| Show Surplus' Surplus Women Needed Need Not Be Superfluous I G- G n By fly THE TIlE lION HON tIns c C. C F. F C G. G MASTE MAS- MAS TE In this thin closely rC reasoned article Mr Mrs r ho the he nerd need of or Momen as in tlc time w antI anil demonstrate H that this this' hI AU flU culled called problem lit Iii n no Du Dewatter new De new matter watter LONDON LONDOT Sept 10 There There Is one ob observation observation observation ob- ob that no one seems to have I made mado over oyer the excess or surplus of or orI women in England I It is Is wh why is It on only I two millions Why hy Is It not two and a a. half halt Before Detore the tho war the excess of ur women over men was a million and a half haIr The loss of or young young- men In the tho war was about as OO-as OO as near a a. million as makes statistically sta sta- sta no difference What hat happened happened happened hap hap- to the missing half million women women women wo wo- wo- wo men men Did the they tile die of oC Influenza Or Is the excess of ot bo boy babies born in the war there thero always is an excess of oC boy babies war or no war var being safeguarded safe sate guarded instead of or d dying This ThiN however Is by the wa way The thing to be bo faced Is that this excess or surplus Is not a new problem It II Is Isan Isan isan an enlarged form torm of oC an old one There has been In England land an excess of oC women over o men ever since there has been a census This is duo partly to tho the greater s-reater mortality among bo boy babies and anel part partly I to the tho greater creator longevity Jonge of or women o men oMEN O OVER OVEn no ro There are aro moro women wonton over 50 60 0 alive In England ns than men over 50 a fact tact that may perhaps calm the tho nerves of or some of ot our moro more hectic moralists who see seo visions of a kind of or mammoth I beauty chorus chanting that simple sonG JI I I want a H. bo boy It ml might ht also console them a n. little If It they tried to visualize for tor a moment a world where all women were married by 25 Ono One thing thing- may be bo postulated with some some certainty It Would not mean more children For thero there Is a certain amount of oC work In the tho world that can oan only be done by hy women and by women a aa as tho I advertisements sa say without branco brance They ml might ht be married but they must be childless Nor does the this absence of ot tho the excess of or women automatically Improve their position In Jn France before tho the war var tho excess was the other wa way about There Thero were moro more mon than women Yot Yet It t was harder t for r a a. girl Irl rl without money to wet at married In France than In ln England En- En gland eland and In many ways the tho legal status of ot the tho French woman Is In InferIor In- In fenior to that of ot an English woman POI POLYGAMY The form torm In which the tho problem is I usual usually stated Is Is What Is to be bo done with lith them 7 in other words how aro are they to live It Is at this point that the tIe furtively advocated nd solution of ot po po- po breaks down Putting aside for the tho moment the I moral and religious aspects of oC the question question ques ques- tion of ot poh polygamy whether open and le Je- Je s as In tho the East or concealed and unrecognized as In the West est Is I only possible on a a. large scale In times or of Jr great at pro Prosperity If Jt a man finds It difficult to maintain ono one family he hc Is not groin going to 8 Ret t up a L second and If It a woman finds It It difficult to maintain herself she Is hi unlikely to add In a child to o her burdens Moreover every ery woman who can think and read knows s ver very well that one of or the crying K 50 social needs of tho the da day Is for tor more and not I Ie loss s strictness in sexual relations Polygamy is a dan dancer er or possibility accor according to how you look at it Jt But it is 15 not a 0 solution So what Is necessary ft eus M It wa was before be- be r roro fore foro oro th tho var only a a. little more BO 50 is 15 r- r think matters mat mat- matI I for tor th Individual girl to over an and to mako make up her own mind whether she cannot face taco life Uta with I out marriage e or whether thoro there ar are are not t other things she Bho likes a as well or better batter EDDI WEDDING G OH OR AVOK l c But if It an any particular P girl s-Irl decides to ta renounce the possibility Ity of ot f f there still BUll remains a l very cry large larg number 1 of ot other possibilities for tor or her to choo from and she can If It sh she likes ring toe the f will be obliged changes ee Probably she site in to work work- the ha after war world cannot r carry many iny passengers Tho The same sam same same-fl ne ne- i ce lies on tho the married woman but I l she works at home But hut the s il woman can choose whether she sha will take tako work that involves traveling or 1 work that keeps her at home And And It if at any time she sho feels called upon to w 1 to the tho rescue res rc throw up her work and go I disaster tIt at t cue CUB of ot those in distress or homo home or abroad sho she can I if it she I likeL tat i t It Is her hor own risk and her har own affair I If It she wishes to emigrate emigrate- rato she win will undoubtedly find in the tho looser of of overseas society moro more scope and aa t openings than she finds at home provided provided pro pro- r vl vided etl sho she is trained and anti capable I J I ml might ht be added that the t Incapable are useless everywhere ana a I supremely useless In marriage AFFECTION O ONor TIlE PRICE OF OP b be r Nor need the single worn woman of ot not getting affection I havo have ft a a recollection rec r Te not of ot n. n a charming and r rk f. f drowsed ed spinster who made mad it her herto worl I Ito to rattle up and down tho the long ricket railways ratto of ot South Africa as 3 an a ei re religion ra- ra I of ot tho the railway mission bring bring- boks books r. r ligion and sympathy to the railway 1 In lonely places place She nev paver never r rhad had a settled home hom and she endured a good deal deal of ot hardship But the recurring recur recur- 1 f I ring ring- refrain of ot her conversation wai wa You cannot think how nice they a aare au al 1 J J. J ck are aro to inc me The of ot affection kindness me t So lot let the girl rl of or marriageable ag age L bo be comforted In the first place if it 1 hl wants to marry the tho odds are aro Still sUI J Jabout W about even to ono one in favor of her dom doln te Cven so If J not she is I still sUl if It she choose choose 1 I Inn an nn extreme extremely useful and necessary Vcr per L son t If It the world cannot get et along along- with I It alon i. i out mothers neither can can get bet without single women omen Its real shori n Is it recognize l- l lJ J coming is that It does docs not S. S J 4 Tho mediaeval world did so The nun J who ran Its schools and orphanages and ana t j 11 Is needlework 1 hospitals hospital and did Its Is fine I corn com company n wore were sure suro of care in sickness and In old lon i pany age But In this this' society Is as rc to ard towards its Is mothers and widows and andy Indeed most of ot the casualties of ot a Ute lii |
