Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-02-25
OUR WOMEN--Wha One
Montana Woman Has Done
During Her Husbands Illness

er's clothes and feel as a mother. for the
mothers wear their dresses as short as the
girls.
The life of the child is full of sorrow.
but not as great as IL used to be. The
iboys do not have a chance 10 stick tile
girls pigtail in the inkwell as they used
10. for no longer do they wear their hair
down their backs with a ribbon on the end
OF each braid.
The day of the old maid is passing. at
least in the sepse we used to look upon an
old maid. The mothers of, the present are
training their daughters 60 earn their own
liying-to be seff-supporting. II the right
riage. all well and good; but If not, the
! girl is independent and can care for. her
self. The girls Of today area betty OIL
than those of the hast generation, for they
can also think for themselves.
We want our daughters TO go out and
meet life triply fortified namely. with hon
esty, courage and health. The true moth
er is constantly looking out for the wei
fare of her child, and the child should look
upon her mother in the same light, with
love and respect for her at all times
The lot of the old maid of yesterday was
not a pleasant one, unless she CHANGED TO
be financially independent. Otherwise. she
considered herself fortunate if she found
an abiding place in some charitable rela-
tive's household, where she occupied any
thing but an enviable position. Today all
this Is changed. and unmarried women are
respected rs never before in these United
States. Instead of feeling they must marry
to be supported. man. women prefer to
remain single, because 1t insures them
greater independence of thought and ac-
ton. They are now wage ~earners without
sacrificing their self respect. Single, they
control their own time. which is not the
case with the married woman who works,
outside her home;
Wherever married women work. either
in office, shop, or field, they are expected
to attend TO their household likewise. Some
one writing from the South tells of WON
en- and men working together in the fields.
At noon, both 20 to the house. where the
woman cooks the dinner. while the men
rest and smoke. = There Is a repetition of
this at night. This division of labor IS
manifestly unfair. and Is coming to be so
regarded. In city position. married women
are expected to spend their Saturdays and
sundays mending, washing and cooking.
They have no time for recreation. Women
about to marry, and who afterwards will
work outside the. home. are now. demand
ing that their husbands shall do their
share OF homework; and be it said in their
behalf, the men are acquiescing with rood
grace, After all, the American man is a
shining example to his sex in OTHER conn-
tries.
After some discussion, 1t was decided at
a aAttNAbS VI II LtNiNloNu VIII GCUulS,
that the organization would change to
Camp Fire Girls. Supt. C. G. Manning
presented reasons why the change was de-
sirable. and Mrs. Thomas Pittfnan. who
has been associated with the Girl Scouts
from the beginning, favored the proposed
plan. The two organizations have much'in
COMMON. In what they differ, | purpose
telling, later. The members OF the sexecu-
tive committee Of this new society are
Mrs. Dan b. Noble, president: Mrs. H. E.
Law. ylcnEprpgfHdnf Nrc Ma ttfe Hoffman
secretary; Mrs. Fl. c. Hurley, treasurer:
Mrs. Thomas Pittman and Mrs. Charles
Spence -
At the Great Falls Y. NJ. c. A., women
swimmers are being taught Red Gross life
saving methods, by Mrs., Roy Andersen.
women's swimming director. who is also a
member of the Red Cross Saving Corps.
taken the course, which. Will INCLUDE SUR |
proaches; the various Carries; breaking.
strangleholds; taking the subject from the
water. and restoring them to life. Those
who pass, will receive a Red Cross emblem
and a pin.
This sounds good to me, and shows the
forward strides which have been taken in
the education of girls since | was one my
self. The nearest approach then to SWIM
ming for girls OF the Middle West was to
don an old dress and stand under the rain
spout. This, was exhilarating, but by no
means dangerous, and demanded the as
sistance of no life-saving corps.
From a newspaper report we gather that
our neighboring city of Helena was shocked
when one OF four high school girls, who
we're visiting an ice cream. parlor, left q
pipe which had evidently been used, on the
table at which they sat. Why this should
have startled the residents of our capital
city. is not easy to understand. Personally,
| believe pipe smoking preferable to cigar
smoke. we shall have to be shown the 'rea-
son for barring the pipe. 1t is not so
many years ago when it was quite com
mon for women to smoke pipes, both in
the North and South, and the habit does
not seem to he much more offensive than
gum chewing. As to its physical effects,
let others speak who are better informed
on the subject than I.