The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-20
MOTHERS RIGHT HAND
IS VICTIM OF INjJS TGE
Custom Lays DoWn Hard
Lines for Oldest Girl
of FdInlIQ.

i Paris
The daughters Of wsll-to-do famg-
lies in Paris finishing their educe-
! ton ID public schools and converts
are coming forward from these 10
gtitutions as members of the Frepe9
League Of Girls who demand oHe or
two things.
Either permission to enter busi-
ness. or Il compelled to remain at
home and engage ia taa ordinary
/ duties OF the household, the wages
Of superior servant paid by par
ents or relatives.
/ The French girl has awakened to
the fact that she must emancipate
/ herself from her present condition
! of dependence and must strike out
i for herself.
Accordingly number Of girls be-
longing to drst-class families nave
taken positions with other families
as housekeepers and are making
: good,
"If we had stayed ct home We
would never have received wages,
they say
The surprising feature OF this
4 move TO secure rights where rights
! have been the longest denied Is that
4 1t originated in France instead OF in
this country, where girls are less
/ nnder nareTtal control IN the old
err countries q girl is expected to
stav 81 home and do her share Of
Inc worlds work in 6aT mother
kitchen unfil some man comes alone
ava raynoy,aa ber ~ 8 kifeban az her
own. and Il ne nan cones long
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ana sierars j 81 5a1a@zs5 gff6oas
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cnnnf7r ~ onlv ono girt 81 IS
~. tas g1r3 s15o her
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Mothers right Band IS us
the Oldest girl in fhe fam
she began TO be GitfIe Mo-
when a swarm ef Younger bI0ta
and sisters pushed bar dafis oef
her arms with tbeir dem m
nursed and cared far She t
baby around 1o4 0la fer hee stsshaf
before Size Is ten 5eags e. aye. ana
when the childrag nave grown -
and gene. married or earning mon9
for themselves, she is sali oane
burden around that is heavier if
the burden OF earring for her parents
81 their declining days, and the
kpowladge that she is face to face
wieh the future with a training fhat
win not bring her financial returns
and without a dollar OF her own To
show for her lifetime Of labor
Tn every home like this the mother
boasts of the skill and eleveTness Of
her right hand She can sew,
she can cook. she can nurse. lust
like a wc7nan. she will say. and
takes lust as good care of the chl,u-
rem as can
she Is. next 10 the mother. 4e
most valuable and useful member
Of the household, and like the
mother she IS appreciated in words
more than in deeds She keeps tue
household machinery running when
Younger brothers and sisters, one
after another. step into post iQns
downtown she removes from fheir
shoulders. all the care and worry that
would accumulate there If q servant
were 10 charge OF taeiF none' ana
also the necessity OF paying 2 ser
want wages
she belongs 70 me class OF Won
en- VINO WORK WITHOUT wages, class
made up 1argeiy ol wives ana motn-
ers, and lacks loe compensa ing JOY
molhefAooo makes On s9eo saefl.
nee she IS the attic Mother
honored IN poetry aHa song ana TOT
gotten on pay aat
she reaches forty sometimes my
years OF age, having Nofkea nara
since she was bie enouBa 20 @neef
a baoy carriage. afse nash doilat
OF hef own sue tas never known
what II IS 70 accumuiate Aer own
little bank account ana Plen 20 oli4
THIS or that vain oer own faonef
her brothers ana sisters seNe tf2t9
their earnings LOT q nice IT'D
at a egift. like that in the face.
Han they palo her nuFseHsalc