Show i a f f j i c i io x t I p L 1 0 J 1 f ff iI V tw o c f 0 j oj c t t k 4 l s 11 o p i J Jl Jc Copyright rl hA 1910 1810 by DT rl nJ m r Hights Rg tits Reserve rTe c S p l y j c J I S t f i I laughing heartily at that same old story told for the thousandth time She Cart Cant Meet ee Competition Says a Professor Patten Arguing A as ttE It d LEADING English Member o ot of Par Parliament l f 4 u ti A Sir Charles MaCLaren has Introduced a law providing U that every wife shall have a e salary from fro m Il I her husband It is a significant fact that every woman who w o has dl ed this project inY In 2 Y l II America approves of it II bars Irs Eva MacDonald cDonald M and andrs I Mrs rs Martha Williams two j prominent women workers of ot New Net York give their reasons on n this page pa e for ap 81 approving apI I I Y proving In a general way of Sir Charles CharlesMac Mac rens idea On the other ot r hand liand bani Professor Simon Simony y i Nelson Patten of t the University of Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania rl sylvania ore one of the most original and In Interesting political p economists of the coun r r Why should a man pay his wife a salary salar T TZ k vw Z O G f fEarn Earn Her Own Salary a eBy e eBy By SIMON NELSON PATTEN Professor of Political l Economy Econ my University UnIv of Pennsylvania Appi ss Is the real goal n H which all people struggle What constitutes real r aI happiness Is s a am matter m ter which each Individual must de determine determine determine termine for or himself In the family famil the happiness of ot all is iss properly the con concern J cern cerit of ot alL I maintain that the maxi mail maximum mum m mUm In measure of ot true happiness will some come only when each member of ot the family contributes to ito the common treasury Why should a man pays pay iY is wl cite a 1 salary It would add no n noth thine ng to the K t ui l the 4 1 r 1 t tr h r 1 3 s q J r r When she requires the the services of a dentist die ehe win will lave the money to pay him total sum sura available for the t e pursuit p rs of happiness Such a plan would simply marka a step forward in the for independent women Th The salary s l ry would be but a temporary k t e place of the allowance now no r common common in some families For the purpose of of illustrating a point only I b the question ques n of must be considered Aside from the tha th themore more sacred and intimate duties of a wife wIre most of ot her usual occupations o have a standard of value fixed by the thee competition of specialists p We are pr an pros prop proposition stripped of ot all sentiment and therefore only commercial factors can an anbe be considered It If a wife wire is to be paid a salary the rate of wages wages would have ve veto to be bo governed by pricey price current for equal service The Th proposition then comes down to particulars Does the wife sweep How much cheaper and how much better will be bethe bethe the service offered by her competitors the maid of all work and the corpora corporation corp corporation ra tion operating portable vacuum clean cleaners cleaners ers Can she meet their prices Will she do the work as ns well I think not nat Does the wife wire bake hake Can she pro duco the bread and rolls fresh every hour h ur at prices as low or lower than the baker on the corner Ot Of course not Does the he wife nurse the husband and the children In sickness Can she offer otter the exceptional and highly specialized services of a graduate nurse for less than the usual ual pay of ot such experts She can give dve lYe devotion affection personal at attention attention tendon and a thousand and one things t that the trained trained nurse Dursa cannot give lve but this is a proposition n limited te l to the ques q question es estion tion iloh of ot services services and wages wAg In this day of highly specialized service every mother knows that the graduate gr duat nurse nurse is the tha only competent nurse Durse and here lere again the wife wile as ass a salaried of ot the husband nd loses by the Inexorable rule of ot competition The proposition Is impossible Why not put the wife on onn ona a plane or of absolute equality and permit her to maintain her ber personal Independence with resulting res lUng happiness hap ne s to all concerned Why not begin with Hp plan a 1 of selection s i i g ji Why not have equals marry m rry As Asa a arule arule rule men wed inferiors They are daz dazzled dazzled iced by pretty faces entertained by the tha frivolous and finally married to useless women A woman who produces nothing Is a aa useless woman There is and should be beno beno beno no place in lu society for the useless woman wom They say is responsible le for more unhappiness than the world knows When a woman woma who Is a producer pro Is approached ap approached preached with an offer of ot marriage tho th l CJ oy DY the tae impractical r hO ls too cowardly to face they say Is she shall at once give up 0 her paying s employment and take up housekeeping housek t g which w js a polite term for housework Here flee then is the basis of ot A woman woma woman capable ble of ot earning say 20 0 a week in tn congenial environment Is forced Into the tho th dependent and usually into the unhappy class simply because b cause her her husband h elects ele ts