Show 1 f k l r Ir j r I I c cr M Modern 0 d' d ern m o men ment r t I tj r f. f r II r I 3 r r 7 L Than Th an ait Their Ances Ancestors ors F WOMEN today are no not h happier th than n I OF their grandmothers it is JS because k r r the they a are re no not t taking advantage of all al 1 F. F r vi Il-vi I the he opportunities itie them W Why I n world theirs They y th the w whole hole is is J can work J. J tr travel suet study stud b be lawyers d doctors tors scientists 1 y the choose A Answer J c painters opera singers singers anythIng anything they x Wf w 3 Think of the women of other generations The Th frontier optics women for example For Eor them there ther iti g It try was nothing to o do but follow their husbands husban sand and from fathers ache rs They benefited or suffered ed b by the i. i J m l H L s Mi M K H fleeting u uncertain fortunes of their men i Their C y f r 11 r M r 1 rr Hp l lives were made up of oJ Iia hardships a hip deprivations I RHETA i CHILD PORE DORR an ext extreme el struggle le f for or bare v r J r ti fi Rheta Chide Childe Dorr Darr o y i If y a LI g e y r II Jj a s Y r Y Ry N y 6 I 7 rt 11 I 36 s 's f sy a i r yr i 5 r h i A rJ s f l TJ 4 a J r A AL ii i L i 3 I As S T Told ld to Carol Bird Z G F r Pussycat women who live lazily la- la and luxuriously toiling not at atall t f all all but who expect expect andt and nd ge get all f. f the thick cream of life Ambitious women with wit Ii aspirations r who are filled Riled with dreams of 01 achievement and who wh gloriously gloriously glori glori- free are f fulfilling their desti destinies des des- ti r WOMEN OMEN of today can be divided into these two classes cluse according to i Rheta heta Childe de Dorr noted writer war c correspondent correspondent correspond correspond- ent social investigator and world traveler who contends that the named first group are leftovers from an an earlier period be before be- be fore fote women became emancipated and that hat the others other are monarchs of all aU they survey survey and the tho world Is their oyster I Re Recently returned from Europe where she made a 8 study of the liquor problem Mrs Dorr is now writing a 8 book on her findings She is a grandmother Her Heron son sonis sons is 18 s the executive officer of th the Consulate General J in Genoa and she has a 8 year 3 old old granddaughter hi tn Italy Mrs Dorrs Dorr's B life has been an extremely active active- one She started her career as a a. Journalist and in 1917 91 was sent by a a. New York newspaper to Russia during the revolution Then she me was sent to France and was also a 8 correspondent in Czecho She had a year old son son on In the war and remained In France until he was wounded then returned home with him Later she studied reconstruction w work rk in France France and wrote many articles about the Dawes plan She has always been een interested 1 in problems pertaining t to women and a 3 number of years years ago ngo with Jane Addams made a 3 study of the position of women in industry try She worked in factories for more thana than a year securing industrial facts and arid is 18 the author of It Susan B. B Anthony The Woman Who Changed the Mind of a Nation H Her r survey of ot the liquor situation situa situa- tion took her to England France Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many Sweden Finland and many other foreign countries There will always be pussycat women In the world declared Mrs Dorr although al Ual though hough today y they are In the minority Women are comic coming to realize more and more that happiness does docs not lie in Idleness Idleness Idle Idle- ness b but t in work work- anc ant anc the realization of or on ones one's s 's dreams ms P Pussycat w women are those parasitic creatures who c contribute I tribute nothing and are content I with only the soft things of of life Ufe They The eat and ele sleep p their days away drape the themselves elves with flue clothes and Jewels grow fat and arid stupid and live a 8 horribly y stultifying ex ex- ex 1 e. e The They have nothing to stimulate l te th them m. m no nothing to arouse arous in them a a. real Interest in life and so 50 they live Uvo like lazy Jazy purring cats But even for them there Is ls hope for it took thousands s of genera genera genera- ns before women r reached ached the tho p point A m i where they stood on their o own feet and m rose e or fell feU by III their o own efforts The pussycats pussycats pussy pussy- cats of the present day are hangovers from froIn a a. dead past a a a sort of freak survival 1 Men are really to to b blame ame for the pussycat and her way of living continued continued con con- Mrs Dorr It It adds to a mans man's prestige prestige prestige-or or so he ho thinks thinks to to be e ab able to support a Do woman in idleness dress esS h her herin sn r in infine fine clothes string her neck with Jewels jewels- She is Ss his visible sign of of i success Thus conspicuously he flaunts flaunt his earning capa capacity and his hise e lU This attitude of ot course is chIe chiefly y tr traced ced to the bourgeois cI classes and has its Us origin there However men are gradually abandoning til the idea ide that it If is 13 a 8 reflection Up upon l them n if f the their i wives work They ar are arc beginning to tor real realize al- al ire ize that