Evening star., 1940-12-30

that the entrance of women into the
thought it would seem that the aye
more to At q girl for marriage tina
tore or office. Especially it would
-ppear that 1t would be invaluable
in correcting the common feminine
vices of responsibility, inaccuracy
and slothfulness that wreck just as
many homes on wives part as drink
and infldelity do on husbands. 1t
is logical to argue that the girl who,
on the dot, has had to punch the
time clock at the office has formed
the habit OF pr0mptness that would
make her have her meals on time
when she got a house of her own
and keep her from making her hus-
band wait for his dinner at night
and 60 to work without any break
fast in the morning. That the girl
whose job has depended upon her
learning to do her work without
making any mistakes would not cook
by ear and trust to luck about how
her cake turned out and whether the
roast was overdone or underdone.
And that the one who has been &C
customed TO being busy every minute
Of the day will not make one Of the
wives who lie on q sofa and read
novels, while the house goes un-
swept and the beds unmade and
neighbors raise the children.
Furthermore, 1t is obvious that
the woman who has had to earn
her own bread and butter and
frills and who knows how much
weariness and sweat and blood goes
into the making of every dollar never
looks at money in the same casual
way that the one does who has had
everything given to her.
Also, since touch Of nature makes
us wondrous kind, the girl who has
been a businesswoman before mar
riage makes more sympathetic
and understanding wife than the
home girl or the society girl does.
She speaks her husbands Ian
guage, for one thing, and is inter-
ested in sales talks and schemes
and plans and promotions and
JnlURS lIldI UOic tflC WNiLdh Niio
knows nothing about business.
She knows from experience that
the worker cannot always control
his time, and she doesn't accuse her
husband Of having dates with a
glamour girl every time he is late for
dinner.
And, above all. she knows from
experience how a hard days work
can leave one so exhausted, mentally
and physically. that one wants moth
ing on earth so much as just to be
left alone and not be spoken to.
No disputing that business
training is a good preparation for
marriage for women, but. like every-
thing else in this imperfect world,
1t has its drawbacks.
For instance, the girl who goes
from the schoolroom to business
ONCE seldom knows anything about
cooking or managing house, but
neither do many other girls for that
matter, so let it go.
The point that would probably |
count with most men against the !
business girl is that she is def
nitely out Of the clinging-v elass |
and does not make one Of the meek.
adoring, flattering. yes-yes wives |
that so many men desire.
Having worked shoulder to shoul- |
der with SO many men has dimmed /
her illusions about their being demi- |
gods, 50 it is hard for the man who |
business girl to establish
himself as an oracle in his house. |
Having telephoned the boss wife so
often that he was called out Of town |
on urgent business when he was sim |
ply going to have q night off with |
the boys has made it vain for her |
husband to use the buyer from Osh-
kosh story.
Being able to make her own living |
makes it unnecessary for her to
stand i'll treatment for the sake CT
q board bill. SO q husband has to |
treat his wife as we'll as he does
his Stenographer II he wants to
keep her. And having been self
and had her own pock-
etbook, no woman is ever satisfied |
to have to ask her husband for
every cent she spends.
The chief trouble, however, In |
women having had q few years Of |
business experience before marriage |
is that, except with the incurably
pots and pans minded, it dissatisf1es
them with domesticity.
Before marriage they think that |
their dream Of happiness will be
realized in = little home, with |
ruf1ed curtains at the windows and
an enameled gas range in the |
and their man coming home
to dinner that they have prepared
with their own hands.
But 1t doesn't take them long to
lind out that they don't know how
TO cook. Haggling over heads of
lettuce seems pifling business to