The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-08-11
BY WAY of NO HARM
by
James William FitzP Patrick
CThO oommemtA oplOnA end conclusions appearing belOW
those % hs writer Ana They are NOT necessarily these e the
odltorS es THE DEMOCRAT they 70 Be oongeEaea
invariably. = rejection Oe their vlswpOlANs

cept for moral turpltude o. in-
subordlnation. Az Q result, since
committing matrimony 10 neither
moral turpltude nor CalwAys) M
suboFdlnatlon, the school kids Of
New Haven have many welded
guides 10 knowledge, said guides
IN their on hours being the wives
Of policemen, flremen, and other
municipal employees. In the lingo
Of the old variety theRter where
double acts were more often than
not made up Of husband and wife,
the New Haven tenure Of once
rule was known % "All the dough
In the one pocket"
On the Other Hand
Not 20 many moons ago the
state was shocked or amused, an-
gered or cheered by an outburBt
from q superintendent OF schools
down towards the New York bor-
der who described married teach
ers ~ birth control practitioners
living In licensed adultery and de-
featists Of tho end and purpose OF
matrimony by refusing 10 make q
home and raise o family. The
outbreak would indicate that the
educator had pretty pronounced
II slightly antlquated convictions
on the subject OF marriage and
the Bchoolroom even II he did get
ballod-up In the use OF some OF
his terms. I do not know whether
his characterization OF conjugal"
iZed BchoolmarmS as followers OK
Mrs. Sanger Is true or whether
they IRE guilty OF what the news.
pRperB sometimes elegantly
though vaguely describe % "a
statutory ofYenBe." But ! think
no was right In declaring that
raising q family and running n
homo cannot DO done stimuli
taneol8ly with teaching o room
full Of children.
No Can Do
J mean I cannot see the teach
or mother Of six getting breakfast
for the brood and the Old Man,
washing tho dishes and making
tho beds, dashing out 10 discipline
and educate the offspring OF forty
other mothers, dHshing home TO
get lunch, washing dishes, DASH
Ing back for the afternoon session,
daBhing out TO market, daShing
home 10 get the dinner, washing
moro dishes (dammit), helping
her own y0ing with their home
work, correcting examination pa
pcrS, listening TO the old mans
grouchingB and soothing them
and nil tho rest OF the daily grind
OF The home-maker and home"
keeper. II would seem, logical TO
me that something or someone
would get tho dirty wipe, Either
tho kids nj homo or tho kids In
tho school room, the dishes In tho
sink, or tho BwcepingS under tho
bed. Or maybe the whole lot,
Easy
In n moment OF weak minded
ness ] once engaged In discussing
the question with n young COL
lege woman who had been teach
Ing some years and who thought
II was quite oil right TO get mar
ried and hang onto her Job after
the honeymoon was over. Being o
stupid ass I advanced the possible
tiles touched upon In the para
graph preceding. She passed
over the family aS IN incredible
contingency, and secuted the OBJ
legation OF making q home as u
relic OF medlcvalISm. Crowded into
q controversial corner she admit
ted that incredible things did hap
pen and that circumstances might
arise like place for the bridge
club 10 meet which would make
the keeping OF a home q necessity.
But she had tho answer pat, II
would keep 0 maldw Enlightened
but not discouraged ! turned the
heat on full and finally succeeded
In wringing from this typically
modern young female the truth
which IN ut the back Of oil this
maTrlcdsand -keep. the. Job bust
ness. She would have her own
money and would be economically
independent Of her husband.
In Some Cases
II Is true that there are some
instances where married women
should be permitted TO resume
teaching after marriage. The hus-
band may become incapacitated
or die leaving the wife In need,
there may be children the widow
may have TO raise and educate, or
there may DO considerations OF
anlial Rarinlianaga In Riich caReH