only the parasite is willing to to live off another and they are are gradually commencing to See see that It Is is' not a a com compliment compliment corn com to their Intelligence to support a a. woman In idleness lc MODERN men are slowly starting to be proud or of their wives when w n they are aro actually accomplishing sum something thing and asserting their individuality They are are learning too that the busier buster their their wives are the happier they are aie and consequently conse consequently conse- conse the happier they are themselves This brings us us to the he question of whether modern modem woman is happier than her women her ancestors ancestors ancestor her gra grandmother mother and her mother I 1 say that if UUie the woman of toda today isn't happier with th all the theop op opportunities opportunities opportunities op- op for h happiness afforded her It lt is her own fault Occasionally one hears the remark that women women of today miss the the gallantries 1 men n used to bestow upon them in former forme days that they y look back wistfully Iy atthe at atthe atthe the time when women led easier and 2nd more sheltered lives I for one ne doubt tl this ls Can those small masculine chivalries of an ag age when women lived in practical serfdom ever compare with the glorious freedom they have today I 1 think women are quite willing 1 to i dispense with those gestures of picking up p the fan and holding open the door for for the re recognition they h receive today day as individuals Surely it is absurd even to hint that women were happier doing nothing but monotonous s' s household tasks tasu than they are making careers for themselves themselves themselves' them them- selves selves' In chosen lines Unes of endeavor How could they possibly be happier living that circumscribed life Ilfe than Ith they 1 are today when all aU fields of endeavor are aro open to them Women were not actively unhappy in our gran grandmothers grandmother's mothers mother's day it is tru true But that was because they did not know mow a any nY better It was the bf df f the age type one e woman Virtually all women were forced to do washing baking cleaning scrubbing sCrubbing scrub sCrub- bing dish dishwashing washing ironing There was nothing else for the them to do Only the iconoclast or the strange w woman m n reb rebelled lIed J Sr The modern somas has o opportunities fI t 4 pities for eng engaging ging in man many kinds of of fascinating ork ork opportunities ork which were denied dented i former generations generations genera genera- a ati jaY t fJ ti ors of women women and and so 80 has a a. greater chance for happiness de clares dares Mrs D Dorr rr e p and fought her way ay to to a semblance of ot freedom trying her ha hand d at a a. more cong congenial congenial con con- g genial Job But Bu I presume a certain percentage percentage per per- of women were f fairly I y happy That Is If It resignation tion can be considered consid ered eyed happiness They were resigned to th their Jr fate x On the other hand in every every generation generation gener gener- r there were women who loathed the in monotony 0 not 0 n y of of J v household hO drudgery They were temperamentally temperamentally tempera tempera- mentally unsuited fort for t this hIs k kind 1 n d of life They inherited char characteristics char char- characteristics act from male from male forbears rs a. a and it d thus thU were mentally fit tobe to tobe s 1 be good doctors law lawyers w- w fl p public bUc speakers akers teachers artists writ- writ t era But t that h t i is 18 s s something that was overlooked Wasn't it y A ridiculous to te assume assume F i I t that h a. a t a a g girl 1 r 1 child would Inherit only characteristics chara of her t women women ancestors r and y thus inevitably be a f housewife cook It seamstress a. a r i 5 t r e 15 8 and and S 1 mother Biology has taUg taught t i us tha that women in inherit tn- tn roq herit bent traits of their grandfathers Just JUStIUS as IUS v meD men sometimes Inh In in inherit h herit those of ot their W women o 0 In fn C en n ancestors ancestors- rs That is why there are pussycat p men t too in this world There are plenty of males male 1 who given enough money are Just juit as WI wl willing g to lead the unproductive tive a an and n d par parasitic o life Uie You se see th them i r w lolling around round their c 01 clubs 1 u Ls L's l leading the theS i sue S soft 0 f t I life If e at atthe t the h e f y worlds world pleasure sure re resorts re- re sorts pI playing at t k ep- ep p- p a. a N 1 F. F Lynn Lynn- J Jenkis' Jenkis sculpture t Pioneer Mother Iother reflects the spirit of that age of har hardships ships In which many wo women en shouldered heavy burdens ta arid and d shared the uncertainties uncertainties' I Iund and und rs Iange-rs of those days of empire empire building 4 4 I t. t fYi t c r lug ing office hours Many Mans of them are supported sup sup supported ported in luxury by w wealthy althy wives Many women have s stronger r characters i than c certain types of me men men more stamina energy vitality a ambition and ami talent To Xo 1 compel these thes forceful I women to tol handle 1 the cole Job of making home would be torture But an Interesting point is 15 this Even en the most modern w woman man frequently has hu her dom