Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-01

Gilbert K. Chesterton, famous Eng
ksh author and lecturer, VINO mas
fairfield his readers with many para
loxical statement, makes bold to crltl-
he modern women by way OF point
Ag to the value of home ownership.
Women who live in rented quarters,
specially in the cities, he declares are
sEing their creative ability ana tne
over of original thought, and the lei
ire they have won from the machine
ne Is being wasted In useless pursuits.
Leads Up 10 Tribute.
This and other criticisms of the way
modern women employ their time, how
liver, is Chesterton's way OF leaolng up
10 this tribute to women There can
be no homes If women insist on follow
Ing senseless careers and refuse 10 pre-
hide over them, and If women stop pre-
siding over our homes, half the happl-
hess Of the world will be lost.
Here is what the maker OF the para
tiox has to say about women ana nome:
when Aunt Maria made her own
bic. she took a fierce and violent pleas
ire in making it different ana DELE
than the pie made by Aunt Deporan.
Ehe nut her whole thought and all her
incenuitv and all her soul into making
Il different. And the struggle OF Aunt
Maria to make this better pie Kept net
hrain working and made her opinions
Ferv much more interesting than those
S man ywounen encounter today VINO
nave their pies sent in from the cham
ktore on the corner.
"As woman worked around ner
nome before she was 'emanclpateo,
when she had to create SO many OF Sne
Ehings that constituted the hfe Oh her
Iamily, as she made hundred oeclslon .s
h every IL hours before machines, stop
E.tcoes thermostats and radio talks
made them for her, her brain was &C
live constantly.
IT am not 6eriding the modern laoieS
Who are engaged in really creatIVe
work. but, after all, they are In the
minority.
Saws Stenographic Army Pitifui.
"The women who give up chances 70
make homes for mediocre business ca
feers-the army of stenographers- are
l nitft,l sight. Aside from their wages
Ehey really believe they are doing some
hing in the world, whereas all the let
iers and documents written by all the
ktenographers have added nothing at
Iii to the worlds progress.
'They think they are free-ano from
lawn until dark some man Is tenlne
them what 70 90 every nouA' Ae AO-,ST
the woman in the home can decide
Whether she will battle the baby or
make the desserts, or perhaps SIT Gown
and read the paper.
ssBut the mechine age u threaten.
nag 10 destroy even the freedom OF the
nome. II present tendencies continue.
/ VRaiA1ize Q time when the housewife
iliobe put on q salary and given
EhsfE with her duties scheduled under
the various hours of the day. II TINS
passion for organization continues, i
kee a time when the housewife VIII
pass out q list Of topics for discussion
during dinner.
m
al Cites Decline in Religion.
"TlSe decline of interest In religion
heblored by so many, is due TO the de-
Fine in home owning. There Is some
Thing about a home where the people
dig lin THE garden for their vegetables
kileks, sthey fashion things with their
bwndhafids from materials taken from
The Earth, that is so close to nature and
khusse6 close to the Creator that al
thatp etnosphere inspires reverence ano
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