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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( N Norr Norris orr s Says : Is This W WOlnan Woman Olnan a Fool ? fBeD Ines Syndlcllte-WNU Syndlcllte WNU Syndicate-WNU Syndicate - Service I ' Ir IAo r Ao Aor Aok Aor AoykII k r , ykII r 1 / r # t 1 1They " ' - They neter tl fi tlnk fink nk nkthat that . hat It does w to a wIfe to spen I Iall all her waking hours In on Intl ontie tl tle tie e presence 0/ 0 of 0tl / tl ti tlree tiree ree small smallresfless smallrestless resfless restless demand demandng ng chzldren children a d dan an Armenzan Armenian Armenzangirl Armeniangirl girl girlof of ofn n neteen .lose lose ue'ose ueose . ' great tnterest Interest IS tl tle tie e Thursday nzght night dance By KATHLEEN NORRiSWHEN NORRIS NORRISVT -V-T V T - - THEN I was a girl the theburn10g theburning theAburning WHEN the\A/ the A \ / burning burn10g question wasv was wasthat wasthat that of franchise for forwomen forwomen forwomen women In that day everyonemen everyonemen everyone and both- both boththought both -men men - men women - thought there was some argu argument argument argument ment about it Women were werefit werefit werefit fit to do all the hard work 10 in 10the inthe inthe the world and the few who whostruggled whostruggled whostruggled struggled through law or ormE'dlcal ormedical ormedical mE'dlcal mEdlcal medical ' courses mvanably invariably mvanablycame invariablycame invariablycame came out ahead of the men 10 in 10class inclass inclass class work but there was a ageneral ageneral ageneral general impression ImpresslOn that no nomatter nomatter nomatter matter how estimable and andlovable andlovable andlovable lovable members of the weak weaker weaker weaker er sex se- se sewere - . : were they shouldl1't shouldl1t shouldn't shouldnt shouldl1'thave shouldn'thave shouldn'thave shouldnthave ' have any authontyNothmg authorityNothing authority authonty authorityNothing Nothing Nothmg to say about aboutschools aboutschools aboutschools schools , or politics , or bUSI bUSIness business business ness , or housing hous1Og or moralityThe morahty morality morahtyThe moralityThe The only voices that could couldspeak couldspeak couldspeak speak on these topics were werethose werethose werethose those of men In the dehcate delicate dehcateque$11OnS delicatequestions delicatequestions que$11OnS que11OnS questions $ of their souls of oftheIr oftheir oftheir theIr ailments of 1Ocomes incomes 1Ocomesand incomesand incomesand and responsibilities responslblhtIes women womenmust womenmust womenmust must be guided gmded by menWomen menWomen men menWomen Women are not yet awake Thev They Thevare Theyare Thevare are st U 11 ll being led blindfolded blindfoldedthrough blindfoldedthrough blindfoldedthrough through life hfe by the all controll con troll ngmales ng ngmales ngmales males But at least they are sttr stu sttrring sturmg stirring ring rmg in their theU " sleep and political pohtlcal re responslbIlIty responsibility responsibility sponslbIlIty sponsibility being bemg granted a short short20 20 years ago has encouraged enco\lraged enco lraged encopraged \ them themto themto themto to work for recogn t on } ) in n h h gher gherpos gherpoi gherpos pos poi tions tlons and in m statecraft statecraftFuture . . ruture Holdslore Holds ! \ More \lore lore FreedomTwenty FreedomTwenty Freedom FreedomTwenty Twenty years yearsi ! Biologically one onesecond onesecond onesecond second In a hundred years they theywIll theywall theywill wIll wall only have begun to grasp thefull the thefull thefull full power of their shackles and totake to totake totake take their rightful places as a sex sexpnsoned sexprasoned sexprisoned pnsoned prasoned too long in m a world of false falsecondItions falseconditions falseconditions condItions cond tons t ons made by men menonly menonly menonly only and for which both men and andwomen andwomen andwomen women payWomen payWomen pay payWomen Women are gregarious greganous They like likecommunity likecommunity likecommunity community life Ide tile General Generat ons ago agoyoung agoyoung agoyoung young mothers would have unIted unItedtheIr unitedtheir unitedtheir theIr interests gotten together togethergroups togethergroups togethergroups groups of bab es commissioned a afew afew afew few mothers in 1D turn to do the tend tending tending 109 ing cook the spinach watch thesleepers the thesleepers thesleepers sleepers and so have treed freed two twothIrds twothuds twothirds thIrds thuds of the other mothers for sev several several several eral days housekeeping housekeepmg sewmg sewing sewmgstudy