Evening star., 1923-09-30
Wages for Vices in the Homes,
DR.. Louise StanIey's Slogan

Stanley has declared in favor of wives
doing other work than housework if
they can earn more at it-provided
they do not sacrifice the Intangible
things of the home.
That proviso about the intangible
things probably saved her from a
head-on clash with other authorities
whose contention is that "women's
rights" often result in chiidren,s
wrongs. For their contention has been
given timely point in the National
capital by the exposure of the Char
Iotte-Nellie School and Day Nursery.
Wnere many OF the working wives of
washington boarded their children.
Investigating ID. c. Nurseries.
Spurred by these disclosures. United
states Attorney Peyton Gordon is un-
dertaking an investigation of all the
citys nurseries. where more than
1000 children are housed part or all
OF the time, while Lieut.. Nina Van
Winkte, head OF the woman police
VINO investigated the Charlotte Nellie
school, is delivering yeomanlike
Dlows In a back-to-the- home move
ment.
DR.. Stanley. already has found in
her survey that a woman earns II
cents an hour while baking a white
layer caramel cake; s1.52 an hour
Whlie baking an angel food cake: 1S
TO 40 cents an hour while canning
vegetables; 81 cents an hour while
Washlng with washing machine: 81
cents while doing hand laundry;
cents an hour while baking bread
When 1t is considered that woman
may do several of these things at
ONCE the wage per hour is even
larger than 1t at first appears
The survey. however. is far from
complete. No doubt before she gets
through DR.. Stanley will have de-
termined how much an hour a woman
earns bathing the baby, hanging up
the husbandic pajamas. wipine small
noses, kissing small hurts, putting
on small rubbers and wraps and taxi
ing them off again, giving drinks of
water, smoothing fevered brows
sweeping, busting, making beds.
darning, mending and all the rest
of it.
Finds Much "IntangibIe."
While much of woman's contrf-
button to the home is intangible and
cannot be given a monetary value"
says Dr. Stanley "it is desirable to
know on a wage basis the contribu-
ton that she makes TO the family in
come in performing her home duties
ihese figures will indicate the real
income of the family, will serve to
make Woman's household work bet
ter appreciated, and enable her to
use her time to the best advantage
when there is a choice of tasks"
feminists also are enthusiastically
behind DR.. Stanley's refusal to
theoretically commit women forever
TO the nome. Asked if sle did not
think that wives were in danger of
sacrificing the intangible things" if
they went outside the home to work.
DR.. Stanley said:
nee the intangible things by bend
ing over washboard and losing her
looks and her good disposition as
quickly as by going out to work.
II that woman can do something else
that pays better and employ a laun-
dress, 1t would be much better for
her husband, her children and her
sell. All women are not born to
be good housewives"
Lieut.. Van Wrinkle Dissents.
But Lieut.. Van Wrinkle can't see
it that way.
divorce and death of one parent
OFTEN cause the putting of children
in nurseries" she says, but only too
oiten nowadays mothers put their
chlldren there so that they can work
to buy the luxuries they cannot have
on their husbands salaries And the
lathers too often acquiesce in such
an agreement
There is entirely new class of
parents arising in America today.
IL used TO be only the very rich
or the very poor who would or could
not give their children personal care.
But now the middle-class mother is
trying to get rid of the care of her
children.
Il am progressive in most things.
but l am old-fashioned enough TO
believe that a woman who bears chill
dren should stay home and raise
them. That is her job, and to do it
WEI! she cannot do anything else"
The Charlotte Nellie School az
posure disclosed that the children
were frequently fed soup and other
foods that had soured because of the
lack of ice in the house Apparently
no attention was paid to the simplest
or rules OF child hygiene. and mere
babies were fed such things as corn
and bananas. when they were fed at
all. .