Show Shielding Girl From Life May Work Wrong It May Be All AH Right in but It Can Be Dangerous The who has been brought up In n happy idleness i if idleness c cever can canever canever ever be happy under the kind indulgent in in- theory Youre only ony young once my dear enjoy yourself while whiley y you u can when can when you marry and s settle down and have babies of your own th that lt will willbe be time e enough for billes may not be so happy The theory too often works the other wa vay Alice ce or 1 May when they have finished fin fin- shed school dress up and giggle and gossip and saunter out in quest of pleasure leasure finding it much less often Ithan than ban their indulgent parents suppose But they are developing surely a anice anice l nice firm and unshakable belief that life ife owes them things idle hours hour and nd compliments compliment long evenings dancing long mornings sleeping and nd as a matter of at fact a lot more entertainment than it gives them Then the right man roan comes alon along which is exciting and wonderful with flowers p presents and more com corn Then her own home and later ater baby arrives When They Face Ream Reality Then comes reality a n pretty petty grim grimand grimand land and even cruel old fellow who wont won't compromise or sympathize or compliment compliment com corn but just piles up nasty dreary chores hour alter after hour day after day How often otten have I heard these Alices and Mays tearfully complainIng complain complain- ing ng Ive been up with the baby since six How docs does anyone stand this his all day long and then supper to get get no no time to myself my my- elf self no time for lor fun Why I dont don't even go out any more And John isn't the way he used to be all hIl smiles miles and compliments hes he's cross a lot of ot the time complains about things and reads a book in the evening eve eve- ning Alices Alice's and Mays May's parents never warned varned them that li life e would be like th thu his s' s Never prepared them for all th this his s drudgery They just taught them hem to go out and have a good time and afterward well vell it was time enough to cross that bridge when you came to it Maybe if the previous previous previous pre pre- floods hadn't washed it away What chance has an Alice or 01 a May Hay in adapting herself to married life ife life any kind of ot responsible adult life ife How can she be a good wife br brought to up expect the right ma man mano to o hand her happiness on a silver pIa platter Life Lito Is a Job How can an Alice or a May be a good moth mother r. r taught only to play with things never never to pay for them But the girls girs who vho have had to find and hold jobs jobs before before they Uley were mar mar- ned ried Its It's different for them Taking T care of a baby running a house pleasing leasing a husband L is usually a cinch cinc for them Because they have learned what any ordinary job teaches that life lite is a job Jobs vary in interest interest difficulty and remuneration but but they're heyre always jobs And in in order order to o hold any job you ou must put up it with things whom you ou dislike dull work hard work late long ong hours rudeness reproaches fatigues and be yet cheerful controlled con con- trolled rolled and neat Why Thy shouldn't these girls make good wives and mothers They have learned to take it the dull routine personal sacrifice everything ng And they are arc happy because this job no harder gives richer and more permanent per per- manent rewards than any other |