Show WHAT I i I ASKS I I I By J Jane ne Dixon Second question of ot a womans woman's day What shall I Ido do There are those among us fortunate enough to have hav already answered that Interrogation S We have our work Our hours are prescient with possibilities 0 Our u r efforts have found their groove are directed toward a 7 c certain e r t a I n definite I I D goal Nevertheless the question guestion mark re remains re- re 5 mains The only difference is in the manner manner of ot Its asking ask ask- ing Instead of ot di direct direct di- di 1 What shall I Ido Ido DIXON do we h have a v e a What shall I do with what I have ot do do Girl or woman who faces the day without purpose is in a bad bad- way way way-a a avery very bad way Not only is she sIe unsafe unsafe Unsafe un un- Un- Un safe SQ far as Her own happiness is concerned but is extremely dangerous to to other craft who may drift across across' her uncharted pathway It Is amazing considering the lessons lessons les lea sons which have leaked from divorce and domestic relation courts to con- con I template toe the number or of husbands rathers rathers ra- ra and male relatives who still sUll in insist insist insist in- in that the women folk toIle of the family ly sho should ld be relieved of all useful effort rt I 1 I wonder what would happen If it these same boastful males bursting with ego and false pride could put on the cloak of invisibility and watch I what goes goes' oes' oes on an on among sheltered members members' members members' mem mem- bers bers' bersot of ot their households between the time ime the front door slams on their retreating bac backs s In ln the tile morning and the time this same door opens to send out ut a tr fragrant grant harbinger of ot the fam fain ily roast i In the evening THE THE IDLE IDLE- ARE ARE U UNHAPPY HAPPY T T Jime the most restless woman on on earth Is the chronic dawdler dawdler dawd dawd- ler Her health is Always bad Her s nerves ar are are Jumpy She whines through her tier nose Ose and breathes through her mouth S Says the foolishly fond husband or father tather I I cant can't nt see for tor the life lite of ot me what ails th the woman I give her everything everything every every- every every- thing she She has nothing nothing- In the the- world to do but l look k after h herself and have n. n p time tim Tm nm u way In evet way Right good sir S 'S Self indulgent It You Tou have taken taken- takena a human being and shut the soul sout soul of at it up ni a glass case as I you vou do those delicate bits of ot carved ivory those fragile liguri figurines es those thos useless and priceless toys In your 1 gilded parlor cabinet I This you chant belongs bel to me me But Rut a human so soul l is a human soul It ft Is no no more possible to Imprison toe tile I winged spirit within the walls of t y your ur desire than It is to bind brain cells celly I or harness the four tour winds of ot heaven Put Pu t this down in iri your memory book and list it there as a law which never The n t The The most dangerous I In tI the world Is an Idle woman Idleness is the propagating Ung ground of ot every woman k E of every Known germ of feminine do domestic domestic do- do evil As for instance Three Three or or four tout women drifting together r Jn n the afternoons afternoons after after- and getting a certain morbid reaction action from apathy pathy by mouthing over fal fale e witness against their neighbor neis Extravagance Mulling ance-Mulling Mulling through the shops daring to buy luy uy what wha reason tells the them they cannot afford actually an an- an th the excitement of ot an ment merit even a a. row with the keeper of ot the moneybags Exaggeration Too ExaggeratIon Too Too much time for fost fostering self pity for brooding over imaginary wron gand ailments for nursing seeds of ot suspicion doubt f fear far ar and en envy LAZINESS BREEDS MORBID S THOUGHTS Adventure Unhealthy Adventure Unhealthy Ideas ideas of ot romance ro romance ro- ro mance gleaned from vapid but purple paged novels or pasty pasly faced plays Going in sear search h of ot a thrill to to speed spud speedup up the stagnant blood and finding ng only a threat throat which often otten as not nor ends in domestic disaster So then wife of ot an indulgent hus hus- I band daughter of ot a protecting father tather if It you would be happy and healthy r answer that interesting interrogation tion What shall I do by finding useful I occupation It is not necessary that you put on oi shirtwaist and skirt each morning an and obey the voice of ot the factory whistle You need not clerk behind a counter counte nor carry a Corona in your vanity case to and from the office nor don dot the nurses nurse's cap nor plead your clients client case in a court of ot law There are any number of ot interesting Interest interest- esting est est- ing and useful things you can do right I in your home You can learn to sew to cook to fashion fric-a-brac fric for tor the beautifying of ot your home You might study a a. language Oj or history his his- tory or r politics Any Ariy library or or university university uni uni- f will provide you you with a valuable valuable ble reading reading- course You may may have hive hidden away in your I system a knack for painting china or for more pretentious art Perhaps you can d design hats or gowns Maybe you are at Interior decorating Possibly you yoi would fit snugly and profitably Into a niche of ot one of ot the many charitable organizations which endeavor to lighten the w worlds world's burdens S SERVICE MEANS MEANS' SALVATION What you are best qualified to do you yourself know or at least suspect sus sus- Only of ot this be sure somewhere somewhere somewhere some some- where there is someone something in need of ot your service For or this this' were you created The sloth is an encumbrance nce on the face tace of ot the earth I Nature so hates the sloth that she kills It wipes It-wipes wipes it out utterly Hu Ru- inanity manity Is more merciful merciful though less fair to the worker I I. I What of the mother you ask Must she too give service Bless her loyal loving woman's womans heart she must not not except except to the little o one e she has brought to 10 perpetuate perpetu perpetu- ate life The mother is sacred to her fatt family Uy If It she finds time and strength t to give of ot her mothe mothers mother Jove ovo outside the magic circle s so much the better The world needs needs' all the mother influence Influence ence ence Jt t can get But if it mother does I nothing more than discharge her duty to her own we feel teel she has played her wom womans woman's n part and played it nobly duty After Atter a whole when the balms are grown gown and gone to o their own nest 1 SUe Silo may rind tind herself asUng asing that I d question do Uon of long ago ago What shall I II I If It she Is a real mother a wom woman n who has lived to the uttermost of ot her acred sacred privileges she finds the query queri easy to answer T There ere are a million and one things things' mother bands can do to add to the worlds world's sum total of ot comfort and arid happiness Which brings us to that other I si question What I 1 have to do doT To the girl who tJ work or of Is already OV OVsay say Do the the- besl frith f The only girl or 01 not get on with w s 's wha the slack slacker r. r I FAITH MOVES M MIf MOl MOlIt If It you are a b work you like the II feel you are we best i and begin to tune t does does' not con come with a diamond b brae and a L fur fut coat 01 on jt your faith Faith ha does move mountains mounta In answering y ydo your do question mal make fe few things withOut not succeed In 1 fint lasting fortune 01 or 1 lilting happiness S Se work you choose i is need never blush tor i self elt Seek Seek to work or some Inspiring en side with clean w who workers By so c conly d dot lr only secure your ea but you will Ins r i I What What shall I II d dc I shall go forward ird not stand tand still an and nd backward I shall select EC some som whereby I shall ad and nd in so doing t t it the worthiness of ot c ca era rea a a figure In the gr gra effort not a cipher or I 1 shall do some and do it well i |