The Washington times., 1930-07-05

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us for advice. And we told
her to hop to it.
John Runyon wrote In q lot
of mean remarks about that.
and we told him he was all
wet. Now here comes Clarence,
and what he says is plenty!
Dear Elsie:
II have kept silent as long as
I can. I read your advice 70
Eve about deserting her babies
to go out to wOFk-Ieaving them
to the care Of . stranger, and
Il made me Just boil, but ]
didn't get around to say any
thing about it.
"NOw comes JOIan RunySn's
letter, which voices my senti-
ments exactly. I thought he
wrote q very sensible letter. In
fact, I think It is the most SEN
EibIe letter I've read for many
q long day. The sooner women
learn that they should stop In
their homes after they're mar.
ried the better things win be
for all Of us and the fewer
crime waves we win have.
"Any mother worth her salt
should realize her responsibility
to her children and he willing
to stay with them and give
them her care. She may have
to work a little harder than
she'd have to work IOlling
around over q desk i'm an Of
flee. But IL she's got any
sense or any decency she knows
that children need her care and
shouldn't be left with anyone
else while she's taking it easy
in her job downtown.
Back in the days when
mothers never thought Of going
out TO work, did we have these
modern crime waves? Did
every paper you picked up reek
with accounts Of murders and
bandit raids and ether dis
graceful gOings on? No, they
did not.
II say to Eve, stay at home
and raise those children Of
yours right! Raise them to be
good citizens, and not a men
: ace to society. BE a real
mother. No one can care for .
child like . real mother. No
one can raise il to be the good
man or woman that its Owu
mother can, don't shirk, Eve.
Stay Mt home and don't swell
the racket ranks.
what do you think Of that,
Elsie? You pretend 10 be inter.
ested in fine, upright living.
What have you got to say to
me when 1 can your bluff ON
this question?
CLARENCE HOBEN."
Are They Right?
There's Clarence's idea on
the subject of working moth
ers. And Clarence isn't alone
in his notion.
There'H probably be about
9,685, ,342 other citizens Of these
United States who will clap
and yell "atta boy!"
Are they right-or are they
Just Swishing around IN q lot
of sloppy sentimentality?
"Stay at home and raise your
children right" is q grand slo-
gan. But suppose that home"
is little better than a .pig-sty !.
No matter how hard yor
work? Suppose your staying at
home means poor foods sick,
ness no chance OF a decent
education-the hopeless outlook
of the poor? Is it then q
mothers duty to stay at homer
Or should she go out and fight
for better chances for her
babies2
q And even If such dire poverty
doesn't exists a mother al
ways the best one to raise her
own babies?
Yes, I know there's q lovely
theory that mothers automatic
ally acquire supernatural wis
dom with the birth. Of their
children.
But, as q matter Of grim
fact, they do nothing Of the
sort. Many a mother is as
unfit to raise her own children
as she is to design the National
Capitol. The mere fact that
a woman loves her baby is no
guarantee that she has the
right sort of brain or disposi-
ton or character to raise that
baby. And such q woman may
serve her child far more by
working for it outside the home
than by fussing over it inside
the home.
All of which you may indig-
nantly deny. partner. All right.
Bring on your argument. Let's
see if it's better than mine.
Copyright. 1880. King Features