domestic c zI side e. e There are thousands thousands thou thou- sands sanda of b business es and pro professional lonal women today wd no not onI only are engaged In wor worin work k in offices or studios but who also make homes for husbands and children or i if f they are single f for r themselves They coo cook and bake and anci keep apartments their in order Just as aa their ancestors rs did Id o only y t to 1 them it is a time part Job gob They are able b t to to swing two Jobs lobs the one which gives them an outlet u for their talent and nd ca capabilities ca- ca th the other othe which satisfies the 1 domestic side of their natures There are many married mamed women tod today y who work In In offices or pUrsue pursue professional and artistic car careers careers who also maintain I Z Y Jr t 1 r t x i f t v t r charming homes Ask Aak any of these women omen 1 l' l whether they thY e would be happier if 1 they gave gove up their outi out- out I i side sid the side the the home in interests interests interests interests' in- in and you have hav an aD answer answer to the question Are modern modem women happier happier happier hap hap- pier than their grandmothers For some sometime some sometime sometime time married women who are employed employ d have been waging a battle t to hold their Jobs E Efforts forts have been made to oust them on th the grounds that they are keeping keepIng keeping keep keep- ing unmarried women who have baye to support support sup sup- port themselves out I of woi work The very very fact tact that these ma married women fight so hard to hold on onto to their Jobs proves that they are unwilling to face a a. future of nothing but ho household tasks tA t AND ND how the frustrated inactive wom woman n do does s love lov t to absorb the ex experiences ex- ex perIe c of ot her lter busy sister She is Immensely Im im- im curious urious and inquisitive ab about uC uCher her and w wants wants' n her to reveal all 0 of her tier lifes life's s 's contacts contact everything about hers herself herselt lt the people she meets her travels hervery hervery her hervery very th thoughts Ug ts Very often X I receive letters letters let let- rs fr from m women asking how ow x I I managed manage d to see see as much of ot the th world as as' I 1 I have an and to tell te them precisely how I went ab about ut doing It What shall I I d do to live Uv the full Iuli life they ask I L 1 want to see see ee the the world as a.- I you arc doing oi t to travel to o. o e engage ge in fascinating tasks But I seem to miss aUthe all aU the Joys and the excitement Why It isn't fair I 1 used used to have Z a form l letter letter tte which I sent sent to to these women women which went sonic sonic- some something thing like this thiS' We We Well all ll get out of life lIte wh what tw we want Van If If yo you had really wanted a different life Ute than you are ure living you would have had it i it You want to do P pre pre pre- I p 1 i r t.- t. f ds Se ly- ly what you are doing thou though h yon you aw may not hot ot re realize UZe it That m may y sound like ke so sophistry O p 9 but It t la true ue A woman wo woman n who spends pe 1 her d days dayi y working r in a garden en in n a a countrY toWn thinks she he has missed her vocation n mci and 3 0 that s she would ha have liked to to be e a 8 eats actress But she he is wrong Had she hi a wanted sincerely to be an actress sha she wo would l liars have been on one But Butt she sha did u not t wa want t to serve the long novitiate before her name went up in big bright lights soshe so IO she sho pl plants flowers wets and and yearns feebly In a actuality she e Is d doing what she w wants to do So So it Is 15 with the man man who thinks he Wants wants Svana to tn be a stock broker As a mattered matter of fact facts he heis Is doing what he wants wants to do most t that thatis is b be a g good 1 o. o s sIT ec L IT IFE E hands us all all n a blank check e It aup is up to us how can can write that tha check for We are wt wall n off of to the extent th that t we ourselves put I money in inthe inthe the ba bank Formerly w women e had J virtually vir vir virtually t aUy nothing to put in the bank Now they have a wide choice of savings They can go out into the world and do anything any anything any any- Dy- Dy thing get get anything and are limited only by their nai natural ral capa capacity But to te return to the original quest question n Are e m modern er women happier tha than th their lr women ancestors We do not have tog to togo togo g go baikas b back k as far as bur our grandmothers n hers hers' for tor fora a 8 comparison T Take ke the women of my generation We had to fight for freedom an and the chance to to work and t to p pursue our our Inclinations 1 1 in 1 that direction As Aa long longas as I can remember I wanted independence independence independence inde inde- and and freedom th the oPp opportunity to make my own ll living gin in the way I chose But women Women of my day diy suffered suffered suffered- 4 because of their unfulfilled dreams Thet They had aspirations wh which clawed a at them uk like hungry animals but they had to beat them down Today women do donot not have to too kill kin their dreams ms They have havethe the opportunity such as men have always had for self express sion They |