tp reduce redu e the earning earring capacity c j cit of of the family by 20 a week The The man who wb wed a a a girl earning 20 0 a week meek ek earns earns only 30 30 or o less himself The Tt gross s oss ss Income falls f It from rapt 50 to 30 with resul resulting ng deprivations Deprivations on the part of the woman woman Out of the 20 Thich hichi i th the w man was rues s earning et before b fore her mar marriage marrIage marriage she had at least 15 to spend upon herself her lt Why Id she not have this to tD spend on onh herself rs it after tte marriage No person pers person n will seriously consider a aplan aplan plan to have her husband pay pay her 15 out of ot his tota lI gs off Dt only 30 S Sow How ow much better it would wo il kefor be for the two tto two to work the two to earn 50 and the two t O to spend 50 less sums set apart for tor emergency cats calls old age and rainy days Out of ot her earnings of ot of 20 th the woman c uld employ a nurse for her baby a maid for her home a kinder for her child of the he kindergarten ten age a dressmaker for her home sewing and go to a modiste or tailor ta lor for her street apparel When she re q the services of ot a dentist she would have the money to pay him when she wants a ride in the park she will have the thc money to pay for the carriage and money ceases to be the chief If not the sole topic of ot domestic conversation with its quota of o unhappIness This system s makes a woman a human being with spirit Independence and Ideas Ide aa a companion worthy the name of ot wife and anda a factor In the worlds work How now much better It ft would be to to have bave such a 3 woman bear three children each child enjoying mother love plus expert attention than to have that same same woman bear ten children with mother love minus proper clothing food shelter and attention Let the woman woman do the thing she he is ii best able ahle to do o Let her h r sell seU her specialist specialist serVice to the highest linest bidder er and let her h know how ho It feels to Inde Independent and self respecting Make every man apro a pro producer 14 ducer ducer er Here Is the solution n of the e do problem i A a 4 h j V G A J 4 Jr r Makes Her Free try declares that the wife should have a J salary but that she should earn e rn It her herself hersel herself self sel outside the house It Is a further fact tact that no woman so far tar consulted has approved Professor Patters Pattens plan Signs wanting that the wives of ot America are ar making the MacLaren salary plan a working rule already with without out legal T Mrs Frederick Kappa Kapps K a young ayoung young Gt f t No 1 1 f 4 lean Dean De I street Brooklyn Br O dyn N Y T Thad had her husband arrested for desertion on In reply to the tho th Charge harge the husband said E Jd that before he be left his wife had compelled him to pay regular restaurant prices es for c every meal me l she served hurt h and that th the tIte steals meals she served serve were much inferior to those of ot the restaurants Mrs Sirs Emma Case of Trenton N J 1 who had an excellent husband earning a ag good g od salary sal ry a comfortable home hottle and five children ch left all this to work In a s fac factory factory factory tory at 7 i a month She admitted tha that thaher thaher her husband was a good one Judged by ordinary standards but said sald that the he life lite of ot a s housewife in her position was unbearably monotonous ad sad d dreary Can the wife sweep better than the maids of all work or the vacuum cleaners cl Even a factory girl said Mrs Mis Case has some same hours every evey day In which she can can amuse herselt and do as as she pleases but a housewife 11 not one hour from fro frome one me weeks end to the other 1 Sir Charles MacLaren M Ps Pos project i is called A Womans Charter and con dins eight bills Its six main provisions areas as follows fL Ti 1 A t wife who devotes her whole time timeto timeto to tp housekeeping and the care of at the thep p children shall have a claim claim on her hus during his life lite and on his estat atter ater death for a sum calculated on a ascale as ascale scale s ale not exceeding the wages of ot a house hous housekeeper housekeeper 6 keeper In Jn her station sta on of life lite provided sh she has not received any other personal allowance al allowance lowance nce 2 Where e the wife Is a she S1 shall not be legally lega BY liable for the d l t support support of her husband or his children unless u her earnings or the tI e income of her her property PrOP rt exceed the minimum necessary to her ber support supportS S 3 Wives y ites es who work Jointly In the same iame sam business as their husbands shall be re regarded r n as S partners partners I oJ Fathers and mothers shall be Jointly guardians of ot their children 5 AlL AIL universities and educational In Institutions l receiving revenue from the tha State shall be open to women 6 G Punishment for Is In Increased increased creased In severity seventy and Is always to in imprisonment elude at hard labor Com Compensation Compensation Is s to be given to the wife from the husbands property If f he has bas any or from fron the State if It he has none during his imprisonment flit I s Answers ns s The Odd Domestic Salary I I a ry y rr b bIo Problem Io ern Raised By Jy ByAn I 1 ti 1 An