The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1946-12-12

of the instructors
in the John Rob-
ert Pow ers z
School, and a smooth and intelli,
gent number indeed; the other regu-
lar is this Eileen, who is not
half as smart as she is smarty.
On Saturday night ace-comediar
keenan, Winn was the male guest
and the matter l want to take up
with Eileen Whatsit, revolves around
little question that Mr.. VIM posed
to the girls: why" said that worthy,
'can men support families and have
it considered a routine matter,
whereas when woman is left in
a situation where she has to be the
bread winner, everyone stands up
and cheers?" - Or words to that
effect.
Miss Pritchett and Guest Margin
Cantor answered courteously and
sensibly, but Mile. Eileen gave it
the old business. Said she: Because
We can do anything that man can
do and do it better!"
1 object. And l not only object,
but 1 propose to make an issue of
it.
Let's take the provinces in which
women are supposed to excel. Sup
pose we begin with cooking: Eileen
if women are as good as they should
be after all of these centuries in the
culinary department, how does it
happen that there is not one single
woman employed as a chef in the
entire world? And how is it that
the great authorities on fine cooking
have been men - from Brillat Sa-
varin to Duncan Hines?
Since women are supposed to be
the homemakers and the efficiency
experts, why is it that the top in
terror decorators and industrial de-
Signers in the world are men? True,
women have invaded both fields, but
I would like Eileen to name ten
women who have gained real recog-
milton in either.
I would also like Eileen to tell
me how many people she has ever
known who, faced with legal diff
ficulties, have shouted: Quick, some
one give me the name of a good wo-
man lawyer. I've got to have the
best possible counsel" Of course
there are lots of women lawyers and
the ones I've known have been good
as far as I know-and as far as they
go. l think it's fair to say that, by
and large, they still are a risk when
competing with their brothers of the
bar
Perhaps Eileen can tell me why,
if women do everything that men
can do and do it better, there are no
women in the world today, with the
possible exception of Rosamunde
Lehman and Rebecca West Cloth of
England) land Colette (of France),
who are writing in the same class
with the top literary men of our
era. Long after such best selling,
blatant tripe as: Forever Amber"
''The Turquoise" and ''This Side of
Innocence" have been buried in the
dust where they belong, two slender
little volumes, written by men, will
be standing securely among the
classics. l refer to Harry Browns
"a Walk in the Sum-" written by
a war correspondent in his spare
time, and Beach Red" the work of
Peter Bowman, young soldier who
had never written anything else in
his life.
I'd like to know whether or not
Eileen who is probably too smart
to get sick - has a woman doctor,
if the need for medical aid arises,
or man. Two bits of my money
says a man - and an attractive one
Don't get me wrong. Women, I'm
told, make excellent doctors and I
can't think of any reason why they
shouldn't. But comparatively few of
them choose the medical profession,
though its wide open to them.
Then take politics. My grandmoth-
er was an ardent suffragist who
firmly believed that once the Little
Woman had the vote she would tear