The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-10
WORKING WIVES
RECEIVE PRAISE,
condemnation
Conflicting Opinions Are
Expressed in Times
Contest Letters.
The battle is on in earnest!

loud, but from the other camp ther
came an equally loud cry of Ssh
The best letter in the affirmativ
viii win a $40 bill for the writer i
The Times contest. The best lei
ter in the negative will win a lik
sum for its author.
The dead line is next Thusrday
any letter postmarked up to mid
night being given consideration b
the judges.
Two For, Two Against
Here are four opinions, two 70
and two against, the first one from
Ida S. Broo, 500 Indiana Trus
The Constitution Of the United
States guarantees to every citizen
the right to life, liberty and the
pursuit Of Happiness. All women
are not housekeepers, any more
than all men are farmers.
Why limit to married women
the theory that employment is
only for those in actual need? To
be logical, 1t must include every
man who has a competence.
In crisis such as exists today,
this line of reasoning appears
sound, but 1t is as irrational as it
would be to discard machines and
build roads by hand-as actually
was suggested recently.
If we discard the steam shovel
for the pick, shall we not discard
the pick and build roads with tea
spoons? 1t is impossible to go
backward. Factories now do the
spinning, the weaving, the bak-
ing the candle making and most
of the duties that belong to the
married woman. Men have taken
her occupation out of the home
and she has followed.
The Lord created for Adam a
helpn1ate, and through the ages
woman has been honored in pro-
portion to the way she shared her
husbands burdens. Only wife
wholly unworthy of the name will
live q life Of ease watching her
husband bear a double burden
when she has the ability to help
in making that provision for the
future which is necessary to peace
of mind.
God and our Constitution have
given her that right. Who dareS
deprive her thereof
He Opposes 1t
Frank Shuppert, st. Paul, Ind
has a different argument:
I have three reasons for think
ing a married woman's place is
in the home. She may be taking
a man or a girls job.
She may sacrifice motherhood,
or she may make worthless
man of her husband.
If she wants a career, let her
stay single. The two conflict and
cause many divorces.
A wife should work, declare
Offutt, 5406 Carrolltol
avenue:
Certainly a wife should work
Any married woman with pluck
enough to take care of a million
home tasks, and work on the out
side deserves much credit. She
isn't working for pleasure, but
with the thought of avoiding the
poorhouse, or taking care of
mother and father.
Nowadays a. woman IS years
old can not find a job, unless she
is especially prepared and with
years of experience. Therefore,
if a woman has labored and won
herself a paying position and can
help pay for the home and nest
egg, who should begrudge her
making hay while the sun
shines?"
If every one had the courage
and will power to forsake just
a few good times, for a more
comfortable old age before it is
too late, there wouldn't be so
many wanting the wife's job.
Place Is in Home
The wife's place is in the home,
in the view of Beulah Reynolds,
418 Guaranty building.
There are few things in life
which warrant the wife's working.
The inability of *he husband is
one; the need of the wife's help
to support the family is another.
I say that, except for these rea-
sons, the wife's place is in the
home.
Husband wants to come home
in the evening and find a nice,
neat-looking home, and a fresh
looking and clean wife. These
aren't to be found if the wife has
been out working all day. Some
thing may happen in the Office, in
the factory, or wherever she may
work that would make her feel
grouchy. and have lack of in
terest in the home. If she is tired
she can not be fresh looking.
Another reason wife should
not work if these conditions dc
not prevail in the home is that
she is keeping some other person
out of a a job who really is needy
In reality, all the married women
are working for today, in most
cases, is to make their own spend
ing money.
They want to feel independent
toward their husbands. If they
would only stop to think, they
would realize that their husbands
took it upon themselves to take
care Of their wives when they
married them.
So, in conclusion, I say, let the
married women run the homes
and the single girls run the bust
ness world. Wives, change your
occupation when you change your
namel Make your home what il
should be, and you can, IF YOU
TRYi
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