sewingstudy sewingstudy study and relaxation each week . . . But man jealous and monopolls monopolis monopohstic monopollsI monopolistic I tIc decreed that each woman should shouldhave shouldhave : have her own little httle separate estab1 estabI estab I 1 shment H s business is run on ona ona ona a cheerful companionable group groupunit groupunit groupunit unit plan But until some 30 years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago no wife Wlfe ever touched money of ofher ofher ofher her own it was doled out to her In Indollars indollars indollars dollars and half dollars for shoes shoesand shoesand shoesand and gas and meat She dared not noteven noteven noteven even dream of o1 a Bab es club m mwhich mwhich which \ hlch she and her congenial congemal frIends frIendsand friendsand friendsand and a group of happy ch Idren ldren might mightshare mightshare mightshare share the nursery years No her herman herman herman man decreed consc ously or uncon unconsClously unconsciously unconsciously sClously sciously that the oJ only Y companIOn companIOnshe companionshe companionshe she might have in her long tr t r ng ngdays ngdays ngdays days was some ignorant young fOli fop fOlielgner fopelgner foreigner foreignerMork elgner elgnerfork Mork fork \ ork Could Be Organized OrganizedIt OrganizedIf It If women s work could be organ organIzed organized organized Ized as men s v work \ , ork is with centers centerswhere centerswhere centerswhere where small children flourished fiouIlshed un under under under der the care of their hear own mothers mothersW1th motherswith motherswith W1th with a garden a playground a awell awell awell well equipped att c tor for ( or ra ny days daysreadmg daysreading daysreading readmg reading hours music language languagestudy languagestudy languagestudy study there would be happier happierhomes happierhomes happierhomes homes less divorce less nerves less lesspsychoses lesspsychoses lesspsychoses psychoses Women hunger for tor thiS thiSeconomic thiseconomic thiseconomic economic safe sate insp msp ring rmg solution torthe for forthe forthe the small years problem but men menstIll menstall menstill stIll stall frown it down They never neverthink neverthink neverthink think what it does to a wife to spend spendall spendall spendall all her waking hours in the presence presenceof presenceof of three small restless demand ng ngchildren ngchildren ngchildren children and an Armenian girl of 19 10 19whose 10whose 18whose whose great interest mterest is the Thurs Thursday Thursday Thursday day night mght dance EQUALITYkatlleen ' EQUALITY 'CQUALITY CQUALITY EQUALITYh.at katll katlleen h.at hat . ! leen een Morris Pi orris orrzs makes a plea pleafor for equally equal ty of 0/ 0 0women ofwomen / women tilth Iulh tooth Iulhmen toothmen menSl men menSI menSI SI SIe SIa e a deplores II ti IIestate tia t ! e a estate state of 0/ 0 0uncon o f / unconscous uncon unconsc unconsc sc ous Otis tassalage tassalape tassaloge ; in tn m witch wIuh wlwh wI wl uhmony whmany uh wh : manywomen mony many monywomen manywomen women hie lite hte I Tlelr Their Tl ) cir elr I 1 1tes lies ies tes are con constanlly constantly constonily stanlly stantly being betng regulated by domt- domt dorm domtneerz domi-neen domi neen - . - neerz neon Ig i ; 1 / 1usbands usbands tiho .lio lio uho . don dont t reali reall realm ethey e ethey ethey they are act ng as tyrants trants ) oicr oter tt 11 11e tie e rbeloted r rbeloted rbeloted beloted belotedWIVes wives Miss Mus Mass Norns NorrIS studes stud es esthe esthe esthe the serious serzolU sermouo problem raised by tldeplorable tl tls tldeplorable s sdeplorable deplorable condition condlllOn and andoffers offers od ad odlice adLore adlice lice Lore on how it can be solt soltedAnd soiled solted soiledAnd ed And women still stall taking takIDg men s or orders orders orders ders don t go quietly ahead and and1 andI I 1 ve ye their lives laves as they want to toTheIr toTheir toTheir TheIr only way out is quarrels and anddivorce anddivorce anddivorce divorce Bill Bo.lt Bolt But . I bel eve many a worn wornan wornan wornan an anould \ would \\ould ould find herself herse1 ! out of thewoods the thewoods thewoods woods of headaches depression depressionnerves depressionnerves depressionnerves nerves d scontent , , if 1f she sat down downseflously downseriously downseriously seflously seriously today-or today or today - - or better took a along along along long walkh walk \ wh \\h h Ie pondering pondermg the ques questlOn question question tlOn tion What changes m in our hves lives hveswould liveswould liveswould would make me happy ? What would