas
magnitude. She can be yisitin
housekeeper and nurse. She can com
hnand a good salary for lifting the bur
deus from the shoulders OF business an
professional women who earn big in
comes In law, medicine, advertising an
Insurance, but despair of finding mai
whom they can trust 10 take an int"l
Iirent, conscientious interest in keepin
= home properly. Money is not an oh
feet. II Is time and talent that the
H3ck. Given fine, high class girl
with efficiency and dependabiity +
mother their child and she and the
land the world are far better off.