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Shall Women Wage
Earners When Married
Give Up Their Positions?
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Two Kittens
By Nell Brinkley
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Shall tho woman who has followed ft
gainful ooeupatlon before marriage ron
tlnue to follow It after marriega?
It aha doee shall ah support herself, or
ehnll her hosband
pay her bills t
What Is the. ef
fect on a. husband
of his wife making
her own way, and
thus relieving; him '
of all responsibil
ity of providing for
her?
These are three of
the curious - new
problems that have
artaen to . compli
cate the -already
sufficiently involve
. ed domestic propo
- I'll Ion, nd they are
Questions that must
be more and more
poignant aa econo
mic c o n d It ions
force, more and more young women out
into the world to become wage camera.
No matter whether; we like It or not. we
' have got to face the fact that very few
father a. in these da.ra, cam enough
money to support a family of daughters
'- in Idleneas at home. Ho the girl moat
' fpllow some , gainful occupation before
marriage. It ie equally true that very
few young men make ' enough money
- to support a wife who brlnga nothing to
the family exchequer. .
The time haa gone by when marriage
waa a profession that a girl could fall
back - upon . when everything else failed.
Hor. chancea nowaday of marrying are
slim, and growing slimmer all the time,
simply because a poor youth can no more
afford the luxury of a wife than he can
- of aettlng op an automobile, or a yacht.
It is nothing more .or less than the
truth that cupld haa got to go out of
business unless we readjust our old no
tions about a woman working out of her
home after she ia married. ' The ancient
superstition, with no grain of common
sense to back t, has held that it was
some sort of a reflection and a disgrace
to a man and hla wife not to retire to the
privacy of the kitchen ae soon as she was
- entitled to write Mrs. Instead of Miss be
fore her, name.
The adherence to this fetlah Is respon
aible for the ' growing croj of eld maids
and grumpy old bachelors, for by the time
a man has killed off hia budding faacy
for three or four pretty' and attractive
girls and learned how to keep his affec
tions in chst while ha la waiting to
acquire uffloient income to maintain
1 a wife aa a parlor ornament, ho has
gotten out of thje notion, pf marrying at
all. lAJso he haf acquired habits, and
tastes that make him about aa agreeable
to live with as arfretful porcupine It jh
does w.i y. . .
. The only way to get around this state
of affairs and prevent marriage from be
coming an exclusive; pastime of the rich
ia to readjust ourselves to the conditions
of our. day, and permit the girl who fol
lows a gainful occupation before mar
riage to marry the man of her heart
. while they are both young, and to go on
following her trade er profession until
tliey get a foothold In the world.
The man's salary alone means oeHbeey
for both, or else starvation and privation
that will embitter the sweetest disposi
tions In the world and cause a couple to
hats each other If they have been foolish
enough to commit matrimony on a shoe
atrlng. But the wife's earnings added te
the husband's means marriage under com
fortable conditions that spell happiness.
Certain Is It thst the average woman
who has been In business likes It. She
Is enamored of her own pocketbook. and
no woman who has ever earned money
takes kindly to being dependent on any
body else, even her own husband, and
having to go to him for every penny she
spends. Likewise, It la not to be dis
puted that the woman who -contvhuss
after marriage whatever occupation ehe
followed before marriage and draws her
weekly pay envelope therefor, ia likely
to . make a much more agreeable and
amiable companion that the lady who
has given up her work at marriage and
has had also to give up all the pretty
clothes nnd indulgences that she was
bio to afford when aha was a .wage-
earner, v I
Another argument in favor Of the girl
who marries a T6or man continuing her
work after marriage is the economic
waste Involved In her having prepared
herself for a career that she abandon
Just as she reaches efficiency in it. The
greatest obstacle that stands in 'the way
of women reaching high salaried posi
tions Is the fesr their employers have of
their giving tip their work as soon as
they marry. For this reason many men
refuse to .take the troable to trsln their i
girl employes tor the positions the young
women's abilities fit them to hold. '
from a practical standpoint it seems
absurd for a man to ask A woman who
can earn a good salary to give it up
wheii she marries, when he has nothing
to offer In place of it. Why should a
girl who enjoys office work and Is pro
ficient In- it forsake that for the cook
stove, that she knows nothing of, arid
loathes, and which wears her out more
in one day than a week of office work
will? What sense is there in a girl who
csn earn perhaps $59 a' week giving it
up to do housework that a 15-a-week girl
could do better. . .