wouldI I LIKE LI1.E LI1E . to do ? Almost always the answer is near nearer nearer nearer er than she thmksSet thinksSet thinks thmks thinksSet Set In En His WaysMy WaysMy Ways WaysMy My husband Is the best man in inthe Inthe inthe the world a Philadelphia wife Wlfe once oncewrote oncewrote oncewrote wrote me but he 1 1.1 11 is . . set . . He hates hatesanythmg hatesanything hatesanything anythmg anything out of the way For ex example example example ample when two summers ago I Iclipped Iclipped Iclipped clipped my little bttle girls hair haU " qUite qUiteshort quiteshort quiteshort short tor for their thell ' comfort and my con convenlence convenience convenience venlence venience in m the hot weather he wasso was wasso wasso so angry and so lorg resentful that thatI I paid dearly for it and so did dad the thegll'ls thegirls thegirls gll'ls gllls girls ' This year they wear curls curlsa a great care for mother Our boy IS ISSIX issix issix SIX months old and as I do all my myown myown myown own work I was glad to get the thebaby thebaby thebaby baby pen into mto com commiss mISS on again agam But ButKent ButKent ButKent Kent has decided that the pen may maycurb maycurb maycurb curb the baby s natural daring darmg as ashe ashe ashe he grows and he won t let me use atWe ItWe it at itWe We have a pleasant back yardwith yard yardWith yardwith With maples and elms in m do it and I Ihave Ihave Ihave have hedges around the clothe clothesi 1 nes nesand nesand nesand and the barrels Often I \ would ould 1 I ke keto keto keto to serve lunch or supper there for forthe forthe forthe the birds do the clearing up and I Ican Ican Ican can make a meal a picn plcn c with pa paper paper paper per cups and napkins napkms But this con conventIonal conventional conventional ventIonal man of mine mme is alwa always alwaysconscious alwaysconscious ) s sconscIOUS conscIOUS of the few fcw back windows windowsof of neighbors houses that overlook overlookthe overlookthe overlookthe the yard some one MIGHT be looking look lookmg looking mg ing down on us and our hamburgersKent hamburgersKent hamburgers hamburgersKent Kent hands me his pay check checkevery checkevery checkevery every week he doesn t dr nk he heloves heloves heloves loves his rus wife and ch Idren ldren We Wesave Wesave Wesave save and we o 0 vn vii a lovely roomy roomyhome roomyhome roomyhome home But it is trying trymg to be checked checkedat at so many turns and I am won wondcrmg wondaring wondermg dcrmg daring Lf of u ! you ever had a ploblem paoblem ploblemlike paoblemlike pioblemlike like mine mIDe mane to solve and what chat \ \ ha t is the thecure thecure thecure thecureKeeimcnted cure cureReglDlcnted cureRegimented Keeimcnted ReglDlcnted Regimented Living LivingI I must not send poems to thc thcevening th theevenmg ( evenmg evening paper because it embar embarrasses embarrasses embarrasses rasses him The children are never neverpermItted neverpermitted neverpermitted permItted to see the funnies funmes in 10 the theSunday theSunday theSunday Sunday paper No caller must ever everbe everbe everbe be in m the house when . Kent 1.ent 1ent gets getshome getshome getshome home It If I telephone a tr fr end he hekeeps hekeeps hekeeps keeps up an undertone Cut tha that thatdear thatdear t tdear dear You ve ye been six minutes mmutes- mmutes minutes- mmutesyou minutesyou minutesyou - you ve ye been seven minutes mmutes It If I 1 Isuggest 1suggest Isuggest suggest a movie he is apt to say sayk sayk sayk k ndly I don t think thmk that with allyou all allyou allyou you ve ye had to do today you want to toSIt tosit tosit SIt in m a hot movie Never in the thenme thenine thenine nme nine years since smce my oldest was born bornhas bornhas bornhas has he stayed at home and let me mego mego mego go anywhere at night Dlght . . But we all love our daddy and andthis andthis andthis this is as not complaint the letter end ended ended ended ed It s only that if he would be bea bea bea a little less critIcal critical , , , we " ' ' "would would 'Would all be beso beso beso so happy happyThis This letter is about six years old oldI oldI oldI I quote it as a perfect illustrationof illustratIOn of the state of o1 vassalage in which whichsome whichsome whichsome some women unconsciously bve llve lave The Theman Theman Theman man neither knew be he was a tyrant tyrantnor , , , nor the woman that her life hie was be bemg being bemg mg ing robbed of all its bloom And Andof Andof Andof of course the result was t ghtened ghtenednerves ghtenednerves ghtenednerves nerves and hall half conscious resent resentment resentment resentment ment on her part . . . |