Advanced New Law j jp jn I I 0 1 l J I If Ih p f h hall hallat at once n 1 t 1 gIve 9 up P w rr her payIng employment and take takeo o up house II k NI t I t tt ta ti f i kWi a E Would Treble Marriage e p By MRS EVA MACDONALD m t L TS a fine tine idea idea rd Id give up my I I I work and marry tomorrow If my husband would wo ld pay me wages to tolo toJo lo Jo housekeeping said an expert steno stenographer to me meShe meShe meShe She expressed the sentiments of many W who are earning good in inthe inthe inthe the business world and who hesitate to marry marr and exchange their assured salary ber of ot marriages Of Ot course among rich people the husband having plenty to spare always gives his wit wife some allowance The old way of ot giving a wife vite no money except when she sho asks him for forIt fOrIt forit It for some specific purpose Is part of the system of ot treating her as an interior in interior J being a child or an idiot It is I 0 r T 1 L M i The maximum measure of true happiness will come only when each member of the family contributes to the common treasury for the uncertainty of what a husband may choose to give gle in to the way of ot a per personal personal personal allowance I care rore whether you called It wages or an allowance said a friend of mine I 1 should be bo so glad if my hus husband husband husband band would give me a definite portion of his income to spend for tor myself I care how small it was but I should like Uke to feel that I had something that I could co ld spend as I chose and not DOt be obliged o to account for every penny of ot it My hus husband husband husband band provides a good living and my home is happy and comfortable When ha h wants to too entertain his friends or spend money to gratify his own tastes he does so but I have not a cent with which to entertain my friends unless I ask him for it I wish I had a few dollars a month so 1 could pay my own club dues and take a n friend out to lunch occasion occasionally ally a ly Very often otten this woman although well lell dressed and kindly treated tr ted has not a dime with which to treat a friend to a s glass of soda water She Sh has bas either to go without such little treats treat or accept them from more reasonably financed wives vives These expressions represent fairly well I think the opinions of or wives in Inn moderate circumstances concerning the tha salary plan They are strongly fn In favor tavor of it It would treble the num 1 Save Institution By MRS MARTHA M Me 1 1 LAREN M L P has solved a great and terrible problem one upon I Vi which many a household goes to shipwreck What did you do with the quarter I gave g ve you yon yesterday is s a re remark remark remark mark very of often ten made by to wife Mark th the word gave Innocuous as It sounds It sums up rip the matrimonial question Also too often it sounds the knell knell of ot love Woman has become a grave economic factor outside the home By bearing the labor market and thus reducing wages she sh is more and more more shutting herself away from the chance of ot homemaking All the more reason that when she gives give her whole mind and body and soul to homemaking which Is the foundation of ot civilization n she should do It upon upon a salaried basis thus rising from the rank of dependent to that of entity to pay the wife a It Is only proposed pro strict equity reasonable living wage wase In strict equity for the tabors of even a mod moderatelY to paY par abw irately competent wife fe would bankrupt anybody below bear the grade of millionaire Inside a year The he labors labors of omission like the virtues of omission are beyond price rice Think of ot f the strain Involved In hearing a man dilate grandiloquently things he knows nothing whatever upon about and keeping ng your mouth shut too what patient j r Can she offer offer the t h services of a graduate t e nurse nurse for 1 less than the usual usua I pay 1 for such experts e Ml M cM c 3 y t 5 1 care sis Is requisite eQui to o save treading on the corns of ofa ofa ofa a mind masculine Orthe Or Orthe Orthe the weariness of at giving breathless attention and laughing heartily at the same old story told for forthe forthe forthe the thousandth time The salary will save the institution of matri matrimony matrimony matrimony mony Regarding Professor Patten I see neither politics polities nor economy in his position Outside salaries to married women seem to me the root of bitterness Figures which can lie He upon occasion In Inthis this case are some somewhat sOmewhat somewhat what disconcerting to his position Say his salaried wife earns 20 weekly weakly To earn it It at atthe atthe atthe the same tithe U doing her dut to her family she must pay a gen general general general eral servant and a trained nurse Only a trained nurse can give anything approaching Train T r ad ned ed nurses command at the tiie very lowest 10 aa a week beside board and aDd wash tug lac In Add the general c J b br ba E r a 7 i i time such Ideas were swept away awayA A work is quite as difficult and Important as her husbands and ana she should be entitled to a reasonable share of ot hr husbands income including Ing the amount needed for tor household expenses and for her own personal ex expenditure expenditure expenditure To suggest that a husband should pay his wife |