The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-12


There IL one man in our office
who especially tries to make 1t un-
pleasant for me. He never misses
the chance to make some sarcastic
remark about clothes-craxy mar
ried women who work-and what
makes me more indignant - he
never misses the chance to belittle
the married man who allows his
wife to work.
Why shouldn't q needy married
woman have work a. well as any
one else? I, for one. can assure
my critics. that although my hus-
band has position--we would be
decidedly in the needy class II I
did not have a job. That Ia why
resent 1t when some noisy man
says Z woman's place Is in the
home. WORKER.
The men who say loudly that
woman's place is in the home
fail to see that home has become
too small for the average woman.
The house itself is small COM
pared with the big porched,
rambling house grandmother
presided over. Not only that
but a. DR.. P. X. Whelpton Of
the census bureaus division Of
population. pointed out the other
day-the average white woman
today has only 2.S children. or
one-third a. large a family a.
the average woman in 1900.
And he prophecies that the
number Of children per family
will continue to decline to q pos
sible average Of l.5.
With q big house to run and
seven children to wash. feed and
make clothes for. the nineteenth
century woman had her hands
full. She didn't need to get out
side the home.
But her twentieth century de-
pcendent can't possibly make q
small house or apartment and
two children 4 big enough job
to fill her life.
The men who want to keep
women In the house will prob
ably say that II abe stays there
she can raise a family large
enough to keep her busy.
But can she? In all likeli-
hood two or three children are
very most that she and her hus-
band can feed. clothe and edit
cate. A. educational standards
are raised higher and higher =
child becomes more Of . liability
to parents.
II today's average woman
wants = larger family-she will
have to 60 out and get a job
and bring In extra pay check.
That IL the answer to the near
sighted, pig-headed people who
are Ill for pushing women back
into the niche that has grown
smaller and smaller with the
years.
Gun Chewing
Dear Miss Grey: ! am another
male who would like to express
myself about gum chewing.
Il The fellow who wrote to you
to express his disgust for gum
chewers would stop and consider
the parsons who have bad breath,
I an sure he would acknowledge
the virtues Of gum chewing.
How many times have you had
70 listen to . man or woman talk
and noticed how offensive theif
breaths were? All Of VI have
encountered that.
"B. E.. the critic. says thai
most girls chew gum to hide theiI
natural breath. Why shouldn't
they u they have cause to thinl
their breath might not be ~ fra
grant - It could be? B. E.. nj
doubt, has heard Of body odor
Everyone perspires because it II
natural. but does that mean = per
son should not use . deodorant?
I admit many girls chew gun
with too much gusto. but most o.
the girls ! know take only half ,
stick and the chewing motion Il
not noticeable. A girl has . RICH
to do this. for though she brushes
her teeth in the morning. she eat
lunch later and often has N
chance to brush her teeth unit
evening. Why should she take
chance on offending other peopl
In the afternoon? She shculdn'
and that Ia why she il entitled :
. small piece Of gum. which !
often Z life-aaver.
So lets Be patient with thes
''humiliated'' persons who call u
gum-chewers ignorant, and ignor
them. d. s.
Nail Biting
Dear Niss Grey: I am writin
to you and your readers abou
somefhing that has been . grea
trouble to me for some time.
would Be thankful to anyone VII
could help me.
Ny problem IL mail biting
manage to let them grow at time
and get them looking decent an
then presto. they are gone.
know It doesn't sound sensible. b.
! an not conscious Of hitting them