Show Bitter W War aT of the il Sexes Will Follow Fallow World War a Struggle for br The 1 he Job I Pr t f KS mn I t I I RO 5 I A s M lesa t M Nc i By MARGUERITE MOOERS l' l MARSHALL ARSHALL NEW YORK Aug 31 After After the great war there is to be another another another-a a war between men and women And even if cannon and submarines are not used it will be the bitterest struggle between between between be be- tween the sexes ever known For it will be a fight for The Job That is the prophecy of a pacifist She Mme is Rosika j I I mer Hungarian feminist author and lecturer also one of the best known members rs of the Ford pea peace e ex ex- ex She returned to the United States recently to help in organizing the tle American section of the International international international inter inter- national committee for immediate mediation When I saw her at the Waldorf Valdorf I asked her to cast the horoscope horoscope horoscope horo horo- scope of war maids wives and mothers First of all will the general condition condition condition condi condi- tion of ot women be improved or made worse I queried Generally speaking it will he be made worse she asserted uncompromising uncompromising I ly In one respect Mme isa is isa isa a pearl among mong pacifists She is la not vague She is clear and direct as the glance of her brilliant brown eyes eyes' pleasantly firm as the clasp of ot her smooth plump hand It has been frequently asserted I reminded her that women after the war will find their path to freedom made easy in recognition of their courage courage cour cour- our our- age and loyalty during the present strife I I think she said that in every country in Europe women will be given the vote If they want it I am afraid only that they may not everywhere press their advantage In England and Hungary I know they will demand po political political po- po freedom and I believe it will be granted to them In France and Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many I do not know that women in the mass are ready to ask for political enfranchisement enfranchisement- But in in all the warring countries there Is a sev severe severe ro industrial industria and economic economic eco ceo struggle ahead for women and andI I do not see how they can help losing It for a time The war has proved to all the world what we wo feminists have always known and maintained name maintained name namely ly that women can do every sort of work that m men n can do and do It as aswell well Since the outbreak of ot hostilities there has been practically no occupation occupation occupation tion which women have not taken up and in which they have not succeeded But their success does not alter the fact that they are women Already their employers are saying Dont think that these jobs are permanent Yes of course were we're glad to have you help us out now and you do as much work and do it as well as the men Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless Never Never- we prefer male when we wo can get them The men In the army army added Madame are also resolved to take back their old Jobs as soon as S peace is declared d and between them and the employers women will be forced to the wall waIl The struggle will be e the bitterest ever known between the sexes But I should think that the employers employ employ- ers era would prefer to keep women workers workers workers work work- ers because they usually can be exploited exploited ex ex- more easily than men I argued argued ar ar- ar- ar gued guM Are not the women earning smeller smaller wages than men who formerly of work amount did the tho same More Children the Nations Will Demand In many cases casell no denied Mme l because the suffrage organizations organizations or or- have made a point of ot equal work worle and the need of of pay nav for equal tand heft workers workers was so great at that the he employers employ employ- latter will call calt callback callback ers erg had to yield No the er workers simply from a back their men feeling of sex solidarity And the tho state the to bring about will do all it can substitution beca because se all an over Europe is Moro children It is la the the cry general genera opinion that producing off off- spring sprin will win be the job to which women omen should devote themselves after the warIn warIn warIn war In all the European countries polygamy e exists in fact although not in name I 1 do not believe that it willbe will willbe willbe be legally recognized after the war But ButI I think that governments will be much more lenient in their treatment of ot unmarrIed unmarried unmarried un un- married mothers and their babies Oh it is enough to make one mad Mme broke off oft indignant indignant- ly Everywhere re these poor creatures creaturE's have been anathema anathema- It has been considered considered considered con con- almost a crime to do anything for them And now that they w want nt more men to be shot there Is such benign benign benign be be- tolerance such suave snave pity for unwedded mothers and their children You see little items in the leading papers papers pa pa- pers The death rate among illegitimate illegitimate illegitimate mate children during the last ten years has been such a per cent If it had been cut in half halt we should now have so many additional citizens And you know that the unwritten conclusion conclusion sion slon is which we might send away to tobe tobe tobe be killed The governments will look out for their foundlings and they probably will enact laws forcing the father to todo todo todo do his part There is now an excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent law in Norway providing that a 0 achild achild child born out of wedlock must be supported by Its father according to its fathers father's not fathers not its mothers mother's status mothers status in life In almost every warring nation nation nation na na- na- na tion there are already established so societies societies societies so- so to encourage parenthood Will Obey Laws of Nature Not Laws of Man But leaders of women have prophesied prophesied prophesied sied that women will refuse continually continual continual- ly to bring children into the world for sacrifice in battle I observed At the beginning of the war Mme replied with a slight shake of ot her well shaped head we all said that Now we wo know better A few women who are dominated by their I intelligence will take the attitude you d describe ribe But But the great majority of women will choose love and motherhood mother mother- hood They cannot be blamed for that You cannot expect them to go against the laws of ot nature There undoubtedly undoubted undoubted- ly will be an increase in the tho birth rate after the war Even F ven before the war there were not men enough to go around in the nations of ot Europe Now with the dearth still greater there will willbe willbe willbe be an increase in the number of women women women wom wom- en who love outside the law but not again outside the law of ot nature I am a radical and have long been one But I 1 feel that the letting down of the barriers of ot convention and ao- ao accepted accepted ac ac- morality after the war will have a bad effect upon women and upon society for years to come It is wrong to put emphasis on the quantity quantity quantity quan quan- of children rather than on their quality But it is economically that women will suffer most There are thousands of women who have just tasted the in independence independence independence in- in dependence that comes with earning and spending their own money to suit themselves It is a fact that in many of the countries at war women envious envious envious en en- of ot the financial freedom of their neighbors have sent notes to the authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au sayIng Baying Sos So husband husband husband hus hus- band has been drawn for the army Why doesn't the government come for mine So eager were these women to be bo economically Independent Think what it will be for them to go back to the status of Unpaid home workers Oh Mme ended with quiet intensity Despite the incalculable incalculable lable liable sorrow and misery this war has caused to women many of them have been living the tho most wonderful years of their lives Which is I think the very bitterest comment I 1 have ever heard on a manmade manmade manmade man- man made world |