The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-28
Today and Tomorrow
Eomen's Part ia National Life.
Lesson for July -: Judges 4 and 5.
Golden Text: Esther 4:I4.
BY DON ROBERTSON

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Golden Text: Esther 4:l4.
In the mournful repetition noticed
last week, the Israelites again did
evil in Gods sight, and were
nightly oppressed" for 20 years
by Jabin. Deborah, the only won-
an among the Judges, arose to
liberate them and aroused Barak
70 action.
Sisera was glad to meet the
draelon, famous battlefield, where
he could employ his 900 chariots OF
iron But Josephus writes that hal
and sleet beat into the faces Of the
Canaanites and the Song OF
Deborah relates that "the stars In
their courses fought against Sisera"
and that the Kishon swept the
enemy away. The plain became a
morass, the occupants left the
chariots begged In the mud and
fed for their lives. The light IN
fantry Of the tribes pursued and
slaughtered the enemy.
Sisera fed ION his feet" and
sought refuge in Heber's tent. Evil
IDENTIFY . spy In the pay Of Jabin,
Heber had moved his tent (Judges
4: I'D near the muster-ground to
watch Barak's movements. But
Jael did not agree in the treachery
Of her husband. The reader may
form his own judgment Of her deed
in killing the sleeping Sisera.
The Song Of Deborah, lyric ode,
is a great war poem. Its poetic
structure Is somewhat obscured
in the printing Of the Bible. Abound
ing In striking imagery, it cele-
brates the mastering of the armies.
the battle and the rout Of the
Canaanites, and closes with a pic
ture of Sisera's mother watching in
vain for the return of her son, also
the prayer that all the enemies of
God may perish. And let us now Of
fer the prayer that women OF
Deborah's character and purpose
may arise in our own land-to pre-
serve in righteousness the Ameri-
can home and to lead and inspire
our people to those things which
will exalt our national life.
WOMEN jobs
The ''woman's place is In the
home" idea, which has been under
attack ever since the war started
because Of the need for women in
factories. in business and in the
armed forces. will probably appear
rs old-fashioned as a hoop skirt
when peace is here again.
EnP YVnfvli0NR ~ vy0r,o hav0 die.
covered. for the first time, that
operating q factory machine or
working at 4 desk from nine to
ave Is like . holiday compared
with cleaning and cooking on a
16-hour schedule, and it is going
to take q lot more pressure to get
them to return to the kitchen than
Il did to persuade them to leave it.
All surveys among women work.
ers show that the great majority
Of them have no intention Of going
back to their household duties when
the war ends. A recent one
made by the Northwestern Ma.
tional Life Insurance company
showed that II per cent plan to
seek postwar jobs while only II per
cent are planning at the present
time to return to full-time house.
keeping.
This is q situation which may
not be taken seriously enough
by those who are trying to figure
out how employment Of men can
be kept at full capacity after the
war. For In addition to setting up
our economy so II will include jobs
for the men now working and those
In the armed forces, it looks as
though 10 to Is million women will
insist on being dealt in on the re-
distribution Of jobs.
ABILITY accuracy
At the present time there are
over 17.000, 900 women employed,
which Is more than 5000, 900 above
the employment total in 1910. In
addition to vast increases in the en-
ploymeAt Of women in critical war
industries. such as airplane and
ship building, women have entered
many other occupations which for.
merly were handled entirely by