As long as a man needs the help of
his wife he should be generous enough
to let her help him In the way that
Is easiest and most agreeable to . her.
When he does anything else It Is merely
a sop to his masculine vanity. He la
willing to sacrifice her to save his face,
as the Chinese say. He wants her to
wtork for him, but hidden out of Sight.
'' The . only argument to be advanoed
against women continuing to follow gain
ful occupations after marriage Is the
complication that 'arises when there are
children;, but' even- her we. have to)
choose the lesser Of the two evils. There
will be ho babies at all If people can't
afford to marry, and, even at the worst,
the wage-earning mother can do a better
part by providing for her children than
the mother who has not the money to
give her children tho proper food and
clothes. ' '
There Is no more reason, for a pobr
woman giving up a Job when she marries
than there Is for a man giving up his.
Let her hold on to it as long as she needs
It. She can retire to dornestlofty when
she Is abla to afford it.
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SECOND F-PISODE. '
' ' lu Pursuit of the Runaway liride.
. .' '. CHAPTER 1. (Continued.)
lit could stand thia train of thoughts
no longer. He whirled up Riverside drive,
past the very1 house where June was then
talking to Iris, 'and turned his key in the
lock of the place which was to have been
home. Home! And this was his return!
Here were ail the furnishings which they
'had bought together. Here had clustered
all his dreams of happiness.
It must be his task to find that man!
. June was still June and pis June! He
caught up the portrait and pressed It to
his lips and held It In his arms and aank
down by the bed sobbing.
At that moment June and Iris were
sitting in the big walnut paneled library,
and Bobble wandered In. When he saw
the girls he started back.
" "lon't go, Bobble!" called Iris. She
walked straight up to him and held eut
her hand. "Produce!"
"What's the price V ha asked.
"Oh, a hundred." . 1
- "How did you guess my roll?" Inquired
the cheerful Bobbie, dragging up a hand
ful of bills' with nonchalant ease, at which
June smiled in spit of her embarrass
ment.. Phe had always been amused at
the matter ot fact and open way In which
these two discussed finances. Bobble
counted his money and held back a frag
ment ot It ''Here's your hundred, and
I'm seven to" the good." i
"Qb!" gasped June, as the significance
of the tableau suddenly dawned upon her.
Why, they were almost In the same po
sition In which she had seen herself when
she was Ned's piteous little beggar.
"Thanks, Bobble." said Iris, end turned
to June. "It yon want more, hony, In
your struggle for Independence, come
right back and I'll make teobbie give it
to US." ( . '
June shrunk away. "Oh. I can't pos
aibiy take it! ', I didn't know you were
going -to ask Bobbie!"
"Where else do I get It?" blurted the
bosom friend. "Bobbie's the easiest way."
"That's just it," June pointed out.
"Can't you see what a beggar a depend
ent woman is? Don't you see thst if 1
can't accept a gift of money from my
husband I can't possibly let you accept
for me a gift of money from your hus
band? Don't be angry. Iris, please. I'm
fighting for a principle.." (
"Oh, Mr. Thomas Ret!" xpl6ded Bob
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"That attitude is at the bottom of the
whole thing. Bobble," argued June with
pirlt. "Because the man haa supported
the woman for ages be haa made him
self the master. That destroys the wo
man's self-respect, and love dies."
"She's a fine kid," said Bobble heartily.
' but if she's going to draw the line on
money which has been handed from
man to a woman she'll have to get It
fresh from the nine."
"What will you do, June?" fretted Iris.
"If X only had that purse mummy gave
trie,'.' mused June. )
"She got that from your father," Bob
ble was unkind enough to remind her.
Oh, that was daddy's money," shs
brightly replied, no trace of concern en
her brow, "and it's the last Z can take
from them, now that I'm married, iris.
couldn't you g out to the house and say
you'll send it to me?" ,
"Just the thing!". Iris- was bubbling
immediately. .
"Tou muen't let there know rm here,"
warned June, "You jnusn't let anyone
know!" 1
Within five minutes Iris and Bobbie
In the swift littla runabout, were headed
for Brynport. In the library June bad
found a picture of Ned among soma ether
Intimate photographs, and It was wits
constant reference to this and amid con
stant talking to it and constant caressing
ot it that she penned her Important roes-
sage:
My poor, dear boy, I ranbot explain in
a tetter wnai nappenoe today. v hen
am free, dear Ned. 1 will mail you un
derstand and forgive. You must not try
to rind your unhappy bride. JUNE.
CHAPTER ft.
Aunt Derby came around the corner ot
the Moore house ia all her glorystiff
lavender dress with the red posies on it,
yellow hat with the green feather, tan
shoes and blue stockings.
"Howdy, Aunt Debby!" Bobbie Blether
ing, with his chattel beside htm. swung
up the drive in hie faet little runabout
Junta's parents came to the doer, John
J, Moore la the blue and tan smoking
Jacket which he had refused to wear
until tenderness at Jutule's approaching
departure had brought him to It, and
Charlotte Moore In the gray silk dress
embroidered by June's own hands.
"Come right In," heartily invited Father
Moore, and Mother Moore, with aoft
eyes, shook Bobble by one hand and-Jrls
by both.
Everybody likes a kitten. At sight of its fluTfy face grid collar,
r with Its blue ribbon and Jlnsly-bell, Us chubby smile and Its feet Ilka
down-stuffed cushions, even a little "f raid-calf" kid yearns toward It
with a little pink fist. Women folks who tighten tbelrskirts and hold
VP their feet when a friendly dog goes by gather up a kitten with much
caressing and baby talk. Staid gentlemen who never unbend, who study
the tops of their companion's eyebrows through tortoise-shell rlmmod
eye-glasses, these same look gratified when a kitten plays with the but
tons onlthelr cuffs and scrambles about their shoulders. And the pain-,
fully erect young chap will grin with the warmth that's spreading
round, his heart when a snowby baby' cat arches its back and sidles
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agalns his black dress coat. He will even forgive It the maddening
white fur that It leaves there. . ' 7 ."',"'."'"; ' ".,
.,, And so it, Is with vthe kitten-girl. You may hold forth on 'her lacx
of common sense, and you may wonder when she will ever grow up;
you may glower at her frills and fluff,' and you may vow that plain girls
wlt'h smooth hair and sober clothes, who never purr or Jingle a bell, ari
the very girls for you. But Just the same you, too, will "Ob and Ah"
over tho kitten-girl; you'll strive to get her to talk with you, and you'll
get the same entranced grin on your face, and when she tries her kit
ten ways on you, as the chap in evening clothes with his baby cat pre
ferring him above all others. The world couldn't do without the whim
sical, fluffy, purry, appealing things called kittens. NELL BIUNKLEY.
By WILLIAM F. ICIKK.
Ma ha1 , sum club company last nlt,
three ladles that Is working with her tn
her dlstrlok for the cause, they tall It.
Thay was talking about having a eevning
every week for the educeahun sr. enter
tainment of such servants as cared to
taik up the cause of voats for wlmnwn,
thay was talking about the first oem
Ing of entertainment that thay was goins;
to have.
There Is a yiing Fershun poet cummin
to town neat week, sea one 01 uie iaaip"
have newer met him, but I know sum
trends of his A t have saw a plctef r
hln. He has a divine hed A a slender,
almost childish flseek. I know we oen
get him to deliver a lecture on Pershun
poetty to reeslte sum of hie Fersftnn
poems translates; inio our wnwiu,-,.
That shun pfeva both entertaining
Instruoktlv to the servant guns that
air to Win us In our cause.
Yea Indeed, sed To- If there Is any
thing In the wurid that a bunch of Jolly
en-ant gurta wud like It wud he an
eevnlng with a lot of poetry, Pershon
poetry In partlkler. .How In tho wurld
eud that he Inatrucktlr to thm7 t .
I am aOro It wud be very Instniktlv to
anybody,' sed the lady wloh had spoke
about the pot. She wished, he wud Keep
out of the talk. Ho la a trrate poet, this
boy, she sed. The following line alone,
f hla, will show his brains: .
Star of in Infinite, in of the TVem. -
Surt Of the silences .air man gloom.
weave me mv soul in thy glorious loom.
I merely reed theae lines of hia to snow
that any talk he may deliver wud he
hlshly enUvrUiiiln V luatruktlv io the
glrta who are seeking enllghtment In
order that thay may help there more
teamed sisters In working for the common
good. t ' !
I see, sod Pa. ft so you think that it
wud pleese Nora aV Bridget A Mary Ann
to lern about the Sun of the Infinite A .
tha Moon of the Doom. '
Certingly, sed all the ladiea Them is
butiful lines.
Maybe, sed Pa, hut If any of ye know '
what thay meen'you have aumthlng on
me, I thing tne servant guns wua rtuwr
hear poetry like Has Anybody Here Been
Kelly; or. The Butcher Boy That Went
Away. . , "
The trubbel with you deer ladiea aed
Pa, is that you are not practical. Now,
If you want to get the servant gurls tu
talk sides with you In the cause of areata (
for thes ladle, why doant you go ' and
talk nice to them In the kitchen point
out tha advantagea thay will have unflep
the new order of things. Tell them that
If thay get voati for wlmmen all the
alngel.-policemen will have there sal
aries raised. r That will. walk, the ser
vants eel up A talk notice, Pa sed. Talk
te them as If you were not bossing tlimn
at alt Tell them It will be eesier for a
guii to' get a nine hoam eV to marry well
wen wlmmen' get there righta That wilt
do moar good than dragging all the gurls
off to a lecture by a Perahnn poet. What
does a. Pershun poet know . about . our
politics sed pa? No moar than a Pershun ,
cat. fc. la . talking to yure eervante you
mite soy sumthlng about a raise In thare
salary If things turn out rite, sed Pa.
All of the ladles was listening- to Pa by
this time, A wen thay went hoam Ma
sed Husband, I am proud ot you. Tou
Impressed all my trends vary much. You
will' be a popular man wen we get suf
rage, '..
Ilia Toe for' Stasia.
"My taste le musie is Improving,' said
Mr. Cumrot. '
. "How do you know 7' inquired hts wifa
haughtily.
"I am getting so I oaa enjoy the nuiste
ef a band organ whether It has a monkey,
with it or not." Waahingtoa (nan
Advice to Lovelorn
ZSS y HaTICTD TAXmTAX
1T0 lie t'onunued Tomyrro.
' : I A Flirt.
Dear Miss Falrfa : I'm fi and keeping.
company with a man of 18. Many tunes
ne nas raugnt me inning ana lorsivcn
. Recently he caught me again wnen
.tlit nnt mn anvlhinar bv it. and a
great quarrel arose and I btged him to
give me another chance, and he did for
my mother's sake. From that time on
he acta eoldly to me, and whatever l
do does not satisfy him- 1 stopped flirt
ing. He told me 1 never win se erne 10
make ui for it and threateneo leave
m A. a lis I 4 1 1 1 w
Ne wonder your friend does not trust
you te keep a promise you have broken
so many times. Evidently this boy Is a
fine chap" and one who could have
good Influence over you. Set yourself to
the task ef being se absolutely trust
worthy that you will compel his faith
again. The' discipline ot behaving your
self is worth while for your own sake
as well as to try to hold this boy's
friendship. , ,
Don't. Caas Ills People Battering
Dear Mlas Falrfat: J am a young girl
of in and have been going out witn
young man (whom I love dearly) for one
rear. He had been earning a good salary
and was the only support of his family
Of sis when last week he was lata off.
Now, as they haven't much money,
and he doesn't erpect to have enough te
marry for at least three er four years,
I am In a euandary. . E, M.
Tou are young enough to wait three
or four years. But do not allow your
own desire for happiness to cause the
man you care for te Met unfairly to his
people who are dependent on him. Wait
if you can trust yourself to wait, but
give him up If you think there is any
danger that you will hasten into a mar
riage which would cause his family hard
ship and suffering.
'a Mercenary Maa.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I have known a
young man ever since I waa a little girl.
Last summer be professed hia love 0r
me te my eldest brother. As toy parents
were unable, on 1 aooinint of circum
stances, to comply wtth hia request,
namely, a certain sum o( money, ef whMi
It ia true ho was in great uemd, we Were
forved tn i-ert. and he weat with his
mother to a different city.
A genrlemn who has recently arrived
from that city told us the fact
Now. what I would like te know is
whether it would be considered proper
for sne to write him a friendly little note.
, ANXIOUS.
There would be' nothing Improper about
your writing this men a note ot con
gratulation. But don't permit your af
fections to center on a man who has
shown plainly that his admiration for
you was dependent upon lis being vf
prat-lb al ailvainag for him to erne fir
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